GlobalTranz
AUGUST 4, 2021
Any discussion on supply chain risk management and applying managed transportation to help prevent risks from coming to fruition is incomplete without touching on the pandemic to overcome supply chain disruption. Market Volatility Continues to Undermine Supply Chain Risk Management.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
The survey also found that 9 in 10 supply chain leaders are seeking 3PLs with a consulting offering that provides guidance in setting up their company’s supply chain. These are the top challenges that are driving increased interest in and demand for consulting and managed services.
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Enterra Insights
OCTOBER 10, 2018
.” Aside from national security implications, the main lesson to be learned here is how vulnerable companies are to risks associated with their supply chains. Smith insists, “The business case for supply chain risk management investment needs to be made convincingly and robustly to justify investment.”
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
In fact, much of the increase is due to ongoing shipment misdirection attacks, a kind of strategic cargo theft in which actors use stolen motor carrier and logistics broker identities to obtain freight and misdirect it from the intended receiver so they could steal it. Cargo Theft Tactics Cargo theft comes in many shapes and sizes.
Resilinc
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 4, 2024
Our latest update features discernable supply chain consulting along with supply chain technology acquisition developments. The data is then compared with the existing warehouse management system (WMS) in order to foster real-time inventory accuracy and availability information.
Kinaxis
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
The new CEO embarked on several cost reduction initiatives in conjunction with a number of changes (some may argue too fast and too soon) on how the company operates its freight-trains. However, this information in most cases does not make its way back into the planning systems. I used lead time as an example here.
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