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We continue our top blog posts of 2014 from our main categories today by focusing on something at Cerasis we are experts in : Logistics. We’ve already listed the top 10 manufacturing blog posts and the top 10 supplychain blog posts last week. Top 15 Logistics Blog Posts of 2014. Read the full Post.
That was my opening question to the executives attending last month’s Elemica reveal 2014 Conference in Frankfurt. Meanwhile, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2013, going from worst to first in one year — and then back to worst in 2014. SupplyChain Operating Networks Accelerate Business Cycles.
” Here is an excerpt from the article: “…it isn’t by becoming more efficient that the supplychains of Wal-Mart, Dell, and Amazon have given those companies an edge over their competitors. According to my research, top-performing supplychains possess three very different qualities. The gap was large.
You have a supplychain risk management strategy in place. A few hours later, your procurement head walks in the office. “We The problem is most companies are relatively immature when it comes to SupplyChain Risk Management. It’s going to be a crazy, busy day. You don’t panic because you are ready for this.
It is 2014. The consultants and technology vendors tell the stories of small dollars invested and large value gained. Companies invested in tight integration of ERP with supplychain planning (APS). The goal was to automate the process of planning from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier.
Today, supplychain excellence matters more than ever. During the pandemic, the supplychain discussions take new importance. While the supplychaintechnology market lost its allure at the start of the last decade, it is now cool again. The supplychain career is new. Reflection.
Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supplychain and logistics predictions. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 Do Facebook and Twitter Need a Logistics Strategy?
For a few years now, supplychain professionals and pundits have been speculating on what the so-called “new normal” will look like. Closer to home for supplychain professionals, driver shortages continue to plague the industry.
Today, nine out of ten supplychains are stuck. Despite two decades of advancement in supplychaintechnologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. Like an artifact, I have kicked around in the supplychain space since the 1980s.
Over the course of the last two years, we at SupplyChain Insight s have worked on a methodology to gauge supplychain improvement. We named it the SupplyChain Index. We have found that supplychain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Background on the SupplyChain Index.
As an analyst in the supplychain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. Today I am writing my take on the acquisition of Terra Technology by E2open. It is a story of supplychain innovation. History of Terra Technology.
For more than a year, global supplychains have been buffeted by one major disruption after another. Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. The impact?
I’ve said it before (right here in Logistics Viewpoints), but it’s worth repeating: the digital transformation of our complex global supplychains is an ongoing journey. The entire supplychain industry was caught flat-footed by the seismic disruptions wrought by the pandemic. In other words, visibility is an enabler.
I asked companies to “Navigate through the hype focusing on the feasibility of scope and technology.” In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. At the time, the popular belief was that Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) technologies would build multi-tier capabilities.
I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Here is what I expect to see next year: Global supplychain footprints will continue to expand.
Live Epsiode: Friday, November 14, 2014 at 12:00 ET. Implementing proven procurement processes for oilfield trucking. Employing software-as-a-service TMS technology to achieve district level visibility. There has been a significant resurgence of the U.S. oil and gas industry in recent years, and U.S.
Supplychain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supplychain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The supplychain is a complex non-linear system. Now, I view the company as a supplychain laggard.
I’d welcome the opportunity to meet with supplychain executives to discuss your research questions and objectives for the coming year, and with technology companies and 3PLs to get an update on your products and services. Outlines New Developments in Omnichannel Strategy and Technology. A technology company?
But what if I told you that establishing supplychain planning and procurement processes also helps your company's culture, would you believe me? This past March, Tim Carroll, Product Availability Team Captain at AutomationDirect, was presented the 2020 World-Class Culture Award at the Atlanta SupplyChain Awards (ASCA).
Some of the world’s biggest retailers and their partners are once again feeling the sting of “ the bullwhip effect ” – a term of art amongst supplychain professionals that describes how changes in demand at the retail level can reverberate and amplify issues throughout the supplychain. All aboard.
Together with logistics service provider DSV, SupplyChain Movement has created a mindmap outlining the route for the medical device supplychain, including road signs indicating potential hazards along the way. >>Please Mindmap for medtech supplychains2014.
Recently, I hosted the SupplyChain Insights Global Summit. Net/net, the current architectures are hard-wired into back-office Information Technology deployments with layers of security and integration, and batch processing. The SupplyChain Executives were not interested in the project, and as a result, did not see the value.”
European SupplyChain & Logistics Summit 2014. Date: 16- 18 June 2014. Building next-generation supplychains – Supporting growth through innovative and responsive strategies. The European SupplyChain and Logistics Summit has established itself as one of the leading meetings of its kind in the world.
” SupplyChain Leader. The manuscript is due to Wiley on March 1st for an August 2014 publish date. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. I loved the quote that I captured today in my interview (see above), and I have enjoyed interviews with supplychain leaders like Peter Gibbons.
Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supplychain. Is Steelwedge a Tragic Hero of SupplyChain Cloud Technology? The supplychain management software market had soured. My answer? I am not sure.
We believe that supplychain excellence helps a company to better balance demand and supply. We also believe that it helps companies to be more resilient: weathering demand and supply volatility while maximizing opportunities and mitigating risks. What does the future of supplychain excellence look like?”
For the supplychain leader it is not a game… The stake is business continuity. Gamers do well in the world of supplychain. Designing value networks and managing what-if conditions is fundamental to managing supplychain risks. The move from global to regional supplychains increased risks.
It is a larger acquisition than the prior purchases of Terra Technology , Steelwedge , or SCM-Icon. Historically, the acquisitions of software products by technology vendors only provides value for the venture capitalists or the owners of the companies. The original platform technologies were Ariba and i2 Technologies.
As an analyst, when technology providers acquire and divest companies, I get invited to pre-announcement conferences. In these sessions, the technology providers share their rational for the investment and invite questions. Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8
For Procurement leaders in particular there couldn’t be a better time to do so. A recent study by the Hackett Group found that only 63% of Procurement organizations have even developed a plan for digital transformation. Alex Saric, Chief Marketing Officer, Ivalua. 33% bluntly stated their service does not meet customer expectations.
We found it as a great summation of all the things companies must consider when mastering their supplychain. Many studies state that those who can manage the functions with the supplychain, they have a competitive advantage. Look at these 7 supplychain trends as a guide to better your supplychain today.
If the word collaboration was listed on a card as a drinking game at supplychain conferences, we would be drunk at many. While we speak of collaboration, the focus is on driving enterprise results not value in value chains. The word, while bandied about frequently in speeches, is largely meaningless due to overuse and abuse.
The near-infinite processing power Cloud computing provides (along with other technological innovations) will cause everyone in the supplychain and logistics field to unlearn the way we’ve always done things, everything from the way we design software applications to how we design and manage supplychain processes.
Last week at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference, I led a discussion session titled “At the Intersection of Social and Business Networks” with about fifty senior executives in supplychain and procurement. I completely agree, as I outlined in “ Facebook Graph Search, Through a SupplyChain Lens ” earlier this year.
The atoms and electrons of the supplychain are changing. I am passionate about the topic of the digital supplychain, and I apologize in advance for the length of this article. The third SupplyChain Insights Global Summit is over. It is an agenda designed by supplychain leaders for supplychain leaders.
Earth Day (April 22nd) is a celebration of commitment to creating a safer, healthier and cleaner world, making it a natural time to reflect on the power and value of sustainable procurement programs. Procurement at the pivot point. Clear steps to sustainable procurement. A quick look at the regulatory landscape.
Transparent supplychain management and effective supplychain visibility is a critical tool in a company’s continued growth and successful brand image. An interesting development, as discussed in The Economist’s Why American wage growth is so lousy , stated 2014 showed that 1.3 Reevaluating Wages.
As supplychain clichés take flight, clients struggle with execution. One of these concepts that I hear a lot; but see few tangible examples, is the idea of “customer-segmented supplychain.” The discussion of customer-segmented supplychains happens often. in Net Cash on Hand.
To reduce inefficiencies and fraud, grant activities are governed by several regulations including these two relatively recently enacted laws: The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act) – This law expands on federal awards reporting reforms that began with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.
On September 30, 2014, supplychain education will take a major step into the digital age with the start of SCx, an on-line educational program developed by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) for thousands of professionals across the globe. SC1x – SupplyChain and Logistics Fundamentals (fall 2014).
If AI Technologies Can Think & Act Like "Us" Where do "We" Go? The application of AI technologies has created the ability to understand, store and use product information in an entirely new way. AI technologies have become one of the defining facets of high tech. AI is a controversy of deep, lasting dimensions.
What is the food supplychain? The food supplychain refers to the process of preparing a food product from start to finish: sourcing the raw materials and taking the food through a manufacturing process, through to the final packaging of the product, the sale to the customer and the final delivery. Lack of communication.
Blockchain technology has received a lot of press this past year. Most people associate the technology with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin; but, blockchain technology has much broader application and is poised to disrupt a number of economic sectors. Of those sectors, supplychain covers the most ground.
Contents SupplyChain Movement 14 – 2014 Q3. The impact of big data on the value chain. For the second consecutive year, SupplyChain Movement has put together a 3PL Subway Map Europe showing the specific services of the most important logistics service providers with offices in several European countries.
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