All Things Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a chaotic spike in the demand for deliveries of goods. Businesses have started to focus on re-evaluating their business models and getting closer to customers.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. During the pandemic, the supply chain discussions take new importance. Sniffing opportunity, the venture capitalists are like sharks in the water. While the supply chain technology market lost its allure at the start of the last decade, it is now cool again. I forecast that this interest will grow and the market is going to become more confusing.
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GlobalTranz
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
[link] While the supply chain speeds toward a record-breaking peak season, e-commerce is already at its breaking point. Inventory has been subject to changing customers’ buying patterns. And the ability to reorder in anticipation of future trends can feel downright impossible. With that in mind, let’s look at five additional ways to maximize e-commerce inventory.read More.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Supply Chain Control Towers are not new. Analysts and software vendors have been talking about them for as long as I’ve been an industry analyst (20+ years). So, why are we still talking about supply chain control towers? I asked that question at the beginning of a webcast (presented by E2open) that I participated in. Read more Supply Chain Control Towers: Why Are We Still Talking About Them?
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The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?
CHAINalytics
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Are you looking to (re)design your APAC supply chain to keep up with growing e-commerce demand? The “best” distribution network depends on your business strategy. Using the 2025 estimated population for China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand (approx. 40% of world) as a proxy for demand, we optimized each network leveraging our network modeling expertise … The post “Best” E-commerce Distribution Network for 2025 [Infographic] appeared first on Chainalytics.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
CHAINalytics
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Congratulations, you’ve bought the software. Now what? Do you pick your best data analyst to go and build a model? Or do you focus on building an in-house center of excellence? Both of these options seem alright on the surface, but do they stand up to the realities of building and sustaining a supply chain … The post Troubling Trends in Supply Chain Design: An Uptick in Bad Models and Collapsing Teams appeared first on Chainalytics.
Arkieva
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Before the current set of analytics and SCM experts, it was the OR/MS profession that drove the development and successful application of analytic and data methods to improve supply chain performance. INFORMS continues to lead in the ongoing challenge of more intelligent and responsive supply chains. In this blog, we will point out some keynote addresses from the current meeting of relevance to successful SCM technology investments.
DiManEx
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
The report finds compelling business cases for spare part digitization and provides recommendations on the use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in the aftermarket. Espoo, Finland, Wednesday, November 11, 2020 – DiManEx is proud to share new insights from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd’s “ New Business from Digital Spare Parts ” (DIVALIITO).
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles! Get Our EBOOK HERE. Peak season article and permission to publish here provided by Dave Joseph at veridian.info. Peak season fulfillment is a topic that strikes both fear and hope into the minds of supply chain leaders. It can boost profitability and provide a jolt of efficiency.
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.
NFI
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
As the country heads into the holiday peak season, gridlock at the LA/LB port complex continues. Struggles with delayed vessel arrivals, congestion, labor availability, chassis shortages, and appointment system shortcomings continue to hamper the flow of containers. The industry continues to push for a more collaborative approach to problem-solving that looks to address the many.
Logistics Bureau
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Article Summary. The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought staggering changes in higher education around the world. Whereas online courses and programmes were previously managed as a separate entity, they are now an integral part of most academic systems. Even before the arrival of the pandemic, the global e-learning market was expanding at an astonishing rate due to increasing patronage by university students, especially those in the lower-income bracket.
IT Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
By Neil Ballinger (pictured). Head of EMEA, EU Automation. The post Securing sensitive manufacturing data appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Bristlecone
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
BLOOMBERG RADIO: NIRAV PATEL ON GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN. “Supply chain has historically been focused on operational efficiency – on-time delivery, reducing costs, eliminating manual touches,” Bristlecone CEO Nirav Patel said in a recent Bloomberg Radio interview. “These things are still important, but the focus has changed. Now it’s all about resiliency.”.
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USC Consulting Group
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
There are a host of different philosophies that business owners adopt to effectively manage their organizations. One of the most successful and widely utilized in the manufacturing sector is just-in-time inventory. Although not exclusive to manufacturers, lean manufacturing — as it’s more commonly known — is designed to improve process efficiencies by minimizing waste and maximizing output, producing just enough volume to sell quickly.
Maine Pointe
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
In the last of their four-part series looking at the resilient, a gile, digitally enabled supply chain of the future, Nathanael Powrie , EVP Data Analytics and Simon Knowles, Chief Marketing Officer, look at the first steps on the transformation journey and why some digital transformations are destined to fail.
Gravity Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Supply chains are fragmented and complex. Shippers and logistics providers must act on data-driven insights enabled by technologies like Gravity’s platform. Leave a Reply [contact-form-7].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Warehousing megatrends are primarily driven by the long-term, sustained, global growth of e-commerce. Today's customer experience depends on warehouse activity more than ever before. But these warehouses must fulfill more orders of smaller handling units, at higher costs with more required tasks. Furthermore, fulfillment horizons have become compressed while variability in throughput requirements has increased.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
ivalua
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
It’s no secret that procurement organizations across industries were hit hard with challenges arising from Covid-19. In the public sector, these challenges have the potential to impact entire municipalities. eProcurement solutions are helping government agencies not only overcome those challenges but create new efficiencies never before possible, manage spend more effectively and deliver more value to the public.
Provenance
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will be vetting businesses that make claims about the sustainability or environmental impact of their products. As demand increased to £41 billion in 2019 for ‘ethical’ goods and services ( according to Co-op research ), the group is on the lookout for misleading claims. The focus is likely to centre on the industries already clouded in misleading claims, notably the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) space with cosmetics, food and cleaning product
Supply Chain Digest
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
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Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Veterans Day is one of the few federal holidays that isn’t celebrated on a Monday. It’s a fixed date, November 11th, commemorating the fact that the First World War ceased hostilities on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month back in 1918. Katie Lange, writing for the U.S. Department of Defense, notes that Congress tried to make Veterans Day another 3-day weekend holiday, but the effort failed.
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Procurement Academy
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
I like gardening…… I’m not suggesting I speak to trees or anything… (therein lies the route to madness)… But it made me think last week as I surveyed an old pear tree…. “You’re a great asset to my garden. You provide great fruit every year, and you’re central to my garden design… but recently, the fruit is not quite as good… there are a few dead branches and…. well honestly, you’ve seen better days!
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Countries will need to build from scratch the deep-freeze production, storage and transportation networks needed for the vaccine to survive.
Seebo
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Quality and yield losses are a perennial problem for most chemical manufacturers; from quality variabilities, to impurities, to incomplete reactions, […]. The post Case Study: How a Global Chemical Manufacturer Reduced Quality Losses from Toxic Side-Products by 65% appeared first on Seebo Blog.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Paul Asel, managing partner with NGP Capital, offers a venture capital perspective on the current state and long-term promise of the logistics industry.
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Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,
Xeeva
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
We recently attended the ProcureCon MRO virtual event that brought together senior-level maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) procurement innovators representing some of the world’s largest manufacturing companies. Although the event was held behind computer screens, industry experts, practitioners, and solution providers gathered virtually to discuss the various ways organizations have been impacted, how to better […].
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Schneider, a provider of transportation and logistics services, recently launched Schneider FreightPower, a digital marketplace that provides carriers with easy access to reliable freight.
Vinculum
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Much is being the same concerning digital transformation in B2B. Businesses square measure running out of your time to adapt to the present new reality and avoid losing their shares within the market. According to current knowledge from Forrester analysis, B2B e-commerce accounted for US$ 889 billion within the market. And also, the variety is anticipated to succeed in a staggering US$ one.8 trillion by 2023.
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