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Misnomer

Supply Chain Shaman

This team is not buying the message. So much so, that three years ago, I founded a research company to focus on understanding supply chain excellence. This week, I travel to Bentonville, Arkansas to facilitate a customer meeting on the use of channel data. For a couple of hours I looked around the room and saw glazed eyes.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. ” The Key’s To Walmart’s Supply Chain Management Excellence over the Year. Walmart uses its mammoth purchasing power to shape suppliers’ behavior which also drives down costs, Gartner said.

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Fearless Females of Supply Chain: Be WISE

BlueYonder

As part of our “Fearless Females of Supply Chain” Blue Yonder Live series, Blue Yonder’s Chief Customer Officer Susan Beal spoke to Stephanie Powell Thomas , Associate Professor of Practice of SCM at the University of Arkansas and Executive Director of the WISE program. Stephanie: WISE stands for Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

The use of big data and data analytics in the logistics landscape provides excellent opportunities to make informed data-driven purchase decisions. TJ Sangam is the CTO of SupplyPike , a digital supply chain software company, based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. SupplyPike. Autonomous linehaul trailers.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 11 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

ACT targets manufacturers of trucks; ACF targets companies that buy and drive them. It initially launched drone-based deliveries from three stores in Northwest Arkansas as far back as late 2021. The suit against ACT filed last June was against the EPA, which already had granted California a waiver to implement the Clean Trucks rule.