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SCM Best Paper Award Winners 2013 (1/2)

SCM Research

This year’s CSCMP Annual Global Conference took place in Denver, Colorado. It has become a good tradition that some of the leading journals of our field announce their best paper awards during the CSCMP’s Supply Chain Management Educators’ Conference, the academic part of the CSCMP Conference ( see my previous post from Atlanta last year ).

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Merchants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, and Walmart say the rising stocks signal a recovery from last year’s shortages driven by supply-chain disruptions and put them in a strong position to take advantage of consumer demand this holiday shopping period. The largest U.S.

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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

But rates remain elevated in the region due to supply chain disruptions and pent-up demand. It is sunny today in Tampa and Atlanta, with a light breeze. After Harvey smacked into Houston, some shippers started supplying the South Central region from distribution centers in the Southeast. and dozens more in the Caribbean.

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Top 10 Cities for eCommerce Fulfillment

FLEXE

Denver, Colorado. Atlanta, Georgia. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indianapolis is a staple in supply chain operations because of its central location and proximity to Chicago. These centers tend to be located near centralized population hubs, large airports, and seaports. Seattle, Washington. Los Angeles, California.

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21 logistics experts share the most important ingredients in developing an effective logistics strategy

6 River Systems

Logistics is one component of the overall supply chain and is impacted by supply chain changes. At the same time, an effective logistics strategy can improve supply chain management and overall supply chain performance. The benefit today is there are many options in logistics to analyze.