Supply Chain Management: Get Educated!
All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
It has come to my attention that there are countless amounts of people who are not aware of the supply chain industry. Take me for example.
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Want Effective Collaboration? Forget the Silos and Focus on Outcomes
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
Let’s face it. Collaboration is beneficial, but typically hard to do in big enterprises. There is a lot of talk these days about the benefits of collaboration for manufacturers. It generally goes something like this: “If we can promote greater cross-functional teamwork, engage our suppliers more effectively and share important information more broadly, we can improve profitability, get to market faster, serve our customers better, etc.”.
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How Mindfulness can increase S&OP Meeting Effectiveness
Supply Chain Trend
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
In the corporate world you can drown in meetings. Estimates are, that if you’re a middle manager, you can spend about 35% of your time in meetings. If you’re in upper management, that goes up to 50%. S&OP meetings can be long meetings, as it requires time to review a company’s 24 months rolling forecast, its strategic intent and enterprise wide resource allocation.
Retailers, Is Your TMS Flexible Enough to Optimize Holiday Replenishment?
Supply Chain Collaborator
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
Maintaining lean inventories is a priority for retailers this holiday season. In order to keep inventories slim while still avoiding gaps on Holiday Season shelves where the year’s “hot items” once rested is a serious challenge. Is your TMS up to the task? . Black Friday sales reveal the year’s “hot items” with consumers and kicks off the race among retailers scrambling to replenish the shelves with this year’s “must have” products while there are still shopping days left before Christmas.
Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs
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How the Internet of Things (IoT) Can Optimize Fleet Management
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
The Internet of Things (IoT) is having a profound impact across the supply chain. In this article, Geoff Annesley looks. The post How the Internet of Things (IoT) Can Optimize Fleet Management appeared first on The Network Effect.
The Winding Road toward the “Autonomous” Supply Chain (Part 1)
Supply Chain Action Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
There is a lot of buzz about the “autonomous” supply chain these days. The topic came up recently at a conference I recently attended where a topic of discussion was the supply chain of 2030. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain decision machine, let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective.
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Leveraging Consumer Features for Logistics Success
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From the Payphone to MacroPoint – A Logistics Technology Retrospective
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Consider how far logistics tech has progressed between the use of roadside payphones for check calls and today’s cell-based track-n-trace solutions like MacroPoint and others. Machines and tools for transportation that once reigned supreme for centuries have been supplanted by newer equipment which dominated transportation for decades. Technologies like sail boats, steam engines the telegraph were subsequently rendered obsolete by newer tools that then dominated the industry for short span of
The Most Read Posts So Far (Summer 2016)
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
With summer almost over, I thought it a good time to take a look back at our top posts of. The post The Most Read Posts So Far (Summer 2016) appeared first on The Network Effect.
Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations
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As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.
What Does It Take to be a Leader in Logistics?
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
5 essential skills to master be a great logistics leader Leadership is a valuable and unique attribute that transforms a. The post What Does It Take to be a Leader in Logistics? appeared first on The Network Effect.
The Dead End of “Supply Chain” Thinking
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
More and more, companies are looking to leverage the cloud for predictive and actionable supply network operations, integrated financial measurement, The post The Dead End of “Supply Chain” Thinking appeared first on The Network Effect.
The Winding Road toward the “Autonomous” Supply Chain (Part 2)
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Last week, I began this train of thought with “ The Winding Road toward the ‘Autonomous’ Supply Chain (Part 1)” Now, as this weekend approaches, I conclude my piece, but I hope to spur your ideas. Detect, Diagnose, Decide with Speed, Precision & Advanced Analytics. Detection of incidental challenges (e.g. a shipment that is about to arrive late, a production shortfall, etc.) in your value network can be significantly automated to take place in almost real-time.
The Network Solution to Supply Chains
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
In the first article in this series, The Dead End of “Supply Chain” Thinking, we looked at the problem of. The post The Network Solution to Supply Chains appeared first on The Network Effect.
Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes
Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski
Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea
The Multi-Party Network for Supply Chains
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
This is the third and final article in our series on supply chains and networks. You can read part 1. The post The Multi-Party Network for Supply Chains appeared first on The Network Effect.
Infographic: The History of the Automotive Headlight
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The headlights on our cars play a crucial role in our safety, but we hardly give them a second thought. The post Infographic: The History of the Automotive Headlight appeared first on The Network Effect.
World’s Largest 3D Pen Sculpture: Nissan’s Life-Size Qashqai SUV
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
3D printing is set to revolutionize manufacturing. 3D printing is the process of making three dimensional solid objects from a. The post World’s Largest 3D Pen Sculpture: Nissan’s Life-Size Qashqai SUV appeared first on The Network Effect.
The Future of Transportation: Autonomous Ships on the Horizon
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The Wall Street Journal reports on the prospect of autonomous ships in the near future. There are significant hurdles to. The post The Future of Transportation: Autonomous Ships on the Horizon appeared first on The Network Effect.
How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches
Speaker: Shalini Dinesh
Effective cross-functional collaboration and communication heavily influence product launch success. Research shows that as many as 70% of product launches fail due to inadequate coordination among stakeholders, including supply chain, product management, legal, marketing, and change control teams (Gartner, 2022). The 2023 Supply Chain Insights Report highlights that 60% of supply chain disruptions are caused by poor communication and misalignment among cross-functional teams.
How the Internet of Things Can Optimize Fleet Management
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
The Internet of Things (IoT) is having a profound impact across the supply chain. In this article, Geoff Annesley looks. The post How the Internet of Things Can Optimize Fleet Management appeared first on The Network Effect.
3 Transport Topics Headlines Validate the UltraShipTMS Approach
Supply Chain Collaborator
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
When UltraShipTMS set out to develop a solution for logistics IT in 2001, leadership imbued its directives to the talented developers, coders and transportation logistics professionals with a specific philosophy. Simply put, the team behind the UltraShipTMS platform was told to think about transportation logistics as an activity that affects stakeholders far beyond the confines of the transportation department.
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