Talking Logistics

MAY 25, 2017

Addressing this problem is at the heart of Manhattan Associates’ Active Solutions, which the company introduced a couple of weeks ago at its Momentum 2017 conference. Strategic transportation modelling capabilities. As the press release explains: Today’s commercial enterprises are facing unprecedented market pressures.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2024

The announcement came on May 15th at the company’s annual user conference, Momentum. The same disconnect can happen in the warehouse and in transportation. The BOM transformation creates a feasible plan for procurement. What Manhattan is doing on the transportation side is just as revolutionary a transformation.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 19, 2015

Nonetheless, my takeaways below from the recent GT Nexus Bridges 2015 conference provides some insight about the company, it’s success to date, and where it’s heading (assuming Infor doesn’t make any significant changes). I was driven by a challenge offered by GT Nexus: the person who tweets the most from the conference will win a drone.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. He is the former chairman of the board of directors for the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). He is on the board of directors for the National Industrial Transportation League and chairs its Highway Transportation Committee.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2023

Expertise in operations, LTL pricing and procurement, flatbed operations, dry van, tracking and tracing, reality tv shows and how to turn a stranger into your new best friend. FreightWaves.com, the company’s news site, is the leading provider of news and commentary for the transportation and logistics space. monthly impressions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

Raja Hammoud, EVP of Products at Coupa, speaking on the main stage at Coupa Inspire Coupa recently completed its Inspire conference. This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. The use cases just keep expanding.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. in turn, is a boutique procurement consultancy. This intermediate step is more related to Procurement and supply chain transparency. This is our “supplier board”. Soon we will do more training.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2024

As an old gal attending multiple conferences (more than I would like at times), I have listened to speakers waft eloquently about the value of concepts like networks, big data, industry 4.0, The current taxonomy does not include a tactical planning tool for procurement (above MRP) which is an opportunity.) and digital supply chains.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2015

I speak at many industry conferences throughout the year, where the majority of the audience are shippers — that is, supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing and retail companies. How do you plan for the future of transportation? There’s a similar focus on the carrier side.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

A recent survey that Ivalua did in the UK, “ Gaining the green view, How smart procurement can kick-start sustainability initiatives ” showed that 87% of UK businesses see “greener” supply chains as a competitive advantage. What are Green Supply Chain Strategies?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Also, more than half of the carriers use transport route optimization and track their drivers’ performance. Most of the shippers procure their transport through long-term contracts with selected carriers. Thus, freight buyers need to do more to integrate decarbonization into their procurement practices.

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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. The elevation journey actually began the day before the conference officially started. Streamline, automate, and compress Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay processes.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 27, 2015

That’s how JDA Software’s CEO, Baljit Dail, summarized the feedback he was getting from customers and partners at FOCUS 2015 , the company’s user conference held last month in Orlando, FL, which had more than 2,000 attendees from 30 countries. “It feels like a new JDA.”. The value of IT is in how you use it.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 7, 2015

You’ve developed a well thought out transportation plan that supports your supply chain. You’ve conducted a transportation procurement event and have agreements in place with carrier partners to provide the type of capacity you need, where and when you need it. Need a pit crew for your transportation management race?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The high activity levels in the transportation and Retail/Ecommerce sectors mirror consumers’ movement into new channels. Procurement Operates On An Island. Business process outsourcing and procurement automation evolved to make the procurement organization more efficient and less effective. The reason?

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Savi

MAY 28, 2019

Gartner 2019 SCC: A New Era: Convergence of the Digital and Physical Supply Chain Savi attended the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference again this year in Phoenix. “Digital supply chains can reduce supply chain process costs by 50%, reduce procurement costs by 20% and increase revenue by 10%.” Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2013

Companies are the most satisfied with warehouse and transportation management and the least satisfied with demand planning. Previously, the focus was on a more siloed approach to improving manufacturing, procurement or logistics. This can only be determined through the use of the software in conference room pilots.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

In parallel, when supply chain concepts are well-integrated into the design of trading partner relationships by both sales and procurement, there is an acceleration of value. Industries that have formed cross-functional leadership teams combining source, make and deliver together have made the fastest progress. Aligning metrics matters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

In a similar vein, a major 3PL that I spoke to last week at Eye for Transport is considering discontinuing the traditional storage of spare parts and initiating a new service to do 3D printing of parts on demand. Next week I will be speaking at the Llamasoft Summercon conference (follow this link to see the slides). Is it coincidence?

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 17, 2014

So mark your calendar with the relevant supply chain conferences. Supply Chain Management & Optimization Conference. EuTra-European Transportation Forum. 13th annual supply chain standard Logistics & Supply Chain Conference. 9th Turkey Trade & Export Finance Conference. Transport & Logistics Forum.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

That was my opening question to the executives attending last month’s Elemica reveal 2014 Conference in Frankfurt. Specifically, the company deployed a Vendor Interaction Portal (VIP) powered by Elemica to exchange documents like purchase orders and invoices with suppliers (for direct procurement).

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Aniruddh Srivastava, Head of Demand and Supply Planning at Mahindra & Mahindra, said at Blue Yonder ’s Icon user conference that artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms are the cornerstone of their strategy. That is every machine, factory, DC, mode of transportation, supplier, product, material, etc.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I had the opportunity to speak to a group of oil and gas executives at the DHL Global Energy conference this week, held in the Petroleum Club. The conference was a great opportunity to interact with logistics and procurement executives in an environment of open dialogue and discussion.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

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. Just take a look at what’s been happening over the last 3-4 months.

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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. The gap between logistics and procurement; and logistics and customer service increases process latency. While ocean container volume fell 8% in September and ocean transportation prices are 71% lower year-over-year, don’t get lulled to sleep.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I believed that we would find a company with the lowest distribution costs (warehousing and transportation), and the lowest manufacturing costs, and this would result in the best overall cost structure. In response to filling out the survey, we will share the results with respondents on a one-hour conference call. It was not measured.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 13, 2014

So mark your calendar with the relevant supply chain conferences. Procurement Transformation Summit. American Conference. Logistics & Supply Chain Conference. ECR Europe Conference. Best of the Best S&OP Conference. 2014 Global Sustainability Standards Conference. 29-31 January. SCL Event.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2015

Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2015. Here Are 4 Reasons to Outsource Your Transportation Management. The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend). Procuring Logistics Services is Not the Same as Buying Paper Clips. Want a Better Supply Chain? Top Episodes.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Are you attending the CSCMP Annual Global Conference next week? Infor Aligns With MercuryGate To Strengthen Transportation Management. Oracle Introduces New Cloud Solutions for Transportation and Global Trade Management. If so, let’s connect. SAP Ushers in New Era of Collaborative Supply Chain Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2018

I find as I attend conferences that the word “planning” is bantered about, but few technologists dive into the details. There are natural processes that require tactical horizon for procurement buying and transportation sourcing, and Sales and Operations Planning. Descriptive analytics. Prescriptive analytics.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Why do transportation budgets fail? It’s a thorny topic, even for transportation professionals trying to trace an increase back to its source. Imagine what it’s like for senior executives who have no background in transportation as they try to understand it.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

and “What is a transportation management system?” This reality was underscored for me at the recent CLX Logistics Annual Customer Conference , where I delivered a keynote presentation on “Important Skills and Attributes Tomorrow’s Transportation Leaders Must Have” (a topic for a future post).

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Talking Logistics

JULY 30, 2018

Highlights from 3Gtms Innovate 2018 User Conference. Continuous Pool Optimization – Putting Creativity to Work in Transportation. Transportation Spot Market Inversion. Transportation Spot Market Inversion. Leverage Technology to Succeed in Today’s Transportation Market. Big Data in Logistics. Hit Back with a TMS.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

Demand for these solutions, from both shippers and brokers, continues to grow because companies want to identify and implement better ways to plan and execute their transportation and logistics operations, which is what ultimately delivers value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

If the word collaboration was listed on a card as a drinking game at supply chain conferences, we would be drunk at many. While touted as a digital procurement provider, it took the Company nine days to onboard me as a vendor, and two weeks to process a Purchase Order. Here I share perspective on cash-to-cash abuse.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

If a planning project short-circuits the conference room pilot stages, it will be difficult to ever maximize the value from the investment. The third issue is the lack of understanding that global processes–to maximize the economies of scale in transportation and material buying–need strong governance.

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