Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Philadelphia Transportation 
Enterra Insights
JANUARY 23, 2025
Jonathan Starks , CEO of FTR Transportation Intelligence, observes, “A trade war would be bad for growth, bad for supply chains, [and] bad for consumers.[2] A related strategy to supply chain diversification is relocating manufacturing facilities to reduce transportation costs and shorten supply lines.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 16, 2014
In a similar vein, a major 3PL that I spoke to last week at Eye for Transport is considering discontinuing the traditional storage of spare parts and initiating a new service to do 3D printing of parts on demand. On October 15th, I will be speaking on the Qunitiq World Tour in Philadelphia. I believe that it matters.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2018
Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. The focus is on digitization—automating today’s processes—versus rethinking process excellence based on the art of the possible. We are driving functional excellence and incrementally. (To Moving Forward.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 3, 2016
The combination of weather and the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia delayed all my flights for at least two hours on multiple days. I find most companies are good at pockets of planning–demand planning, supply planning, transportation planning, material planning or plant scheduling, but the flows are not connected.
Enterra Insights
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
The exceptions were goods purchased from mail-order catalogs. In logistics, last mile delivery is defined as being the movement of goods from a transportation hub to the final delivery destination. The last mile of most traditional logistics’ journeys ended at a retail store. The answer is getting the last mile right.”[2].
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. For example, Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) has very little to do with Transportation Planning (TMS). If I do an excellent job at safety stock management, my company will have the right levels of inventory. (Don’t
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