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

Supply Chain Shaman

As a result, asset-intensive companies like chemical or semiconductor will never win this beauty pageant. The retail sector formula has far different metrics than the chemical industry. That’s the chemical industry, medical devices and packaged food. The methodology is biased to reward companies with few assets.

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

GlobalTranz

This series’s aim is to educate on what we see coming down the pipeline in the world of manufacturing. However, industries that depend on natural gas, such as metal and chemical manufacturers, will have more to gain by reshoring than continuing to stay where they are.

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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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Digitized Procurement: Your Setting-off Point to Autonomy

Jaggaer

As JAGGAER Product Marketing Director, Greg Holt, explained in our webinar on the topic : Digital transformation in procurement is not just automation. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), to a state-of-the-art digital chemical management solution that brought advanced automation into the process.

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7 Ways 3D Technology Will Change The Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

The 3D technology will revolutionize production process of every industry including the healthcare sector, education sector as well as food industry. Many experts have also researched that 3D tools will also help to assemble chemical compounds and printing drugs. Build New Horizons For Every Industry. Reduce Crime. Author Bio.

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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.