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Supply Chain Execution Convergence: Rethinking, Redesigning, and Re-evaluating the Traditional Supply Chain

Talking Logistics

Supply chain execution convergence is a topic that has been gaining in popularity. It’s time for organizations to take a step back and evaluate their overall supply chain approach and to consider how supply chain execution convergence can bring their supply chain to the next level.

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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic The Asian Institute of Management conducted a study across orgainsations in Asia to identify crucial skills and competencies required by supply chain managers and leaders in Asia.

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A Logistics Conversation with Arcadia Cold, Part 1

BlueYonder

over to Asia for example, where they further process seafood into a consumer-packaged unit and then it is shipped back to the U.S. The coordination of these activities at each stage of the process takes a lot of effort: it involves people, facilities, systems, regulatory agencies, and supplies, which ultimately is what logistics is.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

SAP Launches Enhanced Supply Chain Execution Software for Faster Logistics Planning. HighJump Partners with Advantage2Retail to Bring Best-of-Breed Warehousing Software to Retailers. versions of its SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) and the SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) applications.

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Is Warehouse Robotics at the Inflection Point?

Locus Robotics

As the CEO of Locus Robotics, I often get asked a very simple question by supply chain executives, operators, analysts, press and investors. Is deploying warehouse robotics to automate piece picking for fulfillment operations at an inflection point? 3PLs, B2B and e-Commerce executives need to “arm to compete.”

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Supply Chains in Recovery Mode: Forcing C-Level Focus on Digitally Transforming Their Supply Chains for 2022 and Beyond

BlueYonder

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

To coordinate, contracts can be made with direct links in the supply chain, but how can organizations coordinate with the suppliers’ suppliers or the customers’ customers? However, commonly used KPIs used by supply chain executives are usually focused on logistics performance (e.g., But, it can be overdone.