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Supply chain risks: The knowable unknowns that can hurt your supply chain!

Kinaxis

An extreme example of this is a ride from Chicago to Colesburg, Tennessee taking 18 days, 13 hours, and 57 minutes! Such gradual degradation of planning assumptions can be performance killers to your supply chain, causing the users to lose faith in the planning system and resort to the all too familiar Excel.

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3PLs, What’s More Valuable Than Another Twitter Follower?

Talking Logistics

Robinson in Chicago (C.H. The event was held at Loyola University of Chicago in an MBA-like classroom with stadium seating. Supply Chain Risk Management Challenges Companies Face (Source: Adelante SCM). 3PL Leadership Development Supply Chain Risk Management C.H.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2019

Talking Logistics

If you’re a transportation professional, for example, and all you know is transportation, your opportunities for advancement are limited compared to someone who has a broader supply chain perspective. Command Alkon : ELEVATE 2019 , November 5-6, Chicago, IL. enVista : FUEL 2019 , TBA (2018:: September 19-21 in Chicago, IL).

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

If you’re a transportation professional, for example, and all you know is transportation, your opportunities for advancement are limited compared to someone who has a broader supply chain perspective. LeanLogistics : LeanLogistics ClientConnect , May 1-3, Chicago, IL. eft 15th 3PL Summit , June 14-15, Chicago, IL.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech – January 11, 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Sphera Acquisition of SupplyShift Sphera , a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and risk management software and consulting services has announced the acquisition of SupplyShift , a supply chain sustainability software company. billion.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

95% of supply chain executives report having a formal supply-chain risk-management process following Covid-19. How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Over the past year, 59% of companies have implemented new supply chain risk management practices.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2016

Talking Logistics

If you’re a transportation professional, for example, and all you know is transportation, your opportunities for advancement are limited compared to someone who has a broader supply chain perspective. LeanLogistics : LeanLogistics ClientConnect , April 18-20, Chicago, IL. HighJump Software: Elevate 2016 , March 6-9, Orlando, FL.