Cargo Groups Metrics Procurement Solutions 
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
The Failure of Existing Demand Planning Solutions. During the pandemic, supply chain leaders turned off their demand planning solutions. Also, the solutions lacked flexibility. No company interviewed was able to successfully use their current what-if solutions to model pandemic impacts. Lessons Learned. The reason?
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 19, 2022
He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Work planners previously did manually can be calculated by software. Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting.
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Cathy Roberson
APRIL 6, 2022
Despite the number of visibility tools available on the market today, “lack of visibility” continues to be a common complaint in the supply chain market. Are today’s visibility tools missing something? What's missing, if anything, from visibility tools?” But what exactly is visibility?
Supply Chain View from the Field
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
I was in Houston yesterday evening, speaking to a large group of procurement executives at a roundtable held by KPMG’s Procurement Advisory Group, at the fabulous Brennan’s restaurant on Smith Street. However, with the price of oil down in the $70′s, I did sense a bit of uneasiness in the air.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 29, 2013
You could answer them with a purchase order (P.O.) Besides providing fast, thorough answers to customers, today’s ERP, cloud-based SaaS, or 3PL-operated systems enable companies to manage the order lifecycle, control information and cargo flows, and reduce the total cost of goods. Why is it late? When will it get here? gain equation.
Locus
DECEMBER 23, 2022
Not only this, 62% of online shoppers in the US say delivery speed is what makes for a good purchase experience. Retailers need a robust logistics solution that helps them align their capacity with customers’ delivery preferences. Retailers should leverage cutting edge technology solutions to overcome this major roadblock.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 14, 2023
We have software updates planned to improve our fog and parking performance to address such situations in the future.” In a blog post, Yum noted it is transitioning away from plastics and developing new packaging solutions as part of that policy. “After a brief stop, the vehicles cleared the area as the fog began to clear.
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