Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
Another plane, another client; and yet another discussion. They are sounding a bit the same. I am trying to not sound like a broken record. Regional supply chain companies are attempting to define global requirements. They are well versed in requirements for regional supply chain planning, but they are attempting to redefine their processes and be more global.
Kinaxis
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
by Joe Cannata With Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic Coast in over 10 years that has already brought severe damage to Haiti, the Bahamas and several Southeastern U.S. states, obvious disruptions to supply chains and supply chain risk management were a given. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs.
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GlobalTranz
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
There is nothing quite like the ease of ordering things online. The holidays are around the corner, and millions of Americans will turn to their phones, computers and tablets to get the gifts they need. Unfortunately, millions more will still go to brick-and-mortar stores to find those special items, and the push toward online and omnichannel ordering will continue grow, which is why it is increasingly important to invest in eCommerce Warehousing.
AIMMS
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Gartner’s Hype Cycle for CSCOs is a valuable read for current and potential Supply Chain leaders. It brings together a long list of trends, enabling technologies, business frameworks and competencies that should be in your consideration set. The big theme of course, is the digitization of the supply chain and the implications it will have on business performance.
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The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.
ToolsGroup
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Last week we said that in reality most companies are already partly down the path towards a probabilistic supply chain model. The evolution is happening naturally as the global business landscape becomes more interconnected and complex, along with the effects of multichannel marketing, demand shaping and the internet. You’ve likely already recognized the limits of deterministic planning if your company has recently launched (or relaunched) an S&OP initiative, or you’ve started to migrate fro
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GlobalTranz
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
The era of paper-based systems and physically monitoring the supply chain is ending. In place of long paper trails and maintenance schedules, machines with the capacity to communicate their needs and issues via the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) are becoming an essential component of effective processes. You have probably heard about the IoT in the famous GE commercials, such as the “Talking Train and Car,” as depicted on Engineering.com, but you might not have thought about how your organi
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
It was 30 years ago that Robert Fulghum first published his collection of essays “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” In the title essay, he provided a list of how to live, what to do, and how to be. First and foremost on his list was “share everything.” Software infrastructure was almost undoubtedly not what Robert had on his mind as he wrote his credo many years ago, but the adage applies so well when discussing the benefits of multi-tenant technology.
AIMMS
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Gartner’s Hype Cycle for CSCOs is a valuable read for current and potential Supply Chain leaders. It brings together a long list of trends, enabling technologies, business frameworks and competencies that should be in your consideration set. The big theme of course, is the digitization of the supply chain and the implications it will have on business performance.
Kinaxis
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
by Alexa Cheater There’s something to be said about the resiliency of a really good supply chain. One that’s able to quickly respond to those unexpected problems, easily adapt to changing industry conditions and make waves with its innovative, yet still efficient, processes. It’s like a piece of moving artwork – all those intricacies and people working behind the scenes to deliver exactly what the masses of the world want, when and where they want it.
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GlobalTranz
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Data reflect all the small, seemingly insignificant details of the modern world. From a review of your personal bank account spending habits to larger, more advanced processing capabilities, data evolve and expand with each passing day. If you were to look at how closely people interact with their digital selves, you would not be mistaken for comparing humanity to a combination of digital and organic matter.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
There are many resources behind every supply chain — including people, production equipment, transportation assets, and more — and they’re often linked and dependent on each other. The more resources involved, the more complexity there is to efficiently plan and schedule those resources in a smart and synchronized manner. “Suppose you have just 5 tasks that you want to assign to 5 different people,” explained Dr.
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Who coined the term “Big Data”? How did we get there without tiny data, ordinary data, slightly larger data, chubby data and bordering on big data? People working in or associated with Supply Chains seem obsessed by data yet data itself tells you absolutely nothing. Really, not a lot apart from the fact that something is being measured or calculated.
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
“The growth of internet-enabled commerce, mobile devices and social networks has led companies to be more digitally driven since the turn … Continued. The post Omni-channel Supply Chains and Retail’s Future appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
Advertiser: GEP
“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.
SCM Research
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
The Journal of Supply Chain Management has recently announced the winner of the 2015 Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award, which is the award for the best paper published in that journal. The award goes to an article by Kim & Choi: Deep, Sticky, Transient, and Gracious: An Expanded Buyer–Supplier Relationship Typology. Herein, the authors propose an expanded typology of buyer–supplier relationships, which they theorize in two orthogonal aspects: “(1) relational posture, that is, how two f
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Editor’s Note: Today’s post is the first in a new series we’re launching where we highlight research conducted by select partners and provide our perspective on some of the most interesting findings and results. Back in 2012, Axit (a Siemens company and a Talking Logistics sponsor) together with the Institute for Cloud Computing (IFCC) surveyed over 130 supply chain and logistics professionals across various industries in Europe to determine the state of cloud computing in logistics and how it m
DAT Solutions
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
We look at national trends every week, but sometimes the detail can get lost. Then we look at lane-by-lane reports, and we might miss a broader trend. I decided to look at last week's rate trends by region. I looked at 15 regions, and compared the rates for the past seven days to the rates for the previous 90 days -- that's the first week in November compared to the entire third quarter.
Material Handling & Logistics
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Expectations surrounding e-commerce sales have changed and are now part of the logistic equation. read more.
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
Supply Chain Trend
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Introduction. In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Whatever maturity model or consultancy support companies use, S&OP seems to get stuck. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.
Oracle SCM
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
If you’ve ever hung a string of lights during the holiday season, you know how frustrating it is when one bad bulb blows the entire strand. What if you could tell which bulbs were bad — and which were the best — before your holiday cheer fizzles into utter frustration? If your company commercializes the wrong innovations this holiday season, it could be just as disappointing.
Logility
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
At the 2016 CSCMP Annual Conference a member of the audience posed the question, “is forecasting a science or an art?” As a 40+ year amateur musician and a supply chain professional for the past 25 years I couldn’t help thinking about the similarities between music and supply chain management and how each of these is a combination of both art and science.
PINC
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Our friend in the video is probably suffering from the " Bad Monday Syndrome "* or BMS. So, what can you do to ensure that this type of behavior won't happen in your distribution center or manufacturing plant? Please leave a comment below.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
3GTMS
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
A TMS is one of the most critical supply chain solutions because it touches nearly every other system in your world: WMS, ERP, finance and others. In this Q&A with Inbound Logistics, I discuss the why the importance of choosing the right TMS to solve your challenges can’t be overstated, along with why TMS implementations can be so complex. From the interview: A transportation management system (TMS) has one of the strongest ROIs of any supply chain management software: an average of about 7.
Material Handling & Logistics
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Retailers are importing more during the holidays as they expect to sell more products this year than last. read more.
Supply Chain Trend
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
The S&OP pulse check has been a yearly recurring S&OP survey since 2010 and is the only one of its kind. The 11 questions require 5 minutes of your time to create some great S&OP insights. Follow this link to go to the survey. The survey is open until early December and results will be published half December on: Twitter: @sctrends. LinkedIn: Supply Chain Trend group.
MIT Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
The Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) has initiated a research project to help enterprises design networks for reverse logistics operations that meet their organizational objectives. The project has three main goals: to identify the main factors that influence reverse channel network design decisions, to propose a framework for making these decisions, and […].
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Tompkins Blog
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Jim Tompkins, CEO, Tompkins International has just released his newest thought leadership video Supply Chain Revolutions: Responding to Digital Disruptions along with The Survival Guide to Digital Disruptions white paper. The post The Digital Age Is Affecting Everything appeared first on Tompkins International.
NFI Industries
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Today 6.4 billion devices are connected to the internet worldwide, which is a huge improvement to the mere 1,000 devices that were connected in 1984. With help from the Internet of Things (IoT), Gartner expects the number of connected devices to reach 20.8 billion 1. The IoT is a network of objects, sensors, and information sources. Read More.
Arkieva
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
“Never worry about running out again…” reads a quote on the Amazon dash button website. We’ve all been there—running out of shampoo while in the shower, or realizing that you forgot one item on your grocery list. With the Internet of Things (IoT) order buttons, that might be a thing of the past. Amazon pioneered the Amazon Dash Buttons in 2015; a Wi-Fi enabled device used for reordering products with the press of a button.
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