Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

I presented at Supply Chain Outlook 2015, an event hosted by the Supply Chain Management Review in Chicago on Monday morning. She pointed out that much of the re-shoring will not be the same industries. Overall – a great kickoff for Supply Chain Management Review’s first conference.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

They will soon change your supply chain. Designed in the 1960s when a Megabyte (MB) of disk storage cost the same as a Terabyte (TB) does today, relational databases form the basis of today’s supply chain systems and IT architectures. Not all supply chain data is transactional in nature.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 30, 2013

A recent discussion with supply chain executives in the apparel industry reveal that the problem is a tricky one to solve – and may be a function of other decisions being made by apparel manufacturers that have nothing to do with labor human rights in the supply chain. Do YOU know who is in YOUR supply chain?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 26, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “ Seasoned Leadership in Action ™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 6, 2016

In the new book “Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization, author Parag Khanna discusses the concept of the “new supply chain wars”. Central to his argument is the notion that global supply chains have become more complex, but have also merged into a comprehensive whole.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

That can make it difficult to meet your delivery times unless you take proactive steps now to minimize the risk in your supply chain. These are historically the biggest disruptors that occur in our industry: Chinese New Year (aka Spring Festival). BRICS summit. This is a week-long celebration in China. Final Thoughts.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. I would call myself an accidental supply chain executive!

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2016

Tim is a global supply chain executive originally from Australia, who has been studying the evolution of the Trans Pacific Partnership closely, and is writing a book on the subject. So if the TPP is approved, then this creates a different, but equally as critical challenge for supply chain leaders.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 15, 2016

When Coca Cola set about thinking about how to drive sustainability into their supply chain, they recognized from the outset that the entire end to end life cycle of a bottle of Coke needed to be considered. Growing beverage consumption in emerging markets of BRICS is expected to drive bio based PET market growth.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

This, in turn, has turned the supply chain into a competitive weapon to either support sales growth or protect margins through efficiencies. Demand from BRIC markets continues to fuel growth for luxury brands while at the other end of the market, OEMs fight continuous battles for volume, market share and margin.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 24, 2014

In this environment, the supply chain and logistics task becomes even more complex, as it involves delivering and fulfilling product and service support to deliver a lifestyle “vision” around the world. A pull-based supply chain is different – the system recognizes the demand trigger and reacts to it.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the September issue of the Supply Chain Management Review , Andreas Wieland from Berlin Technical University and I have published a thoughtpiece on the application of social responsible criteria to the supply chain. A program to audit suppliers across multiple tiers of the supply chain is an important first step.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The recent bankruptcy announcement of Hanjin, a major shipping line, on the Friday before the last Labor Day long weekend, was a shock to everyone working in the global logistics shipping industry.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

Supply chain trends make it yet more complex because they represent the intersections of so many different domains. What is a supply chain trend-spotter to do? A Different Perspective on Business Trends and Supply Chains. Software is Eating Supply Chains. We take a different approach here.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

I had the opportunity to speak with a few different industry experts this week, and sought their insights into how to manage the confusing array of shifts going on when products cross two borders anywhere in the world. It is not becoming IMPERATIVE that organizations seek to have visibility beyond the first tier.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 25, 2017

industries including opening additional doors for trade in Asia. Conversely, it would also provide negative impacts to a few other specific industries. by 2032 as a direct result of the TPP, however key industries such as manufacturing ($10.8B The big gainers would be the professional services industry ($11.6B

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 22, 2023

The diversity of the brands make them difficult to support, as they all have global supply chains, and the leverage is not the same. It was happening industry-wide, regardless of the elimination of TPP. Section 301 is the trade statute they invoked to deal with a lot of these remedies – it is an Industry Protection statute.

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