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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

In the traditional supply chain world, the processes of sell, deliver, make, source, and plan are separate and distinct. Typing this quickly in the Atlanta airport as I run for a plane for Lima, Peru. The conference will be live-streamed as we discuss five themes: Supply Chains to Admire. This is not an easy transition.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. The conference will be live streamed. Our current studies in the field are: If you are a discrete manufacturer in supply chain, we would love your insights on this research study on direct material sourcing.

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If You Can’t Stand the Fire, then Tame It: Chef José Andrés and Supply Chain Management

Elementum

A Source of Inspiration In the constant chaos that is supply chains these days, it’s often difficult to find good news. One consistent source of inspiration over the last few years has been the humanitarian work being done by José Andrés. In the old days, this would be a conference room. Things are bad. They’ve been bad.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 13-17, 2018)

Talking Logistics

This is self-contradictory,” said Jansen at the [Global Liner Shipping Conference]. Meanwhile, Kuebix (also a Talking Logistics sponsor) announced Community Load Match this week that provides shippers with “a single source to access a huge network of trucks that can provide attractive rates and a new, valuable source for truckload capacity.”

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. As a result, at conferences, I am often introduced as a consultant. While sourcing roles are more aggregated, channel support is usually regional.

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Copper in flux

Resilinc

Vanessa Davidson, top copper analyst at business intel firm CRU, attributed the weak pricing to “the possibility of lower GDP or industrial production triggered by geopolitical risks, high inflation becoming more embedded in the economy, or the effects of Covid-19 lasting longer than anticipated,” at a June 13 mining conference.