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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? What will happen in 2016?

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Polycrisis, Antifragility, and What’s Missing from Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

There’s an older term now being applied to supply chains for this capacity: antifragility. If organizations expand their capacity to learn they grow stronger with each crisis. Technology enables learning together and increases organizational capacity to make the best decisions across the chain, not just for their link.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

This is not only true for financial investments, but also for supply chain and logistics predictions. Like I said last year, making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target: sometimes you get lucky and hit the mark; other times you miss the bullseye by a mile. Photo By: MAJ Aaron Haney.