Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Last week, after booking an additional $1B in unexpected supplier costs in the third quarter, the CFO led the company’s focus on restructuring to “support efficient and reliable sourcing of components and internal development of key technologies and capabilities.” What is the issue? Excel usage increased during the pandemic.
Talking Logistics
MAY 22, 2013
Managing transportation — the ebb and flow of rates, capacity, fuel and regulations — is an ongoing challenge for many companies, especially those still using spreadsheets and fax machines to plan and execute shipments. How will you establish and manage electronic communication with carriers and other trading partners?
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Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
This configuration screen shows how Solvyouo maps transportation constraints. What follows are some key things a newcomer to the supply chain profession, or an interested reader of news headlines, needs to know about SCP technologies, processes, and roles. Here the savings are based on transportation and facility cost savings.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 1, 2023
My primary insight is that many of the technology initiatives that were underway at the start of the disruption did not serve us well. The use of descriptive analytics along with agile planning techniques (what-if analysis, discrete event simulation, and network design) helped. It will publish next week. I hope this helps.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 1, 2023
Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 19, 2023
Warehouse and supply chain planners rely on a surprising number of technologies to achieve this. Our ability to do this has gotten better because real-time transportation visibility solutions give the warehouse much better certainty surrounding when a truck will arrive at the DC. Network design is used for this.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 18, 2023
Yes, we have achieved greater normalcy in transportation. For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. What is normalcy?
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