Supply Chain Game Changer
MARCH 31, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Coronavirus Exposes Global Supply Chain Fragility! The Coronavirus situation has now been declared a pandemic. With over 750,000 cases, over 36000 deaths the expectation is the number of infections will continue to grow at an incredibly rapid rate. Countries and companies are taking extreme measures.
ivalua
MARCH 31, 2020
By mid-March, it had become difficult to keep track of what seemed like the high-speed unravelling of the world’s economy and its means of social connection. Abrupt governmental decrees, designed to contain the rapid global spread of COVID-19, were being matched by equally unsettling private-sector decisions to cancel or postpone public events, college classes, athletic competitions, worship services, and much, much more.
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Prophetic Technology
MARCH 31, 2020
Manufacturers are now engaging in a Supply Chain ( SC ) Synchronisation, but, how does it work?
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 31, 2020
It is 2020; we now have reasonably accurate short-term weather forecasts. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the US, reports that the five-day weather forecasts are approximately 90 percent accurate, 80 percent for the next seven-days, establishing an acceptable level of accuracy for this crucial external input for supply chain planning, especially short-term demand forecasting.
Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller
As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe
Talking Logistics
MARCH 31, 2020
Back in December, when we were making supply chain and logistics predictions for 2020, none of us envisioned the situation the world finds itself in today due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When it’s all said and done, there will be many lessons learned, but the question right now is: How can supply chain and logistics. Read more Getting Through the COVID-19 Crisis: Advice for Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ivalua
MARCH 31, 2020
New Ivalua study shows technology challenges are hindering procurement teams from achieving business objectives. Lack of system integrations and actionable insights are stopping organisations from accurately measuring performance . 31 March, Redwood City, CA – Ivalua, a leading provider of global spend management cloud solutions , has announced the latest findings of a worldwide study of supply chain, procurement and finance business leaders on Effective Procurement Performance Measurement.
QAD
MARCH 31, 2020
ANCA builds CNC tool grinding machines. It’s a niche industry, but also one of the cornerstones of discrete parts manufacturing. These machines produce the cutting tools other machine tools use to cut metal. They’re complex machines assembled from thousands of parts, many purchased from highly specialized manufacturers. In some cases, only one or two companies in the world can produce the components ANCA needs.
DynaSys
MARCH 31, 2020
In global manufacturing, disruptions are everywhere. Obviously, we are in uncharted waters with the outbreak of the Coronavirus. But prior to this crisis, disruptions to manufacturing and the supply chain have been increasing throughout the world. Be it weather, geo-political issues, global warming, consumer preference changes, or now, a worldwide pandemic, we can safely say, disruptors are here to stay.
West Coast and California Logistics
MARCH 31, 2020
When a disaster strikes such as the current COVID-19 outbreak, it’s a time when your business will truly need the support of its supply chain partners. Many 3PLs are showing that they will go to great lengths to ensure the continuity of customers’ operations. In this article, we’ll look at some of the ways your 3PL can keep your products flowing during this crisis – and what you can do to help.
Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.
Supply Chain Brain
MARCH 31, 2020
The agricultural supply chain is one of the world’s most vital conduits between producers and consumers. Yet visibility and traceability remain major concerns.
EnVista
MARCH 31, 2020
5 Ways to Discover Your Most Accurate and Actionable Traceability Data. The two central pieces of a traceability program are the proper labeling of products and the submission of data at critical touch points throughout the supply chain. Once your supply chain partners are labeling their products and/or submitting traceability data to an accessible data repository, you now have access to your partners’ traceability data.
Clear Spider
MARCH 31, 2020
In our first update , we addressed how Clear Spider will continue to serve our clients in these challenging times and circumstances surrounding COVID-19. Additionally, in our most recent update , we answered the pressing questions regarding whether now would be a good time to implement an inventory management system for businesses and other organizations.
Logistics Bureau
MARCH 31, 2020
At what stage should you design the materials handling of your warehouse? Have you seen a company end up with the wrong size warehouse? It happens. A lot! They leave it far too late in the overall process. Check out the video below on when you should work out in designing a warehouse. Note of the common mistakes and contemplate what needs to be done instead.
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EC Sourcing Group
MARCH 31, 2020
If you are navigating the challenging process of choosing an eSourcing platform, I recommend that you consider analyzing results from the latest Spend Matters SolutionMap. . Since the first SolutionMap was published in late 2017, it has been used by thousands of organizations in their evaluations and buying decisions. If your organization is like most I have worked with, the approval process is long.
NC State SCRC
MARCH 31, 2020
In my last couple of blogs, I spoke briefly about the current surge in demand for N95 masks , as well as the number of grocery stores that were experiencing severe shortages of paper products, hot dogs, and rice & beans…if only those were the only issues we had to worry about! Since then, I have been on a number of different calls all focused on a much greater issue of significant and real concern that Americans need to be worried about: the healthcare supply chain.
MercuryGate
MARCH 31, 2020
Supply chains have grown exceedingly complex, and the best-in-class transportation management systems of yesteryear are not necessarily the best systems for shippers to succeed in 2020 and beyond. Shippers that wish to stay competitive need to understand a few things about how to recognize the limitations and drawbacks of an existing system, as well as […].
BlueYonder
MARCH 31, 2020
In the “ Mitigating the Impact of the Coronavirus on Supply Chains with Machine Learning and Real-Time Visibility ” blog post earlier this month, we shared how our data science team is busy feeding data into Blue Yonder’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven control tower to help visualize and predict current and future impacts of COVID-19. As the pandemic continues to spread, the impact on people’s lives, and by extension, the hidden weaknesses in supply chains have become glaring.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Zipline Logistics
MARCH 31, 2020
Photo Credit: The Catalyst . Publix , just like many others in the industry, has beg un monitoring its suppliers’ delivery performance. . The southeastern purveyor has instituted a stringent on-time compliance program for all vendors working with the grocery chain. . It measures on-time delivery performance and tracks metrics through a supplier scorecard given to all vendors working with Publix. .
Gravity Supply Chain
MARCH 31, 2020
It’s not just the supply chain! Entire logistics networks, manufacturing bases, and workers face a multitude of unprecedented disruption challenges.
ivalua
MARCH 31, 2020
Lack of system integrations and actionable insights are stopping organizations from accurately measuring performance. REDWOOD CITY, Calif. , March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ivalua, a leading provider of global spend management cloud solutions , has announced the latest findings of a worldwide study of supply chain, procurement and finance business leaders on Effective Procurement Performance Measurement.
ToolsGroup
MARCH 31, 2020
ToolsGroup customers around the world have had to drastically adjust their supply chain planning in response to COVID-19 demand volatility. Between restrictions on the global movement of people and goods and economic ramifications such as soaring unemployment and reduced consumer spending, these companies are having to dynamically redefine demand forecasts, safety stock levels and promotions.
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GlobalTranz
MARCH 31, 2020
Editor’s Note: Today’s blog is written by Michael Gorman, who discusses 5 different ways that advanced technology is changing the way traditional transportation and logistics business models function. The transport and logistics industry has a lot of suppliers who have had to change the model of their business in the last few years. Many of them have had to adapt and.read More.
DAT Solutions
MARCH 31, 2020
Van rates may fall as fast as they rose, as declining load-to-truck ratios signal the end of the coronavirus-fueled spike in spot freight. Retail inventories are still being depleted and replenished at a rapid pace, but the freight pipeline is depleted because of business closures all over the country. Plus, many consumers face sudden job losses, making them wary about discretionary spending.
PINC
MARCH 31, 2020
We understand. Please let us know if we can help you in the future. We will be here to support you. Today, hundreds of facilities use PINC’s yard management, enterprise visibility, and real-time asset tracking solutions to gain visibility, increase operational efficiency, and reduce costs. PINC is a global 24×7 organization and you can count on us to be there to support your business, during this time of uncertainty.
This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 31, 2020
Amazon Says only 15 Workers Participated, then Fires Walkout Leader
PINC
MARCH 31, 2020
get PINC YMS operational in 2 weeks. Learn why the world’s leading brands have chosen PINC Yard Management System. Today, hundreds of facilities use PINC’s yard management, enterprise visibility, and real-time asset tracking solutions to gain visibility, increase operational efficiency, and reduce costs. PINC is a global 24×7 organization and you can count on us to be there to support your business, during this time of uncertainty.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 31, 2020
The Line is Facing Many Pressures.
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