The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 14, 2021

Logistics service providers set up their portals to more efficiently deal with and manage ad-hoc quotations and bookings. Advisory Board Member, at The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS). The book author is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI and Nikkei contributor. Then Covid-19 came into play.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 27, 2015

Supply chain management spans many functions and processes, including demand planning, sourcing, merchandising, supplier relationship management, inventory management, inbound and outbound transportation, distribution management, and store operations. — Supply Chain Visibility.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2017

Wolters Kluwer Transport Services is acquired by Castik Capital. While the full impact has yet to be assessed, Mondelez estimates its second-quarter growth rate would be lowered by at least 300 basis points and warned it would book “incremental one-time costs” in the second and third quarters related to the attack. ACT Research: N.A.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 4, 2022

By contrast, OEMs that had mapped their supply chains on their own or with a supply chain risk management firm such as Resilinc had a much more complete picture of how Ian could affect their supplies and revenues. Supply chains need roads, railways, ports and airlines for goods to flow,” said Vakil.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

It’s only a question of time, I believe, before these words from Matthew Mather’s book CyberStorm becomes an actual headline: ‘FedEx and UPS have ground to a complete standstill today due to what they say is a virus in their logistics shipping software.’”. ArcBest Announces Space-Based Pricing for Less-than-truckload Shipments.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity. Strong Software Bookings Growth Highlights First Half 2017 Results for JDA. The same is true for supply chains. Infor Expands the Power of the GT Nexus Commerce Network.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

The First Hyperloop Booking App Is Already Here (Fast Co.Design). Moving on to transportation news, Transplace announced that Frank McGuigan has been named chief executive officer, while previous CEO Tom Sanderson has transitioned to the role of executive chairman and will serve on Transplace’s board of directors.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy. There may be instances where you will have to work more closely with carriers and book further in advance to ensure you can meet critical deliveries. Booking early is a good idea in certain situations. Yellow: Space is getting tighter.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 24, 2019

Although the book wasn’t about climate change, the title aptly describes what supply chain professionals are about to experience — something wicked. Climate change has two elements to consider — prevention and preparation — and transportation reliant businesses wield a lot of power in both.”[3]

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

The reason why they can do this is that customized products are sold directly to customers so they have the higher profit margin to compensate the higher transportation cost. Managing transportation at this scale is the absolute challenge. Steve Jobs invited the Tim Cook to help to improve Apple''s Supply Chain in 1998.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Yossi Sheffi is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he serves as Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL). He is an expert in systems optimization, risk analysis, and supply chain management, which are the subjects he teaches and researches at MIT.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Supply Chain”, Daniel Stanton has a gift for explaining complex supply chain concepts in a way that has engaged millions of students. He has taught at several universities and is a leading instructor for the supply chain programs on LinkedIn Learning.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Managed Services: The “Stretch Armstrong” of Logistics. Process Industry Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve. Big Data and Analytics for Oil and Gas Transportation. Number one on his list was “‘Non-Zero’ Supply Chains Win.” Energy will play a bigger role in supply chain strategies and decisions.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Manufacturing ISM Report on Business® reported a September value of 49, 1.6 percentage points higher than the August value of 47.6, percentage points above the July PMI value of 46.4.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

To be heard when influential interests seek to view the supply chain as the sole means to wring out costs and improve short-term results, at the sacrifice on investing in needed people, process and technological capabilities. Supply chain management is a team-based capability, involving the broadest aspects of a business.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This included: Developing playbooks and contingency plans to address your most pressing risks. Evaluate structural changes in your supply base that could reduce risk exposure. Go digital: Explore the potential of dedicated supply chain risk management solutions. and will operate more efficiently.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

The separately reported HCOB Germany Manufacturing PMI® for June pointed to goods producers in the eurozone’s largest economy making deeper cuts to production output levels as order book declines increased. This country’s June PMI value was reported as 40.6, percentage points from May’s value of 43.2,

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 18, 2016

Over the past few years, I’ve written extensively about the growing importance of supply chain risk management and supply chain mapping, including the following: Rethinking Supply Chain Risk Management. Doing Nothing on Supply Chain Risk Management.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

What is happening to BMW today is another case study in supply chain risk management. For related commentary, see my June 2015 post, Time to Survive and Nexus Supplier Index: New Measures of Supply Chain Risk Management.]. What is the biggest blind spot in your supply chain?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2016

Author’s Note: The following is the forward I wrote for a new textbook published by MercuryGate (a Talking Logistics sponsor) on “ Modern Technology for Transportation Optimization ,” which is available for purchase on Amazon.com. The word “optimization” is ubiquitous in the supply chain and logistics industry.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Transportation and Logistics Disruptions. In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. They may be utilized by shippers as freight transportation providers and enables shippers to secure market driven freight rates.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2012

« Best practices for defining Asset Register | Main | Supply Chain Control Tower Readiness- Part One » Online Grocery Retailing that too in.India. We are familiar with the concept of buying online books, electronic goods, gift articles, apparels. Enterprise Asset Management: IT Asset Management (57).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In this session, Kate Vitasek and Jeanette Nyden discuss the key points from their book, Getting to We , which “flips conventional negotiation on its head and shifts the perspective to where it belongs: viewing the relationship as the substance of the deal, not merely a ‘once and done’ transaction.”. Transportation Management.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Route optimization process determines the sequence in which orders are delivered to customer, so as to reduce overall cost of transportation. The capacity booking corresponding to such backordered orders remained unutilized since, route (of the load which contains backordered order) had already been optimized. Generic SCM (130).

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The result was a rather embarrassing public apology and a canceling of orders just prior to the Christmas holiday because the retailer was unprepared to deal with the crush of booked online orders. For the upcoming holiday surge, supply chain teams should anticipate two other significant changes plus some further wildcards from last year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Lean speaks of the seven wastes: overproduction, unnecessary transportation, inventory, motion, defects, over processing, and waiting. The principles of lean were introduced in the book The Machine That Changed the World. The book was published in 1991. Toyota’s success was attributed in large part to their use of lean.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

“OPEC and 10 producers outside the cartel, including Russia, agreed late last month to continue holding back nearly 2% of crude production from the global market through the end of [2018]…with the aim of alleviating a supply glut that has plagued oil markets since 2014,” according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

Here are some more excerpts from the article: Novo Nordisk A/S, the Danish drugmaker, booked some air-freight slots to prepare for the possibility of significant border delays, Pinder Sahota, its U.K. general manager, said in an interview. Debates Lifting China Tariffs to Hasten Trade Deal, Calm Markets (WSJ – sub.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 2, 2022

Readers of Resilinc’s blog will likely be familiar with Tom Linton, the supply chain veteran, senior McKinsey advisor, member of Resilinc’s executive advisory board, and author (whose most recent book Flow: How the Best Supply Chains Thrive with co-author Rob Handfield is now available).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The answer depends largely on whether OPEC, Russia, and other oil producers adhere to the supply cuts they pledged to on December 10th. If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response?

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