The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The latest edition of the LogiSYM conference catering to the Middle East/North Africa region, LogiSYM MENA, took place online on August 24. But as she pointed out, there has been a strong move to counter COVID-19’s effects and restrictions by using technology. But just what is an intelligent control tower?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

In business conversations, the term supply chain excellence rolls off the tongue frequently in meetings, but what does it mean? Supply chain excellence is harder to define than to say. We designed the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology to help companies define supply chain excellence.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

They recognized that many other 3PLs would have the same problem, so they created RocketFuel , a recharge metering system that ensures upfront payments for every shipment with an automated metering system. Joshua is dedicated to helping eCommerce brands optimize their supply chains by offering premium fulfillment services.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Trusted by over 1,400 shippers—including 13 of the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 and 78 Fortune 500 companies—DAT iQ delivers real-time insights, benchmarking, and forecasting tools that optimize operations, mitigate risk, and improve profitability for supply chain shippers.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters shares interview highlights with ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi in conjunction with this years ASCM CONNECT 2023 Conference. The Event The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) recently concluded its ASCM CONNECT 2023 North America Conference.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

I feel that topic of supply chain management is analogous to the downward cycle of the news channels. What Drives Supply Chain Excellence? I analyze supply chain management. There is the story of aggressive sales teams over-hyping the promise of technology to drive balance sheet improvement.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

by Dr. Madhav Durbha Supply chain insights from leading industry experts. Supply chain skills in high demand, digital twins, disruptive technologies, and other takeaways from the 2018 Gartner supply chain conference. Here are some key takeaways from the Gartner supply chain event: 1.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

by CJ Wehlage The Supply Chain Insights annual conference was held on September 10-11, 2014 at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona. Great memories here, as so much has changed in the supply chain research world these past 5+ years. There has been so much discussion on the “top” supply chain lists.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2021

Supply chain management is a team sport. Just as there are many flavors of sports teams, there are many types of supply chains. The supply chain is also a team sport needing clear goals, rules, and coaches. When a company attempts to automate processes without clarity, problems ensue.

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BlueYonder

MAY 18, 2023

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began roughly three years ago, we’ve all heard a lot in the news about supply chains, more specifically about disruptions to global supply chains. Supply chain has become a buzzword. This event is put on by Blue Yonder, which is the leading supply chain software company.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. As I squeezed into the middle seat of a crowded conference room, I got the stare. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 10, 2018

“someone must have their mojo working over at the record company” In the 1990s supply chain had MOJO. Improvement on the key metrics of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is elusive. ” Background: I have been working in the field of supply chain management since 1979.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

As a guest writer for Forbes, public relations firms constantly pepper me with requests to speak to technologists boasting of having answers to improve supply chain resilience. I strongly believe that historical supply chain practices are not the answer. They need to evolve to help today’s supply chain business leader.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. The Sam’s Club and Costco shortages of water, toilet paper and laundry products signals one thing for me: the spread of the virus will disrupt every supply chain. The problem?

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BlueYonder

JULY 8, 2024

Last month, I had the pleasure of presenting at the 2024 Gartner ® Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo , held in Barcelona, Spain. While the event attracted over 2,000 attendees from all over the world, what struck me was that we’re all facing the same challenges today as supply chain professionals. The New Game-Changer?

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

by Melissa Clow September is a busy time of year for us at Kinaxis – Many folks here are flying the skies to attend various conferences. Here’s the supply chain conferences we love and will be attending. Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

I love the stories but question the fit of the metaphor(s) for a supply chain conference. In the world of supply chain management following 33 months of disruption, this is not the case. The larger the organization, the more tension with conflicting functional metrics making decisions more difficult.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. Why have we not improved our use of channel data in supply chain processes?” My question is, “Why?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2018

This afternoon, I poured myself a cup of tea to pen congratulation emails to the Supply Chains to Admire award winners. Each year, based on feedback from supply chain leaders, we refine the methodology. Due to increased competition, retailers are taking supply chain management more seriously. In Table 1.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

While most consultants and technologists want to sell technology, and are eager to slap in a new piece of software, my caution is to slow down and better understand root issues before having a technology discussion. Time For A Supply Chain Check-Up? Analyze Past Results in Customer Service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

Today, I am proud to launch the Supply Chain Index. It is my hope that the readers of this blog will take time to either join us today to listen to the launch of the Supply Chain Index on our webinar or listen to the replay. (We The Supply Chain Index has been two years in the making.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. A Complex Supply Chain. Not surprisingly a company this big, delivering different solutions to a variety of industries, has a complex supply chain. Comand and Control Center Application from Kinaxis.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 11, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides initial highlights and commentary related to supply chain planning tech provider Kinaxis’s annual 2022 customer conference. Supply chain concurrent planning technology provider Kinaxis conducted its annual Kinexions ‘22 customer conference in San Diego , California this week.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

At Supply Chain Insights, we have been actively working in our own mine sweeping project. We loaded 493 financial metrics from balance sheets and income statements for each company into the data lake for the period of 2004-2016 using YCharts data. Does Supply Chain Planning Drive Value?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. I also learned that there are a lot of similarities between the Heavy Building Materials supply chain and the Domino’s Pizza supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides part two of highlights from supply chain concurrent planning technology provider Kinaxis ’s annual Kinexions 2022 customer conference held in May. In a previously published part one commentary , we shared summary highlights of the Kinexions 2022 conference.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2021

On Monday, March 8th, a vice president of supply chain for a large retail chain – a chain with over 5,000 stores – spoke at Körber’s supply chain conference Elevate. Körber is a leading provider of logistics software, material handling, voice, and consulting solutions.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This year’s CSCMP conference reinforced that we’re in the early days of a massive transformation. And at the conference it was clear that the data problem is still huge and everyone needs a better way to solve it. Capability to canonicalize and sequence supply chain events. The Data Problem. Cleaning it takes days.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Many transportation and logistics software companies were launched in the late 1990s and early 2000s, during the height of the dotcom era, but very few of them survive today — they either went bankrupt or were acquired by others. Are we there yet? Source: Adelante SCM poll of MercuryGate clients.

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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. Supply chain teams are being asked to do more with less. Here are five examples that will be discussed at the conference.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

“The biggest mistake companies make as they’re growing is leaving supply chain management and human resources behind.”. Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, shared that insight during his keynote address at last week’s Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cardinal Health’s senior vice president of global logistics, said of their implementation of the Kinaxis’ supply chain planning (SCP) solution, “I was scared! Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. John and I held differing beliefs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The world of supply chain is active on my iPhone. The news from SAP Insider is a continued drumbeat on the HANA rewrite of SAP’s supply chain applications.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Tomorrow, I present the Supply Chains To Admire 2015 Analysis at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in Scottsdale, AZ. The theme is “Imagine the Supply Chain of 2025.” ” It is our third year to host the conference. Today, supply chain excellence is easier to say than define.

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