Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Prior to 2020, every supply chain in the world was challenged by increasing levels of demand unpredictability and market volatility. The sudden onset of COVID-19 only reinforced a lesson that supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 25, 2018

As advances in technology make it more cost-effective to deploy IIoT, industries will need to acquire a strategic approach to integrating new sensor data with pre-existing data environments. An Introduction to Blockchain and Its Potential Benefits and Drawbacks in Supply Chain Management. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER.

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QAD

AUGUST 29, 2023

The digital supply chain forecasting process is critical for any organization’s success. However, to achieve an accurate and effective digital supply chain forecasting process, it is essential to collaborate with both sales teams and suppliers. Collaboration is key to successful digital supply chain forecasting.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Try this as a tongue twister: “Tripping through tantalizing TikTokers, tenfold to transform your tangled supply chain!” In our digital age, where viral trends dominate, TikTok’s influence now extends to supply chain management. Discover the Top 10 TikTokers reshaping how you view supply chains.

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2021

True corporate responsibility involves more than just your products and internal operations; it’s incumbent upon you to ensure compliance across the supply chain. This means having a resilient supply chain strategy that includes visibility, transparency, clear communication, and collaboration. The Costs of Non-Compliance.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Update on the Christmas Express Supply Chain. Around this time last year I had a call with the jolly old man of the north to talk over some ideas on how he and his army of elves might improve the Christmas Express Supply Chain (CESC). The time came for our video call and we spent a few minutes catching up.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 1, 2016

One of the most surprising parts of the episode showed a warehouse worker using a voice-automated picking system (see video below), and the worker would then scan the product with a scanner on the tip of his finger. Well, this example shows how wearable technology in the supply chain was being used 3 and a half years ago in 2012.

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Logility

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Industrial psychologists point to the need for a modern workforce free from restrictive and highly specialized business silos, and comfortable with – even optimized for – stretching in new directions, juggling priorities, acquiring new skills and mastering new technologies. Optimizing Critical Supply Chain Functions. Challenges.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Current logistics and supply chain management trends are discussed very often on social media sites. Background Expert opinions appear to be the most important source of information for a trend prediction. How can we identify them really? This article will show you some trends in the past and reveal what the future holds.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 10, 2020

“Supply chains were ill-prepared for the pandemic,” writes Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights.[1] The design of the global supply chain at the start of the pandemic assumed frictionless borders, availability of transportation resources, and supply with few constraints.”

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Strategy is a critical aspect of supply chain management. By managing processes like planning, sourcing, production, and delivery, companies can reduce costs, safeguard against undue risk, and pivot quickly when faced with the unexpected. But when your supply chain isn’t meeting the company’s goals, what do you do?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 23, 2015

For years, I’ve been telling supply chain executives to think beyond Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter when thinking about the role of social networking in supply chain management. Meanwhile, LinkedIn is making moves in marketing and sales automation that is putting it on a collision course with Salesforce.com.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

What is the #1 technology topic Descartes CEO Ed Ryan gets asked about? Drones and its future in supply chain and logistics processes. Over the past decade, Descartes has acquired 35 companies and has evolved into a technology platform company, with its Global Logistics Network as the foundation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. My speech also focused on how current technologies are rapidly becoming obsolete due to market demands to do more with less and make better decisions. Open Source Technologies (Examples include Hadoop, Spark, Kafka).

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American Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Data, analytics, and technology are intertwined concepts that are shaping the future of businesses across the globe. This data is so large and complex that traditional data processing software can't manage it. It can give you an analytics advantage that can translate into a competitive advantage.

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American Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

High-volume data, analytics, and technology are intertwined concepts that are shaping the future of businesses across the globe. This data is so large and complex that traditional data processing software can't manage it. Big data can give you an analytics advantage that can translate into a competitive advantage.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 6, 2020

FreightWaves is a freight industry leader in data and analytics, logistics industry news and commentary. Dooner is currently creating new podcast, radio, video, and multimedia content for FreightWaves. Dooner is currently creating new podcast, radio, video, and multimedia content for FreightWaves. About Dooner. Learn More: .

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Supply chain and logistics consultant, educator, and podcast host Rob O’Byrne has over 40 years of supply chain experience. He has been helping companies design more profitable supply chains for over 25 years, most of them as founder and CEO of Logistics Bureau. Highlights from the Conversation.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

In a sense, these common occurrences reveal how much of an impact the concept of a circular economy and thusly, the circular supply chain is having on consumers. What is the Circular Supply Chain? Driving Forces of the Circular Supply Chain. Merging of Services and Products.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 11, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)? When I started my career the term “Supply Chain” had just been coined. Now as I look back on my career virtually everything I did falls under the banner of Supply Chain management. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We’ve entered an AI era where 76% of work can be augmented or automated. However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. It will describe more of a new business model/approach, adaptions to the realities of todays world, using the possibilities of todays technology.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For many growing and established direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands alike, the supply chain is the most critical but also most challenging aspect of their operations. . No wonder many businesses struggle with supply chain delays and poor customer service! What does “end-to-end supply chain” mean? Let’s dive in.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 7, 2022

Dooner is currently creating new podcast, radio, video, and multimedia content for FreightWaves. Dooner is a 14-year supply chain industry veteran who has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. About Dooner. He is hard at work on developing the next greatest podcast known to man. FreightWaves’?

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LevaData

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In only a number of months, this sudden change sped up the adoption of digital technologies and supplier relationships by several years. The resulting corporate learning curve was steep and challenging for professionals everywhere, and those in supply chain management were no exception; in fact, they were some of the most affected.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 9, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is the Digital Supply Chain? The latest technology that will be driving this massive infrastructure is 5G. Much as with all of the technologies before it the latest generation of technology will lead to profound advances in capabilities. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 6, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain Road is Full of Potholes, Construction and Accidents! This Digital Twinning of Supply Chains article focuses on transformative ideation of transport & logistics value chains. The physical supply chain is not easily changeable.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This article explores the benefits of good BOM management, the role of a BOM manager, and how to manage your BOMs effectively with best-practice processes, software, and equipment. These components help manufacturers to effectively plan, source, and manage the production process. What is BOM management?

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LevaData

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2023, burnout continues to be a hot topic for supply chain and procurement professionals. An antidote is giving professionals better tools to minimize the daily "fire drills” they are bombarded with. Fortunately, the technology already exists for companies open to rethinking how they approach the issue.

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HICX Solutions

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Technology to drive Procurement as a strategic function. Nic believes that the function will be driven by business-focused, strategic aims, with technology as an enabler. Nic also mentions Blockchain and smart contracts to consider in the longer term, adding, “Something else that I’ve seen are sourcing and negotiation ‘bots.’

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Check out 5 Seismic Shifts in Supply Chain Technology! In our ongoing technology series, we have concentrated on the Informational and analytical innovation applications which are reshaping supply chain technology as we know it. Driver-less technology will not replace the truck driver.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Predictive analytics tool leverages AI to identify how a supplier will perform by analyzing past events and on-time delivery data. The artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool predicts how a supplier will perform – in the face of disruption – by analyzing past events and on-time delivery data.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. Digital technologies will allow companies to increase their visibility, collaboration, speed and responsiveness ?

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Requis

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Knut Alicke was helping to build digital control towers before most people had ever heard of them, and today advises the world’s top companies about supply chain. He is also a professor at the University of Karlsruhe where he teaches supply chain management. Supply Chain Next · 023 – Knut Alicke.

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HICX Solutions

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Technology to drive Procurement as a strategic function. Nic believes that the function will be driven by business-focused, strategic aims, with technology as an enabler. Nic also mentions Blockchain and smart contracts to consider in the longer term, adding, “Something else that I’ve seen are sourcing and negotiation ‘bots.’

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Vinculum

MARCH 18, 2021

Warehouse digitalization is the most critical change to not just warehouse operations but achieves the efficiency levels needed for an intelligent and automated warehouse. Warehousing is a key element of supply chain management that can push enterprises towards digital transformation.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ).

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