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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? In current systems where Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) and Transportation Management (TMS) are different models, alignment is impossible.

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SCM Best Paper Award Winners 2014

SCM Research

As every year ( see my previous post from Denver last year ), several leading supply chain management journals have used this forum to present their best paper awards. Fearon Best Paper Award, Journal of Supply Chain Management), and Dixon & Verma (Journal of Operations Management). Congratulations to all the winners.

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Warehouse Automation: Why Warehouse Workers Need Not Fear Automation or Robotics

GlobalTranz

Across the country, retail employees fear how robots will impact job security and their futures, but the use of warehouse automation and robotics means great things for the future of warehouse workers in retail, as explained by Greg Ip of The Wall Street Journal.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

The cost to transport containerized goods peaked at unprecedented levels in late 2021. The article states that Fabric customers communicated that they wanted to use Fabric technology directly in their own warehouses, rather than contracting with Fabric to serve as a 3PL managing fulfillment operations with Fabric technology.

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7 Incredible Benefits of Cloud-Based Logistics Management

GlobalTranz

In the below article I propose to have a look at the main benefits and advantages of the cloud-based logistics management. More findings on the cloud cargo transportation and warehouse management systems you may discover on the web. Journal rated her articles as "chart-topping storytelling" in the field.

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7 Megatrends Supply Chain People Should Watch

Supply Chain Opz

This article will show you some trends in the past and reveal what the future holds. In the year 2000, Journal of Business Logistics published the article named " Ten Mega-Trends That Will Revolutionize Supply Chain Logistics ". Current logistics and supply chain management trends are discussed very often on social media sites.

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Resilience by Design: The Power of Simulation in Supply Chain Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

This article describes how to incorporate simulation techniques into optimization, build a stochastic optimization model, and end up with a more resilient supply chain model. As a result, scenario #2 is 3% more expensive, primarily due to an increase in transportation cost. But it has gaps.