Logility

APRIL 20, 2022

Every industry article, news segment, analyst research paper, and boardroom conversation offers varying perspectives on the real issues impacting supply chain performance and the best way to fix them. Developing Diverse, Resilient Sourcing Strateg ies. Feeling overwhelmed? You’re not alone.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2021

Three years ago, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article about the Amazon supply chain , asking if it was the most innovative in the world. In the article, he wrote about Amazon Relay, the acquisition of Whole Foods, Amazon the carrier, and the expansion of its warehousing capabilities. Final Thought.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 5, 2014

As you flip through the articles on your iPad, you see it. This key supplier had been identified and sure enough, you have a second source primed and ready to go. We have a problem.” The alternate source uses the same supplier in Taiwan. A major earthquake in Taiwan. Then you get the e-mail.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . We've already listed the top 10 manufacturing articles, the top 10 supply chain articles, and yesterday, the top 10 logistics articles.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Regardless of the business, today’s manufacturers are under pressure to innovate faster and gain first-mover advantages while operating under the constraints of stringent regulatory requirements and greater product complexity. Related Articles Implementing a Quality Management System QMS Continuous Improvement

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Product innovation is at the center of many success stories. Every product that exists now, or that existed before, was once an innovation. The most notable innovative products of late have been mostly technological. The term ‘disruptive innovation’ is used quite a lot these days. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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American Global Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, innovation has become a key driver of competitive advantage. This article explores the importance of innovation in supply chain management and highlights key areas where innovation can revolutionize traditional practices. Recycling and reuse lend themselves to innovation.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Following ICON 2023 in Las Vegas, Blue Yonder’s Chief Product Office Gurdip Singh shared the key product innovation takeaways from the event during a Blue Yonder Live session. He shared his views on how to apply innovations to solve deep-rooted supply chain challenges and insights into the $1 billion investment in research and development.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 19, 2013

I learned today that one of the articles I published with colleagues from the University of Tennessee, Oxford University, and Manchester University was cited for the 2013 Emerald citation of Excellence award. Authors of the winning articles receive an official certificate and logo to display on their work.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Freight sourcing team article and permission to publish here provided by Katharine Barrios at xeneta.com. Freight sourcing and procurement is a critical component of the whole supply chain and is crucial to the success of the business. These are the must-haves for any effective freight sourcing team. Subscribe Here!

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2013

A month later, Walmart announced that it will increase its sourcing of US products by $50 billion over the next 10 years. And earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published an article about how the toy maker K’Nex has moved most of its manufacturing operations from China to its factory in Pennsylvania. Be Sociable, Share!

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. Following on the heels of COVID-19, port closures, labor shortages and geopolitical conflict, climate change-related events are emerging as a significant source of supply chain disruption.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In this particular posting, we share our review of: Profit From The Source- Transforming Your Business By Putting Suppliers at the Core. In essence, procurement professionals are goaled and compensated for squeezing suppliers as contrasted with collaborating with suppliers on common needs and product innovation strategies.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 11, 2024

In Part One of this article, I discussed the first three elements: 1) Rationalized portfolio; 2) Resilient, circular operating models; and, 3) Segmented supply footprints and challenging traditional management hubs. Sourcing decisions will be based more upon resilience, rather than merely minimizing costs.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Feature Article by Dr. Raymon Krishnan – President at the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society. This article was originally written and published for DHL in January 2020 and focused on the trade wars and how to leverage opportunities for tariff reductions. This practice is illegal. Product strategies.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

However, few manufacturers ever sit back and ask, “How can our procurement or strategic sourcing initiatives contribute to the overall customer experience?” I would argue that, if you’re in manufacturing, strategic sourcing is the first place to start shaping the customer journey. Lastly, let’s discuss innovation.

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SCM Research

MARCH 23, 2015

Over the last decades, however, supply chains have been undergoing a process of increasing globalization, which has created the need for differentiated sustainability approaches for firms sourcing globally rather than regionally. Do Supply Management and Global Sourcing Matter for Firm Sustainability Performance? Gualandris, J.,

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The value of peer-to-peer learning and networking was evident at last month’s Ryder Innovate conference — “an exclusive gathering of senior leaders in transportation, logistics, and supply chain seeking strategic insight, new ideas, and thought leadership to improve their supply chain and fleet operations.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2020

Strategic National Stockpiles and Sourcing for the National Interest! Rare Earth Elements article, and permission to publish here, provided by Joe Carson and Shubho Chatterjee. Lead by innovation. sourcing #rareearthelements. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The complexity of global supply chains – especially in organizations like GM – require hands-on relationship management of suppliers to ensure that supplier collaboration will lead to added value, and innovation. Resources spent/gains made on the road to innovation are, therefore, sustained exclusively by the internal entity.

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Claritum

AUGUST 23, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. million people are employed by 909,000 of these minority owned businesses (Source: www.mbda.gov). million people are employed by 909,000 of these minority owned businesses (Source: www.mbda.gov). Source unknown). Diversity of thought and approach to Innovation of the suppliers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2022

This article is from Kirk Carlsen, Director of PLM Product Marketing at Oracle, and looks at the importance of IoT. Drive innovation with data analytics. Connected devices and new sources of data streams are driving companies to reevaluate their current business models and adopt entirely new operating models.

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Claritum

AUGUST 23, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. million people are employed by 909,000 of these minority owned businesses (Source: www.mbda.gov). million people are employed by 909,000 of these minority owned businesses (Source: www.mbda.gov). Source unknown). Diversity of thought and approach to Innovation of the suppliers.

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Techgistics

MARCH 12, 2018

Source: The Daily Dot. These are some of the innovative blockchain startups trying to solve real-world supply chain and logistics problems that I’ll be keeping my eye on in 2018. You can read more articles here or sign-up for a free, but incredibly infrequent newsletter here. trillion in 2023. Do you know of any others?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Last week, Clint Reiser published an article highlighting our 2022 supply chain predictions. Living and working in this area provides me with the opportunity to schedule site visits at many of these innovative firms. Amazon Supply Chain Innovation Continues ; Chris Cunnane. Agility is not Resilience ; Steve Banker.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This article focuses on the most relevant initiatives, the five zero (5Zs) emission initiatives contributing to decarbonizing logistics and transport to place these initiatives into the industry context and reflect on them in light of the ongoing industry discussions and developments (see figure 1). Roughly half of .

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World Feature Article by J eroen Hendriks , Director at Art of Supply Chain Sdn Bhd The global business landscape has become increasingly complex and volatile, posing significant challenges to supply chain management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 3, 2014

I wrote a Logistics Viewpoints article in October that discussed how Diageo has transformed its supply chain from a cost savings function to an enabler of growth-driving innovation. Procurement/Sourcing Production Supply Chain Planning' I found the connection between […]. I found the connection between […].

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ? Feature Article by Wolfgang Lehmacher – Operating Partner, Anchor Group and Dweep Chanana – Managing Partner, Anchor Group. Source: US Census Bureau. The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 15, 2021

Source: IDC 2021—Digital Analysis: Manufacturing. Source: IDC Manufacturing Iansights APeJ Industry 4-0 Survey. From a technology perspective the biggest challenge that industrial organisations have, is integrating operational data sources. Driving for Digitalisation. of industrial organisations in our 2020 industry 4.0

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Supply chain data can be challenging to manage due to its unstructured or semi-structured nature and the need to integrate new data sources. Source: IDC, 2023 Challenges and Limitations To fully utilize the potential of generative AI, we must acknowledge and address the many obstacles that hinder its widespread implementation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

In a classic literature on innovation, The Innovator’s Solution (ref 1), Clayton Christensen proposes that it is “the absence of conscious, trustworthy theories of cause and effect” that makes success seem random. In the Harvard Business Review article entitled What Is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product?,

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Aeronautics engineering innovation is sadly only paddling forward in comparison to the ship building industry. That said many countries are struggling to accommodate the new sources of power into grids designed for fossil fuel power generation. I’ll be hoping to see some innovation, but my hopes are not high.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Applying innovation to supply chains, combines innovative technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), analytics, and robotics to supply chain management to improve performance and meet customer demands. As Industry 4.0 Cyber Security and Risk. Cyber security is an ever-growing concern among organizations and consumers.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Innovation is a fascinating topic which often involves discussions about corporate processes or corporate culture without focusing on people. ”[1] In that article, I identified ten critical “roles” that people must assume. Shared Traits of Great Innovators. Some of those traits are discussed below. ”[4].

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MIT Supply Chain

JULY 10, 2014

Supply chain strategies often include some sort of commitment to innovation, but if the organization is not set up to be truly innovative it’s an empty promise. And the consequences can be severe if your competitors are doing more than paying lip service to innovation. The new laminate had to be in production within 12 months.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

In this article, we explore the pros and cons of the alliance model in the shipping industry, compare the solo strategy versus alliance strategy, and provide tips on how shippers can prepare for market swings. In this article we will focus on another key development in the shipping industry: Global Shipping Alliances (GSAs).

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