Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

ATLANTA (November 18, 2021) American Software, Inc. million for the same period last year and software license revenues were up slightly to $0.8 For the Supply Chain business, professional services revenues for the quarter ended October 31, 2021 increased by 6% to $5.3 million compared to $0.5 million compared to $10.2

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Feeling very green, I stumbled through the airport and found my way to my seat on the plane from Brussels to Philadelphia. <The A researcher of sorts… When I started the work that I do at Supply Chain Insights, I termed myself an analyst; and while everyone wants to put me in the consulting bucket, I resist.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 18, 2018

Companies asked for integrated supply chain planning. As a leader of a global supply chain organization, her goal was simple. She was trying to define and drive supply chain excellence. Her focus was on technology implementation. Current State of Supply Chain Management. They got it.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

In my work with Supply Chain Insights , I immerse myself in learning. I continually question my long-held beliefs on supply chain excellence. . When readers finish a Supply Chain Shaman blog, I want to drive a set of unique takeaways. Figure 1: Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking Methodology Overview.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

The premise of the Christensen’s book is that when companies focus on current customer needs, they fail to adopt new technologies or business models that will meet the customer’s unstated or future needs. I think that IBM, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Teradata are victims today in the information technology sector.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

We are at a software and consulting junction point. Write the contract with phased payments after test and learn and allow the team to work with the technology to prove the business case. Encourage teams around the world to test and learn and refine the technologies. Today’s supply chains run on spreadsheets.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

One of the best quotes I heard this year came from a young professional commenting on why she chose a career in supply chain management: “I wanted to work in a field where I knew I wouldn’t live the same day twice.”. Every day in supply chain management brings new challenges and opportunities. Source: Quintiq.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

Supply chain leaders are competitive. The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. Now in 2018, we are starting to see the evolution of “Gods” with new business models that are redefining supply chain processes.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ).

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

The combination of weather and the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia delayed all my flights for at least two hours on multiple days. Most of the Integrated Supply Chain Planning Projects Generate Rubbish. At each location, the team wrung their hands as they told me their stories of “ Integrated Supply Chain Planning.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

The supply chain leader is incredibly busy and made even busier by having to navigate systems that don’t work well. On Wednesday morning, when I finished speaking at the Foundation for Strategic Sourcing in Fort Lauderdale, an executive from J&J pulled me aside and said, “Our strengths, are now our vulnerabilities.”

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2015

Last January, I shared 5 New Year’s Resolutions for supply chain and logistics executives to improve as leaders. As I wrote last year: According to leadership expert Ken Blanchard, “when you stop learning, you stop leading,” and this is especially true in supply chain management.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A look at the supply chain readiness of several major U.S. cities, and their adoption of smart-city technologies. Deloitte Consulting and the Metro Atlanta Chamber have teamed up to analyze how seven large metropolitan areas of the United States are transforming their traditional supply chain base into digital supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 7, 2015

” While the last decade was all about marketing and commercial processes, with the digital pivot, the supply chain matters now more than ever. The need is a supply chain that is more proactive, agile and flexible. Supply chains respond. Figure 1: Supply Chain Descriptors.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

At this time of year, we find many companies planning workshops to stimulate thinking on building a digital supply chain and igniting next-generation supply chain thinking. Understand inventory write-offs, impact of forecast processes and technology satisfaction in the planning benchmarking. Forge a strategy?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

I walked into the event early before my speaking slot and sat down to listen to the CFO of Samsung Europe wrap-up his speech about his supply chain. After his presentation, there was a facilitated networking session on the role of the CFO in supply chain. Supply chain capabilities disappoint.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 19, 2018

But what if a technology were to present itself that promises to fix this broken system? Blockchain is the technological engine behind BitCoin and cryptocurrency that companies have started to re-purpose as a tool to connect all of their partners along the supply chain. Enter blockchain.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Revenue data is sourced from the companies’ websites and market research platforms such as Macrotrends. Today, DB Schenker handles the complex supply chain of multinational companies like Apple, P&G, Dell, BMW and Ford, offering land transport, ocean freight, air freight, contract logistics and supply chain management divisions.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2017

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. and Philadelphia metro areas. The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based chain said Monday that Jeff Burt will assume the title of senior vice president, grocery, fresh food and beverage on April 10. Target Corp.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2018

Keeping with my normal Sunday night ritual, I poured myself a cup of tea to pen my weekly post for the Supply Chain Shaman. My passion is helping supply chain leaders. To date supply chain processes are enterprise-centric. The pace of technology change is faster than business user adoption.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. While many old-fashioned supply chain leaders speak of Risk Management and the need for Control Towers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The new technology called Titan is a mobile robot, which means it will help carry products across our fulfillment centers, supporting safety and efficiency in our operations. Walgreens will have its store employees pick and pack items for same-day delivery through third-party apps such as DoorDash and Uber Technologies’ Eats division.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. My speech also focused on how current technologies are rapidly becoming obsolete due to market demands to do more with less and make better decisions. The digital supply chain transformation is just beginning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

The city of Philadelphia is eerily quiet this morning. I live in city-center Philadelphia. We are watching the redefinition of the principles of safe and secure supply chains and corporate liability. PCA was a small player in a complex supply chain of big brands. There is no traffic on the streets.

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QAD

MARCH 3, 2022

This year, March 3rd marks the 175 th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s birth and a fine time to explore his multiple contributions to science, technology, and most of all, communications. From the wired telephone to mobile devices, and from locally managed communication solutions to cloud-based, on-demand technologies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. I believe that it is an analogy for what is happening in today’s supply chain market. In traditional supply chain planning implementations, I count at least a dozen engines churning to improve outcomes. The problem?

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 23, 2025

The MHI staff observes, “As 2025 begins, a mix of opportunities and uncertainty is driving supply chain professionals as they seek to gain a deeper understanding of how the year will play out. How will automation and AI impact supply chains? Supply Chain Trends Disruption is the norm.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Supply Chain Matters highlights a report indicating once again that a massive factory fire producing specialty fasteners may have implications that are industry wide. Implications of Massive Factory Fire Another test of an industry-wide supply network risk is potentially unfolding. Remarkedly, there were no reported casualties.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The “ New Supply Chain Model “ A lot has happened in the last two decades, and I’m hopeful that I’ll still be around at the end of the next one to see how many of these predictions have come to pass! Automated vehicles will NOT likely emerge during the next decade.

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