Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services. Investing in people is still most important!

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services. Investing in people is still most important!

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services. Investing in people is still most important!

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Click here to send us your comments Gonzalez noted that “while many supply chain leaders have already invested in collaborative supplier relationships and risk mitigation, ongoing trade disruptions and regional tensions require a renewed focus.” Supply chain leaders should engage partners to identify and manage new shipping options.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Click here to send us your comments That according to a recent blog post by the maritime analysts at Drewry, which noted that “More than five years have passed since the huge shipping disruptions, damaging port congestion, and cost spikes of the Covid period, but one feature has remained: freight rate volatility.” Supply Chain Digest Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services. Investing in people is still most important!

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services. Investing in people is still most important!

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

In addition to the broad plan for tariffs, the Trump administration announces a regime for fees on Chinese-made ships docking at US ports, in a move designed to aid the flagging US ship building sector. May Large supply chain software vendor E2Open announces that it is being acquired by Australian shipping software firm WiseTech.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

I will note we lost one member of our index when software maker and privately held Aptean acquired Logility early in 2025, and will soon lose another software company when non-public WiseTech’s purchase of e2open is finalized. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Pre-tariff shipping was not enough to tighten the market balance even as seasonality improved in May,” Denoyer said. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

The US thus spent about $131 billion more in parcel shipping than it did in rail transport last year - a bit more than a delta of $127.4 Parcel shipping costs were estimated at $229.7 The US thus spent about $131 billion more in parcel shipping than it did in rail transport last year - a bit more than a delta of $127.4

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Commandment 9: Insist on User Friendliness Independent of the effort put forth to design a system, purchase hardware and develop software, the single biggest test of implementation occurs when an operator attempts to scan bar coded media. Reputable suppliers are ready, willing and able to properly support the many aspects of bar coding.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

The early years were rough, both due to Smith’s personal troubles (a lawsuit by his half-sisters and a hit-and-run incident for which charges were later dropped) and high fuel prices from the 1973 OPEC embargo. Without those constraints, FedEx could afford to buy larger planes and by 1983 had revenue over $1 billion.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Add to that the new battle in the Middle East, with its risk of expansion, potentially impacting oil prices and more, and there is a lot to be worried about. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

There is one easy answer: a large number of cargo ships continues to avoid sailing in the Red Sea in and out of the Suez Canal, to avoid attacks from so-called Houthi rebels in South Yemen. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. What is going on?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services. Investing in people is still most important!

Gartner 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

The Prices Index remained in expansion (or increasing) territory, registering 69.7, reported in May (above 50 = rising prices), so prices rose again but at a somewhat smaller rate). The Supplier Deliveries Index indicated slower delivery performance, though the pace picked up somewhat: The reading of 54.2 recorded in May.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services. Investing in people is still most important!

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services. Investing in people is still most important!

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Suppliers will respond when they are made part of the team, and they have a lot to bring to the game. Get ready to pay higher prices for goods and services. Investing in people is still most important!

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Re-implement demand planning, trade promotion management, and revenue/price management together to improve the baseline demand signal. Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. The focus of the transportation suites was on cost mitigation and price negotiation. Next Steps.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. What to do? Prepare for a slog.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Or contracts and negotiations. In my mind, it is the end-t0-end process: from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier. We have let buy- and sell-side transactional relationships erode value. Hospitals have reduced cash-to-cash cycles by improving accounts payable and squeezing suppliers.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

To coordinate, contracts can be made with direct links in the supply chain, but how can organizations coordinate with the suppliers’ suppliers or the customers’ customers? Requiring suppliers to contract only sub-suppliers who follow certain standards could be a good start.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But what’s a sourcing agency or sourcing agent and how does it make buying things easier? Let’s uncover the mystery behind the role of sourcing agencies and see how they make the job of buying things much simpler. They play a big role in making sure the whole process of buying things goes smoothly from start to finish.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 20, 2022

Drop Shipping Teddy Bears! The platform has risen enormously in recent years, and so has people’s skepticism, questioning the possible risks of buying from AliExpress. The platform has risen enormously in recent years, and so has people’s skepticism, questioning the possible risks of buying from AliExpress.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 14, 2014

In this edition: Marion Kohlmeier, Head of supply chain planning and project purchasing at Weidmann Plastics Technology. Weidmann Plastics Technology is part of the Techniplas Group and I am responsible for three teams: Logistics planning; pre-series scheduling; and project purchasing. The third team is project purchasing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. The automotive industries–with the poorest capabilities to plan and manage suppliers–will suffer the most.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

This might involve optimizing inventory levels, negotiating better deals with suppliers, or implementing just-in-time manufacturing techniques. Moreover, by selecting reliable suppliers, negotiating favorable terms, and ensuring timely delivery, the supply chain department can optimize procurement processes and minimize costs.

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Precoro

JULY 29, 2024

An online procurement system, also known as e-procurement software, is a digital platform designed to streamline and automate the buying process within an organization. At its core, an online procurement system centralizes purchasing activities. At its core, an online procurement system centralizes purchasing activities.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Suffice it to say that, generally, it’s wise to hold service as the non-negotiable element of inventory optimisation, thereby seeking to keep the right amount of stock to meet required service levels while minimising the inventory costs as much as possible. 3: Supplier Lead Time. How Does Lead Time Affect Inventory?

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 17, 2024

A myriad of professionals within the field ensures timely deliveries from suppliers and orchestrates manufacturing processes to meet your requirements, contributing to a rewarding career path in supply chain management. They are in charge of purchasing, procurement, and sourcing.

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Precoro

MAY 27, 2021

For anyone responsible for procurement in an organisation, supplier management is an inevitable area of responsibility. Poor supplier performance due to the lack of oversight, analytics and clearly defined requirements. Anticipate and react to market volatility and price changes. Segment your suppliers.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It should also be able to monitor suppliers, the reverse supply chain (i.e. For example, if your software can consolidate information into one place, you will always have what you need to negotiate deals and contracts – and at a glance. But your software should do more than track goods as they travel through your warehouses.

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

But to achieve those goals and generate a profit, you’ll next have to figure out how you’ll continue to meet customer demand while minimizing cost — which is impossible without thoroughly strategizing logistics processes like storage, shipping, and fulfillment. Meet customer demand quicker. Increase revenue.

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ShipBob

MARCH 30, 2020

Now more than ever — at a time when people are choosing online over in-store to adhere to social distancing practices — the communicated speed at which consumers will receive their orders can play a deciding role in whether they choose to buy from your online store or a competitor’s. What is ecommerce logistics? Warehousing and storage.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

“This would increase the complexity of route planning and make more difficult the quest to eliminate empty back hauls as the number of shipping points increases and the number of shipments out of more rural locations increases,” explains Skip Berry in an article published by Clarkston Consulting.

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