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Supply Chain & Logistics News Round Up (October 7th-11th 2024)

Logistics Viewpoints

Additionally, much of my attention this week has been focused on my hometown, Tampa, FL. Fortunately, the expected storm surge never materialized, and landfall narrowly missed the densely populated Tampa Bay area. If you find yourself in London soon, I highly recommend visiting this exhibit!

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Hurricane Milton Threatens Supply of Key Industry Inputs

Exiger Perspectives

Hurricane Milton Threatens Supply of Key Industry Inputs Client Alert Hurricane Milton’s expected wake of destruction in the Tampa Bay area will likely lead to constraints in commodities and goods that are key inputs into sectors like agriculture, food, medical & surgical devices, and defense & aerospace.

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The New Way a TMS Fuels Routing Creativity

Talking Logistics

Logistics planners can provide complete deliveries in a single shipment, even when product may be sourced from multiple locations. Let’s say a manufacturer based in Milwaukee needs to ship freight to Tampa. Traditional TMS capabilities would only allow this planner to route the freight to its final destination in Tampa.

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Does Your TMS Support Rail’s Unique Requirements?

Talking Logistics

But for manufacturers who ship using both rail and truckload, a key issue lies in whether they are able to achieve the same benefits by using a TMS built for truckload modes in their rail operations. For example, shipping goods from Atlanta to Tampa may cover 400 truck miles, but using rail the trip could be closer to 800 miles.

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26 supply chain pros reveal the single most effective way to create a winning supply chain strategy

6 River Systems

“It sort of depends upon what we are purchasing from the supplier as to the approach we should take…” Commodity Strategic The first level, for components or typical commodity type products, we will at least want to perform a supplier evaluation of some sort. with a backup plan as part of contingency planning.

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Seasoned Leadership in Actionâ„¢! An Interview with Michael Massetti, VP at Gartner!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I live in Tampa, FL, USA with my wife. The biggest career transformation for me was after leaving Dell when I joined Lucent in 2002 and entered supply chain in technology sourcing. We achieved recognition both internally and externally for our sourcing and procurement accomplishments in the spend management area.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 5 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

Intelligent procurement technology provider JAGGAER announced the finalization of a partnership with TealBook , a tech provider that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to gather, predict and refine supplier data and to provide companies with additional product sourcing options. Global Health Exchange Acquires Syft.