Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 27, 2023

Supply chain resilience is an organization’s ability to pivot when required, empowered by supply chain digitization solutions that provide the necessary agility in the supply chain execution. Craig Moore is Vice President Sales North America for Körber Supply Chain Software.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2024

Courtney Muller and Joe Lynch discuss reflections on Manifest , the premiere conference that unites the entire eco-system of Fortune 500 global supply chain executives, logistics service providers, innovators and investors at the forefront of logistics tech and supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

What’s more, today’s supply chains operate at lean levels. A platform approach to real-time supply chain execution integrates across every critical system so you can get a real-time ETA together with a live view of your inventory.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 16, 2023

Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2023 has wrapped up its 3-day event in Orlando, Florida. Featuring over fifty Gartner experts and more than 140 research-driven sessions, this year’s conference gathered over 3,700 supply chain professionals from across North America and beyond.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2022

A North America?n He has a keen interest in digitalization and the value it generates throughout the supply chain. In this role, he leads his organization to drive thought leadership and go-to-market strategy for supply chain execution and logistics solutions.

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ivalua

MAY 28, 2025

We started the day with opening remarks from Laura Smith , Ivalua’s VP Sales North America, and another interview-style session with Gaurav Saini , Chief Procurement Officer and Head of Corporate Services at Manulife. Brent Griffith Day 2: More Keynotes, Sessions, and Silent Demos!

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Supply-chain executives in North America have a lot on their plates these days, to say the least.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 19, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights a published survey report that provides important observations on the existing state of domestic and international logistics visibility levels in North America. The survey, conducted in March 2022, involved upwards of 350 logistics executives across North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

This segment also distributes a broad range of non-Cardinal branded products and provides supply chain services to hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare providers in North America. The medical segment’s supply chain consists of 61 North American distribution centers and 27 global manufacturing plants.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 10, 2017

Revenue for Amazon’s North America segment—the bulk of its retail business—was $79.8 If it’s now massive North America segment continues to grow at 25 percent a year, it will take only three more years for Amazon to add another $76 billion in annual revenue. Here is a thought that should make investors in U.S.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Presented by Blue Yonder customer DHL, Manifest brings together Fortune 500 global supply chain executives, logistics service providers (LSPs), innovators and investors. In his keynote address, Patrick Kelleher, CEO of DHL Supply Chain North America, said, We know the world around us is changing.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

To coordinate, contracts can be made with direct links in the supply chain, but how can organizations coordinate with the suppliers’ suppliers or the customers’ customers? However, commonly used KPIs used by supply chain executives are usually focused on logistics performance (e.g.,

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BlueYonder

APRIL 23, 2025

Operating across North America, Western Europe, and the APAC regions, Blue Yonder has established a strong presence that underscores our commitment to serving a global clientele. Our robust and innovative solutions cater to large enterprises across diverse industries, including retailers, manufacturers and logistics services providers.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. Even North America and Europe, which are well-established markets, have plenty of room for growth.

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Logility

OCTOBER 7, 2021

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, has partnered with ArcherGrey to strengthen consulting and technology solutions for its customers. ATLANTA – October 7, 2021 – Logility, Inc., About Logility.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2015

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Penske Logistics Reaches Agreement to Acquire Transfreight North America. Infor Delivers Dynamic Cloud Solution for Supply Chain Execution. FusionOps Raises $12 Million to Help Monitor Supply Chains From the Cloud ( WSJ.D ).

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Covid-19’s Impact on the Supply Chain Crisis. Following the outbreak of Covid-19, 93% of senior supply-chain executives reported their intent to make their supply chains more flexible, agile, and resilient. COVID-19 caused supply chain disruptions/delays for 38.8% McKinsey ). McKinsey ).

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

Cyber attacks are a growing risk and reality in supply chain management (see The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt and The WannaCry Cyberattack: Another Warning for Supply Chain Executives ).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

The supply chain is a complex system with non-linear relationships. While over 80% of companies deployed supply chain planning, companies are more satisfied with supply chain execution systems than supply chain planning. The horizontal processes depend on supply chain excellence.

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BlueYonder

MAY 15, 2023

Recently Blue Yonder released the findings of its annual Supply Chain Executives Survey 1 , which echoed many of the key themes we heard at ICON 2023. Further, they enable an immediate, automated response that matches the dynamic business environment we are all operating in.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This fact drives us to innovate when it comes to our Supply Chain Execution solutions. This blog was co-written by Terence Leung and Jen McQuiston Our customers depend on Blue Yonder Transportation Management to achieve customer-centricity and operational resiliency across the globe.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MARCH 29, 2014

The issues supply chain executives face in this environment are significant, but also represent opportunities for those who know and think about how to embrace this complexity. This is already happening outside of North America and Europe. Supply chains will be forced to be more flexible and more cost effective.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

The Detroit Free Press reported last week that global auto maker Stellantis announced a senior supply chain North America leadership change after the automaker was dinged in an unflattering report regarding supplier relations in North America.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2024

However, as supply chain logistics and transportation teams are acutely aware the effects of one major transport disruption often cascades across all other dependent networks over periods of length. Hence the overall potential implication to North America based supply networks.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The sector continued to grow steadily during the financial crisis and the export level has since doubled thanks to rising demand from Western Europe, Asia and North America. 38 | Top 28 Supply Chain Executives Europe. Who are the most influential supply chain executives in Europe?

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Tompkins Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

RALEIGH, NC, February 25, 2014 — Kelly Reed, Executive VP, Material Handling Integration, Tompkins International, has been honored as a 2014 “Pro to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive. This honor epitomizes Kelly’s influence in the supply chain industry,” says Jim Tompkins, CEO, Tompkins International.

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Bristlecone

JUNE 24, 2020

In this Executive Briefing session, SAP’s Head of North America Partner Solution Center, Nic Vervoort, and Bristlecone’s VP of Global Practices, Prashant Kamat, deliver valuable insight into how and why organizations are making the move to SAP S/4HANA.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 18, 2013

The study included more than 60 interviews with global supply chain executives and survey responses from 1,757 executives. Handfield will discuss nine key trends from the study and related topics at BVL’s first North American chapter meeting to be held in Goldsboro, N.C., on August 12, 2013. on August 12, 2013.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Why NASCES Gets our Nod Elementum has always made it a point to attend the North America Supply Chain Executive Summit (NASCES). It’s a well-attended event with several hundred supply chain leaders, consultants, and partners all converging at the Westin event center in North Shore Chicago.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Why NASCES Gets our Nod Elementum has always made it a point to attend the North America Supply Chain Executive Summit (NASCES). It’s a well-attended event with several hundred supply chain leaders, consultants, and partners all converging at the Westin event center in North Shore Chicago.

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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. Customers span not only Europe but North America.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 22, 2023

The second was the recent addition customer HAVI , a global privately owned company that innovates, optimizes and manages the supply chains of leading branded companies including leading quick-service restaurant (QSR) chains.

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 4, 2019

As an up and coming Logistics executive at The Hudson’s Bay Company, it was exciting to join a gathering of somewhere around 100 of the most powerful Logistics executives in North America for what were truly intimate, informative and candid conversations. LINK2019 is RILA’s Retail Supply Chain Conference, reimagined.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

“We found that the better the level of alignment, the more likely it is that companies are achieving their objectives for cost reduction, customer service, and other metrics,” explains Bruce Tompkins, executive director of the Consortium and author of the report.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This particular company’s product production and distribution network material flows involve 38 facilities across North America. We addressed the four most important variables in enhancing operational planning and process synchronization for warehousing and distribution center operations.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 15, 2011

We’ve also witnessed the resilience and importance of how well-managed, dynamic supply chains help companies drive down costs, manage inventories, respond to recalls, and adjust to sudden economic shifts and global crises.”. A panel of supply chain executives and government representatives from the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

The SAP S/4 HANA’ architecture, in my opinion, offers promise in operational planning (often termed supply chain execution and now termed response management by SAP), but to make this robust, I think that SAP needs to get serious about the use of cognitive learning to manage large rule sets.

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