Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 5, 2025

Subscribe The Complexity of the Lego Supply Chain! Supply chains in the energy sector are among the most complex and capital-intensive in the world. Key insight for finance professionals: Supply chain complexity is more than logistics. It’s about capital flow, asset risk, and regulatory layering.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility. When it comes to driving supply chain agility there are several solutions that are important, but the key solution is a Multi-enterprise Supply Chain Network (MSCN). But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Prior to 2020, every supply chain in the world was challenged by increasing levels of demand unpredictability and market volatility. The sudden onset of COVID-19 only reinforced a lesson that supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

A Supply Chain Design Solution from Coupa Imagine you’ve just received the job offer of your dreams. If you have been through this process at least once, you already have a good idea of what supply chain design is about: optimization. The interview process is over, but more challenges are ahead.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

The Celanese Supply Chain Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a global chemical and specialty materials company with revenues of over $10 billion. The chemical industry has a complex supply chain. trillion records from 47 data sources in the Cognite platform. Celanese has 2.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

Many companies were in the midst of digitally transforming their supply chain when the Convid-19 pandemic hits. In this part 2 article, let us continue to explore the concrete actions we can take in our Digital Supply Chain journeys. The Key to Long-Term Success: Build Agility, Resilience and Profitability Together.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

Even prior to early April, a casual observer of todays ever-changing geopolitical landscape might have concluded that global supply chains are shrinking and that business collaboration is waning. Enlightened business leaders know, however, that global supply chains remain important. Memory chips and DRAM come from Japan.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Founded in 2023, Farelanes is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Data Sources and Accuracy: Farelanes sources its data from trusted nationwide and custom geographic segments, ensuring accurate and transparent real-time pricing information. Farelanes Gold: Aimed at shippers, offering comprehensive pricing insights.

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ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. Ivalua’s best-of-breed sourcing solution will empower us with the technology to drive sourcing best practices.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Supply Chain Matters features our latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology or industry services providers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

Dick’s Sporting Goods Beats Forecast in Q1 But Cautions on Inflation, Supply Chain. households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. What a view. Someday I will actually step foot on that beach.

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2025

Table of Contents Acute climate events will be a major risk for supply chain disruption in 2025, say Exiger experts in the new white paper, Supply Chain Resilience: 7 Factors to Watch in 2025. supply chains including the manufacturing of medical devices.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Chakri Gottemukkala, CEO at Supply Chain Planning Vendor o9 Solutions There are several young supply chain software companies that are unicorns. o9 Solutions has grown from a small company to a significant player in the supply chain planning (SCP) market in a short period of time. This is much faster.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2024

The newest implementation, which will be christened at the end of March, is in Medline’s facility in Wilmer, Texas. Medline is a medical supply manufacturer, distributor, and solutions provider. Medline is the largest supplier of clinical supply chain services to US medical surgical establishments.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

His mission is to help craft the firm’s growth strategy while assisting with deal sourcing, capital raising, and the creation of value within portfolio companies. and a Research Associate at the Center for Transportation Research (at the University of Texas at Austin). Systems Engineering Consultant with Day & Zimmermann, Inc.,

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

A curriculum for online learning that MIT CTL plans to launch next year will provide new sources of supply chain talent across the globe. The supply chain profession urgently needs to fix the problem of a chronic shortage of talent. Redefining education. The plan is to launch the first module of SCMx in 2014.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 11, 2017

by Melissa Clow This guest post comes to us from Jim Fulcher , Blogger on the Supply Chain Expert Community. Those sources also said the manufacturing facility would require at least 1,000 acres of land. What supply chain risks do you see?

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 4, 2023

For years, supply chain professionals have toiled in obscurity while making the global economy run smoothly. When the Covid pandemic threw a wrench into the supply chain’s well-oiled machine, supply chain challenges were suddenly front-page news. Supply Chain Trends. ”[1].

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ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. Ivalua’s best-of-breed sourcing solution will empower us with the technology to drive sourcing best practices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 26, 2012

” Or, a casual comment of, “We cannot run our supply chains like we used to.” In fact, I am surprised how few companies are knowledgeable on their own performance on supply chain ratios. Traditional supply chains in process-based industries operate on this assumption. ” I smiled.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has confirmed what we already knew: modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness. The sudden onset of Covid-19 only reinforced what supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. Detection and Response Challenge.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 26, 2022

Raj holds a Master’s degree in computer science from Texas A&M University, an MBA from the University of California Berkeley, and a computational mathematics and statistics degree from the University of Washington. About Uber Freight. Shippers are also increasingly interested in sustainability. Empty miles are about 1.5%

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has confirmed what we already knew: modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness. The sudden onset of Covid-19 only reinforced what supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. Detection and Response Challenge.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 18, 2021

Gordon Granger arrived with federal troops in Galveston, Texas, and issued an order freeing the nation’s last slaves.”[1] Unfortunately, when it comes to slavery in the supply chain, some companies don’t care, some companies are willfully ignorant, and some companies are truly unaware of on-going abuses. ”[3].

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Chipotle’s push for humane chicken delayed amid tight supplies. Mexican factories gain in supply chain revamps. Chipotle Mexican Grill says its goal to source and sell chicken that’s certified as humanely raised has been delayed because its suppliers weren’t able to make the necessary changes without disrupting supply.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

Pinnacle Propane is based out of Irving, Texas. Pinnacle Propane was founded in 2010 through the acquisition of several retail propane companies in Central, South and West Texas. The bulk business also involves filling the tanks of businesses that use propane as an energy source. This is also rare.

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QAD

MAY 20, 2021

A recent survey showed that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected 48% of respondents’ supply chains. A 2021 winter storm in Texas stopped 80% of chemical production affecting the majority of the US’ supply of plastic polymers. 44% reported extended order fulfillment times and increased supplier prices.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 13, 2022

His mission is to help craft the firm’s growth strategy while assisting with deal sourcing, capital raising, and the creation of value within portfolio companies. and a Research Associate at the Center for Transportation Research (at the University of Texas at Austin). Systems Engineering Consultant with Day & Zimmermann, Inc.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. The payoff is well worth it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

A concept released by the US Air Force Research Laboratory looks at the Starship prototypes being tested by SpaceX in South Texas. ” The military branch therefore plans to examine how to use the largest available commercial rockets to ship dozens of tons of supplies around the world, especially to remote areas.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2025

Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology providers. Our previous posting in this series was published on May 18 th.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Interconnected global supply chains, heavy dependence on chemical products and the lack of sub-tier visibility are key factors affecting recovery timelines. They warn that Hurricane Harvey’s disruptions will ripple through the supply chain and be realized at factories and facilities far away from the impacted area.

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DynaSys

APRIL 16, 2020

In previous posts, I wrote on the emergence of circular model supply chains , and the likely impacts they may have. Why are circular model supply chains any different to the myriad of other supply chain sustainability banners that have come and gone over the past decade? Brand Protection.

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Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

The future, however, is already here for some specific use cases in today’s supply chain. Congested roads are not just a mega-city problem; according to a report from the Texas Transportation Institute, Americans spent 6.9 Asset Tracking Though not a delivery scenario, tracking assets is a key component of any supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to weather.com, “more than 2 million Texas homes and businesses were without power Monday morning as record-breaking cold and Winter Storm Uri extended an icy grip across the central United States.” Parts of I-20 in Texas are closed. Source: NWS. UPDATE: 02.15.21. Winter weather continues to impact multiple U.S.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Department of Commerce International Trade Commission , the percentage of retail sales sourced from ecommerce is predicted to increase into 2024–well beyond the lockdowns that caused the initial rise in ecommerce spend. Image source: Shipping Easy. According to the U.S. There’s an added benefit as well.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

A severe ice storm is causing significant disruption from Texas to Virginia, with Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and parts of Missouri and Illinois expected to face this storm system's most substantial impact. Source: NOAA. CNN reports that an estimated 6.5 CNN reports that an estimated 6.5 This weather event is rapidly evolving.

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