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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

How Do You Define Excellence? In retrospect, I find that technology is an enabler, but only if we are clear on what defines supply chain excellence. Many believe that an ex-supply chain exec knows the definition of supply chain excellence. Supply Chains to Admire Winners 2023 Examine Your Own Paradigm. I admit it. The reason?

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Visibility in Transportation Management Leads to Supply Chain Excellence

Talking Logistics

Gaining end-to-end visibility across your transportation processes delivers: $32.00 Typically companies operated in silos, but according to a recent Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee survey, while some lines between business functions have blurred, silos still exist, especially between purchasing and logistics.

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Transportation M&A with Spencer Tenney

The Logistics of Logistics

Spencer Tenney and Joe Lynch discuss transportation M&A. Spencer is President & CEO of Tenney Group, trusted M&A advisors to transportation industry. Spencer and his wife, Lauren, reside outside of Nashville in Franklin, Tennessee and have been married for 13 years. He also owned a music publishing company.

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. He has an MBA from UCLA.

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Fearless Females of Supply Chain: Be WISE

BlueYonder

Stephanie: WISE stands for Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence. I attended the University of Tennessee and at that time it had a well-known logistics and transportation program, so that’s what I decided to pursue for my master’s. You can watch their conversation here. Susan: Can you please share more about WISE?

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Located in Coopertown, Tennessee, the company’s new fulfillment center (built in 2016) is large enough to house 22 football fields. XB Logistics @XBLogistics A leading 3PL, XB Logistics aims to redefine traditional 3PL offerings to deliver operational excellence at a lower cost compared to conventional 3PLs based in the U.S.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Paul Dittmann , Executive Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee Improving operational efficiency in the global supply chain is a complex undertaking, and requires a documented, multi-year strategy instead of knee jerk reactions, and programs of the month.