Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 8, 2014
'The deserts of the southwest sprawl below me as the plane ascends from San Diego. It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. It appears SO barren from my window in seat 4D. It has been a good week. I now have a working manuscript for the entire book of Metrics That Matter.
The Network Effect
JUNE 11, 2014
'Note: this is part 2 in a series of posts. In part one I laid out the 5 stage maturity model that shows how organizations can turn their “big data” into “big visibility” The stages are 1) Representation; 2) Accessibility; 3) Intelligence; 4) Decision Management; 5) Outcome-Based Metrics and Performance. The fifth stage was so important, I promised to devote an entire post to it. .
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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
JUNE 11, 2014
'The annual Supply Chain “Oscar’s” have been announced by Gartner for 2014. I list the top 10 here but to see the full list of top 25 global Supply Chains please click and surf here. Apple. McDonald''s. Amazon.com. Unilever. Procter & Gamble. Samsung Electronics. Cisco Systems. Intel. Colgate-Palmolive. The Coca-Cola Company. Many of the usual suspects are present as you would imagine but what is very interesting for me is seeing Unilever in the top group after being as low as 21 st in 2010.
Supply Chain Movement
JUNE 11, 2014
'Demand for supply chain software in Europe is notably strong in the otherwise slowly recovering economy. A growing number of companies are implementing software for sales & operations planning (S&OP) and supply chain visibility. There have also been several acquisitions in the software market. Those are the key conclusions from Supply Chain Movement’s annual market study to produce the globally appreciated IT Subway Map Europe.
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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
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 13, 2014
' It is morning in Chicago. I crave coffee. The sun shines brightly out the window, but the noisy city is quiet. My mind is moving to the click-clack of my keyboard on this quiet morning. I cannot sleep. It is hard to quiet an unquiet mind. Somewhere deep inside me is the need to write this post. Yesterday, I spoke at the Eye for Transport conference on the Big Data opportunity in supply chain.
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Supply Chain View from the Field
JUNE 10, 2014
'Many organizations are focused on driving analytics as a foundation for competitive advantage. Often overlooked in this discussion is the importance of establishing a foundation for analytics through the process of data readiness and data cleansing. The Data Readiness Level (DRL) is a quantitative measure of the value of a piece of data at a given point in a processing flow.
Supply Chain Movement
JUNE 11, 2014
'Nine questions about the topics on the supply chain agenda of a supply chain professional. In this edition: Jaro Caban, Global S&OP, Cargill Animal Nutrition. By Helen Armstong (Supply Chain Movement). In 2011 Cargill, the multi billion-dollar agri-industrial conglomerate acquired animal nutrition specialist, Provimi. With a price tag of $2.1 billion dollars it was one of the company’s largest acquisitions.
BlueYonder
JUNE 12, 2014
'With the World Cup starting today, (go USA!) I thought that I would add to the glut of World Cup related blogs. Don’t worry, I’m not going to talk about supply disruptions, worker productivity (or lack thereof) or entire continents shutting down for a month. Instead, I’ll bend your ear on the team preparation, the practice, the tactics and the playbooks.
MIT Supply Chain
JUNE 12, 2014
'Ports in a storm. The economic damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina underscores the vulnerability of US ports. Port security is in the news thanks to the debate over a mandate to scan all containers flowing into the US and ongoing contract talks between the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union and US West Coast waterfront employers. Yet the issue of how to make the nation’s ports more resilient is still being largely overlooked.
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.
CH Robinson Transportfolio
JUNE 10, 2014
'3 Logistics Topics to Keep on Your Radar. C.H. Robinson recently hosted the second annual Customer Logistics Workshop at Marquette University. Our very own Jason Craig and Pete Mento both took the stage at this year’s event. Jason discussed issues regarding the transportation industry and the changes we have seen in the past year, while Pete focused on world trade and what to expect in the coming years.
Supply Chain Movement
JUNE 12, 2014
'Over the past five years, US clothing giant Gap has increased revenue by 1.6 billion dollars, grown earnings per share at a 15 percent compound annual growth rate and returned an average of 1.6 billion dollars in cash per year via share buybacks and dividend. It has its sights firmly set on achieving long-term, profitable growth across its portfolio of brands and, during its annual investor meeting in San Francisco on 16 April, the company provided an overview of its strategic initiatives to ac
BlueYonder
JUNE 10, 2014
'There is a common complaint about admirals and generals—that they are always fighting the last war. Based on the results of a global survey of retail CEOs conducted earlier this year by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the same might be said for these retail generals—they are trying to win the war for the consumer’s wallet with tactics from the past. But those battles are in the history books.
Tompkins Blog
JUNE 11, 2014
'By Jim Tompkins. In my blog post last week , I discussed two types of supply chains in today’s omnichannel world: the titans and the industry leaders. I talked about what makes them successful and what challenges them the most. As part two in this series, I’d like to shift the spotlight to the other two categories in supply chains: the “players” and the “laggards.”.
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Supply Chain Movement
JUNE 12, 2014
'British car maker Aston Martin has a major problem within its Chinese supply chain. The manufacturer of luxury sports cars which is often associated with James Bond is recalling three quarters of all the models built since November 2007 because the plastic used by one of its suppliers does not meet quality standards. The material, which forms part of the arm of the accelerator pedal, could break – with potentially disastrous consequences.
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
JUNE 9, 2014
'Christopher S. Tang. Source: “All Dried Up,” Economist, October 12, 2013. As reservoirs in California are running low in the midst of a drought in 2014, reducing water consumption is an important measure when supply is severely limited. Instead of calling for mandatory water rationing, Governor Jerry Brown is calling for voluntary cutbacks. On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Chinese government developed a different plan to increase water supply in the North. After completing
The Network Effect
JUNE 12, 2014
'In part one of this series we talked about some of the new technology best practices for S&OP. The first two we discussed were 1) Improving decision-making with network-wide “what-if” scenarios and 2) Including your key trading partners in the S&OP process. Here are numbers 3 to 5. 3. Use analytics to gain a deep understanding of your business: You cannot improve what you cannot measure.
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Tompkins Blog
JUNE 12, 2014
'Company. The company is a manufacturer of chainsaws, edgers, leaf blowers, circular cut saws, trimmers, and other powered tools and accessories. It markets its products through six distribution centers (DCs) along with six independent distributors. Its tools are sold by 8,000 retailers throughout the U.S. and exported to more than 70 countries. Challenge.
Supply Chain Movement
JUNE 12, 2014
'Many CEOs regard new products as the engine for their business strategy, believes Oracle. “It’s a case of innovate or die. Lots of organisations struggle with that,” Jon Chorley told Supply Chain Movement during the Oracle Value Chain Summit on 18 March 2014. The software supplier recently launched Oracle Innovation Management, an application aimed at helping companies to increase their financial return on innovation.
EcoVadis
JUNE 10, 2014
Tom Schalenbourg, CSR Director at Toyota Material Handling Europe, joined us for the 2014 EcoVadis Client Committee in Paris. On this interview Mr. Schalenbourg gives insights on TMHE sustainability engagement, and how EcoVadis is helping TMHE in reducing “process waste” in terms of CSR questionnaire duplication.
Convey
JUNE 10, 2014
Pivot Freight is proud to announce that we have been accepted into the Techstars […]. The post Techstars in Austin 2014 appeared first on Convey.
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The Network Effect
JUNE 10, 2014
'Gartner Research recently reported that fully 70% of S&OP processes today have “little discernible strategic dimension”. Why? Success has been difficult to achieve because traditional S&OP is manually intensive, relies on data that resides in a myriad of systems, suffers from incomplete and stale views of demand and supply, and takes far too long to complete.
DELMIA Quintiq
JUNE 10, 2014
'Imagine this. One of your biggest customers, an electronics manufacturer, has just called asking you to deliver four containers to a new destination in Europe. He wants the containers to be delivered in five days and you will get the job only if the price is right. How do you determine whether you can deliver the containers on time and profitably? Operating a large fleet across a wide geographical region offers an overwhelming number of possibilities – multiple routes, modes of transporta
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