AB&R

JULY 25, 2025

This is why we design and deploy so many inventory management systems with RFID at the core, and here’s how a modern, RFID-enabled VMI system works: RFID Tagging at the Source: Medical products are labeled with Zebra RFID tags, embedding unique identifiers detectable by Zebra readers.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 10, 2025

This proactive approach should include regular cleaning of the weighbridge surface and understructure, checking for any signs of wear or damage, and making sure that the surrounding area remains stable and free from potential sources of interference. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on June 10, 2025.

Supply Chain Design Software

Precoro

APRIL 14, 2025

Retail Supply chain complexity: Retailers often have extensive and intricate supply chains. Manufacturing Varied components: Manufacturing units source multiple components from various suppliers, a scenario that can be exploited with duplicate or fake invoicing. How does invoice fraud impact supply chain security?

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2025

In this special edition of our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column, we highlight two noteworthy investments. Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog. The other is an announced four year investment in U.S. All rights reserved.

Supply Chain Design Software

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2025

Digital twins are emerging as digital transformation accelerators for supply chain and logistics organizations seeking enterprise-level visibility, real-time scenario modeling, and operational agility under disruption. Introduction: Why Digital Twins Matter Now The pressure on supply chains has never been greater.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 28, 2025

The unnamed investor would join as a significant member of the consortium, the company said in a stock exchange filing July 28, hours after the expiry of a 145-day exclusive talks window with the group backed by American asset manager BlackRock Inc.

China

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 31, 2025

A buyer consortium backed by BlackRock is seeking to acquire the business, with the American asset manager taking control of Panama Ports. Sensitive Deal The Panama terminals are at the center of the geopolitically delicate deal for the 43 ports owned by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison.

Panama

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Many large enterprises use one form or another of a supply chain application to help manage their supply chains. Supply chain vendors have been touting their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the last several years. AI can refer to several different types of math.

Optimal Sourcing

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Evolution of Asset Management: Humans, Inventory and the Rise of AI by Jeroen Hendriks , Director at Art of Supply Chain Sdn Bh In the ever-evolving landscape of organisational success, the spotlight is now on asset management. In this article, we will focus on inventory and people as assets.

Asset Management

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 20, 2018

This week I spoke at an SAS Global Analytics Summit on the connected supply chain. In my view, the connected supply chain is very, very different from the integrated supply chain. This model endorsed ERP as the system of record for the supply chain. What Is a Connected Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Planning Software

ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2017

Source: 2017 Gartner Supply Chain Technology User Wants and Needs Study, Dwight Klappich. The annual Gartner Supply Chain Technology User Wants and Needs Study, now its tenth year, is one of this industry's most comprehensive studies of supply chain users. Where are leading companies focusing?

Gartner

GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

Yesterday we began our two part series on 2016 supply chain trends that will drive supply chain management into the future. If you missed the first post, we encourage you to give it a read by visiting the first seven 2016 supply chain trends post here. . Making the Supply Chain Circular Vs. Linear.

Supply Chain Planning Software

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In this instalment of the series of articles written by the LSCMS Shippers Council, we strive to answer this and delve into the critical aspects of ocean transit time reliability and visibility within the supply chain. What is supply chain visibility and why it is important? 2022 ocean schedule reliability dropped to 30%.

Rail Software

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Japanese pension asks every one of their asset managers to start having systematic conversations with every company they invest in about that company’s approach to environmental, social, and governance issues. Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Trade Off Machines. A SCP solution creates a model of a supply chain.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The same goes for many planned and well-organized supply chain processes – they carry with them the threat of unplanned and unintended events, especially when moving product from the point of origin to its final destination. Brooks Bentz is President, Supply Chain Consulting Services at Transplace. Customer returns.

Reverse Logistics

GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

Early adopters of enterprise resource planning and supply chain management tools, most companies are tethered by technology and lack a comprehensive view of their data and processes. They’re using online platforms to link customers, suppliers, and internal teams in creating new products and sources of value.

Manufacturing Procurement

Talking Logistics

JULY 24, 2015

There was a lot of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to it. Transplace Launches Supply Chain Consulting Practice. Transplace Launches Supply Chain Consulting Practice. LEGACY Supply Chain Services Launches Grader Tool and eBook to Evaluate Supply Chain Performance.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

AFFLINK

AUGUST 28, 2019

In the hotel business, your profit is often controlled by your supply chain. The more you can cut your supply chain costs, the more you can cut your overhead; the more you can cut your overhead, the higher the return on your investments. However, managing and optimizing your supply chain isn't an easy task.

Negotiating Skills

Oracle SCM

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The acronym SCM stands for supply chain management. Today, SCM systems are critical to businesses of all sizes and in all industries for managing their day to day operations. SCM systems deliver the visibility, insights, and capabilities you need to create your own intelligent supply chain.

SCM

Elementum

JULY 7, 2022

Business project management software is often overlooked in supply chain management in favor of SCM functions, but is there an advantage in combining the two? The best project management software for supply chain professionals is often a solution that integrates with SCM, ensuring the systems benefit each other.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. Talent Management. BigDataEdge – Insights Management. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. SmartGridEdge – Smart Grid Management. TalentEdge – Talent Management. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management.

Asset Management

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 2, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Preparing Business for the Digital Supply Chain! If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that the importance of supply chain management cannot be understated. Here’s what Mike had to say about the present and future of supply chain in a recent interview.

Supply Chain Software

SupplyShift

JANUARY 20, 2018

Although we typically focus on supply-chain specific items of interest, I wanted to start this year with a broader look at the business landscape of 2018 and beyond. Three days ago Larry Fink (CEO of BlackRock , one of the biggest asset management companies in the world, $6.3

Government

Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 29, 2015

6th Annual Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum – Europe. Collaboration: The Cornerstone of the 21st Century Supply Chain. Europe’s annual meeting of the leading supply chain executives featuring the biggest names at leading retailers and manufacturers. Danny Hendrikse, VP Supply Chain, Pfizer.

Europe

EC Sourcing Group

JUNE 8, 2021

Where to Start if You’re New to Procurement Sourcing Solutions. There are many people who are not new to procurement and sourcing and its role in the supply chain but may be new to sourcing solutions and software. Procurement Sourcing Solutions : What Is Procurement Management?

Optimal Sourcing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 24, 2023

The Association for Supply Chain Management’s Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model provides seven primary processes that will ensure order fulfilment is carried out properly and efficiently — Orchestrate, Plan, Order, Source, Transform, Fulfill and Return.

Optimal Sourcing

Logility

AUGUST 5, 2021

With global business complexities growing every day, companies must have business processes in place to help manage the trade-offs between the supply and demand sides of their supply chain. The SCOR model contains more than 150 key indicators that measure the performance of supply chain operations.

Metrics

QAD

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With this release, QAD strengthens our cloud ERP offering to deliver new adaptive manufacturing and supply chain capabilities, increase user productivity and boost the ability to make informed and intelligent decisions. Integrated Supplier Management. Connected Supply Chain. QAD Adaptive ERP 2022.1 Highlights.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. HyperCash Cryptocurrency (HC) is a decentralized, open-source cryptocurrency. It has a dual sidechain designed to allow free exchange of assets and transfer of information between different systems. It is an asset management company. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

Supply Chain Design Software

QAD

APRIL 1, 2019

In terms of Action Centers, we added the Operations Action Center to improve Production Order visibility as well as the Maintenance Management Action Center to provide in-depth visibility of a company’s assets.

Optimal Sourcing

Synovos

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Technology is forever changing how companies manage the MRO supply chain. From the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to enterprise asset management systems, how materials are sourced, purchased, stocked, issued and tracked, is changing.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

In this August 30, 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology we provide capsule highlights of investments announced by supply chain management focused tech providers. This concludes our latest edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech.

Supply Chain Planning Software

QAD

OCTOBER 5, 2021

With this release, QAD strengthens our cloud ERP offering to deliver new adaptive manufacturing capabilities, increase user productivity and enhance manufacturing and supply chain efficiency. Integrated Supplier Management. Connected Supply Chain. QAD Adaptive ERP 2021.1 Highlights.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 29, 2015

The 3PL Summit & Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum is Europe’s largest meeting of 3PL Providers and customers featuring the biggest industry thought leaders and hard-hitting sessions exploring new opportunities, technologies and markets in logistics. Danny Hendrikse, VP Supply Chain, Pfizer.

Europe

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

By crafting a well-defined strategy, businesses can mitigate transportation costs, mitigate supply chain disruptions, and uphold customer satisfaction. Freight Procurement The actual Freight Procurement Stage is the heart of the transportation service sourcing process for shippers.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Bureau

MARCH 26, 2018

Can blockchain improve your supply chain? Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been fuelling interest and examples are multiplying of blockchain being used for supply chain. It’s a business level discussion about choices to be made in implementing the technology to properly support your supply chain operations.

Supply Chain Design Software

BlueYonder

AUGUST 21, 2017

A shift to proximity shopping, increased focus on fresh and wellness, increasing levels of prepared foods and snacks and the rise of e-commerce in grocery are fueling a transition state with supply chain as a critical element in defining the leaders of the industry in the years to come. Changes to Supply Chain Models.

Supply Chain Planning