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Turn Off the Fog Machine: Move Past Groupthink to Drive A Positive, Data-Driven Narrative

Supply Chain Shaman

While we have end-to-end transactional processes (order to cash and procure-to-pay), there is no end-to-end planning solution. Logistics teams are typically stationed in a trailer at a factory and seldom interface with demand, manufacturing, or procurement planners. End-to-End Planning. Why are we not redefining planning outside-in?

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Top Supply Chain Stories by Month 1H 2025

Supply Chain Digest

That vote, which occurred in 2022 at an FC in Staten Island, New York, has to date not led to a contract between Amazon and the workers there, as Amazon continues to fight the outcome. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. During the pandemic, the supply chain discussions take new importance. Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. They are just too risky.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging.

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If Only the Supply Chain was Reconfigured

Supply Chain Shaman

This morning, the New York Times pushed me an article by Peter S. The second issue is that process companies are manufacturing centric while discrete organizations are supply centric (procurement). (A Most of these global sourcing decisions were made on Excel spreadsheets by financial teams. The Functional Manager.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

The businessman’s news source of choice, global export and import volumes (as well as buying trendings) are key to informing supply chain professionals. Loretta is the WSJ’s New York-based supply chain and logistics reporter, and a great curator of the most important WSJ logistics articles on Twitter.

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Catastrophic Impacts of COVID19 in Bangladesh Apparel Supply Chain

NC State SCRC

An article written by my former PhD student, Rejaul Hasan, and I just came out this week in Contracting Excellence , the journal published by IACCM, which documents the catastrophe that is unfolding in Bangladesh, one of the world’s major exporters of garments for the apparel sector. The payment term was shifted with no prior notice.