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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

Logistics Viewpoints

Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. The myth of the “perfect plan”. The myth of the “perfect plan”.

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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization.

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Why 3PL outsourcing for warehousing operations makes sense

Kanban Logistics

Software: 3PL providers invest in the latest warehousing and logistics technology so you don’t have to. Additionally, 3PL providers have experience in dealing with a variety of supply chain disruptions, such as natural disasters and labor disputes. Each metric must also have a goal which denotes success (e.g.,

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Warehouse Automation. Media Type.

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5 Things to Look for in a Food Grade Warehouse

Kanban Logistics

Food products require special care and handling across the entire supply chain. Lot numbers are managed by a 3PL’s warehouse management system – a sophisticated software system that effectively runs all key warehousing operations. Shopify, Magento and Amazon) Custom reporting of the metrics important to your business 4.

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Can Improving Forecast Accuracy Address Our Demand Planning Woes?

Logistics Viewpoints

For supply chains to get more use from their models, we need to “trust the box;” recognize that models are not the holy grail; and remember that a forecast is an input into making better decisions, not an end in and of itself. Select software that incorporates these features. So what can be done to get planners to trust the box?

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Patrick Hopkins at Coupa: Coca Cola’s four truths of procurement to pay in action

Supply Chain View from the Field

At the Coupa INSPIRE procurement conference in San Francisco this week, the Chief Procurement Officer of Coca Cola Consolidated, Patrick Hopkins, shared his views on the “4 Truths of Procurement”, and how he has operationalized his views through the deployment of Coupa procure to pay software. Users find what they need.