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Why I No Longer Believe in the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, Gartner is hosting their annual supply chain conference. It is now the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The research tries to establish “ who did supply chain best ” by looking at a weighted formula of Year-over-Year Growth, Return on Assets (ROA), and Inventory Turns for the Fortune 500 companies.

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Electronic Data Interchange or EDI in Transportation: Breaking Down What it is and How It Works

GlobalTranz

Furthermore, we also want to educate those in the industry on such available technologies such as EDI in transportation so that they may make sure when they are either choosing a new transportation management system or are using one already, that the user demands that EDI is a part of the TMS.

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

GlobalTranz

According to Forbes magazine , The greatest reshoring will occur in industries that benefit most from cheap natural gas and have access to global markets… [industries such as] chemicals and metals… for products that change rapidly, including fashion apparel and technology… whose product value/weight ratios do not justify air freight.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

.” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. This series’s aim is to educate on what we see coming down the pipeline in the world of manufacturing.

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Get Green – Our Future Workforce Demands Action

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Many of the children today will be the leaders of tomorrow and thankfully their access to logistics and transportation (L&T) education is abundant. Education is the Key. I began work on integrating sustainability in logistics education last year along with Edward Lau and Karmjit Singh. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Digitized Procurement: Your Setting-off Point to Autonomy

Jaggaer

Supply-Chain and Invoice automation. As JAGGAER Product Marketing Director, Greg Holt, explained in our webinar on the topic : Digital transformation in procurement is not just automation. Rule-based recommendations. Smart Assistant. Self-maintained data quality. Intelligent Procurement. Sourcing automation.

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[Infographic] The State of Manufacturing Trends Part II: How Did the 2016 Manufacturing Report Turn Out?

GlobalTranz

In October, numerous educators, organizations and business leaders took to the school system and public to raise awareness about what it means to work in manufacturing today as part of Manufacturing Day. However, the trend appears to show an increase in attacks on automotive and chemical companies for this year.