Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 3, 2014

A couple of weeks ago, a man drove a tractor-trailer into a Milwaukee park and over two pedestrian bridges, where it ultimately got stuck (a towing company had to use a crane to lift the trailer onto a nearby road). Truck Gets Stuck in Milwaukee Park, Driver Blames GPS (Source: WTMJ).

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2021

REV Group embarked on its sourcing and procurement transformation earlier this year, which included four appointments to REV’s global sourcing and supply chain team, representing the Fire & Emergency, Commercial and Recreation segments. Benefits include: Shortened sourcing cycle times. ABOUT CONSUS GLOBAL.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

Parents got notifications that school was cancelled, employees got notice to stay home, the world started buying most of their goods online, and the global supply chain did a collective * gulp. Better sourcing processes, how to implement omnichannel fulfilment, and creative solutions for labour shortages. Automation.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 27, 2013

Early in the week I sat in on a lecture given by Clay Christenson (from Harvard Business School) to a number of senior supply chain executives at a gathering at the new 7 World Trade Center in New York.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 24, 2018

The key tool for a logistics planner has long been a transportation management system (TMS), but the increased complexity of the market is driving demand for more creative TMS capabilities. Logistics planners can provide complete deliveries in a single shipment, even when product may be sourced from multiple locations.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 31, 2017

Meanwhile, in other supply chain and logistics news this week…. Turvo Automates Supply-Chain Tracking, Raises $25 million in Series A Financing (WSJ – sub. Trucking IPO will net Schneider family $230 million (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). Stay tuned. Watch Amazon’s Prime Air make its first public U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award.

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