Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 6, 2014
'It is about the right balance of the carrot and the stick. Progress happens when you measure. Relationships happen faster when there is more carrot than a stick. Over the last decade, scorecards have become more of a stick than a carrot. Reflections. Some days, in my coverage of consumer value networks, it seems like we are making slow progress. So slow, that I often feel like I am watching paint dry.
DELMIA Quintiq
MAY 6, 2014
'What’s the best way to achieve and maintain excellent service levels? Improve vessel space utilization? Or optimize your inventory levels? Find out from industry leaders during the Quintiq World Tour. Interactive sessions. Thought-provoking presentations. Exchanging ideas with planning, optimization and industry experts. All under one roof. What more could you ask for?
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Supply Chain Insights
MAY 5, 2014
'When you sit down to breakfast, and stare at the plate, you realize that the chicken contributed to the breakfast menu, but the pig committed. I, like the pig, am committed. Today, there is no good measure of supply chain excellence. This summer, during the countdown to our Global Summit, we will be releasing the work on the Supply Chain Index. It is new.
SCM Research
MAY 9, 2014
'It can be very insightful to see how supply chains are viewed in other research fields. Gereffi, Humphrey and Sturgeon (2005) take a transaction-based political economy perspective to explain The Governance of Global Value Chains. To do so, three variables (complexity of transactions, ability to codify transactions, capabilities in the supply base) are identified, and combinations of the values of these variables constitute the structure of global value chains, leading to five types of governan
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
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MIT Supply Chain
MAY 8, 2014
'Delivering efficiencies. Amazon’s grocery service shows that the company can support a competitive trucking operation. Recent reports that Amazon.com is testing its own truck network for the delivery of orders to consumers’ doorsteps surmise, not surprisingly, that the move represents a threat to parcel carriers such as FedEx and UPS. As is often the case when complex competitive strategies hit the headlines, however, there may be more to this story than meets the eye.
Supply Chain View from the Field
MAY 5, 2014
'We had another great set of student projects during our Spring SCRC student poster session. Students presented a total of 26 projects, including both practicum projects from our undergraduates, our MBA, and the new Local Food Systems Class. A big part of the event involved the bi-annual student poster competition. Executives voted on the best poster, and voted the following in the top three: 1.
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
MAY 7, 2014
'UCLA Anderson School of Management Blog. Archives. July 2014. June 2014. May 2014. April 2014. March 2014. February 2014. January 2014. December 2013. November 2013. October 2013. More. Blogroll. Wall Street Journal. UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. UCLA Anderson Speaker Series. UCLA Anderson Homepage. UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. UCLA Anderson Forecast.
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.
Tompkins Blog
MAY 8, 2014
'By Jim Serstad. Managing Director, Tompkins Asia. Jim Serstad Managing Director Tompkins Asia. By one measure, China will soon take the United States’ spot as the world’s largest economy. China’s GDP is fast approaching that of the U.S., based on GDP figures that have been adjusted for purchasing power. This news was released via the United Nations’ International Comparison Program (ICP), which illustrates many changes including the Purchasing-Power Parity (PPP) of China.
Tecsys
MAY 7, 2014
Big data and big data analytics pose a series of implications and challenges. Organizations that seek to become analytical competitors must have an established analytics culture consisting of well trained employees who are using the right enabling technologies. However, these organizations face challenges maintaining consumer privacy while they collect and use sensitive information.
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
MAY 7, 2014
'I have recently returned from three days in London attending the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Summit – more on that event in another blog. Now, I am not a frequent traveller in London or the UK in general for that matter so getting around is always a challenge and particularly when travel by the underground or tube is required. All those people!
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
MAY 5, 2014
'Parker CMC Networking. About UCLA Parker CMC. The UCLA Anderson Parker Career Management Center is comprised of Career Coaches and Executives-in-Residence, who partner with students to define, pursue and achieve their post-MBA career goals, and the Campus Recruiting Team, which cultivates relationships with companies to connect them with the right MBA talent.
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Tompkins Blog
MAY 5, 2014
'By Jim Tompkins. CEO, Tompkins International. The April 2014 edition of Men’s Health magazine featured an interesting column called “Pull Your Own Upset.” The column discusses how to apply lessons learned to your career/ company based on five NCAA basketball teams who won big games as underdogs. I thought it would be interesting to see how these lessons learned translate to our world of supply chain.
BlueYonder
MAY 6, 2014
'We have all seen it. We have all heard it. Perhaps many, or most of us, have even participated in the ongoing debate over which is more critical, transportation planning or transportation execution? Some trivialize planning as something generic and focus on the hard realities of execution. Others advocate the basic principle that a better plan leads to improved execution.
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
MAY 5, 2014
'TechTips@Anderson. Home. Archives. Profile. Subscribe. « Best Practice for Recording in Studio - Part 2 | Main. | Look for our first post of the fall, September 29, 2014! » 05/05/2014. iPads / Tablets in the Classroom. From the coffee shop to schools to our homes, tablet devices are now everyday gadgets that most people have seen, used, and quite possibly own. Today, tablets are no longer just recreational devices for reading books and playing games. They have invaded
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Supply Chain Network
MAY 4, 2014
'Millions of pallets are built and used in the supply chains of Canada every year and so any innovation around these pallets can have a significantly positive and far reaching impact on overall logistics and supply chain performance. The introduction of composite pallets is just such an innovation and in my humble opinion they are poised to be a major catalyst for supply chain improvements in logistic cost, service and supply chain sustainability.
Consumer Goods Logistics
MAY 7, 2014
'Metro Atlanta is home to over a dozen Fortune 500 and two dozen Fortune 1000 company headquarters. In addition, the city’s central location in the Southeast makes it a perfect hub for Southeast product distribution. read more.
Consumer Goods Logistics
MAY 6, 2014
'May 6, 2014 - Kane Is Able, Inc., is proud to support the 22 nd annual “Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive” on Saturday, May 10, 2014.
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