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3PL Outsourcing Trends with Ben Steffes

The Logistics of Logistics

Since joining the company in 2011, he’s focused on developing and growing its Coyote Transportation Management offerings, driving synergy efforts with UPS, and leading the Supply Chain Consulting team. For the study, Coyote worked with a 3rd party research firm to survey over 500 supply chain decision makers.

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Megatrends Shaping Supply Chain Innovation

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In a recent Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) survey with McKinsey , business operations and supply chain emerged as weak points in the areas of risk and resilience. Resilience through technical capability and consistency. There’s a lot of room for improvement to make supply chains more resilient.

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How Does Inflation Affect Supply Chain Profitability?

QAD

Only 2% of companies felt completely prepared for the pandemic and 57% reported serious disruption in a recent survey. Automotive and industrial product companies were among the hardest hit. That means looking at the right metrics. Be influenced by metrics that transcend operations, profitability, and risk.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

The DuPont supply chain supplied products and services into the housing and automotive supply chains. In a similar vein, their forecasts for the automotive market would have been on new automotive sales and dealer inventory. Use GPS, maps and weather signals to better predict arrival and route transportation assets.

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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

The company is a B2B Supply Chain Operating Network supporting the automotive and aerospace industries. In our research, discrete industries–aerospace, automotive, hi-tech, and semiconductor– rate themselves as performing better, being more proactive, and having greater alignment. My time on the European continent is busy.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

In a 2017 survey by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 65 percent of respondents had experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the last year, with 44 percent of the disruptions occurring at Tier 1. Transport network disruption. Potential Sources of Disruption. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage. Weather event.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

fashion, automotive, spare parts, airlines). From a survey of 1000 executives worldwide, they identified a group of supply chain leaders who exhibited customer-centricity as one of four traits leading to more effective, resilient, and better-performing supply chains. But has also created employment opportunities in others (e.g.