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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”. Improve process quality for vendors and BASF. Fast and effective roll out.

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Collaboration Key in Creating Competitive Advantages Through Supply Chains

Supply Chain Network

BOSTON, MA, October, 27, 2017 – Research recently published by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute , and sponsored by Maine Pointe , identifies collaboration as one of six key elements of creating competitive advantages through supply chains. Maine Pointe calls this Total Value Optimization (TVO)™.

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10 Ways IoT Can Improve Supply Chains

IQMS

The combination of blockchain and IoT sensors are showing potential to revolutionize food supply chains, where sensors are used to track freshness, quality, and safety of perishable foods. Combining blockchain and IoT is enabling manufacturers to pursue and excel at digital twin initiatives across their value chains.

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Guest Blog: Real-world Advice for Getting Started on eKanban

synchrono

Through this guest blog series, I’d like to share some of my experiences implementing supplier quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives by focusing on eKanban systems. Successful projects start with buy-in from the top and an eKanban initiative is no exception. by Jim Shore. Even though the benefits to the business are real (e.g.,

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Top Supply Chain Challenges for CPG companies in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Retailers, especially in the developed world, demand collaborative practices, continue to increase the quality of their private label offerings, and are becoming significant competitors. The classical approach involves functional silos, sequential decisions, and Excel and people to render a plan executable.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. This issue is that the orders have inherent order latency (The time for customer purchases to translate to manufacturing orders). There is also no Santa Claus.

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Top 10 Saudi Arabian eCommerce StartUps and Companies

Vinculum

With the oil and mining industry slowing down, this opportunity is excellent for Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is expected to see almost double 2020’s2020’s revenue by 2025, predict Boston Consulting Group and Meta Platforms. 1 Delivers Quality Customer Support & Retention. Delivers excellent customer service.