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Building Value Networks. Stopping the Backward Slide.

Supply Chain Shaman

I was a Gartner analyst in the period of 2000-2002 when trading exchanges were cool. IBM purchased Sterling Commerce. GXS purchased Inovis, OpenText purchased GXS, Descartes Systems Group purchased numerous assets to form the GLN (Global Logistics Network), and TrueCommerce purchased Datalliance.

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

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SCaaS will guide companies to achieve strategic value by improving Manufacturing as a Service, Fulfillment as a Service, and Warehousing as a Service. Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) is a new approach to managing the complex process of getting products from manufacturers to consumers.

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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. The Drewy World Container Index , which stood at $9,304 per 40-foot container at the beginning of 2022, was reported as $2,120 by the end of 2002. All rights reserved.

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2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Prediction One

Supply Chain Matters

However, the lessons garnered during the pandemic will likely drive inventory management toward less of a dependency on global-wide sourcing and more toward product postponement sourcing and customer fulfillment strategies. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S. and the United Kingdom.

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Logility Recognized as Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for 25th Consecutive Year

Logility

logistics, reduce and speed inventory, and neutralize transportation cost?increases is the pioneering magazine empowering demand-driven?enterprises. enterprises. IL’s educational mission is to guide businesses to efficiently manage?logistics, More information about demand-driven?logistics?practices practices is available at?

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® which began 2022 at an expansionary conditions value of 54.2, Our research advisory report for 2023 begins with a review of the themes of our prior three years of predictions and the derived learning for the supply chain management community. a 30-month low.

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Logility Recognized as a 2021 Inbound Logistics Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for the 24th Consecutive Year

Logility

Improving end-to-end visibility, achieving closer integration with value chain partners, finding efficient sources of transport lift, nailing down chain of custody and sustainability concerns to limit liability, inventory scalability have clearly become survival issues for many. The challenges are many and are now top of mind.