Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2021

It’s graduation season, so the hunt for critical supply chain talent is more vigorous than ever. We may be known for ensuring we can make and move “stuff,” but ultimately supply chains are human. So as you prepare to onboard new supply chain talent, are you ready to answer the questions they will have?

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Freightos

APRIL 15, 2024

Supply chains work on a mind-boggling scale, making it easy to focus on the exceptions instead of the wins. It’s not just supply chains. Over that same period, the US imported 37 trillion dollars worth of goods. But those successes deserve to be celebrated. It’s been twenty years since The Matrix was released.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 14, 2013

What do supply chain professionals earn and are they at the right salary level? To address that topic, Inspired-Search built a survey. In addition it will provide insight in how the industry looks at supply chain roles and their aspects. Trends benchmark Inspired-Search salary supply chain professionals survey'

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Prior to the pandemic, efficiency was the primary focus of most supply chain operations. I’m not implying that efficiency no longer matters — it obviously does — but a disrupted supply chain can’t be efficient. Severe disruptions during the pandemic changed that focus to resiliency. Here’s the rub.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Dear Supply Chain Professionals, There are several very interesting supply chain surveys open for participation at the moment (in Januaray and February, 2014). Voice of the Supply Chain Leader: What supply chain management professionals are thinking about, working on and trying to improve: [link].

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 20, 2014

How aligned are your sustainability and supply chain programs? Supply Chain Insights are conducting a second wave of their Green Supply Chain survey, to see how things have changed. >> Click here to take this survey. . >> >> Click here to take this survey.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Risks in halal supply chains The halal integrity of a brand (and its products) is a function of its supply chain, where a breakage in halal integrity anywhere in a supply chain becomes a breakage of its halal integrity. On the other hand, halal risks in the entire supply chain are not on their radar screens.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

Logistics Procurement – Performance Management by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Shortly after the outset of COVID, in early 2020, supply chains have been disrupted across the globe. Freight procurement is the mainstay of any supply chain professional but price is not the be-all and end-all.

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Logility

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Dan Gilmore at Supply Chain Digest has some interesting survey numbers that may light a fire under some demand planning teams. The demand planner is a critical role in any supply chain—these people can commit a company to millions of dollars in inventory or capacity. Is Demand Planning just a stepping stone?

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Freight Plus

JUNE 11, 2018

A typical answer we receive when we ask a perspective client if they've done a supply chain benchmark is, "what is a supply chain benchmark?". That answer is simple - a supply chain benchmark is no different than any other type of benchmark. The Objective. The Objective.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2023

“Leading companies take a strategic approach, integrating digital technology throughout their value chains. The majority of time when people are discussing digital transformation, they are not directly referring to the digital transformation of supply chains.

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Logility

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Dan Gilmore at Supply Chain Digest has some interesting survey numbers that may light a fire under some demand planning teams. The demand planner is a critical role in any supply chain—these people can commit a company to millions of dollars in inventory or capacity. Is Demand Planning just a stepping stone?

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Logility

JANUARY 14, 2021

Benchmark Based on Global Survey Highlights Logility’s Leadership in Ease of Use and Driving Rapid Benefits. automating the digital transformation of supply chain optimization and advanced retail planning, is honored to be a winner of IDC’s 2020 SaaS CSAT Award for Supply Chain Management for Customer Satisfaction.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

However, it’s only early February 2024, and we already have several major disruptions impacting supply chains. This is an important time for the supply chain profession. Supply chains are in the news, on governments’ agendas, and in the spotlight. For more information on the research, click here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2021

Marisa Brown, Senior Principal Research Lead, Supply Chain Management at APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) recently gave a presentation at ARC Advisory Group’s Supply Chain Forum. Because of the pandemic, risk management surrounding sourcing has become top of mind in supply chain organizations.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 22, 2019

A typical answer we receive when we ask a perspective client if they've done a supply chain benchmark is, "what is a supply chain benchmark?". That answer is simple - a supply chain benchmark is no different than any other type of benchmark. (listen to this article).

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 26, 2017

How do shippers expect the new White House administration to impact international supply chains in 2017? These probing questions and more were part of the North American Supply Chain Survey to which more than 2,200 shippers responded. Those expecting volumes to decline decreased from 3% to 2%. Here it is!

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Proxima

JULY 5, 2023

Supply chains have been consistently on business agendas in recent years, and rightly so, with the pandemic, labor strikes, and inflation causing persistent disruptions and challenges for business leaders over the world. However, as inflation falls and market stability improves, are supply chains going to continue to be a focal point?

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Supply Chain Trend

JANUARY 31, 2018

This short 5 minute survey will assess your organisation’s mindset. The results of the survey will identify the main mindset roadblocks in organizations and will provide you with a benchmark on how your organizational mindset does compared to others.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 23, 2014

He spoke about their GIVING supply chain. The management of his GIVING supply chain is quite a task. As I sat in the audience, it occurred to me that we at Supply Chain Insights are operating a GIVING supply chain of sorts. It is a research supply chain. We want to drive change.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. 5 Supply Chain Predictions for 2023 ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa Software ) So much has changed in a year! So, let’s take a look now at the 15 most popular logistics stories of 2023.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 21, 2020

Now in its ninth year, E2open’s 2019 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study is the most consistent, comprehensive and useful study of its kind. What’s more, the data from this study doesn’t come from surveys and questionnaires, it is sourced from real data from E2open’s diverse customer base.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

Supply chain excellence. The answer makes or breaks a supply chain leader’s career and defines corporate value. Is this because this value chain is a laggard? Some of the strongest case studies of supply chain leadership are in this value chain. The 2017 Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners.

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EC Sourcing Group

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

EC Sourcing Group ranks as a ‘Value’ & ‘Customer’ Leader in Latest eSourcing Benchmarking Study. Spend Matters’ newly released Fall 2021 SolutionMap report names EC Sourcing Group a Customer & Value Leader across multiple organization types.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2015

A group of my MBA students are working on a project benchmarking vendor profiling approaches. If you’re interested in this topic, be sure to take the survey. All participants will receive a best practices report after the survey is closed, in May 2015. The goal of the study is to.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 12, 2016

A new report by SupplyChainDigest: “Supplier Integration in an Outsourced Supply Chain World: A Benchmark Report,” showed a growing trend in supply chain outsourcing among manufacturing companies. Here are a few things to look at when making the decision to outsource supply chain operations.

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Supply Chain Trend

MARCH 14, 2018

Together with Supply Chain Movement, I put together a 10-question checklist , related to the 4Cs, to assess the mindset in an organisation. Based on the checklist we developed a survey to assess the S&OP mindset across companies. We had 52 responses across our S&OP mindset survey and share some key insights.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Higher costs are an unfortunate reality in the current supply chain environment, and they’re likely to persist despite attempts to contain costs in areas that can be controlled. But it’s also well understood that intelligent decision-making that drives always-on, dynamic, and flexible supply chain planning is equally critical.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

I jeopardized the release date of the book by taking an extra three months to finish the Supply Chain Index work. He is trying to figure out the answer to these questions: What defines supply chain excellence? Since supply chain can be a bit boring, I made it into a narrative. Who has done it best?

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

For too long, supply chain risk management has been mostly confined within supply chain circles. CEOs and government agencies were more than happy to let a few experts deal with supply chain challenges. Thanks to a rise in cyber attacks, supply chain risk management is receiving attention in all quarters.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 7, 2013

Terra’s Forecasting Benchmark Study is a pretty comprehensive survey. Extreme error is the most costly and disruptive to the supply chain, risking revenue and customer service, and driving large quantities of excess inventory. Promotions. SKU rationalization. > Request a free copy of the report.

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Kinaxis

JULY 18, 2014

Even if you’re not you should check out Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. For the past several years, Supply Chain Insights has been delivering this research series. As Supply Chain Insights mentions, this is having a significant impact on the company’s bottom line.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

For the past six years, I have spent my labor day weekend preparing for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. The event is designed to Imagine Supply Chain 2030. For the event, I also invite the Supply Chains to Admire award winners to present their story and give the winners awards. The reason?

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BlueYonder

MAY 16, 2018

During the Executive Exchange, JDA and KPMG released an exclusive preview of the findings from the new survey, Digital Supply Chain in Retail & Manufacturing: A State of the Industry Benchmark , conducted by Incisiv. Retailers’ Investment in the Supply Chain. Data is the New Currency of the Supply Chain.

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AIMMS

MARCH 16, 2020

The world of supply chain has changed. Has your supply chain planning process evolved with the times? Our new supply chain planning maturity assessment helps you find out. Take the assessment below to uncover learnings and benchmark yourself against peers. Create your own user feedback survey.

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BlueYonder

MAY 16, 2018

During the Executive Exchange, JDA and KPMG released an exclusive preview of the findings from the new survey, Digital Supply Chain in Retail & Manufacturing: A State of the Industry Benchmark , conducted by Incisiv. Retailers’ Investment in the Supply Chain. Data is the New Currency of the Supply Chain.

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