ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. Every year, this award continues to amaze me.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Over his 30+ year career in the supply chain, Richard has worked with manufacturers around the world in operations, supply chain, and lean strategy roles to develop systems that can manage complex supply chains on a global scale. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc. acquired by SAP).

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ShipBob

JANUARY 17, 2022

For an ecommerce business to succeed, building a resilient and agile supply chain should be top priority. Without supply chain agility , unforeseen problems and short-term hiccups could result in major disruptions that are often expensive and sometimes irrecoverable. What is supply chain execution?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Ever since COVID hit, supply chain executives have embraced supply chain risk management. Within this discipline, one of the toughest challenges is how to get visibility to problems arising across the extended supply network. Supply Chain Chaos is the New Norm. Chasing N-Tier Visibility.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2018

Manufacturing is on the cusp of an explosion in growth and innovation in 2018. Regulatory reform has been top-of-mind for supply chain executives and political leaders in the US since the 2016 election. These facts set the stage for exponential manufacturing growth in 2018. Green Manufacturing Will Go Viral.

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Logility

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Logility recognized for moving the food and beverage supply chain forward efficiently. a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, today was announced a winner of Food Logistics’ 2021 Top Software & Technology Providers award. ATLANTA – Dec. About Logility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 29, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Investment Challenges – Real and Imagined! Intelligent Supply Chain technologies article and permission to publish here provided by Dan Weinberger , UN Supply Chain Expert and CEO of Morpheus Network. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

My last post on the Supply Chain Shaman blog was forty-five days ago. My first focus was on China sourcing. Then it was the redefinition of the supply chain for the global shutdowns Sick with the virus; I spent my energies writing and moderating podcasts. Let’s learn and apply it to supply chain management.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic The Asian Institute of Management conducted a study across orgainsations in Asia to identify crucial skills and competencies required by supply chain managers and leaders in Asia. Supply Chain Competency: Focuses on core competencies to optimize operations.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Procurement must never be an afterthought in any enterprise. Manufacturers need to have the right raw materials and supplies available. Supply chain entities need to know vendors will be held accountable and adhere to the terms within vendor-supply chain partner service level agreements.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 4, 2021

“Supply chain disruption due to the pandemic” is a phrase we have heard over and over this past year. So does an intuitive user experience, which is expected especially by young professionals because they have grown up with modern technologies. So the entire process from planning to ad-hoc execution can be automated.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

There is a lot of buzz about the “autonomous” supply chain these days. The subject came up at a conference I attended where the theme was the supply chain of 2030. The Driverless Car Analogy From CBC News [link] I’ve heard the driverless vehicle used as an analogy for the autonomous supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2022

ARC has done research and writing on supply chain collaboration networks. A supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) is a key technology for improved collaboration across an extended supply chain. SCCN solutions provide supply chain visibility and analytics across an extended supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today, we published The Supply Chains to Admire for 2023. Nvidia, Northrup Grumman, PACCAR Inc, PCA (Packaging Corporation of America), ResMed, Rockwell Automation, Ross Stores, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) Company, Tempur-Pedic, TJX, Toro, Toyota, West Pharma, United Tractors, and Urban Outfitters.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 27, 2024

Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy financial announcements related to supply chain technology providers. Our last full edition of this column was published on August 9 th.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 10, 2021

Customer centricity, e-commerce, Direct-to-Consumer (D2C), and the risk of financial peril are propelling shippers (manufacturers and retailers) and logistics service providers (LSPs) to digitally transform. What are the biggest supply chain execution/logistics challenges facing shippers and LSPs? E-Commerce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Prior to 2020, every supply chain in the world was challenged by increasing levels of demand unpredictability and market volatility. The sudden onset of COVID-19 only reinforced a lesson that supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. There are Also Commercial Reasons.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. While many old-fashioned supply chain leaders speak of Risk Management and the need for Control Towers.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Use a two-pronged approach that couples new recruitment approaches with technology to provide transparent operational insight. Today’s supply chain is challenged by the impact of what would appear to be two disparate challenges: constant supply chain disruptions, and what’s been dubbed “The Great Resignation.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Executing an event in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging. Net/net, the current architectures are hard-wired into back-office Information Technology deployments with layers of security and integration, and batch processing. ” My take?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

While demand is high, ongoing product shortages continue to cause supply chain disruptions, create unpredictable shopping behaviors and drive rapid delivery expectations. If there’s a bright spot anywhere it’s the fact that, as logistics challenges have grown, so has the availability of advanced technologies to manage these challenges.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog provides both perspectives and self-rating observations regarding our January 2024 published Research Advisory- 2024 Predictions for Industry Global Supply Chains. Supply chain teams benefitted from such actions.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 2, 2023

The term “COE” is often a commonly heard term in supply managers’ vernacular, but it’s interesting to note that Centers of Excellence as an organizational entity have been around for more than fifty years – and evolved first in the form of what was called “shared services”.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This shows hope that one day, we won’t need an award like this because men and women in the supply chain will be equal,” says Marina Mayer, Editor-in-Chief of Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. At ToolsGroup, that mission is to make supply chain a force for good.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2019

Whether you’re talking about the Amazon Effect and the rapid growth of e-commerce, the changing global trade management landscape, or what’s happening on the technology front, it’s clear that the rules for success in supply chain management are changing. What role is technology playing? Supply Chain “Mores”.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

A smooth-functioning supply chain is vital to meeting buyer expectations. Despite your best supply chain planning, supply chains get disrupted – sometimes moderately and at other times massively. The supply base, no matter how meticulously put together, depends on numerous external factors.

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QAD

MAY 21, 2024

Her experiences offer valuable “food-for-thought” for life sciences supply chain management professionals. As an aside, if you are an executive wondering if your experience in a supply chain leadership role can actually transfer to another industry, you might be pleased to know the value you can add.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers a published report noting how various manufacturers are seeking and establishing added resiliency and control of component and production networks. That would include alternatives to China under the umbrella of China Plus sourcing. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. Digital technologies will allow companies to increase their visibility, collaboration, speed and responsiveness ?

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Logility

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Technology Leader Gives Students Hands-On Experience With AI-based Supply Chain Execution Solutions. Logility recently added onto the experience, allowing students to dive further, learning how to source vendors, issue purchase orders and even track work-in-process and inbound shipments. ATLANTA – Nov.

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Logility

AUGUST 16, 2022

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, today announced its recognition as one of SupplyChainBrain ’s 2022 100 Great Supply Chain Partners. This year’s field of nominees was highly competitive and excellent overall, coming from all sectors of supply chain management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2024

The German software colossus has 300 million users who rely on its software. With traditional software, the upgrade process was so painful that many companies rarely, if ever, upgraded. Mr. Hardee said SAP had great tools to support a quick implementation. The new company had a minimal IT team.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 21, 2021

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. while a full 70% of respondents described their supply chains as “very complex” or “extremely complex.” [2]

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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. Note in Figure 1 the gaps from recent research between supply chain planning and manufacturing, logistics, and sales.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2018

Blockchain offers an opportunity for shippers to redefine standard procedures, leverage new technologies, including cloud-based platforms, and enhance cybersecurity. In general, today’s supply chain executives and managers continue using outdated, manual data entry processes, which will increase risk.

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Adexa

JUNE 17, 2024

Companies implemented others’ software and technology to work smarter, together. Their partnerships cultivated resilience and placed a spotlight on projects designed to make the supply chain space safer and more efficient,” says Marina Mayer, Editor-in-Chief of Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics. “And,

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