Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

'There is a lot of valuable data within the confines of your freight yard, which can be captured and leveraged to improve supply chain logistics efficiency. Often forgotten (as the focus tends to favor TMS and WMS applications) are the myriad ways in which improved visibility and control of assets on the yard can affect key performance indicators such as lead times, OS&D claims, equipment availability, dock door scheduling and many more.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

'Yantian Port in China/BBC. As a nice follow-up to last week’s post on the world’s largest container ship , the BBC has an in depth article on an “invisible network that keeps the world running” Just what is this network, you ask? The answer is the global supply chain. The article provides a counterargument to those who think that technological progress has stagnated , and that we’re out of big ideas: The global supply chain that brings us those tablets and phones

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Supply Chain Opz

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

'Collaborative mindset is the cornerstone of supply chain management. However, establishing and managing relationships on a global scale can be a challenging task. In this guest commentary, professor Ayman Omar who is a global supply chain expert from Kogod School of Business at American University will shed light on this issue. In a rapidly changing and expanding global landscape, companies are realizing they are only as good as the weakest link in their supply chain.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

'Contrary to everything you’ve read in these pages in the past, cloud software is destined to fail your logistics and supply chain management initiatives ; but not for the reasons you might think! So many of the critical success factors crucial to the realization of supply chain automation goals are either accomplished (or not) during implementation.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

'The Wall Street Journal reported recently on UPS’s project Orion, a ten year, $300 million technology build intended to optimize delivery routes for the tens of thousands of trucks the parcel giant has on roads across the globe daily. According to WSJ, each UPS driver makes an average of 120 stops per day representing a staggering 6.70 190 possible alternate routes.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'Brian Metcalfe/Flickr. Note, this is part two in a series on demand sensing. Part one is here. Part two is here. . Today’s retailers and manufacturers are awash in data that more precise and available than ever before. Much of newly available data requires that we use a massively scalable, network-based, real time platform in order to provide both a single version of the truth from a data integrity perspective as well as a seamless functional environment between planning and execution fr

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Image by Michael Heiss/Flickr. Today I want to direct your attention to a really interesting report from ChainLink Research, “ Network Platforms–Solutions for Multi-Party Inter-Enterprise Processes “ The report explores a phenomenon that readers of this blog will definitely recognize–the rise of “many-to-many” cloud platforms that enable trading partners to securely and easily work together to satisfy consumer demand.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

'David Hecker/Getty Images. Last month the world’s largest container ship, the MSC Oscar , set sail from a South Korean shipyard. It’s hard to comprehend just how large the ship is… here are some examples of what it can carry: 19,000 shipping containers. 39,000 cars. 117 million pairs of sneakers. 900 million cans of dog food. Over at vox.com there’s a great article that describes the MSC Oscar , along with an interesting discussion about how and why shipping containers

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

'Tompkins International recently celebrated our 15th year as a Material Handling integration firm. As I reflect on these 15 years and the success of this business dimension, I see some very important lessons that have significantly contributed to our success in designing and implementing material handling systems. Here are the top 3 interrelated lessons that I encourage you to ponder: Life Cycle Usability: We recently wrote a report based on a survey on the age of material handling systems.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

'Due to the huge volume of reports and analysis on retail performance for the year 2014, I wanted to wait until the end of the January to do my 2014 review. I think having an understanding of historical performance is of value for retailers, consumer products companies, distributors, 3PLs, and others as we all try to anticipate what will happen in the future.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

'A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. - Ludwig Erhard (1897-1977). Last week, I had the chance to catch up with a good friend and colleague of many years. His name is Ian and he is the VP of Supply Chain at a mid-sized retailer (with vast prior experience at a large retailer). After a couple of beers, he asked me point blank: “ Forecasting and Replenishment.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'oatsy40/Flickr. Recently, Tompkins International completed internal research on correlations between retail and real estate. This research was done in order to give guidance on where retail sales are made and how retail impacts real estate. We primarily analyzed how these factors affect sophisticated and unsophisticated countries differently. For the purposes of this research, the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan will be the sophisticated countries that we discuss; Chin

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