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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Expand the “FLOW” program for logistics information sharing to forecast transportation flow. Improve cross-government data sharing and analyze resilience.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 25-29, 2016)

Talking Logistics

JDA Rolls Out New Transportation Management Capabilities and Taps into Big Data to Enable Real-time Visibility. Free’ Shipping Crowds Out Small Retailers (WSJ – sub. Among the solutions announced is SendPro , a cloud-based multi-carrier shipping solution which includes the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and UPS.

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146 days until Christmas - Are you ready?

Cathy Roberson

This collaboration helps carriers plan capacity needs, temporary seasonal labor requirements, third-party transportation purchases, and more down to the zip code level. “The problem is, as we go into the holiday season, they’ve got the wrong stock in the warehouse,” Moore said.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 29 – August 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

After years of financial struggles, reports of Yellow preparing for bankruptcy emerged last week as the Nashville, Tennessee-based trucker saw customers leave in large numbers. The center, known as YXU1, will see employees work alongside robotics technology to pick, pack and ship up to 750,000 items a day.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. Examples include first pass yield, schedule adherence, hands-free orders, orders shipped complete, and minimization of waste.