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This Week in Logistics News (December 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

I always find the news round-up exciting to write, as I end up reading more about supply chain and logistics than I would have thought possible. Bipartisan lawmakers unveiling bill targeting supply chain shortfalls. And the jury is still out on what 2023 will hold. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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World Cup Plays that Build Winning Supply Chain Teams

MIT Supply Chain

And we can draw some important lessons from this wonderful spectacle – including ones that are particularly relevant to supply chain leaders. In other words, these leaders had not moved with the times; they had failed to reinvent the strategies and processes that underpinned past successes. Here are a few for your consideration.

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Addressing sustainability threats to coffee supply chain using low-code technology

TrackVia

They lack business skills and resources and need a substantial amount of support beyond improving their supply chain. Volcafe Way is a sustainable sourcing strategy created to radically transform coffee production. I had the privilege to visit Volcafe in San José, Costa Rica, and learn more about the success of Volcafe Way.

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Small is the new big: Millennials & the future of retail

DELMIA Quintiq

This has pushed brands to rethink marketing strategies as they learn how to ride the Web 2.0 Puravida allows young fashionable people to support multiple causes by purchasing unique handmade bracelets, while promising to provide full-time jobs for local artisans in Costa Rica. Keep things simple. Planet Planning'

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Striking a Balance

BlueYonder

She shares how she balances career and family –– and how saying ‘yes’ to an opportunity to relocate to Costa Rica was a transformational moment for her career. . That became my strategy to get my next job at L.L.Bean when my husband and I moved to Maine – join as a consultant and then get hired by L.L.Bean full-time.

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Supply Chain Alone Can’t Solve Sustainability But it Has a Part to Play!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Reduction Strategy. As a business area, Supply Chain Management’s influence has grown over the past number of years. It has more impact on company strategy than it did even a decade ago. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Coming of Age: The Digital Consumer Chain

Supply Chain Insights

Nothing is left to the imagination; and digital animation has created an entire generation of people who firmly believe that there are dinosaurs on the small islands off the coast of Costa Rica. Then we can build an entire thought leadership strategy that not only prepares us for this coming of age, but enables us to drive it.