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MARCH 12, 2025

Download Free Copy Reshoring vs Nearshoring: Key Differences and Business Benefits Category Inventory Written by Lyle Del Vecchio 16 min read Tags Procurement Supply Chain Management Last edited March 12, 2025 Download PDF IN THIS ARTICLE What is Reshoring? Back in 2013, Whirlpool re-shored appliance production to Ohio.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Here are four indicators from top tier, impartial sources that, together, represent a compelling case for why you should tackle supply chain logistics automation challenges in the next two quarters. This directly impacts supply chain planning for US producers of commodities. 2-7 by Bloomberg News.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Are you a supply chain management professional who are looking for inspiring ideas to improve the operations of your supply chain? Background Early this year, I published one article named " 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time ".

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 10, 2017

The burgeoning provider of logistics IT solutions also earned a Bronze Stevie Award in the category of “Best Online Newsletter” for its Supply Chain Collaborator Blog Digest. The publication aggregates content monthly, culled from UltraShipTMS’s popular Supply Chain Collaborator Blog and other industry sources.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The complexity of planning, transportation, collaboration, time and labor that went into the supply chain of that banana?—?being This is: The Journey of your Banana: A Supply Chain in Motion. The global banana supply chain is a complicated one, dependent on multiple moving parts and the collaboration of multiple parties.

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The Network Effect

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The best way to achieve this is to provide a single, global view of all inventory available in order to intelligently source the line item components of that order, ensuring that the business can meet both current and future customer demand while optimizing inventory, logistics, and asset utilization.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Lots of things are happening in Supply Chain Management! It’s becoming more strategic, as companies integrate their Supply Chains and use them as a source of competitive advantage – instead of just a back-office function.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Gartner recently announced their 2018 Top 25 Supply Chains List. But as I review the list, compare it to prior years, and consider the scoring methodology I do wonder whether the list in its current form continues to be relevant for identifying the best of the Supply Chain. The 2018 Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain List.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 4, 2024

As supply chain technology improves for transportation, inventory management and warehousing, the procurement tools for manufacturing businesses now need to step up. These are predominantly focused on indirect spend and transactional efficiency. And stepping up, they indeed are.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 14, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Gartner recently announced their Top 25 Supply Chains List. But as I review the list, compare it to prior years, and consider the scoring methodology I do wonder whether the list in its current form continues to be relevant for identifying the best of the Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 21, 2016

Seven in ten of the issues on the list can be addressed and overcome through the use of a good logistics IT solution. Those shippers with the right software tools in place back in 2013 were urged to run the past year’s volume reports through their optimizer tools. Failure to do so results in poor cost efficiency in transportation.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

 Last week on episode three of our WiseTech Global mini-series, we tackled one of supply chains most difficult, yet most important, topics – risk. One of the many lessons that the pandemic taught us was the importance of ensuring that robust risk management is incorporated into our supply chain strategies.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With another busy year of procurement and supply chain events tidily packed away behind us, Spend Matters is pleased to provide a round-up of the main events we attended in 2023, with a short recap of each and key takeaways. He then went on to discuss the huge impact of tech on the supply chain industry.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Founded by major ocean carriers, DCSA drives initiatives to make container transportation services transparent, reliable, easy to use, secure, and environmentally friendly. Between 1999 and 2013, he held various international leadership positions in Singapore, Madrid, and Central and Eastern Europe.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Today I’m joined by DCLI , a leading transportation brand that is on a mission to transform the way chassis work within the intermodal supply chain by focusing on equipment quality, operational efficiency, and delivering a great driver experience. DCLI is the largest container chassis provider to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In the trucking sector, the biggest change has been the federal government's movement to impose fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards on all heavy-duty trucks. This has been a priority of shippers for a long time in order to optimize their supply chains.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 1, 2014

I was speaking at a large conference about the major impacts of globalization, technology, and supply chain on commerce. Logistics Retail SCM Amazon Effect consumer-driven multi-channel retail same-day delivery' Failure to do so leads to turmoil and eventually bankruptcy. Infographic – Alibaba: World’s Largest IPO.

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Value Match

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We have seen some of these shifts over time, for example the construction and infrastructure industry making changes around areas such as social value and use of SMEs in their supply chains, investment in green technologies and increasing automation. This is what has been called ‘savings’ in the past. Why make the point.

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SPLC (Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council)

MAY 29, 2019

By establishing an internal green procurement committee and a guidebook for purchasing energy efficient motors, they were able to mandate a minimum of 30% green procurement and then exceed their own mandate by having 83% of their procurements qualify as “green.” John Ferraro Building Efficiency Case Study. They saved $19.4 Looptworks.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 3, 2025

As a side note, in a follow-up 2013 and 2023 Procurement Insights post , I talked about companies like Market Dojo, Nipendo, Scout RFP, Tealbook, and several others. What unique benefits can the following ProcureTech solution providers offer to address the above-referenced supply chain challenges: ThroughPut.ai, FlockScore, ProcurEngine.

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