Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2025

According to the New York Times, Iran sent a barrage of missiles into Israel on June 20 that struck in several places, including Haifa, where two people were severely injured. Earlier, Israel announced it had conducted overnight strikes on missile factories and a research center linked to Iran’s nuclear program.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

federal environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations such as the proposed SEC climate rules remain contested, while California (SB 253 ) and New York (A4123 ) have introduced climate disclosure laws. In the U.S., These states alone represent two of the eight largest economies in the world, and more are expected to follow.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

This morning, the New York Times pushed me an article by Peter S. The sad thing is that most companies will never know because they are blindly measuring the wrong metric and driving a supply-centric agenda. Functional metrics throw the supply chain out of balance creating waste and increasing turbulence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

One of my favorite interviews on this topic, that I recently completed for my upcoming book Metrics That Matter , was with Amway’s Chief Supply Chain Officer George Calvert. Service level is our most important metric. Reliability in both of these metrics is critical. Next week, it will be time in New York.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

The prescriptions are offered via Amazon’s online pharmacy service, which launched in 2020. Amazon Pharmacy, born out of the company’s 2018 acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack, allows customers to order prescription medications for home delivery, with free shipping for Prime members.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Infor held an Innovation Summit at their headquarters in New York City on March 18 th and 19 th. The software architecture allows the value to be measured and those metrics are visible to the customer and the Infor success team. This in turn rests on developing solutions far more industry-focused than their competitors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Last week I attended the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City. This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond.

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Logility

JANUARY 26, 2022

Technology purpose-built to support a sustainable supply chain provides the level of visibility and resources needed to help fashion and apparel brands navigate this swiftly changing landscape, monitor suppliers across all tiers, and capture the data and insight necessary to comply with new laws and fulfil stakeholder expectations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 22, 2013

Buzz words filled the air at the NRF Big Show, held at the Javitz Convention Center in New York last week. It requires a rethinking of the role of the store and the redesign of metrics. It is used to describe those playing a role contrary to their real character, with whom contact is dangerous. – Wikipedia.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Ephraim started his career at a bulk candy company that had retail locations in New York. The new reality of Amazon FBA: Carriers picking up and delivering to Amazon locations will now be measured on a carrier performance scorecard. The new performance metrics were a result of carriers arriving late and or missing appointments.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

The New York Times best-selling book The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown tells the story of how the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team overcome great odds and adversity to win the gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. How do you successfully align goals, metrics, and resources across functional groups?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

While Chicago and New York/New Jersey hubs are no strangers to inclement winter weather, severe and widespread cold brought snowstorms to Atlanta and other southern U.S. On one hand, new orders for U.S. percent, marking the largest drop in this metric since last July.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Red Hook and the docks. They also lack process controls and metrics. Author’s Note: Today is September 11. I never forget. Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier. Some things never change.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 29, 2019

I grew up in New York and graduated from the New York Institute of Technology. The expected metrics were part of the contract. We assist 3PLs with their bid packages to corporations, and we work with corporations who don’t see supply chain as their core activity. [01:20]

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. Automotive News Europe ). New York Times analysis predicts the shipping container shortage will not resolve in 2022. New York Times). Deloitte ). Wall Street Journal ).

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

To compare both books to find the best book for beginners, we will use 6 performance criteria under 3 categories as below, - Book Performance: this is the same as an article-level metric. Sales Performance: two metrics are used to judge the sales performance of both books, namely, "Amazon Sales Rank" and "Best Seller Award."

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Talking Logistics

JULY 2, 2014

Mobilecast On Track , “a low cost, durable, phone-based solution designed specifically to help track your mobile resources and provide metrics for management.”. FreshDirect , an online grocer serving the New York City metropolitan area, is a great example. The company offers next-day delivery of groceries.

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Logility

APRIL 13, 2022

The ventilator shortage was a stunning example of the finely tuned intricacy of global supply chains, as noted in The New York Times back in March 2020: “…the machines are complicated, made up of hundreds of smaller parts produced by companies all over the world. There is no simple way to substantially increase the output. ” .

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 31, 2015

I heard a colleague once give the following analogy: Imagine a pilot flying from New York to Los Angeles at night without any navigation systems or instruments to measure his location, wind speed, or altitude. by Lori Smith In a previous post , I talked about the ineffectiveness of Excel, ERP, and legacy planning for S&OP.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

New York City. New York City. The following slideshow offers a look at how the seven cities studied ended up in the overall rankings of their digital supply chains. Media Type. Media Caption. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID. cb437ab9-5bbc-4df8-ad7b-c9e11d83b205.

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QAD

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In many cases, this is no longer a business choice, but a business mandate with impending legislation like the German Supply Chain Act, EU Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the New York Fashion Sustainability Accountability Act. Examples of performance include quality metrics or logistics metrics.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

.   (This blog is based on the article "Fast Fashion: Business Model Overview and Research Opportunities" to appear in Retail Supply Chain Management: Quantitative Models and Empirical Studies , 2nd Edition, Springer, New York, NY.). Here we provide a more quantitative answer.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Well, now there is one, thanks to the folks at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. And with their latest installment covering the month of May, they’ve announced the launch of the GSCPI as an official New York Fed research product that will be updated monthly. Where to Learn More.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

For instance, rather than bid on two separate lanes from Chicago to New York City and Chicago to Boston, a carrier might suggest bidding on a consolidated lane from Chicago to an intermediate pooling point in and split the shipments to the final destinations. Adopt performance metrics for carriers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

We wanted to see which companies were driving the fastest rate of improvement on the supply chain metrics that matter. Emmanuel has been working in Supply Chain for L’Oreal for over 20 years, starting in France followed by 10 years in New York where he led the Supply Chain for L’Oreal North America.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 27, 2013

Last week I had the opportunity to travel first to New York and then Monterrey, Mexico, and speak with a number of people to explore perspectives on the current economic situation we find ourselves in.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

New market dynamics should spur the retail industry to seek new ways of measuring performance. It may not be the news you were hoping for, but traditional retail success metrics are fast becoming obsolete in today’s economy. The current suite of metrics were built for a time that no longer exists. Time for action.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Generate guidance to improve NbS impact metrics for water security to demonstrate the multiple values of water. 4] Matus Samel, “ Davos, New York, COP and beyond: water in a fragmented world ,” Economist Impact, 27 February 2023. [5] Identify locally led innovations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

This week, many of my friends will gather in New York for NRF. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. I expect a somber mood at the National Retail show.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 26, 2017

Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway People’ (New York Times). Supply Chain Diagnostics : Gain deep actionable insights across the demand and supply network to improve sourcing and partner collaboration while delivering root cause analysis of missed KPIs and key metrics. ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 2.5%

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2022

In addition, Alaska, Montana, Delaware, Oregon, and New Hampshire have no statewide sales tax. At the same time, you can find some of the lowest car dealer fees in Oregon, New York, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Best States to Buy a Used Car. If you’re a citizen of Ohio, you’re in luck!

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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

True Value has already successfully implemented this strategy in the Midwest, and is now bringing it to its Northeast region with this new investment. Amazon is using a smaller distribution center for fulfillment in New York City , and other companies are following its lead. This number fell by 5.4%

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 25, 2020

In early 2013 I sat in on a lecture given by Clay to a number of senior supply chain executives at a gathering at the new 7 World Trade Center in New York. When faced with short-term measures of profitability, companies won’t invest for the long term in disruptive innovations, which would create jobs growth.

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QAD

JUNE 22, 2023

And if we don’t have good containment, communication and corrective action with those suppliers, we’ll be at their mercy,” says Joseph Korus, Quality Manager for BBG’s New York Mills, Minnesota, facility. “Our goal is to limit and/or eliminate the disruptions that supplier compliance (e.g., defects) can cause within our factory.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to the oceanconservancy.org “Every year, 8 million metric tons of plastics enter our ocean on top of the estimated 150 million metric tons that currently circulate our marine environments. That’s like dumping one New York City garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean every minute of every day for an entire year!

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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

UltraShipTMS (and many of its employees) is native to the New York metro area. Having the ability to capture transportation data, performance metrics/KPIs, exception reports, reason codes and a host of other data points is imperative. We all grew up with Yankees baseball among the constants of life in this part of the world.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier: I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Red Hook and the docks. They also lack process controls and metrics. Today is September 11. I never forget. Some things never change.

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