Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this October 10, 2023 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology we provide our capsule highlights of investments announced by supply chain management focused tech providers. Google is noted as a $400 million investor in the start-up.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. Industry supply chains experienced unprecedented and sudden changes in pandemic related product demand coupled with nonstop production, transportation and logistics delays. Background. Business Model.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Three commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains made available at the beginning of 2022, and specifically addressing supply chain cost inflation implications.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. Background. customers increased to a level of $41.8 billion in September.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2019

For example, Hailey Lynne McKeefry ( @HaileyMcK ) writes, “Supply chain professionals are talking a lot about blockchain, and how it can be applied to address the increasingly global and complex nature of the supply chain. They are: Tracking products moving through the supply chain. Managing inventory.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 16, 2020

While we had seen several Cirque shows before it was her first time. In thinking about the show and its construct I thought about the incredible amount of risk that the performers and producers are managing. While most jobs are not life threatening the level of risk is still prevalent. Supply Chain Risk Management.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. This Year’s Report Themes and Key Messages.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 4, 2017

A leading astrophysicist from Queen’s University Belfast has warned that an asteroid strike is just a matter of time,” states an article published this past June in Phys.org. DHL Supply Chain to roll out ‘Vision Picking’ smart glasses across the globe (Supply Chain Digital).

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Frequent readers of the Supply Chain Matters blog may recall one metaphor that this Editor has invoked over the past three years – the Eagle ’s tune, In a New York Minute ( Everything Can Change ). The industry supply chain implications are extremely impactful. . A Sudden Tide Change. Additional Thoughts.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ). Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

I became very familiar with risk management early in my professional career. Part of the process was to develop contingency plans, and I can tell you from personal experience that the FMEA contingency plans I helped develop saved lives on at least one occasion when the envelope was pushed just a bit too far on an experimental aircraft.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Statistics covered in the article include: How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers. Chain Store Age ).

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ShipBob

AUGUST 24, 2023

Vulnerabilities and supply chain disruptions can result in billions of dollars of lost profit. From product quality issues and supplier inconsistencies to security threats and lack of supply chain visibility , there are a number of factors that could pose a risk to your ecommerce supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Freight Shipments Rose 0.8% University of Maryland Selects Resilinc as Supply Chain Risk Partner. Using real-time GPS-based fleet statuses Descartes’ same-day delivery optimization technology can more accurately predict new delivery times and drive greater delivery efficiencies. .

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Enterra Insights

MAY 30, 2018

Most supply chain professionals understand this, which is why the interest in blockchain technology is growing. These can include freight costs that are too high, transit times that are too long or not charging enough for freight.”[1] In the Digital Age, paper trails need to give way to cyber records.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. The following blog features insights gained from my discussion with Geetha Vidhyaprakash, Blue Yonder Director of Product Management, during a recent Blue Yonder LinkedIn Live.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. Jim Hackett, the CEO of Ford at the time, was quoted as saying: “We didn’t realize there was an off switch.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

“I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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