Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

'Definition of Asset. A resource with economic value that an individual, corporation or country owns or controls with the expectation that it will provide future benefit. Definition of Trash. Worthless or discarded material or objects, refuse or rubbish. In the last year of my Wharton MBA program, the professor wrote on the board that “finance is the art of money passing hands until nothing is left.” I have found this to be a sad reality.

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Supply Chain Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

'This month, Supply Chain Insights is two years old. We are no longer a start-up. We are small, and growing, and remain committed to serving the supply chain leader with research. We have survived the first two years. It is time to renew our commitment. It is our goal to redefine the analyst model to be more actionable, available and hard-hitting. The way we do it is very different.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'In a development similar to buying your first colour TV (yes my dear daughter, we watched black & white telly) or the first microwave cooker, I have finally bought a Smartphone. This is a significant step as my previous sets have all been robust, no nonsense sensible equipment which could probably survive a nuclear attack. The new telephone has a huge screen and the sales lady in the Vodafone shop told me it had the latest hemorrhoid operating system and piles of apps, or something like tha

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'Customer Service: The Source of Supply Chain Innovation. In December’s issue of InBound, editor Keith Biondi cited customer service as the source for supply chain innovation. Not technology. Not business process re-engineering (BPR). Interesting, right? When you focus on your customer, you’re focusing on his/her success. When you make them successful, you become successful.

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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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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

'I went downhill skiing for the first time in 15 years yesterday. A lot has changed since then, especially the lift ticket prices. The good news is that the lift ticket price for kids 5 and younger was only $5. The bad news is that “I ski like a 5 year old” didn’t get me the discount. Nonetheless, the day was a complete success. I didn’t break any bones — mine or anybody else’s — and while everybody was decked out in The North Face or Patagonia, I was styling in my 1987 no-name ski j

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

'Arun Gupta recently went to a conference of the TPP in Washington, and was invited to share some insights on his visit and what he learned in a guest blog. In its current form the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a potential free trade agreement (FTA) between the US and 11 Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries (Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Japan, Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, and New Zealand).

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'Traditional manufacturing is undergoing a sea change, but what will the new model look like? The answer has profound implications for the future shape of supply chains. A study by the MIT Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE) research initiative provides an outline in the form of seven key categories of emerging and potential technologies. The findings are described in a new book* that also explores how these innovations will impact manufacturing processes.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'Kevin Iaquinto is a very busy marketing executive these days. Recently appointed executive vice president and chief marketing officer for JDA Software on February 1, Iaquinto is responsible for leading and developing the company’s brand awareness and identity, lead generation programs, product/solutions marketing, marketing communications, public and analyst relations, partner marketing, business development, sales enablement, social media and global events marketing.

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Tompkins Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'Source: Dematic ( www.dematic.com/pick-put-stations ). RALEIGH, NC, February 19, 2014 — New advancements in goods-to-person order fulfillment technology bring companies faster, more flexible distribution operations to meet today’s growing multichannel challenges. Tompkins International’s recently released paper, The Evolution of Goods-to-Person Order Fulfillment: How to Meet Distribution Challenges in the Age of E-commerce , divulges the eight critical benefits of utilizing this new technolog

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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.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

'We have just posted a new set of videos of interviews with executives on establishing and building an integrated supply chain. For example, one of the videos focused on an interview with John Camp at Lenovo: [link]. John talks about getting closer to our customers, and enhancing the customer experience and then extending that all the way back through our own manufacturing and production resources, all the way through to our suppliers.

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Supply Chain Cowboy

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. In Part I of our blog, Mr. Yiakoumi discussed the major industry challenges. In Part II he will cover what automotive companies are doing to overcome those challenges. SCN: What are companies doing to overcome the key challenges facing the automotive industry?

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Tompkins Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'What happens when you bring together top supply chain experts and ask them to give their insights about 2014? You get SupplyChainBrain ’s 2014 Supply Chain Management Resource Guide. Each year the magazine selects supply chain leaders to submit their outlooks for the year and focus on particular industries or key operations areas. The 2014 issue featured nine experts from Tompkins International.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'Professor Gary Bullen and SCRC Research Scholar Jessica Newsome spoke in my Local Seafood class this afternoon. Both pointed out some critical points that are indeed challenges for the seafood supply chain in North Carolina, as well as some avenues to explore that may drive solutions. First, Gary pointed out that 91% of the seafood in North Carolina is imported!

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 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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Supply Chain Network

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'To make up for the holiday rush, UPS utilized 85,000 temporary employees, 30,000 more than planned. Agence France-Presse. NEW YORK – UPS on Friday slashed its fourth-quarter profit forecast after the company hired 30,000 extra temporary employees due to an unexpected increase in holiday deliveries. UPS expects to report earnings of $1.25 per share, below the $1.43 forecast by analysts.

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Tompkins Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'Industrial Distribution recently published an article about distributors remaining optimistic this year (read it here: Distributors Remain Optimistic About 2014 After Sluggish Quarter ). While it’s great that industrial distributors are optimistic about 2014, there are some nagging concerns about their financial success for the long-term. What is the impact of manufacturers “going direct” to business customers?

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3PL Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'Partnering with a 3PL for Value Added Services By Ed Lankford, Value Added Manager at Evans Distribution Systems For years, companies have been using providers of third party logistics services (3PL’s) for warehousing,... The post Partnering with A 3PL for Value Added Services appeared first on 3PL Insights - Warehousing, Transportation, and Logistics.

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Global Trade Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. International trade is the engine of global prosperity today. The size of global trade has nearly doubled since 1990. The healthy growth continues as world merchandise trade continues to grow with an average of 10% per year. 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.

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