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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Belcorp’s Maturity in Supply Chain Design. Belcorp Corporation has actively worked to be a leader in ensuring that their people can effectively use a complex type of software known as supply chain design. It requires a company to further leverage the supply chain design philosophy.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

August is usually a quiet month for supply chain and logistics news, but not this year, especially the past couple of weeks. LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. The same is true for supply chains. Transplace Selects New Equity Partner TPG Capital.

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Japan and Ecuador Earthquakes: Supply Chain Lessons from Past Disasters

Talking Logistics

The recent earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador are a sad reminder of how deadly natural disasters can be. As of this morning, 41 people are confirmed dead in Kumamoto prefecture, the epicenter of Japan’s earthquakes, and 272 people have died in Ecuador , with thousands more injured and displaced from their homes. struck Vietnam.

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Networked Supply.

Global Trade Management

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. Networked Supply Chains Require Better Visibility. Importers are using multiple sourcing vendors to improve their ability to respond to market demand and opportunities.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 9 days, the host country will take on Ecuador in the first match of the group stage. Supply chain woes accelerate reshoring, nearshoring trend. Companies are coping with rising costs to source and produce goods in China and other Asian locales. The countdown is officially on for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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Building A Guiding Coalition for Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, my goal is to finish the agenda for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Through case studies, research, and facilitated discussion, we will jointly imagine the possibilities for Supply Chain 2030. Today, hype centers on transport telematics and artificial intelligence. We were too optimistic.

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The Journey of One Banana! A Supply Chain in Motion! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

The complexity of planning, transportation, collaboration, time and labor that went into the supply chain of that banana?—?being This is: The Journey of your Banana: A Supply Chain in Motion. But, without the initial farming/production of the banana, the rest of the supply chain would be redundant.