The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Commentators and pundits often refer to this as the Asian Century. Can the warehouse facility actually produce clean energy? Can the warehouse be skipped altogether!? Tim has crafted delivery solutions for many e-commerce clients and managed the supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Last week was the sixth anniversary of my founding of Supply Chain Insights. The idea of sitting at my kitchen table and reaching 1000s of supply chain leaders was unthinkable. To frame the discussion, let me share some reference data. Technology Drivers. Most were from people who I do not know.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Supply chain innovation and change are the driving forces behind today's modern supply chain, and, according to Nye Longman of Supply Chain Management , the rate of change isn't going too slow. Defining Supply Chain Innovation. Why Does Supply Chain Innovation Rely on Business Fundamentals?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 14, 2016

Gartner defines the IoT as “…the network of dedicated physical objects (things) that contain embedded technology to sense or interact with their internal state or external environment. The phone system now ties in with the CRM software, which is now online (SaaS). Perhaps that is coming. What is the IoT? Challenge Areas.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Optimizing your warehouse means examining every corner of your infrastructure and every facet of your workflows and processes to identify and correct inefficiencies. Not only does warehouse optimization result in a healthier bottom line, but it also improves key warehouse metrics like accurate orders and on-time delivery.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

History of Supply Chain Management. Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Blockchain technology is a major disruptor in the supply chain. It stands to change the game as we know it by giving companies a better way to ensure traceability throughout vast supply chain networks. In order to properly disrupt the supply chain of today, you need to know everything there is to know about it.

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QAD

MAY 4, 2023

Plus, I will be hosting a webinar on MMOG/LE Version 6 on May 16, 2023. The MMOG/LE is a required document for automotive supply chain best practices approaching 57,000 site assessments globally (and growing) for Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers since its first publication in 2002. What is MMOG/LE?

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It’s been three months already since we published our first regular roundup of supply chain and logistics news—doesn’t time fly? SMEs vs. the big boys in the battle for US warehouse space. Australia’s continuing weather-driven supply chain problems. Australia’s continuing weather-driven supply chain problems.

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AB&R

MAY 27, 2021

If you’ve read part two of this mini-series, you may remember we discussed how companies are switching to the agile supply chain model. Another trend we’ve seen across the board is that companies are looking to increase their supply chain’s “resiliency. ” . Found it difficult to monitor their supply chain [1].

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2016

The new world of supply chain analytics is my current research project. The possibilities of data variety and velocity to improve supply chain management excite me. There is a great need for improved supply chain analytics. There are new capabilities, but how do they fit into supply chain architectures?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Third party logistics (3PL) is the function by where the owner of goods outsources numerous components of the supply chain to a 3PL company that can perform the management function of the clients’ customs, inbound freight, distribution, warehousing, order fulfilment and outbound freight to the client’s customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

store operations by 9 percent over the past year, slashing hundreds of millions of dollars of goods from their balance sheets and suggesting space is opening up in their jammed supply chains. Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Augmented Reality Supply Chain? The Augmented Reality Supply Chain is here.and well.it's going to be effective. The Rise of the Augmented Reality Supply Chain. Along with the rise of the digital supply chain , we now see the rise of the augmented reality supply chain. Not so fast.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Manufacturing is the foundation of my interest in supply chain management. Supply Chain and Design. So when the warehouse team threatened to unionize, I transferred into a distribution, warehouse environment. Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. The year was 1985.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

In order to avoid incidents of mismatch between supply and demand, establish more efficient manufacturing and lower costs, it is necessary to establish an environment of consistent supply chain visibility. One of the often missing links, however, in supply chain visibility, is transportation management.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2016

IoT Tech is Driving Sustainability in the Supply Chain. But perhaps the most far-reaching changes will center around the use of large data systems to drive sustainability in logistics and supply chains. Waste not, want not” is the old mantra, and it's certainly applicable today.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Top 10 Supply Chain Articles from 2015. Without further ado, here are the top 10 supply chain articles by most read from the Cerasis blog: 10.

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MercuryGate

AUGUST 25, 2020

Architecture Unique purpose-built software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed from the ground up to enable true cloud deployment. Learn About Our Chief Technology Officer Meet Beth arrow_right_alt. Centralize Supply Chain Management. close Close. Request Demo. August 25, 2020. Share on email. Share on facebook.

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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. How do you put your brand in a spot to offer expedited shipping without putting in the time, resources, and investment of several warehouses?

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

So what exactly is the cold chain and why is it growing so fast? Cold Chain – A Brief Overview. A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain for perishable food products, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals in order to maintain their quality and increase their shelf-life. Why Is Cold Chain Growing So Fast?

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

So what exactly is the cold chain and why is it growing so fast? Cold Chain – A Brief Overview. A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain for perishable food products, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals in order to maintain their quality and increase their shelf-life. Why Is Cold Chain Growing So Fast?

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

So what exactly is the cold chain and why is it growing so fast? Cold Chain – A Brief Overview. A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain for perishable food products, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals in order to maintain their quality and increase their shelf-life. Why Is Cold Chain Growing So Fast?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 8, 2015

New, innovative technology platforms have greatly sped the expansion and evolution of transportation as well as logistic solutions. Most notably are we seeing technology platforms that improve and simplify the users by means of integrating partners and using collected data. What is SaaS TMS & Introducing Hybrid SaaS TMS.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2015

Outsourcing in the supply chain of logistics teams may sound farfetched. After all, outsourcing typically refers to sending jobs overseas. Yet in outsourced logistics simply refers to hiring a third-party logistics service, 3PL, to handle the logistics services. Benefits of a 3PL. Flexibility and adaptability.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 1, 2024

We will take questions at the end of the webinar, but as always, I invite you to ask your questions when you think of them—so we know they’re coming, and we know how many there are, and we can figure out who’s going to take them. So, your choices are manual processes, so paper-based workflows; basic digital tools, spreadsheets.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Supply & Demand Chain Executive Celebrates Influential Women in Supply Chain and Their Impact on the Industry. The Women in Supply Chain award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Yesterday, I finished a post on supply chain planning maturity. A client had asked me, “How do I know if we have a mature supply chain planning organization?” Excellence in supply chain planning is a cultural shift. The average supply chain leader has five distinct supply chains.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2016

The rationale for outsourcing certain manufacturing and supply chain processes, such as transportation management, fulfillment, and more to logistics companies is evident and clear. Recently, the Global Supply Chain Institute published a guide, “ Selecting and Managing a Third-Party Logistics Provider.”

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 18, 2015

However, more 3rd Party Logistics Companies are expanding into the realm of putting an emphasis on the supply chain and engagement in the intermediary processes. Companies based on assets have had years of experience in purchasing trucks and managing warehouse inventories. Automated processing of claims.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We write to five main categories on the Cerasis blog: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. In our series, we first created the top manufacturing articles list, followed by the top supply chain articles list. However, all 5 are linked together. Top Logistics Articles of 2015.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 2, 2017

Similarly, this technology can be leveraged to help e-commerce sales by providing alternative originations for shipments. Real-Time Inventory Management Can Benefit From Automation. Automated data capture promotes inventory management by giving systems control over the tallying of products. Theft and damage may occur.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

This level of connectivity will have profound social, political and economic consequences, and increasingly form part of our everyday lives, from the cars we drive and medicines we take, to the jobs we do and the governance systems we live in, to even the business technology systems we use.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

We thought, “Why not build a technology platform which can empower businesses, brands, and logistic services providers to get products delivered to customers home in an efficient manner, more sustainable, and customer-centric. You start having all the data, bringing AI and some other tools against it. It is complex. It is commerce.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2015

This is especially true when outsourcing transportation management, as transportation can include a large part of your overall supply chain and business costs. Those industries include industrial, healthcare, technological, and food & groceries. Armstrong estimates that this growth will increase to 6.4

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 13, 2016

Augmented reality, sometimes referred to as virtual reality, will further drive the design and use of smart warehouses for manufacturers. However, the modern consumer is driving and expansions of services to include the entire supply chain. This goes back to recent conversations about lean business processes.

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