Talking Logistics

MARCH 23, 2022

I’ve made many supply chain and logistics predictions over the years, and have been wrong many times, including this prediction from December 2014: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor. Here is what I wrote at the time: It’s no secret that Google and Amazon.com are continuously looking to.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 10, 2020

A Hi-Tech Company’s Control Tower Helped It Better Manage Air Cargo During the Worst Days of the Pandemic In 2014, one of the world’s largest high-tech manufacturers started thinking about a digital transformation that would help them better serve their customers while also generating operational efficiencies.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Read more The post Target and Amazon Sharpen Their Delivery Weapons appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2023

Way back in October 2014, I asked “Do Facebook And Twitter Need A Logistics Strategy?” Here’s what I wrote at the time: Do Facebook and Twitter (as well as Pinterest and others looking to get more involved in e-commerce) need to take the extra step [beyond providing a “Buy” button”] and facilitate order fulfillment and.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2014, ecommerce strategies grew in importance. Problems continue, but 2014 was the year of experimentation. The brand owner is always responsible for service, and from what I see in the 2014 holiday period, many of these stories are ripe for Saturday night live. Details matter. Execution is essential. The answer is yes.

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IT Supply Chain

APRIL 25, 2023

pictured) Head of Consumer Research, ParcelHero The post UK firms’ online sales doubled between 2014 & 2021, with own website sales & microbusinesses leading the way appeared first on IT Supply Chain. By David Jinks M.I.L.T

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Intellectually, while I will know that year has changed, I will screw-up time, and time, again by writing 2014 on documents for many, many months. … this is the last blog of 2014. Tomorrow starts a new year. It will take me awhile to adjust. We hope to hear from you! It is my 300th blog post on the Supply Chain Shaman.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 25, 2024

Wikipedia In 2014, I was exploring methods to publish what is now the Supply Chains To Admire report. Pattern recognition is the ability to discern patterns in data and use the insights for further analysis. Fortuitously, I hired a bright summer intern named Alex that introduced me to orbit charts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2020

I’ve written previously about how I founded FourKites in 2014 to help shed light on the vast blind spots that exist throughout our complex and interconnected global supply chains.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2014

2014 is coming to a close and as we herald in the New Year, shippers (manufacturers, retailers, and distribution centers) around the country are busy gearing up for the holiday season and have holiday logistics best practices on the brain. Be it Christmas, the New Year and New Orders, a new budget, Thanksgiving returns, etc.,

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 5, 2014

‘SCM World, Innovative Approaches to Supply Chain Risk, Geraint John, July 2014′ SCM World has published a report (login required) ‘Innovative approaches to Supply Chain Risk’ authored by Geraint John, Senior Vice President, Research that outlines an approach to bring your supply chain risk management to the next level of maturity.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

On September 9–11, 2014, 110 supply chain visionaries will gather in the desert at the Phoenician Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona to think differently and define the future of supply chain. It is needed. Today, 90% of publicly-traded companies are stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2021

Two years later in The Day A Cyber Attack Brings The World’s Supply Chains To A Halt, I wrote: The threat of cyber attacks has only intensified since [2014], and as our supply chain. I first wrote about the cyber threat to supply chains almost 7 years ago in The Hackers Inside Your Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

It is 2014. The investment in supply chain planning is growing by 55% in 2014, yet 56% of supply chain leaders report that it is focused on the work with their strategic vendors which are most often the ERP provider. Tonight, as I return from a client, I thought that I would start with Seuss to lighten up a bad story.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2024

One of my favorite case studies was Campbells in 2014. (The scars of experience may show a bit here. So, bear with me.) I believe that the enlighted leader understands that in their role, they need to: Manages Complexity. Dave Biegger, then at Campbells, worked with the R&D team to streamline the ingredients for soup.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Riding a rising five-year trend, retail juggernaut Walmart® grossed $476 billion in the fiscal year that ended in January 2014, up from $408 billion in fiscal 2010, according to The Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch. The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2014.” Top 100 Retailers Chart 2014.” Top 100 Retailers Chart 2014.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By 2014, the company had purchased the Coupa solution, developed an internal modeling team, and created data extraction and cleansing routines. One key tool they use to accomplish this is a supply chain design solution from Coupa. In 2012 and 2013, they began using external consultants to model their Asian supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In 2014, Pam launched the LATAM Founders Awards, now known as the ‘Oscars for Technology in Latin America’ an event that recognizes the most disruptive and innovative companies in the region.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2023

In 2014, Pam launched the LATAM Founders Awards, now known as the ‘Oscars for Technology in Latin America’ an event that recognizes the most disruptive and innovative companies in the region.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2014

I also continued to work on the manuscript for the book Metrics That Matter to publish in the fall of 2014. I rescheduled my Monday to meet with a client on a pressing deadline and worked through the night to edit and refine the reports/journals for last week’s newsletter. The book is now a very worn manuscript.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them. It takes an organization-wide commitment, resources and time — with great care taken to redesign the old ways of doing things, and to bring the workforce along for the journey.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Inventory Turns (15%) (based on 2014 results). Growth 10% (Year-over-Year comparison of 2013 versus 2014). Analyst rating 25% (Gartner analysts rank the companies on the list.). A Three-year Weighted Return on Assets (ROA) Number (25%).

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 30, 2014

To do the analysis, we cross tabbed multiple studies that we completed in 2013 and 2014 and then enriched the data with our financial ratio data base. Based on the work that we have been doing on the Supply Chain Index, and gauging supply chain improvement, we wanted to understand how improvement in alignment improved inventory turns.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

2011-Divestiture of Pringles to Kellogg for 2.7B$ 2014-Sale of IAMS to Mars for 2.9B$ 2015-Sale of 43 P&G Beauty Brands to Coty for 12.5B$. Discontinued in 2011. As shown in Figure 1, the results for the period of 2012-2021 tell the story.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them. Matt Elenjickal is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FourKites.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2013

We are publishing 7-9 per month and hope to have over 150 by the end of 2014. Can you produce a series of podcasts so that I can stay up-to-date by listening to the insights through podcasts?” ” We responded to Joe also. Today, we have 65 podcasts that are available on iTunes. Our goal is to serve the community.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As I’ve commented in the past (see March 2014 post, “3PLs, What Business Are You In?”), the answers to those questions are very different today compared to a decade ago. What is a third-party logistics provider (3PL)? What business are they in? Today, you have several large retailers — yes, retailers! — who are not.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 18, 2021

I am back to using my 2014 laptop. My new Apple MacBook Pro with the M1 chip that I bought just a few months ago proved to be a lemon. For no apparent reason, it would continuously restart and not shut down. After several hours with Apple on the telephone, via chat, and at the.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Back in March 2014, I wrote the following in Keeping Control: What 3PLs Must Convince Their Customers: For many years, companies viewed logistics as a cost center, a “non-core” business function that made more sense for a third party to manage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them. But the problems are solvable — if we act together, continue to automate, and rethink the old and ingrained ways of managing facilities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014. Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide ; Clint Reiser. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 billion globally, and I forecast it to grow to $9.9

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Since 2014, Lean has worked with over 100 satisfied U.S. Lean provides a turnkey solution to staffing challenges using a proven process that will improve profits while reducing employee costs. Lean can deliver on this promise because they are the pioneers in helping U.S. based companies set up satellite offices in Colombia.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2021

He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them. Matt Elenjickal is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FourKites.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Adrian Wengert joined Saint Luke’s Health System in 2014. This lowered hospitals’ margins and created an impetus for hospital chains to begin to tackle costs, but to do so in a manner that did not compromise patient outcomes. Procurement became a logical place for leading healthcare systems to focus. There are several St.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Oil prices jumped, with Brent rising above $105 a barrel for the first time since 2014, after Russia’s attack on Ukraine exacerbated concerns about disruptions to global energy supply. In early 2014, the Cyber Snake program that attacked the Ukraine is believed to be of Russian origin. Brent Rises Above $100.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

I also advocated DHL to join United for Wildlife , a high-profile community founded by Prince William and The Royal Foundation in 2014. Locate new warehouse space in existing urban areas for keeping live animals so undeveloped lands stay untouched.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As I work with clients on their 2014 agendas, many espouse a customer-centric supply chain, but they are hesitant to build listening capabilities. Companies Say Customer First, But Can They Listen?

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