The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Tim has crafted delivery solutions for many e-commerce clients and managed the supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies. Synopsis: GeTS Webinar 9th Sept 2021. Tim worked in management positions at multiple MNCs for more than 25 years, gaining expansive expertise in logistical operations.

Asia 245

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

Last week, I shared a preview of the results through a webinar broadcast. In contrast, Dow Chemical, with thirty-two divisions with interconnected envelope interdependencies, needs global orchestration. Our goal is to continually redefine the definition of supply chain excellence. The charts and data get boring pretty quick.)

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2013

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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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Due to travel restrictions, I cannot attend many industry events, so I observe from home, watching webinars and remote broadcasts. For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical. Surgery is over. I am safely recuperating at home. As I process the content, I struggle.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Attending the conference, and making improvement in both inventory cycles and operating margin for two consecutive years, are Colgate, Dow Chemical, and General Mills. We will be sharing these insights on our upcoming webinar that will happen post-conference. In table 1, we share these results.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

During a recent webinar hosted by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Singapore ([link] Hassan Raza Leghari, VP of Ground Operations, DHL Express, told attendees about the company’s growing Asian ground fleets of electric delivery vans, scooters and bikes.

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2020

Industries included food and beverage, packing, non-profit, medical devices, financials services, chemicals, insurance etc. One of the case studies cited in the Hackett Group report on IT-Procurement partnerships is a Chemical manufacturer. Top performers have moved beyond the basics and reached this level of strategic agreement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 1, 2014

On August 5th, I will be hosting a webinar on supply chain talent. I will be joined by Keith Holiday of Sunoco Product s and Jacqueline Faseler of Dow Chemical to discuss the research results of a talent survey that we are completing. I also believe that the adoption of new mental models is a barrier to progress.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Last week, at Supply Chain Insights , as part of our monthly webinar series, I hosted a panel discussion on the current state of the healthcare value network. Hosting this webinar series is one of the favorite parts of my job as the Founder of Supply Chain Insights. Here is an on-demand link to replay the healthcare webinar.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain for perishable food products, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals in order to maintain their quality and increase their shelf-life. As international trade grows, perishable foods, drug and chemicals are being traded and transported around the world. Cold Chain – A Brief Overview.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain for perishable food products, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals in order to maintain their quality and increase their shelf-life. As international trade grows, perishable foods, drug and chemicals are being traded and transported around the world. Cold Chain – A Brief Overview.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain for perishable food products, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals in order to maintain their quality and increase their shelf-life. As international trade grows, perishable foods, drug and chemicals are being traded and transported around the world. Cold Chain – A Brief Overview.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 10, 2013

The first corporate social responsibility statement was published by Dow Chemical in 1996. While the importance of these programs has grown over the last decade, in recent research, that will be presented this Friday during a Supply Chain Insights webinar , we find two disconnects. Supply Chain Sustainability (definition).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2019

A large system integrator implemented Logility in a chemical company for services of $5.4M Register for the webinar using this link. (We We do monthly complimentary webinars and record them and share them on Linkedin.). without a material balance. As a result, demand translation into supply was not possible.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

Take the chemical industry. The reason is that as a chemical company, they must run assets, and the methodology penalizes companies with deep asset strategies. They have shed their assets. In many businesses, assets are a core part of the supply chain. To be valid, I believe that companies must be compared within a peer group.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. An example is retail/consumer products/chemical/transportation or hospital/pharmaceutical companies/medical device companies/medical distributors.). Why do we need a new Index?

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 15, 2018

For example, - In some industries such as steel, chemicals, and other heavy industries, products are highly commoditized. However, books will say that service is actually a lifeline of any business and it usually goes beyond customer satisfaction surveys. What if you provide subpar customer service and customers run away?

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Attending the conference, and making improvement in both inventory cycles and operating margin for two consecutive years, are Colgate, Dow Chemical, and General Mills. We will be sharing these insights on our upcoming webinar that will happen post-conference. In table 1, we share these results.

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Supply Chain Insights

MAY 5, 2014

We will be publishing four reports and holding monthly webinars throughout the summer as a build-up for our annual conference, Imagine, on September 10th-11th. In June, we will be stack-ranking the consumer value chain industries (retail, consumer products, food/beverage, consumer electronics and chemical).

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 9, 2013

It will be launched on a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a report that will run in our May newsletter. An example is retail/consumer products/chemical/transportation or hospital/pharmaceutical companies/medical device companies/medical distributors.). Go here to register for the webinar.' How was it developed?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and chemical companies are close behind, but they are having difficulty “taking the hill.” We will be sharing more on the Supply Chain Index over the summer in our monthly webinar series with a final summary presentation at our Global Summit in September. We enjoy writing them!

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

Check out the recent webinar that we finished with LeanDNA to understand their solution.) Upcoming Webinars. A cross-industry analysis biases the analysis for companies that hold few assets and penalizes companies in heavy manufacturing process industries like chemical where the processes are closely tied to asset ownership.)

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2016

Potential hazards can be biological, chemical or physical. In the coming weeks, I am conducting a series of FSMA training webinars. Review the process from start to finish. At every step, consider every potential risk. Be creative. Consider all the things that can go wrong. Every risk needs to added to the food safety plan.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2016

Potential hazards can be biological, chemical or physical. In the coming weeks, I am conducting a series of FSMA training webinars. Review the process from start to finish. At every step, consider every potential risk. Be creative. Consider all the things that can go wrong. Every risk needs to added to the food safety plan.

Food 100

Food Purchasing Training Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning 100

The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2016

Potential hazards can be biological, chemical or physical. In the coming weeks, I am conducting a series of FSMA training webinars. Review the process from start to finish. At every step, consider every potential risk. Be creative. Consider all the things that can go wrong. Every risk needs to added to the food safety plan.

Food 100

Food Purchasing Training Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning 100

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Forty years ago as a chemical engineering student, I learned the tedious craft of chemical plant design. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. In this position, we designed real-world plants.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Following the webinar about the New User Interface (recording and presentation available in the wiki), here are two videos on a simple scenario to compare the old and new UI. Process industries like Food, Chemical or Pharmaceutical often operates tank machines in their manufacturing process. Learn more in the Community.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Later, while working for DuPont, he developed the first standardized electronic messages in the early 1960s to be sent between DuPont and Chemical Leaman Tank Lines. This was desperately needed in order to facilitate the sheer number of deliveries, in the end amounting to almost 280,000 flights.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

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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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Whether a business is purchasing the numerous chemicals needed to produce components for cell phones or new furniture for an office space, there is an expectation for personalized service and the ability to quickly purchase and receive what is needed.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

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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Jaggaer

MAY 12, 2020

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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Provenance

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

They want to know if your sunscreen contains the chemicals which are decimating coral reefs worldwide. Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Sali Hughes, Sarah Creal and Alexia Inge for a Cult Beauty webinar on sustainability in beauty. This is particularly the case for Gen Z, the ‘Honest Generation’.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 9, 2020

– Supply Chain Architect, Eastman Chemical Company, Gartner Peer Insights. In a recent webinar , Jeff Covington of Smithfield Foods talked about building up momentum internally before making the push for a higher level of internal expansion. Crossing the STREET. Smithfield Foods is one such example.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2021

For example, Elemica is focused on the chemical and rubber markets but does not manage upstream (consumer products/food & beverage) or downstream flows (oil/gas). Webinar Next Week. The Supply Chains to Admire webinar is on June 16th at 11:00 EST. At the webinar, gain insights to the winners and the industry trends.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 30, 2015

New England, especially Massachusetts, has a long history of manufacturing that has evolved from clothing and shoes to electronics and chemical products — with good wages to show for it. The teams’ states make for interesting comparisons off the field.

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Xeeva

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

We recently held a webinar with Spend Matters about ways procurement organizations can put a stop to spend leakage. AMARISH: So for example, say I am buying chemicals for an organization. Find out what those are by watching the full webinar ! . Related: Having trouble controlling your procurement spend? You’re not alone.

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