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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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Timing was a further crucial factor.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

The man visited Brothers Liquors on Old Fort Road in Fort Washington and bought 15 identical tickets for the same Pick 5 drawing and ended up hitting the jackpot, winning $50,000 per ticket. Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Supply chain processes are not immune to this trend. EY analysts Edmund Wong and Glenn Steinberg ( @GlennSteinberg ), ask, “Are you running an analog supply chain for a digital economy?”[1] They explain, “The global supply chain is a creation from the past, ill-suited to today’s fast-changing world.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global supply chain disruptions, impacting the flow of parts and finished goods around the world. The disruption caused by COVID-19 is unique in that it impacted supply chains across all industries.

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Exiger Perspectives

APRIL 13, 2023

Exiger’s Supply Chain Explorer enables joint customers to rapidly identify risks within their direct and indirect ecosystems and supply chains NEW YORK, WASHINGTON D.C., Exiger’s Supply Chain Explorer offers real-time sub-tier transparency to swiftly navigate and mitigate critical threats.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

Washington farm exports crimped by cargo-container shortage. Three major US drug distributors have requested the government to expand the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain network as the country strives to immunize its population against the novel coronavirus as quickly as possible. HelloFresh boxes sustainability.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper recently published by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. When it comes to supply chain management, however, many companies are far from achieving that swing.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2015

SAP Plans Assortment Planning Tool for the Connected Retailer. FMCSA to Award $30 Million in State Grants to Advance Real-Time Safety Technologies. AB InBev created the app with Klink Technologies Inc., an alcohol-delivery startup operating in Washington. . AB InBev created the app with Klink Technologies Inc.,

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Exiger Perspectives

JULY 30, 2024

Strategic Acquisition Addresses Urgent Need in Organizations’ Ability to Verify and Secure Operational Technology and Software Providers WASHINGTON, DC. This capability extends Exiger’s Ion Channel platform for SBOM analysis to binaries that have no SBOMs, as well as device firmware, operational technology (OT) and IoT.

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Unleashed

APRIL 27, 2022

With material costs rising and the drive towards sustainable practices in full swing, the circular supply chain has become an attractive way for manufacturers and sellers to manage their supply chains in a more environmentally friendly way – and save costs in the long term. What is a circular supply chain?

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Supply chain disruptions are inevitable, whether resulting from natural disasters, technical failures, worker strikes, or other unforeseen incidents. What can supply chain managers do to ensure that action is taken quickly and efficiently when disruption strikes? Identify Risks in Your Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 16, 2020

Pundits have been talking about supply chain transformation for years. industrial supply chain. We’re going to decouple completely from China, dramatically cut back on sourcing from other countries, and bring manufacturing back to America, right? The coronavirus pandemic reinvigorated these discussions.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2019

There are undoubtedly moments when risk managers would like to “take a knee” in order to find respite from the risks their supply chains face. The report points to potential vulnerabilities in a significant percentage of global supply chains. First, supply chains have grown complex and global.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Warehouse robots are just one form of warehouse automation , but they’re making a big impact. From greater flexibility and scalability to productivity gains, a faster ROI compared to other automation solutions and better resource management, warehouse robots are changing the face of warehousing. Will they help or hurt more?”

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. Happy new year!

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RFgen

AUGUST 10, 2023

Today’s digital supply chain makes manual inventory control obsolete. Technology solutions step in to help warehouses and production plants streamline materials management and reduce costs. When first implementing digital inventory technology, many organizations consider a warehouse management system (WMS).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. This is also another example of how the lines between 3PLs and technology companies continue to blur. Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The Defense Department released an urgent report last Friday outlining how its supply chains are alarmingly reliant on China and other potential military rivals for essential materials. The origin of many of these weaknesses is the fact that our leaders have neglected our vital manufacturing sector for too long.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 24, 2019

In 2017, the Washington Post reported that millions of pounds of “USDA Organic” soybeans and corn imported through Turkey appear to have been fraudulent. [1] Because supply cannot meet demand of organic foods, retailers, feed companies, and packaged food manufacturers are importing organic foods from India, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania, etc.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 27, 2020

i] As the virus spread more quickly in Washington State, New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans, the administration quickly realized that the coronavirus would not be “magically going away.” health care system and risks in a supply chain dependent on global sourcing, would buffer the country from unanticipated disruptions.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 19, 2021

Rajesh Mani, Director of Presales, Supply Chain Apps, Bristlecone. Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 disruption, I have come across many organizations and ‘initiatives of the month’ focusing on improving supply chain visibility. Supply chain visibility means different things to different audiences.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. This monthly newsletter observes one or two important macro trends through the lens of Supply Chain Management. We review how those trends are likely to impact Supply Chain and what leaders can do to adjust. in 2021 and is projected to grow another 7.4%

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. This monthly newsletter observes one or two important macro trends through the lens of Supply Chain Management. We review how those trends are likely to impact Supply Chain and what leaders can do to adjust. You can understand why.

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Exiger Perspectives

AUGUST 7, 2024

Acquisition of Cutting-Edge Parts and Logistics Intelligence Platform Brings XSB’s 100M+ Parts and 400M+ Parts Attributes Database In-House to Exiger WASHINGTON, DC. August 7, 2024 – Exiger , the market-leading supply chain and third-party risk AI company, announced the acquisition of logistics intelligence platform XSB.

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Exiger Perspectives

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Innovative Partnership Program Connects Hospitals and Health Systems to Trusted Solutions WASHINGTON, DC. ” John Riggi National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, AHA From mapping supply chains for essential medicines and supporting the U.S.

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RFgen

MARCH 13, 2023

JD Edwards barcode software drives operational performance through mobile automation. Leveraging barcoding technology and mobile inventory software drives operational excellence while maximizing the bottom line. This greatly simplifies accuracy and visibility across the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives relative to despite having a tentative back-to-work wage negotiation, the outstanding issue of port automation provides added concerns for global industry supply chain teams. ports lag behind other global ports in automation focused on increased throughput.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Containers are piling up in ports, international shipping has been hammered, Western companies are battling to source products from traditional suppliers, and disruptions are being experienced throughout the global supply chain. COVID-19 Impact on Procurement. COVID-19 Impact on Shipping. A Case in Point: Apple.

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Resilinc

JULY 14, 2022

The vote was a “rare victory for human-rights groups [that] reflects a bipartisan China hawkishness in Washington,” according to the Economist. importers and supply chain managers need to focus instead on the multiple lists of banned and suspected companies and products from Xinjiang. In a rare show of unity, all but one U.S.

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Synovos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Evolution of Integrated Supply: From Piece Price to Total Cost of Ownership The phrase “integrated supply” has been in use since the early 1990s to describe management of the supply chain from a centralized perspective rather than individual departments, plants, or projects within an organization.

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Synovos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The phrase “integrated supply” has been in use since the early 1990s to describe management of the supply chain from a centralized perspective rather than individual departments, plants, or projects within an organization. Maximize efficiencies Businesses benefit from using integrated supply specialists in other ways too.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Supply chain disruptions are inevitable, whether resulting from natural disasters, technical failures, worker strikes, or other unforeseen incidents. What can supply chain managers do to ensure that action is taken quickly and efficiently when disruption strikes? Identify Risks in Your Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our latest news capsule format follow-up relative to the updating of our prior supply chain management published developments we have shared with readers. Supply Chain Driven Inflation Moderates in July. Added Manufacturing Disruption in China.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

the Industrial AI Supply Chain pioneer, today announced the appointment of Luke Helms to its Advisory Board. ThroughPut’s team is backed by some of the best domain experts from Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Artificial Intelligence and Finance, who have put that knowledge to work in over a dozen successful startups.

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Shipchain

APRIL 8, 2020

As critical workers, they must put themselves in harm’s way on the front lines to make sure that essential medications, supplies, and foodstuffs are readily available to our communities in this time of need. In particular, new and emerging technologies, like blockchain, can be beneficial.

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