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This Week in Logistics News (February 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Worst January US Intermodal in 10 years Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Turkey and Syria impacted by the recent earthquakes. The port of Iskenderun in the southeast of Turkey was severely damaged by the earthquakes. GM has signed a long-term agreement with GlobalFoundries to establish exclusive production capacity of U.S.-produced

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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. As much as we conflate digital transformation with technology, without these missing ingredients your initiative will fail. And the true secret sauce to excellence is to fold in systems thinking and organizational learning.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

It is just not enough to do a software upgrade or slowly push continuous improvement projects. He did this first by implementing demand sensing from Terra Technology (now E2Open) eight years ago. However, the goal of having a single integrated ERP system with the embedded functionality and modules was never achieved. The reason?

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Türkiye’yi öne ç?karma- Driving Turkey forward

Supply Chain Movement

has been producing automotive vehicles in Bursa, Turkey since 1971, after having been founded by Vehbi Koç in 1968. In extending its range and building up its production capacity, Tofa? achieved the WCM ‘Gold’ level, one of four plants in the 175 plant global Fiat Chrysler network to reach that standard. nda Vehbi Koç taraf?

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A Few Thoughts about Supply Chain Management

Enterra Insights

Large- and mid-sized businesses are often pitted against small and active new ventures, making the implementation of supply chain management systems more crucial.” He singles out four areas causing that change: Technology, visibility, risk management, and customer segmentation. I would a sixth area: Sales and marketing.

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Quintiq World Tour, Istanbul – Plan for better efficiency

DELMIA Quintiq

Are there ways for companies operating at maximum capacity to speed up on delivery? This empowers them to create optimal plans that will improve efficiency and capacity management. It is exciting to know that technology innovation has enabled businesses to increase output, as well as improve delivery performance and reduce inventory.

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How You Can Master Supply Chain Risk  

BlueYonder

The severe earthquakes that struck Turkey last month demonstrate the devastating power of natural disasters — which seem to be occurring more frequently as climate change accelerates. The increased cost of labor and freight , along with some capacity issues in both areas, continue to create risk exposure.