Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

In the wheelchair division, Marcel Hug of Switzerland won the men’s race at 1:17:06 and Susannah Scaroni of the US won the women’s race with a time of 1:41:45. And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 minutes per mile.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

They are demanding more supply chain transparency. What is supply chain transparency? Although transparency sounds like a straight-forward subject, Bateman and Bonanni note, “Less clear is how to define transparency in a supply chain context and the extent to which companies should pursue it.”

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

After testing outside-in supply chain planning concepts via Project Zebra, LKQ Europe realized a 17.3% Co-founded by o9 and Supply Chain Insights, Project Zebra is an open-source industry effort to define and activate outside-in processes to prove the value of outside-in supply chain planning processes.

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DiManEx

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Technologies like AM offer a promising alternative to simplify supply chains. Enter Supply Chain Inspector. DiManEx collaborated with VTT to perform automatic part identification using Supply Chain Inspector , the analytics engine on the DiManEx platform. The challenge is identifying the right parts.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 85

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Yes, a time when well-meaning supply chain leaders share their strategy decks for the upcoming year and ask me for an opinion. Supply chain leaders love shiny objects. I find that egos run strong through supply chain leaders. In the process, the influence of the supply chain leader lessened.

Cost Reduction Strategies 351

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Yes, a time when well-meaning supply chain leaders share their strategy decks for the upcoming year and ask me for an opinion. Supply chain leaders love shiny objects. I find that egos run strong through the psychic of supply chain leaders. It is that time of year. In December, this is my life. The reason?

Sourcing Strategies 195

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.

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