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Thoughts. Selecting Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Shaman

The comparison of dissimilar companies in a four-box model is meaningless. It will never be an apples-to-apples comparison or even a comparison of types of apples (E.G. I still hold hope that SAP could get serious about supply chain planning, but I have given up on Oracle (with the exception of transportation management.))

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The Green Corridor: Catching the Sun Light! – How Logistics is Harnessing the Power of the Sun

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

– How Logistics is Harnessing the Power of the Sun by Timothy Foote , Founder of Susymbio We all know that our sun’s power is the main energy source for life on Earth. Fortunately, great minds are making progress to capture this energy in ways that could change the transportation and logistics industry. Vehicles Also Have Roofs!

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Table 2: Gartner Top 25 Comparison to Peer Group Results As large manufacturers work the conference circuit in the industry to increase brand awareness for their supply chain efforts, they feed the perception that their stories demonstrate supply chain leadership. (The Is this success? I don’t think so.

Gartner 374
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The Green Corridor – Optimal Tech for Green Logistics – Making Emissions Visible

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Such real-time data and visibility functions allow for supplier comparisons as well as overall emission source contributor identifications, which can be focused on for improvement. Crucially, the system will calculate the carbon emissions spewed out with every transportation move. It can be done via EDI, API or via a web portal.

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Agriculture in the City

Enterra Insights

Food grown close to consumers reduces both transportation costs and food waste. This should cheer anyone who wants organic produce that has been grown without pesticides and other chemicals, and which has not been driven hundreds of miles in refrigerated lorries or flown thousands of miles in the belly of a plane.

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Talk Doesn’t Cook the Rice

Supply Chain Shaman

An example is retail/consumer products/chemical/transportation or hospital/pharmaceutical companies/medical device companies/medical distributors.). We will then use this as a comparison table to understand the processes and technologies used by more mature companies. How does the methodology compare to the Gartner Top 25.

Gartner 268
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Announcing the Supply Chain Index

Supply Chain Insights

An example is retail/consumer products/chemical/transportation or hospital/pharmaceutical companies/medical device companies/medical distributors.). We will then use this as a comparison table to understand the processes and technologies used by more mature companies. How does the methodology compare to the Gartner Top 25.

Gartner 137