Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 8, 2024
This weekend, I edited the Supply Chains to Admire report. This work completed in 2013 defined the Supply Chains to Admire. My reply to my friend is that “The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. I think that the circular pattern we see is a system out of control.”
Talking Logistics
APRIL 11, 2024
In my 25+ years as an industry analyst, I have reviewed (and helped craft) many Request for Proposals (RFP) for supply chain and logistics software applications — especially for shippers and third party logistics providers (3PLs) looking for a transportation management system (TMS) or a supply chain visibility solution.
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GlobalTranz
JUNE 19, 2020
As reported by Jeff Berman of Supply Chain 24/7, “[up to] 70% of B2C companies.read More. The post E-Commerce Supply Chains Need These Supply Chain Tech Systems appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. The demands for faster, more affordable processes are growing in stride.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Supply management. Supply chain management. Supply chain planning. While we speak of Artificial Intelligence (AI) enablement and better engines (think math) within existing systems, few question why we cannot drive an end-to-end signal across decision support frameworks. Are these terms the same?
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In the aftermath of the pandemic, supply chain inadequacies have been revealed in a new and stark light. Most found themselves ill-prepared for the magnitude of disruption in supply and demand, followed soon after by political unrest, labor and material shortages, and sharp inflation.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 18, 2023
The global supply chain is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of reasonably priced logistics, and low variability. In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. Over the past three years, supply chain cycles shifted.
Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 12, 2023
However, the average company struggles to integrate robots from multiple vendors with their existing systems and processes, as well as divide and orchestrate work across humans and machines. Enter the Warehouse Execution System Fortunately, this purpose-built solution already exists, and it’s called a warehouse execution system (WES).
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Brittle supply chains, fragmented systems landscapes, unreliable and inaccurate data, as well as poorly managed IT and business networks are consistently reported as top concerns, which is why executives are increasingly prioritizing digital transformation.
Speaker: Cathy Morrow Roberson, Research Manager for the Reverse Logistics Association
In today's competitive business landscape, providing a seamless return experience and maintaining an efficient supply chain are critical to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Businesses need to leverage advanced tracking systems and data analytics to identify bottlenecks and improve supply chain visibility.
Speaker: Hannah Testani, CEO of Intelligent Audit
Today’s supply chain environment requires a company to obtain a competitive advantage by improving its entire supply chain process end-to-end. It’s common to run into data overload throughout this process, leading to disparate systems, information silos, and the inability to navigate external challenges.
Speaker: Dr. Ken Fordyce, Solutions Director, Supply Chain and Advanced Analytics at Arkieva
Risk management is defined as anticipating and responding to an event not yet part of the plan of record that requires a significant adjustment in your demand-supply network (DSN). COVID-19 has put risk management at the front and center in the supply chain world.
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After having opened a new warehouse in Johannesburg - the largest integrated logistics center on the continent - a multi-national FMCG Healthcare company approached DSV South Africa (SA) for services across the end-to-end supply chain. At the time, each unit had its own team operating according to their own systems and processes.
Speaker: Sander van Lokven and N.S. Krishnan
S&OE provides an early warning system that helps business stakeholders sense and optimize their responses. This keeps the supply chain out of firefighting mode, smoothens relationships with customers and suppliers, and helps sustain margins by reducing the cost to serve. How S&OE is different from S&OP & the gap that exists.
Advertiser: FourKites
A research study conducted by The Journal of Commerce and FourKites surveyed hundreds of international shippers, exploring how their usage of global supply chain visibility technology has evolved since the onset of global disruptions caused by COVID-19.
Speaker: Trish Uhl, Founder of Owl's Ledge LLC and the Talent & Learning Analytics Leadership Forum
Join Trish Uhl, creator of the Learning Systems Engineering Framework™, as she shares secrets from the playbook she crafted to address these challenges while consulting on a global supply chain standardization and digitalization traceability project for the world's third largest food manufacturer.
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