Supply Chain Matters

MAY 19, 2025

Business Insider (Paid subscription) , citing an internal document, later echoed by Reuters , had reported that FedEx garnered cost favorability compared with rival FedEx in securing this new partnership deal. A third party has indeed been the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) particularly for last mile delivery involving rural or dense urban U.S.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Source: [link] This blog was written at Dr. Muddassir Ahmed’s request. In a recent post, he was discussing the challenges of integrating enterprise supply chain software: Learn More about the Challenges with Dr. Time Employees are overburdened by keeping your business running. Cost Time is money.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 23, 2015

For years, I’ve been telling supply chain executives to think beyond Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter when thinking about the role of social networking in supply chain management. Here are some excerpts from the press release: Twitter is like no other data source in the world. Are you a believer or a skeptic?

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 7, 2018

Data Types and Quality Variances Complicate Managing Supply Chain SLAs In the U.S., Each potential relationship represents the need for an SLA, and since the descriptors and terms vary, shippers and supply chain executives must thoroughly understand their responsibilities and expectations defined within each SLA.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Second, avoid islands of isolation and limited impact by integrated AI into your supply chain so the results are aligned end to end. One supply chain executive told me AI makes him feel a bit like a deer in the headlights, which is why it’s worth stating that you don’t have to embark on this journey alone.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Technology Leader Gives Students Hands-On Experience With AI-based Supply Chain Execution Solutions. Logility recently added onto the experience, allowing students to dive further, learning how to source vendors, issue purchase orders and even track work-in-process and inbound shipments. ATLANTA – Nov. ATLANTA – Nov.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Supply chain practitioners are asked to accomplish more with less, to be involved in more business processes and deliver more value-added capabilities while lowering costs and ensuring high customer service. To gain executive buy-in develop a business case showing substantial hard and soft benefits.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

In this article, we will show you tips from worldwide experts that you can use to streamline your global supply chain operations. Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

To learn more about the 2022 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain Awards and see the complete list of winners, visit [link]. Food Logistics reaches more than 26,000 supply chain executives in the global food and beverage industries. s current Form 10-K and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the SEC.

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Logility

OCTOBER 7, 2021

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, has partnered with ArcherGrey to strengthen consulting and technology solutions for its customers. s current Form 10-K and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the SEC. ATLANTA – October 7, 2021 – Logility, Inc.,

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Source: Laurie Cus. MercuryGate extends invoicing and document management solution with HubTran integration. SAP Launches Enhanced Supply Chain Execution Software for Faster Logistics Planning. Establishing new hours-of-service supporting document (shipping documents, fuel purchase receipts, etc.)

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Logility

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Food Logistics reaches more than 26,000 supply chain executives in the global food and beverage industries. The audience includes executives in the food sector and the logistics section who share a mutual interest in the operations and business aspects of the global food supply chain. About Food Logistics.

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Logility

AUGUST 16, 2022

The flexible and configurable design of the Logility platform has greatly reduced our reliance on legacy systems and has established a trustworthy source of truth.”. s current Form 10-K and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the SEC. For more information, contact: Kevin Liu, American Software, Inc., (626)

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ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

In my last blog post, “ Will your supply chain lead in the next decade? ,” I talked about Gartner’s first-day focus at their Supply Chain Executive Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an especially important message for manufacturers’ supply chain organizations.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

According to sources, Stevedores are demanding advance payment in cash. How long will you be able to recover your supply through alternate sources or from the impacted supplier? However, by having well-documented contingency processes, it will likely help you recover faster than your competition when impacted by a disaster.

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Logility

MAY 7, 2020

Structured and unstructured data including that from social media, Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain sources continue to stream in but much is left untouched. A bigger challenge is the need to transform traditional supply chain operations to a digital landscape where big data is embraced and used by a new breed of supply chain talent.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 29, 2021

Manufacturers with a global supply chain network took the brunt of suspended operations during the pandemic. Now there are increasingly competitive and political pressures to bolster their domestic production, resume hiring, and minimize or eliminate their reliance on external sources that are perceived as risky. electronics).

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

This invite-only event brought together supply chain and IT executives from a cross section of companies, along with several executives from IBM, including Jeanette Barlow, Vice President of IBM Supply Chain Solutions, and Ron Castro, Chief Supply Chain Officer at IBM. Source: IBM.

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3rdwave

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Enabling accessibility to trade compliance MDM by those responsible for the source inputs (i.e., Well designed trade compliance MDM enables the delegating of compliance tasks to the logical professionals allowing for the streamlining of work processes whether it be in product development or supply chain execution.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 26, 2020

Recent studies have shown that transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. In 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated that CO2 emissions from transportation surpassed two billion metric tons ; it’s hard to imagine what that number looks like today.

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ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

Recently I attended a conference for Strategic Sourcing in the medical device manufacturing sector. About 60 Procurement Managers, Directors, and Executives attended from top medical device manufacturing companies. The latter is of particular importance since second sourcing can often be very expensive in this sector.

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Logility

APRIL 3, 2018

Supply chain practitioners are being asked to accomplish more with less, to be involved in more business processes and deliver more value-added capabilities while lowering costs and ensuring high customer service. Often to gain executive approval requires a business case showing substantial hard and soft benefits.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 11, 2021

As a regular procedure, risk reduction and recovery strategies must be documented. Open-source software may provide a security risk, and sufficient monitoring for these configurations is critical. Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) regulations are a significant source of malware and phishing in the supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2022

You must enlist supply chain participants as stakeholders and ensure that everyone is engaged within their role in making production run as smoothly as possible, both internally and externally.”[7] Every step of the supply chain from sourcing to delivery requires seamless collaboration. Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2019

They are: Tracking products moving through the supply chain. Managing trade documentation. Managing supply chain risk. Managing demand and supply planning. 1] Hailey Lynne McKeefry, “ Blockchain & Supply Chain: Early But Promising ,” EBN , 29 May 2017. [2] Managing inventory.

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3rdwave

JUNE 13, 2019

Great global supply chains move product from source to destination with minimal friction. Friction in the global supply chain occurs at those points where disruption to the supply chain plan can manifest itself and impede the smooth flow of product in its international journey. Logistics execution.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

For over 16 years, industry executives, technology innovators and regulators have trusted Axendia to provide analysis, advice and insights at the intersection of business, regulatory and technology domains based on trusted sources. ? ? ? ? ?. We were very document-centric. Supply chain issues are real.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

The biggest career transformation for me was after leaving Dell when I joined Lucent in 2002 and entered supply chain in technology sourcing. This was my first foray into the world of supply. What are some of your greatest achievements in the Supply Chain and in Business? I have not looked back since!

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

A best-case analog scenario is that information is maintained in “Word”, spreadsheet, or PDF documents. Digitization is more than email or a scanned document. ISF, Invoices, Packing lists, Bills of Lading, Specifications, Documents, Pictures). Analog information is mostly static. Analog information is paper-based.

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Turvo

JUNE 3, 2020

Global supply chain risk management continues to evolve and embodies a consideration of possibilities and outcomes by supply chain executives totaling in the millions. As an additional example, the Turvo Drive App provides this level of visibility and joins it with a centralized document storage capability.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

I am a Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain executive with close to three decades of experience spanning multiple industries including; High-Tech, Telecom, Banking, Financial Services and Consulting. The term Strategic Sourcing had yet to become reality and is only now gaining understanding. True story).

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 12, 2022

With a global pandemic continuing to place bumps on the track and the Russia-Ukraine war negatively impacting sourcing and other capabilities, disruption is the most common occurrence within international and domestic supply chains. Documentation and Paperwork Errors. Freight Invoice Errors- What You Need to Know.

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3rdwave

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Enabling accessibility to trade compliance MDM by those responsible for the source inputs (i.e., Well designed trade compliance MDM enables the delegating of compliance tasks to the logical professionals allowing for the streamlining of work processes whether it be in product development or supply chain execution.

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3rdwave

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Enabling accessibility to trade compliance MDM by those responsible for the source inputs (i.e., Well designed trade compliance MDM enables the delegating of compliance tasks to the logical professionals allowing for the streamlining of work processes whether it be in product development or supply chain execution.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Charlie Wilgus @Lucas_Group Charlie Wilgus is the General Manager of the Manufacturing & Supply Chain Executive Search Division at Lucas , North America’s premier executive search firm. One of the things we specialize in at KaizenTek are blockchain-based solutions for managing supply chain documents.

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Locus

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Business and supply chain executives are also incentivized to spread awareness and come up with sustainable strategies. Download the Ebook: Supply Chain Sustainability and Profitability with Green Logistics. Sources: ?? How can businesses improve their green footprint? Book a demo with us! Schedule Demo.

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