Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2014

Unfortunately, most supply chain executives and their teams focus predominantly on just two factors, the tradeoffs between cost and service, with risk rarely entering the conversation — until a disruption occurs and then everyone goes into panic mode. And the first step is asking “What are the risks?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2022

The Rule of 40 was popularized by venture capitalists in recent years as a key performance metric for SaaS firms. The metric captures the trade-off between short-term viability and the investment in growth. on this metric. For Coupa, a key success measure they share with investors is the growth in spend under management.

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Resilinc

MARCH 26, 2025

Spend Matters recently released their Spring 2025 SolutionMap for Risk Management , and we’re pleased to share that Resilinc has maintained a strong position ahead of competitors in the Supply Chain Risk Management module. customer satisfaction score.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A common challenge for procurement and supply chain professionals is obtaining support from C-level leaders to invest in a robust supply chain risk management (SCRM) program. But to make their strongest case, SCRM advocates need to focus on one key metric: return on investment. Contact us today.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Reason #5 Not having a supply chain risk management process. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. Reason #7 Making decisions based on bad data (supply chain data accuracy).

Supply Chain Planning Software 240

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Supply Chain Disruptions: A Survival Guide. Do you feel supply chain risk management is too complicated to implement? This article will show you how one of the worlds leading companies put a theory into practice and survive many supply chain disruptions. Case Studies. Gather around! Discussion.

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Resilinc

APRIL 11, 2018

Musings on a Metric: Supply Chain Risk Management with R Score.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to a July 2014 supply chain research study from Accenture focused on Big Data and supply chain risk management, most organizations have high hopes for using big data analytics in their supply chain but many have had challenges in deploying it.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Reason #5 Not having a supply chain risk management process. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. I’ll tell them what they are getting.”This

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 5, 2015

Here are mine: To remember that supply chains should be built backward from the customer. One way to do this is to use a Perfect Order metric as a key way of measuring the supply chain organization. Learning & Leadership Supply Chain Risk Management'

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SCM Research

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Our new article, titled Accounting for External Turbulence of Logistics Organizations via Performance Measurement Systems (Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 6), is out now. The article was co-authored by Andreas Bühler, Carl Marcus Wallenburg and me. Wallenburg, C.M., & Wieland, A.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Nexus model can also provide the kind of data that digital twins that are based on a static planning model struggle to provide true lead times (and other supply chain throughput/cycle time metrics). But, if a company wants to work with a new supplier, and that supplier is in the network, metrics on that carrier also exist.

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A critical part of any supply chain is an effective and efficient supply chain risk management (SCRM) program. Stone , Vice President of Supply Chain Risk Management at Exiger Government Solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Our preliminary findings suggest that supply chain resilience has been increasing in importance over time, but still remains secondary to the end goal embedded in the perfect order metric – the right product, to the right place, at the right time. However, supply chain resilience is more than just a concept to practitioners.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Avetta, a provider of supply chain risk management, launched Avetta Financial Risk, a tool for evaluating and monitoring the financial health of your supply chain, providing detailed financial metrics and ratings for accurate supplier evaluation.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Our team put together some ideas around supply chain risk management. We addressed supply chain risk in two ways; the leading indicators that show when you are at risk, and a simulation to see how well your supply chain can respond to a major event.

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Exiger Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Leading procurement and supply chain tech providers go head-to-head in data-driven fall 2024 vendor ranking WASHINGTON, DC. Exiger was designated the most sophisticated and most holistic solution and named a “Value Leader,” earning the highest functional score in risk management.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two recently published studies identify the top disruptions that impacted industry, business and global supply chains during 2024 and our expected to be present in 2025. This data was compiled from Resilincs EventWatchAI , a risk monitoring database provided to customers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Risk Management is a Cirque Du Soleil Calibre Act! In today’s world, supply chains are more important than ever. In fact, 89% of businesses encountered a supplier risk event in the last five years. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

Agility is more about reacting in the next day or two, or even the next hour or two, to potential supply chain disruptions. They built them between 2012 and 2014, and then enhanced them when better supply chain risk management solutions became available. The company has built Control Towers for this purpose.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

The value network of suppliers and logistics providers is largely managed by spreadsheets and email with no system of record for interactions. What is Risk Management? About the Author: Lora Cecere is the Founder of Supply Chain Insights. To ensure clarity, let’s start with a definition.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With 30% of respondents indicating their organizations are suffering from an inability to assess risk across suppliers, many are investing in new strategies to minimize the frequency and impact of disruption. Effective supplier management will be agile enough to identify disruption and the impact it will have on suppliers and take action.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

Unfortunately, most supply chain executives and their teams focus predominantly on just two factors, the tradeoffs between cost and service, with risk rarely entering the conversation — until a disruption occurs and then everyone goes into panic mode. And the first step is asking “What are the risks?”

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

This section will cover JIT and outsourcing by Apple Inc, Supply Chain Risk Management by Cisco System, Technology Roadmap by Intel, Supply Chain Network Model by HP, Mass Customization by Dell and Quality Management by Sam Sung. Then, a poor planning will result in a massive loss.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

95% of supply chain executives report having a formal supply-chain risk-management process following Covid-19. How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Over the past year, 59% of companies have implemented new supply chain risk management practices.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Linear supply chains as we know them are turning into supply networks with more players and parties than ever before. To understand the geopolitical risks, all you need to do is to turn on network news. Given all this, one would think that supply chain risk management is more prominent now.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

IoT: Powering the Future of Digital Product Passports The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to impact how industries track products and manage data. This network of devices enables seamless, automatic data collection from physical objects in near real-time.

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Exiger Perspectives

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The AI-driven BOM also helps businesses monitor the environmental footprint of products , ensuring that even in cases where suppliers are unable to provide complete data, companies can still report accurate lifecycle and sustainability metrics. This not only ensures compliance but also strengthens supply chain resilience and performance.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 10, 2015

Prioritized action lists based on impact to your customers or whatever key metrics drive your business can ensure that planners are working on what matters. The post Know sooner, act faster and accelerate your supply chain performance! appeared first on The 21st Century Supply Chain. Act Faster.

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EcoVadis

JANUARY 8, 2015

Those with a proactive approach have proven themselves to be ahead of the curve and able to prove results not just in savings, but across other key business metrics. Conventional thinking about supply chains and supplier risk is outdated. Conventional Thinking is Outdated.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 16, 2018

So it comes as no surprise a joint report published by the Cranfield School of Management and Dun & Bradstreet concludes, “There are significant differences across sectors, requiring varying risk management practices across industries.”[1] This year’s top ten risks were identified as: 1.

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Resilinc

APRIL 13, 2021

You may be part of an organization whose leaders understand that supply chain risk management (SCRM) is a strategic imperative, and your SCRM may already be mature and delivering a return on investment. 4) The supply chain organization’s operational review includes evaluation by the corporate risk team.

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Exiger Perspectives

MARCH 30, 2023

Issues with Many SCRM Programs Supply chain management and supply chain risk management (SCRM) have become a greater priority for businesses and government organizations in the last five years, according to Gartner.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

Cahn also highlighted on-time delivery risk: “Will a supplier be around to support my delivery schedules and can I trust them not to shut down my plant [due to a late or missed delivery],” he added. “Do Do we have the right Service Level Agreement metrics in place? Is the mode of transport the most efficient to impact on-time delivery?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2016

There are four steps businesses can apply to understand and improve the resiliency of their supply chain network: Assess: Use all modeling and analytics to identify areas of risk. You can use network design models, company KPIs and other metrics to get a holistic look at your supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Building upon the IT discussion in the first session, Adrian Gonzalez dives deeper into some key metrics and assessment questions companies should consider when assessing the IT capabilities of their 3PL partners. Transportation Management. Warehouse Management. Global Trade Management. Supply Chain Planning.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

While some of the increase was due to growth in our customer base and the number of suppliers monitored (more factories = more potential for factory fires) the trend line was rising at a much faster clip than business metrics would account for. Supplier risk assessment. Risk monitoring.

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