Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

In particular, the focal BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) represent major targets for expansion, but with them come a host of new problem that enterprises have little to no experience in dealing with in terms of logistics capabilities. Here is what I expect to see next year: Global supply chain footprints will continue to expand.

Predictive Analytics 117

Predictive Analytics Analytics Software Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Design Software 117

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Doug Cutting and Mike Carafella in an effort to improve searching created a distributed storage system termed Hadoop. Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters. The growth expectations of the BRIC countries is worrisome.

Supply Chain Planning Software 0

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software 0

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 26, 2020

I learned a lot from them over many years; first chasing parts and capacity, then dealing with the contraction after Y2K and migration to lower cost countries in the early 2000’s, the expansion into the BRIC countries, the integration of information from customer to supplier to sub-tier supplier and so on.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Supply Chain Software Optimal Sourcing 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

I learned a lot from them over many years; first chasing parts and capacity, then dealing with the contraction after Y2K and migration to lower cost countries in the early 2000’s, the expansion into the BRIC countries, the integration of information from customer to supplier to sub-tier supplier and so on.

Supply Chain Network Software 40

Supply Chain Network Software Network Optimization Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 40

NC State SCRC

JUNE 6, 2016

For example, America’s import content of exports is relatively low (15%) but increases to actually 40% if one takes a full-cycle view of downstream distribution and sales as being included in the end to end supply chain view. 1] Products should carry the label of “Made Everywhere”. Replacement parts for airlines, equipment, appliances, etc.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Strategy 40

NC State SCRC

AUGUST 25, 2016

I had the opportunity to accompany a group of executives from Anheuser Busch Inbev on a tour of Nike’s global distribution facility in Leuven Belgium this week. In turn, these containers sit for about 5 days before being transported to the Nike distribution center next door and stocked inside the DC.

Belgium 40

Belgium Distribution Saudi Arabia Global 40