Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

One of the areas that the Supply Chain Matters blog has focused on since our inception is bringing visibility to how a background in the many functional areas that make-up supply chain management can lead to other senior business leadership roles.

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Oracle SCM

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Planning is well underway and registration is open for Modern Supply Chain Experience, taking place from January 29–31, 2018 at the San Jose Convention Center. Our product experts, who live and breathe supply chain daily, will discuss how they’re helping organizations navigate shifts in the industry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Today, I am cruising major freeways traveling from Chicago to my new home in Pennsylvania. The cheese on the puffs stains my hands like I feel that mis-guided past practices have indelibly colored supply chain practices. Gaps in Inventory Strategies. Supply chain planning is all about better math and modeling.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2019

” People who live in Pennsylvania are familiar with anachronistic encounters with the Amish who still traverse busy streets riding in horse-drawn carriages. When motorized vehicles became commonplace, horse-and-buggy supply chains found they couldn’t compete with modern transportation systems. ”[1].

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The movie is about a cynical television weatherman named Phil Connors (played brilliantly by Bill Murray) who is assigned to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The Supply Chain Quarterly staff predicts, “The supply chain challenges of the past few years are far from over.”[1]

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Omnichannel is a term frequently used in today’s modern supply chain management. The emergence of e-commerce mainly drives this, and in the process, is turning traditional supply chain models on their heads. Supply chain leaders need to understand omnichannel 2.0 Better risk management strategies.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 16, 2018

Supply chains have always been at risk from natural disasters, labor disputes, manmade disasters, and the like. Yet, Bain & Company partners, Peter Hanbury and David Schannon, write, “Supply chains are suddenly under threat.”[2] Identifying risks. Five years ago, it ranked just 15th.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Last week, I spoke at the CPHA supply chain conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was the inaugural supply chain event for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association. During the presentation, I spoke about the future of supply chain management, and the building of outside-in processes.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In this fifth Supply Chain Matters weekly reader update, we highlight the latest developments related to ongoing UAW labor strike involving the big three U.S. More Significant Development As noted in last week’s update , the UAW labor union has been utilizing a novel work stoppage strategy that targets each of the three individual U.S.

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AB&R

JANUARY 10, 2019

The great news about supply chain compliance is that AB&R® makes it a breeze. Supply chain compliance may include things such as employee labor laws, hazardous material handling, and environmental concerns. Labels and Supplies. A compliant barcode is just the first step to supply chain compliance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Amazon says its prepared for supply chain snarls for holiday season. As the holiday season approaches there are many concerns about the global supply chain. Hasbro has announced this week that its toys will be ready for the holiday season despite the ongoing supply chain crisis. Gopuff arrives in New York.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Disaster preparedness is essential in the supply chain. Beyond keeping revenues flowing, a disaster preparedness strategy can minimize the broad economic impact of a disaster, making it easier for commerce systems to recover after an emergency event. Establish a Contingency Plan and Take Time to Practice.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Disaster preparedness is essential in the supply chain. Beyond keeping revenues flowing, a disaster preparedness strategy can minimize the broad economic impact of a disaster, making it easier for commerce systems to recover after an emergency event. Establish a Contingency Plan and Take Time to Practice.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 16, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. With Financial Edge’s The Investment Banker online course, aspiring financial analysts with a business degree may study financial modeling strategies utilized in investment banking. Coursera and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business supply it.

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Arkieva

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The Delaware Bio & Pennsylvania Bio Supply Chain Summit on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, features round-table discussions on the scope of the Pharmaceutical and Bioscience industry. Discussion topics include: How to match demand and supply by integrating marketing, sales, and operations.

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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

True Value is investing $150 million in upgrades to its supply chain that will cover a new distribution center in Pennsylvania, ordering software, and more. True Value has already successfully implemented this strategy in the Midwest, and is now bringing it to its Northeast region with this new investment.

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Veridian Solutions

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Omnichannel is a term frequently used in today’s modern supply chain management. The emergence of e-commerce mainly drives this, and in the process, is turning traditional supply chain models on their heads. Supply chain leaders need to understand omnichannel 2.0 Better risk management strategies.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 26, 2015

3PL Summit & Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum by EyeForTransport Chicago, IL June 16 -18. The 3PL Summit is North America’s largest and most high-level gathering of logistics executives and their manufacturer and retailer supply chain counterparts. Fleet Safety Conference Shaumberg, Illinois; July 13-15.

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2021

About 40% that waste happens at the end of the supply chain – either in the form of consumer or commercial food waste. Sustainable food waste management therefore looks at strategies to reduce waste where it occurs, before it occurs. Food waste occurs at all levels of the supply chain.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio have become prominent exporters of natural gas, alongside historically productive states such as Texas, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. America’s energy portfolio has undergone drastic changes since the early 2000s. While renewables may eventually replace fossil fuels, natural […].

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company®, today announced that Fabrizio Brasca, vice president, global logistics, JDA Software, will participate in a panel discussion at the CSCMP Annual Global Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa. JDA® Software Group, Inc. The panel is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Pre-pandemic, a common shopping strategy was to study possible purchases in a regular store, then save a few dollars by ordering from Amazon. These will all end up at the discount chain Ollie’s, where they’ll sell for maybe half of what a new one costs,” said Adamson.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 24, 2015

After four years in global logistics he was posted to Amsterdam in 2012 as senior vice president, Supply Chain Operations, EMEA. His task was to transform and integrate the EMEA supply chain into the overall business including building a new team, redesigning the supply chain and improving service levels.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 3, 2011

significant further contributions to supply chain success. Dan Albright, Vice President and North American Supply Chain Leader at Capgemini Consulting. Multiple layers, supply constraints and the specific challenges the various channels present, coupled with short. supply chain.”. “As supply chain.”.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2015

When I was asked to organize the Innovation and Thought Leadership track at FOCUS 2015 , I recognized that I would need to assemble some high-impact speakers who would get attendees thinking about the radical changes they need to make in their supply chains. Big Data, Big Challenges.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Operational bottlenecks in the form of downtime, production quality issues, and process delays can emerge anywhere, at anytime, along your supply chain, creating an irreparable dent to your revenue streams. According to McKinsey, Supply Chain Management is in the top three areas to benefit most from AI adoption.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Supply chain risks are reduced. Foxconn, for example, announced plans to reshore in Pennsylvania, investing $40 million for a mostly automated plant. As delivery speed is increasingly important, closer proximity to consumers, supply chain expediency, and convenience of doing business become priorities.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Did You Know That …. Significance.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Operational bottlenecks in the form of downtime, production quality issues, and process delays can emerge anywhere, at anytime, along your supply chain, creating an irreparable dent to your revenue streams. According to McKinsey, Supply Chain Management is in the top three areas to benefit most from AI adoption.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From there, you can start refining your product, marketing, and ecommerce fulfillment strategies to grow your business. Building a marketing strategy to attract new customers is a crucial step of launching an online CBD business. We use ShipBob’s fulfillment centers in Dallas, Texas, Chicago, Illinois, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 10, 2015

The meeting opened up with a business strategy by key executives, including Paul Rietdyk, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Construction, and Michelle George, Director of Major Projects. This was followed by a presentation Reggie Hedgebeth, Senior Counsel, of the major growth objectives that lie ahead for Union Gas.

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ShipBob

MARCH 30, 2020

As the ecommerce industry grows, the logistics of getting orders to customers has become more complicated — especially with the novel coronavirus impacting entire supply chains. Any lapse in communication or execution within your supply chain can ultimately have a negative impact on the customer experience.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 26, 2019

.”[1] He insists change is occurring in the supply chain as fast as it is in other areas. Payson Johnston ( @PaysonJ ), CEO & Co-Founder of Crowdz, writes, “Supply-chain management cannot be done in isolation. Machine learning and supply chain management. The learning should never stop.”[3]

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ShipBob

JANUARY 10, 2020

You have less time to spend on strategy since your focus goes to logistics. It can be inefficient (from renting space to reordering packaging supplies). With a 3PL like ShipBob , you’re able to turn your logistics and supply chain from a cost center into a revenue driver through the best 2-Day Express Shipping options.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 8, 2021

Toms ( @SarahEToms ), from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, most companies are deluding themselves about how customer-centric they really are. ” Fostering customer loyalty is winning strategy. There is a reason most business analysts prefer talking about value networks or ecosystems instead of supply chains.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 5, 2019

This is a perfect example of how the physics of supply chains, which are often overlooked, are fundamental to understanding and enabling the “digital transformation” that is discussed so often in the press. Blackstone Real Estate’s global opportunistic BREP strategy will acquire 115 million square feet for $13.4

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