Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The same “If” statement was repeated for a host of financial and operational metrics. The following will delve into some of the intricate farm-to-table challenges that supply chains face across sourcing, demand planning, procurement and inventory management, transportation, and warehousing. To read the article, click HERE.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A Possible Stimulus on the Horizon May Increase the Challenge of Procurement Through Peak Season. Hurricane season threatens to disrupt activities across the eastern seaboard and along the Gulf of Mexico. transportation metrics ?that Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends. continued growth and success.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail. Mexico trade.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2015

Kevin and I worked together years ago to help define the a baseline framework for strategic sourcing and category management that was deployed within the Lubricants group, and which later became deployed across the entire Shell Procurement organization. Rather, it requires true collaboration with trusted supplier partners.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Source: Statista.com. Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf of Mexico in August 2021, destroying industrial installations for pharmaceuticals and plastics. Planning : Processes are designed to reduce emissions and meet demand with ethical sourcing. Download Now!

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

I spent a long time with Bechtel doing large projects all around the world including Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, and India. I joined BP a year before the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers.

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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. Machines are good at automating rote tasks (which is about 80% of all tasks), but humans are needed to source and manage exceptions, and there will always be exceptions. Likely, yes.

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