American Global Logistics

MARCH 22, 2023

Many companies are modernizing their supply chains. But you have to go beyond modernizing your supply chain. You have to future-proof it through supply chain technologies. Many new logistics technologies exist to help future-proof supply chains. Technology is important.

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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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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. The study also found that suppliers will be vital for successfully ensuring supply continuity.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 10, 2015

Over the past two years, I’ve written extensively about the growing importance of supply chain risk management and supply chain mapping. See for example: Rethinking Supply Chain Risk Management. Doing Nothing on Supply Chain Risk Management.

Supply Chain Risk Management 100

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2022

When companies consider implementing enterprise software, standard operating procedure would be to look at a public company’s financials before deciding to implement the solution. If the software company is private, the prospective customer often asks for the right to view their financials. How can they be growing so fast?

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2014

If you’re a supply chain or logistics executive and you’re looking for ways to improve as a leader this year, here are my five recommendations: 1. Ask “What are the risks?”more Supply chain management is risky business — and the risks are growing every day. more often. The same is true for CEOs.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. Analysis of case study is certainly one of the most popular methods for people from business management background. Supply Chain of fashion industry involves a time based competition.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

.” The rules have changed, and the risk increased. For the supply chain leader it is not a game… The stake is business continuity. Gamers do well in the world of supply chain. Designing value networks and managing what-if conditions is fundamental to managing supply chain risks.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 16, 2018

.”[1] The report focused on four key metrics: supplier criticality, supplier financial risk, global sourcing risk, and foreign exchange risk. If you are an upstream supplier or a downstream retailer, different metrics must also be considered. Identifying risks. New technologies.

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Resilinc’s Rick Freeman weighs in on the future opportunities for high-tech and semiconductor companies Despite the stabilization of the high-tech and semiconductor supply chain, the industry still faces pressure due to ongoing import/export restrictions and changing regulations governing semiconductor production and sourcing.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we highlight published September 2022 indices of global supply chain volatility ( GSPI ) and US Logistics Index ( LMI ) activity trends along with our view of the implications. The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional indices of global and US supply chain volatility relative to July 2022 global supply chain activity levels. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index. Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

We’ve made our predictions , but it’s the unexpected that makes supply chain management so exciting and demanding. Did you come up with any New Year’s resolutions to improve as a supply chain and logistics leader this year? Ask “What are the risks?”more And the first step is asking “What are the risks?”

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Kinaxis

APRIL 10, 2015

by John Westerveld When things happen in supply chain, knowing sooner and acting faster can mean the difference between a major catastrophe and a minor hiccup in your supply chain performance. Imagine this scenario; you are a supply chain executive for a major U.S.-based based electronics manufacturer.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 24, 2015

by Andrew Dunbar Google “Top 10 supply chain challenges” and you’ll find 44 million different opinions on the biggest issues our industry faces today. Many are filled with our favourite industry buzzwords: Visibility , Risk Management , Cost Pressure, The Internet of Things, Security Threats… and the list goes on.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

by Dr. Madhav Durbha Supply chain risks in the spotlight: Effects of Hanjin Shipping filing bankruptcy protection. Linear supply chains as we know them are turning into supply networks with more players and parties than ever before.

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DynaSys

APRIL 14, 2021

One of the most complicated processes in any manufacturing business is the supply chain. Regardless of industry; automotive, high tech, life science, or consumer packaged goods, the supply chain (even before Covid-19) was a complicated entity. On any given day, one of the links in that chain could break.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Scenario and simulation based planning methods that quantify and weight various short and longer term impacts of global events toward key business metrics.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Our 40 th Bi-Annual Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting was a great success, culminating with the student gallery walk, featuring 27 undergraduate and MBA supply chain projects. Proactive” – Tangible resource commitment in fixed assets, to permanently redesign supply chains.

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EcoVadis

JANUARY 8, 2015

Now more than ever, risk management is a vital part of the procurement function, and hence the CPO’s responsibilities. One main reason is because supply chains are growing longer and are getting more complex. Thus, the likelihood of supply chain disruptions has increased. Look Across The Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 27, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! For supply chain professionals, supply chains and our underlying assumptions will certainly need to adapt. Supply Chains do not move easily, and transitions are not inexpensive.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Supply chain visibility starts with the right control tower architecture. After all, how can you run a supply chain without it? Every year good supply chain visibility eludes almost half of the supply chain leaders in our annual KPMG Global Manufacturing Outlook survey. Visibility. Why is this?

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 18, 2022

This Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech commentary provides highlights and added perspectives on this week announcement regarding Kinaxis’ s completed acquisition of supply chain execution B2B SaaS platform provider MPO. Background. A Strategic Acquisition.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2016

In this week’s Ripped from the Headlines segment, another example of how many companies still have poor visibility and control of their end-to-end supply chains. As I’ve said many times before, there is no silver bullet for supply chain visibility. How do you begin to improve supply chain visibility and control?

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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. Supply chains do not respect functional boundaries. Stone , Vice President of Supply Chain Risk Management at Exiger Government Solutions.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 31, 2017

It is no secret that modern supply chains are increasingly exposed to risks that can result in increased operational costs, large losses, and long term damage to your corporate reputation. Predictable risks are still causing significant losses on a daily basis.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Management Consulting. Technology Services. Application Management. Infrastructure Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Business Services.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Management Consulting. Technology Services. Application Management. Infrastructure Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Supply Chain Management.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 28, 2012

Management Consulting. Technology Services. Application Management. Infrastructure Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Business Services.

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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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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. We refer to this as the TRADES framework.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I always come back from these conferences inspired and fascinated at how diligent chemical supply chain managers must be to mitigate risk and adverse events. These chemical manufacturers must improve their supply chain resilience in order to thrive, be successful, and—ultimately—be safe. Risk management.

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