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Podcast: VC Brian Aoaeh on the Future of Supply Chain Investment

Requis

It was the process of studying and writing those articles that led me to the notion that there really needed to be a community for people who as I describe as being “obsessively enthusiastic” about supply chain and supply chain innovation technology. On the New York Supply Chain Meet Up and the Worldwide Supply Chain Federation.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Indago is a Latin word that means “to investigate, search out, try to find/procure by seeking.”. Over the past few years, freight brokerage has been a hot segment of the transportation market. Earlier this week, I wrote about the network effect in transportation management. The most common question was “What does Indago mean?”.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Supply Chain Cost Management Results: Deere & Company’s supply chain cost-management achievements included an inventory decrease of $1 billion, a significant reduction in customer delivery lead times (from ten days to five or less) and annual transportation cost savings of around 5%. Procurement analysis. Inventory planning.