Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 29, 2013
'It is Monday morning. As the sun rises, I find myself on the 6:00 AM train drinking coffee. I am giving thanks that I am able to do what I do. There is nothing like a cup of coffee at this time of morning. As I hold the warm ceramic mug in my hands, the horizon rolls forward with the rhythmic sounds of the train on the track. I love the sounds of the train.
Supply Chain Opz
OCTOBER 27, 2013
'Are you a supply chain management professional who are looking for inspiring ideas to improve the operations of your supply chain? This article will show you 10 amazing SCM books that provide the information you can really use. Background Early this year, I published one article named " 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time ". The reason for this was to provide a list of "classic" scm books that people can study by themselves while working full-time.
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DELMIA Quintiq
OCTOBER 27, 2013
'About 100 years ago, Frederick Taylor created history by separating planning from production. He was the first person to create a planning office with well-defined roles. There was someone to create production routes. Another person to ensure that the relevant raw materials were available. Yet another person to track the orders and update the status of tasks.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 29, 2013
'As a participant in managing all or part of your company’s supply chain, you may know the pain of answering sometimes difficult questions. Where is my order? Why is it late? When will it get here? Why didn’t the vendor let us know? What should I tell the client? Who is responsible? What is this going to cost? You could answer them with a purchase order (P.O.) management system.
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
Supply Chains Rock
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
'Figure 1 - Finding the Sweet Spot In any supply chain, manufacturing operation, or field deployment of equipment, ‘time is money’ when it comes to detecting quality problems. Even small delays in detecting these issues can result in large costs, such as rework, scrap, product recall, product defect and associated brand damage, legal liability, and the list goes on.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Demand Solutions
OCTOBER 30, 2013
The Old Farmer’s Almanac -- a new version of which is published each September -- provides a solid year’s worth of reliable, though safely vague, regional weather forecasts. Even more admirable than the accuracy of the Almanac’s forecasts is the disclaimer with which its predictions are tempered: “We believe nothing in the universe occurs haphazardly; there is a cause-and-effect pattern to all phenomena, including weather.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
'From the family room, I heard my 11-year old son crying in the kitchen being consoled by my wife. I assumed it was related to something that had happened at school that day. I was right about the school part, but wrong about the reason. In science class that day, the teacher was trying to get a point across to the class, and in her attempt to relate it to something the kids could understand, she said, “it’s like the tooth fairy, and none of you believe in the tooth fairy any more, right?”.
Supply Chains Rock
OCTOBER 30, 2013
'I''d like to introduce Joseph C. Selle who starting this week will become a monthly contributor to this blog. Joe lives for supply chains and when he is not blogging he is supporting IBM''s own Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) responsible for analytics.
Supply Chain Opz
OCTOBER 27, 2013
'Are you a transportation and logistics professional who are looking for inspiring ideas to improve the operations? This article will show you 5 amazing logistics books that provide the information you can really use. Background Previously we published the article named " 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time ". The reason for this was to provide a list of "classic" scm books that people can study by themselves while working full-time.
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 View from the Field
OCTOBER 30, 2013
'Today’s story in the Wall Street Journal discusses how more operators of the largest truck fleets in the US are in the process of converting their fleets over to natural gas powered trucks. These big companies, including Procter & Gamble, United Parcel Service, FedEx, and North Carolina based Lowes are all recognizing that the cost of natural gas has dropped to record lows, and is likely to stay there for some time to come.
BlueYonder
OCTOBER 28, 2013
'As part of our Expert Insights series, Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Mike Griswold, Research VP at Gartner, to discuss current and future trends in the food retailing industry. Here is a summary of that conversation. SCN: What are the biggest challenges facing food retailers today? Griswold: The first challenge is in the merchandising area around the convergence of the assortment, space and price decisions, particularly for food retailers with their planogram-heavy environment.
Tompkins Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
'There’s a ‘capital superabundance’ occurring overall in business today. This means that most large companies are earning capital at impressive rates. But what are they doing with it? Tompkins International’s latest paper, Employing Available Capital Wisely , makes a case for why companies need to invest more of their available capital in operations improvements.
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Supply Chain View from the Field
OCTOBER 29, 2013
'One of the highlights of the BVL was a panel discussion by the World Bank, talking about their global logistics study. Jean-Francois Arvis spoke about the World Bank Study on the Logistics and Public Sector. The World Bank is looking at logistics form a policy perspective, which has just emerged in the last ten years. JP referred to the importance of logistical events in history to set the context.
BlueYonder
OCTOBER 31, 2013
'Supply Chain Nation recently interviewed Gartner Research Vice President, Mike Griswold, on the current trends in food retailing. In Part 1 of this blog Mike covered the biggest challenges they face today and in the future. In this post, Mike dives deeper into the most exciting challenge today, e-commerce. SCN: U.S. food retailers have been behind their European counterparts in implementing e-commerce strategies such as “click-and-collect.
Tompkins Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2013
'Have you been hearing all the buzz about supply chain “control towers”? Since it is such a hotly debated topic, Tompkins International decided to team up with One Network Enterprises in a new webcast focusing on supply chain control towers. The webcast, Supply Chain Control Towers: Separating Fact from Fiction , will take place this Wednesday, October 30 , at 2:00 pm EST.
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DELMIA Quintiq
OCTOBER 30, 2013
'With orders from all over the country, or from different countries, how can you satisfy demand at minimum costs and maximum profit? The first step is the routing of your wagons. Which orders can you combine, taking into account all required stops plus maintenance and cleaning stations? When you plan round trips, are you able to take into account that there are some wagons you could re-use instantly after unloading?
Supply Chain Cowboy
OCTOBER 29, 2013
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MIT Supply Chain
OCTOBER 31, 2013
'How can you make a cargo vessel vanish and replace it with a ship that does not exist? By hacking into the vessel identification system used by commercial shipping fleets worldwide. Researchers with computer security firm Trend Micro did just that, and the implications are disturbing. The story is published in a recent issue of MIT Technology Review.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 29, 2013
'Are you working in a Company of Yesterday or a Company of Tomorrow ? I love that question, which is from a blog posting by supply chain executive and consultant Tony Martins, who was my guest on Talking Logistics earlier this year; Tony was also a panelist in the Mega Trends Impacting Supply Chains session I moderated at last week’s CSCMP conference.
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Tompkins Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
'The post Today’s Network Design Process appeared first on Tompkins International.
RFgen
OCTOBER 28, 2013
Many businesses wonder how data collection can help meet the needs of their supply chain. While automated data collection solutions can meet the needs of diverse companies, there are other areas they can help improve. Edgar Blanco, director of MIT Megacities Logistics Lab, recently stated a study his organization is conducting is helping to create a solution that will map logistics systems in developing cities around the world.
SCM Research
OCTOBER 28, 2013
'To make the supply chain more transparent, Fairphone opens up the entire system to understand what shapes our economy. I am happy to share the following guest post by Bas van Abel, CEO and founder of Fairphone. Thank you for contributing to my blog. Business practices in the supply chains of the electronics industry are in urgent need of moral revision.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 28, 2013
'Collaboration has always been a hot topic in the supply chain and logistics industry, although historically, relatively few companies have “walked the talk” and taken the necessary action to make it work. Today, however, more and more companies are revisiting collaboration with renewed interest and motivation. Supply Chain Operating Networks are the perfect platform to enable collaboration because they bring all of the necessary data and trading partners together into a single platform.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
RFgen
OCTOBER 28, 2013
Many businesses wonder how data collection can help meet the needs of their supply chain. While automated data collection solutions can meet the needs of diverse companies, there are other areas they can help improve. Edgar Blanco, director of MIT Megacities Logistics Lab, recently stated a study his organization is conducting is helping to create a solution that will map logistics systems in developing cities around the world.
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