All Things Supply Chain

OCTOBER 8, 2017

We are celebrating 5 years of supply chain blogging this month here at All Things Supply Chain Blog.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 22, 2017

It is almost 9 years ago that I wrote one of my first blogs; The Behavioural Supply Chain. In the blog I argue that… “Supply chain, in its current form, is nearing the end of its life cycle of integration and optimisation. Even supported by the latest IT technology, the intended total network integration and optimisation is grinding to a halt.” and that… “The behavioural supply chain’, will be of vital importance in taking the next step in our global and multi-cultu

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Supply Chain Collaborator

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The third party logistics (3PL) model, while critical to smaller, low-volume shippers, has never been the best option for organizations shipping moderate-to-high volumes of freight. Purveyors of logistics IT solutions have been warning of the shortcomings of 3PL tech for years. Only recently has there been unbiased, independent research to substantiate these claims.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 16, 2017

From its modest inception in 1999, Alibaba has now become one of the biggest e-commerce sites in the world. In this article, we will show you 7 supply chain lessons we obtain from the book "Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built" by Duncan Clark. Many people think the success of Alibaba is derived from the fact that China is one of the biggest economies on the planet with the population over 1.411 billion people (and about 400 million people are already their customers.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A brief overview to solving the problem of using Blockchain in the supply chain First, what is Blockchain? In simple. The post Enhancing Blockchain for Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Over the last few months we’ve come across a number of instances where legacy ERP is holding a company back. Whilst many organizations require a single monolithic platform for core processes such as manufacturing and financials, ERP can hinder growth and negatively impact on margins. Due to the importance placed by some senior executives on their ERP and their ERP provider, many large businesses are simply not nimble enough to take advantage of innovati

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Supply Chain Collaborator

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Back in July, the Collaborator blog rang the alarm on the Looming Capacity Nightmare of 2017. Citing the Walmart/Amazon feud, the ELD mandate and the aging driver pool, the piece was followed up by more evidence in a post reporting on spiking spot market rates. Since July, the aftermath of three horrendous hurricanes have further taxed capacity and Transport Topics reports truck tonnage jumped 8% in August while driver turnover soars due to a dearth of manpower.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Many companies profess customer-centricity, few achieve it, yet with by tuning the supply chain it is within reach It has. The post Why the Key to Customer Loyalty May Be Lurking in Your Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 1, 2017

We rank the leading books about project management on the market using the objective evaluation and the result is the best project management books of all time. Background Jeff Varney, Senior Adviser of American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) thinks that the best project management books should make project management body of knowledge becomes something simple.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. It’s amazing how many organisations segment print into category silos and miss out on significant opportunities for savings and efficiencies. improve-your-marketing-buying. Documents, operational print and marketing print are often considered as discrete requirements and most reviews will focus on each segment individually.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Can you increase your buying team’s efficiency? The answer is yes, and by quite some margin. At Claritum, we work with procurement services organisations to help drive purchasing process efficiencies and savings. These organisations range from small businesses providing a simple buying service, BPOs managing an outsourced purchasing service through to global multinationals with hundreds of sourcing professionals across many continents and a wide range of serv

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Claritum

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. As featured in the ‘ The 10 Most Innovative Procurement Solution Providers ’ article published in the September 2017 Insights Success Magazine , Claritum discuss the drive for a New Wave of Easy-to-use Procurement Products…. Procurement of relatively low cost, unpredictable products and services is still highly manual, inefficient, and error prone.

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