Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

Ensuring Sourcing and Supply Chain are tightly integrated ensures avoidance of any surprises that adversely affect customer service and fill rates, by being proactive about launching sourcing events.Beyond addressing these sourcing needs, Procurement needs to have a seat at the table. S&OP can serve as a vehicle towards that.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. The gaps are large. The solutions to close the gaps are not so easy. Figure 1: Gaps in Supply Chain Visibility. I accepted his challenge.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 22, 2017

With the recent hurricanes that have hit Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico, we’ve seen another practical example where assumptions on carrier capacity are challenged at inopportune times. JDA’s TMS also audits tender compliance from carriers based on metrics, such as carrier acceptance rates. Modeling Suggestions.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 22, 2017

With the recent hurricanes that have hit Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico, we’ve seen another practical example where assumptions on carrier capacity are challenged at inopportune times. JDA’s TMS also audits tender compliance from carriers based on metrics, such as carrier acceptance rates. Modeling Suggestions.

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Puerto Rico Capacity Optimal Sourcing Transportation 40

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

My first Monday in, I asked for a full report of all our supply chain metrics, and my analyst told me he could get it to me by Friday. The major components include revenue, income statement, and balance sheet metrics, but others may follow that are important to the organization and its stakeholders.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I’m Nerijus Poskus — Director of Pricing and Procurement at Flexport. And, again, with the power of the marketplace in scale, you start to get comparative metrics. Well, imagine being able to measure those metrics in an apples-to-apples way across hundreds of providers. The metric — the ROI metric.

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