Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions. The Cardinal Health Supply Chain Cardinal Health’s medical segment manufactures, sources and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical and laboratory products.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I was attending the Zycus Horizons 2014 conference at Amelia Island today, listening to speakers. The first response, from Anders Lillevik, Global Head of Procurement Support Services, QBE North America, provided a very interesting perspective: “I’ve been doing procurement for a long time, in many different companies.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The EU has started to work on charting out a plan for that transition, but other large markets like North America and China will likely not follow them in 2024. That said many countries are struggling to accommodate the new sources of power into grids designed for fossil fuel power generation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

The group meets quarterly with monthly conference calls in between the quarterly meeting. There is an active group in Europe and North America. The group is working on case studies to test new technologies like blockchain, cognitive computing, supply chain operating networks, and open source analytics. The reason?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Newly Released Conference Board CEO Study. A further data point to these notions can be found in a newly released C-Suite Outlook Mid-Year survey report, published by The Conference Board. Sources indicated to Nikkei that Samsung desires to more closely review its inventory levels to ensure that stocks are manageable.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Source Wikipedia. Each year I go to the Consumer Goods and Technology (CGT) conference where speaker-after-speaker talks about retail/supplier collaboration. It is for this reason that I sit on the back row at most conferences watching, listening, and smiling. Definition: Brass tacks are a type of pin or nail.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 9, 2014

by Trevor Miles I’m on my way back from Tokyo where I attended our user conference, Kinexions Tokyo , in Japan, just 5 weeks after our Kinexions North America user conference in San Diego. If attendance at both conferences is anything to go by, 2015 is going to be even busier than 2014. Buffalo Technologies. •

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 1, 2023

Sallstrom further mentioned that in the upcoming ASCM Connect 2023 North America annual conference being held from September 11 to September 13 in Louisville, Kentucky , there will be a dedicated tract available to attendees providing added information on the new CTSC certification program.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Expanding and shifting sourcing Earlier this year, a number of retailers told analysts that they had expanded their sourcing partners to diversify inventories and mitigate risks. Floor & Decor is one of the latest retailers to diversify its countries of origin by moving a large portion of sourcing out of China.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. Canadian and U.S.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2014

The forum was an opportunity to share insights on the oil and gas business in North America, communicate issues and challenges that exist, and create an opportunity to exchange ideas on how to address them. I visited a Canadian oil and gas company this week, and participated in their first annual Supplier Day.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2022

Conference Highlights. The company’s efforts in these dimensions began in 2014 with the creation of Planning Services Centers (PSC) and eventually a North America Operations Supply Chain Analytics Center.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

A businessman, who caught the virus at a conference in Singapore, was linked to several other cases. Since the outbreak of SARS in 2003, the last major epidemic to hit China, the country has become even more important as a source of key components and materials as well as finished consumer goods.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on Cloud Technology, Business Networks, Supply Chain Strategy and Alliance Management. Specialties: Jon specializes in Cloud Technologies, Supply Chain Strategy, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, and electronic payments.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2015

As Joe Dixon, SVP of Supply Chain at Brooks Brothers, commented at the GT Nexus Bridges 2015 conference a few weeks ago: “SAP is our internal ERP system, GT Nexus is our external [supply chain] ERP system.”. Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation (Source: Adelante SCM). Another great opportunity is for GT Nexus to leverage Infor’s Ming.le

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 4, 2016

by Alexa Cheater On the heels of the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference , now seemed like an appropriate time to revisit an often talked about supply chain topic. The impact of climate change on your supply chain operations. Natural Disasters.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2023

I attend this conference every year, but this time, strolling the exhibition floor and surveying the 110+ technology providers’ latest wares, I was struck by a dichotomy. Breaking down those silos was the focus of a panel discussion Rob Haddock and I led at the conference.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Deglobalization will accelerate, and reshoring and localization of manufacturing will continue 2023 has seen a severe freight recession, especially in North America, with significant overcapacity and declining rates for ocean shipping as well. Sources and References [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Eric Beckwitt is CEO of Freightera.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 3, 2014

Mexico is the Los Angeles area’s second-largest export market and one of Los Angeles County’s largest sources of foreign direct investment. According to the 2013 Metro North America report by Brookings, total trade between the Los Angeles Metro Region and Mexico totaled $14.91 billion in 2010. Meet Your ASA Team.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

There were a lot of great sessions and speakers during the conference, but I don’t have the time or space to summarize them all today. I spend the bulk of my time these days reviewing young technology companies primarily in North America, Europe, and Latin America,” said Dan. “I How many have we invested in so far?

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

They don’t see it as an enabler of global manufacturing and sourcing, or as a way of increasing customer loyalty through great service. I think selecting the right markets is a big issue for automotive logistics – where should your manufacturing be based, where should your sourcing be done? For them it’s just a cost.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Today’s software market is fueled by traditional sales techniques, conferences, and system integrators.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Cargill Animal Nutrition (CAN) is clustered around five major regions: North America; Latin America; EMEAR, including Russia; South Asia and East Asia. I split this off from global sourcing because we had plenty of buyers but not enough planning and logistics so service and documentation was failing.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 15, 2011

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) released its 22nd “Annual State of Logistics Report®,” presented by Penske Logistics, today at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The report reveals that business logistics costs rose to 8.3 percent of U.S. percent the previous year. “As

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting, Ferrari Consulting and Research Group Managing Director Bob Ferrari pens highlights of Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit conference and highlights of a conversation with the company’s Chief Supply Chain Officer. . Schneider Electric is a 180-year-old company with a legacy of innovation.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 5, 2016

I recently had an opportunity to attend CS Week – the premier customer service-focused conference for utility companies in the North American market – in Phoenix, Arizona. The event was well-attended by top professionals from within the customer service, payments, and field service departments of utilities across the region.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

He also is a trucking industry veteran, having founded and managed the Xpress Direct division of US Xpress Enterprises, the largest provider of on-demand trucking services in North America. Craig earned a Bachelor of Business Administration/Entrepreneurship from Baylor University. About FreightWaves.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The organization currently serves 45,000 professional members in 100 countries, with 190 chapters in North America alone. MH&L sat down with Eshkenazi at the recent APICS 2017 conference in San Antonio, TX. . MH&L: What are the most pressing issues that APICS member companies are dealing with right now? Abe Eshkenazi.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2023

At the Seeq Conneqt conference Brent Railey gave an fascinating presentation on the importance of tackling cultural issues when implementing innovative technology. Their growth has been organic; they have built new facilities, primarily in the Middle East and North America. Mr. Railey is the manager of data science at CPChem.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

For the second straight year between the conference championships and the Super Bowl, Tom Brady has announced his retirement from the NFL. The partnership will kick off by first sourcing Walmart’s California stores with Plenty’s leafy greens from its Compton farm. This time, however, he says it is for good.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Why NASCES Gets our Nod Elementum has always made it a point to attend the North America Supply Chain Executive Summit (NASCES). It’s a well-attended event with several hundred supply chain leaders, consultants, and partners all converging at the Westin event center in North Shore Chicago.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Why NASCES Gets our Nod Elementum has always made it a point to attend the North America Supply Chain Executive Summit (NASCES). It’s a well-attended event with several hundred supply chain leaders, consultants, and partners all converging at the Westin event center in North Shore Chicago.

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Supply Chain Network

APRIL 4, 2011

” Mode Transportation consists of about 300 IBOs who sell and operate the business throughout North America, corporate offices in Dallas and Memphis, a Company Managed Operation in Dallas and a temperature protected services division, Temstar, located in Lombard, IL. CONFERENCE CALL. SOURCE Hub Group, Inc.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. As manufactures and retailers increasingly depend on extended rosters of sourcing companies, the resulting networked supply chain requires improved visibility. Subscribe To.

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Freightera

MAY 1, 2018

May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Freightera, North America’s rapidly growing online freight marketplace, celebrated its 4th birthday today as it booked over 10,000 shipments. Freightera has emerged as the leading source of instant less than truckload (LTL) freight quotes for the Canadian, cross-border and US markets.

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Resilinc

MARCH 14, 2023

Key goals of the blueprint are to improve raw material sourcing, supply domestic processing of lithium, and encourage recycling lithium. From where will the US source materials? The main mission of this task force is to accelerate the development of a sustainable domestic lithium battery supply chain in North America.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2018

There are two groups: one in North America and one in Europe. Together, we are testing use cases combining cognitive computing, blockchain, open source analytics, and Internet of Things (IOT). Designed for extreme networking, the conference is small and intimate. It is open to all. The first step is education.

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