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Applause!

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I wrote about the evolution of supply chain planning. In my blog post, I commented on HOW little supply chain planning has changed in its twenty-year evolution. I, like other analysts, are stuck in the traditional software APS paradigm. I am part of the problem. 1) Kinaxis.

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Meet our Spring additions

Alloy

More about Tom Tom Jones has over 15 years’ experience aligning technology to solve complex challenges in forecasting, planning, and visualizing networked data across a breadth of industries. He lives in Minneapolis, MN, where he was born and raised.

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Walmart First to Deliver Driverless Middle Mile

Multichannel Merchant

This week, Walmart claimed a first by announcing it had been doing driverless runs between a dark store and one of its retail outlets in its hometown of Bentonville, AR, since August, courtesy of technology partner Gatik which powers the driverless box trucks. We’re thrilled to enable Walmart’s customers to reap the benefits.”.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8-12, 2017)

Talking Logistics

It was a very busy week in the world of supply chain and logistics, so let’s go straight to the news that caught my attention: FLEXE Launches Nationwide Next-Day Delivery. Infor M3 Integrates to GT Nexus Supply Chain Network. Target to test next-day delivery service in Minneapolis (Reuters).

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Target Hires New Inventory Management Leader to Revamp Supply Chain

RFgen

According to a company press release, the big-name retail chain recently added Benjamin Cook , the former logistics and supply chain head at Apple, to its team. Cook’s first day was on July 24, 2016 in Minneapolis at the company’s headquarters. His experience makes him well qualified for the job.

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Target Hires New Inventory Management Leader to Revamp Supply Chain

RFgen

According to a company press release, the big-name retail chain recently added Benjamin Cook , the former logistics and supply chain head at Apple, to its team. Cook’s first day was on July 24, 2016 in Minneapolis at the company’s headquarters. His experience makes him well qualified for the job.

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

Nine questions about the topics on the supply chain agenda of a supply chain professional. By Helen Armstong (Supply Chain Movement). It consolidated Cargill’s global animal feed production and strengthened its internal supply chain capacity for food production and processing.

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