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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. Neil Southern, 2011).

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2011 To 2025: The Evolution Of How The C-Suite And Boardroom Views Procurement

Procurement Insights

The following is a 31-minute video of a 2011 lecture I gave at eWorld. 2011 eWorld Video THE EVOLUTION OF THE CFO VIEW Between 2011 and 2024 , CFOs’ views of procurement have evolved significantly, reflecting changes in the business environment, technology, and organizational priorities.

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7 Megatrends Supply Chain People Should Watch

Supply Chain Opz

Current logistics and supply chain management trends are discussed very often on social media sites. In the year 2000, Journal of Business Logistics published the article named " Ten Mega-Trends That Will Revolutionize Supply Chain Logistics ". How can we identify them really? What''s Next?

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3 Trends Underscore Food Shippers’ Need for Supply Chain Management Software

Supply Chain Collaborator

Food shippers have grown increasingly reliant on supply chain logistics IT solutions over the last decade and for a number of reasons. The number of food producers adopting software solutions like TMS, YMS, WMS, optimizers and others – from agricultural concerns to processors to retailers – continues to grow.

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Gartner Global Supply Chain Top 25: Solution Providers – Choose Your Clients Wisely!

Procurement Insights

As a result, they avoided the trap of eVA becoming a software project, as Bob put it, and were thereby able to shift the emphasis from an exercise in cost justification to one of process understanding and refinement. There is more to e-procurement than software! By the way, here is the link to the eVA site: [link].)

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Is an app store for enterprise software even possible?

The Network Effect

As you’ll see, this leads to incredibly innovative outcomes, such as a cloud platform for commercial supply chains being used to rapidly develop applications for the U.S. As long ago as 2011, Gartner was already proclaiming it to be “the year of PaaS”, and since then the concept has only grown more important. Multi-tenancy.

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Is an app store for enterprise software even possible?

The Network Effect

As you’ll see, this leads to incredibly innovative outcomes, such as a cloud platform for commercial supply chains being used to rapidly develop applications for the U.S. As long ago as 2011, Gartner was already proclaiming it to be “the year of PaaS”, and since then the concept has only grown more important. Multi-tenancy.