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Design for Supply Chain Now, or Pay the Price Later

Elementum

Take a more proactive approach to supply chain management with Design for Supply Chain. Design for Supply Chain (DfSC), represents the next rung up in process-management ambition, with an emphasis on production and distribution reliability. iOS and Android, in my familiar schema, come next.

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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

But let’s recognize the planners for the boldness of the idea and figure out how to leverage this initiative for the benefit of modern supply chains. Equally, it could become a white elephant project with little impact on European freight transport times or costs. There were some substantial funds pledged to the concept.

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Amazon’s Decision to Up Holiday Season Worker Needs- The Why

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides perspectives and likely motivations on Amazon’s announced effort to hire an additional 250,000 workers to support upcoming 2023 holiday fulfillment needs. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. percent to $963.3

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Shoveling Snow with a Dustpan (Takeaways from BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

As I prepared my keynote presentation for the BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2017 conference , I recalled this experience and saw it as a good metaphor for the difficulties many companies are having today responding effectively to the blizzard of supply chain management. So, what attributes will define successful companies of tomorrow?

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5 Top Transportation Management Trends to Expect in 2018

GlobalTranz

In addition, the continued rise of freight trucking rates, as explained by James Jaillet of Overdrive Online , will demand newer, faster and more efficient transportation management systems (TMS). The Freight & Transportation Management Trends to Know in 2018.