All Things Supply Chain
JULY 4, 2016
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Supply Chain Trend
JULY 29, 2016
About 70 percent of change failures are due to culture-related issues: employee resistance to change and unsupportive management behaviours. S&OP implementations requires significant change, not the least behavioural change. Despite this obvious importance of behaviours in change management, only 26 percent of practitioners indicate that behaviours are addressed enough in S&OP implementations.
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Supply Chain Collaborator
JULY 25, 2016
With TMS solutions enjoying more widespread adoption, users are growing more comfortable with the tactical uses of these solutions. Now they’re looking to go beyond capturing the benefits derived from process automation, and exploring how these powerful tools can unlock efficiencies only dreamed of a mere decade ago. Here are some closely guarded secrets from super users of TMS solutions regarding how they’re leveraging the captured transportation data and harnessing it to supercharge their TM
The Network Effect
JULY 21, 2016
Alex White is Senior Marketing Officer at Western Pacific Storage Solutions Maximizing the storage space in your warehouse is a critical task to gain flexibility for a variety of storage needs. Whether your warehouse is partially empty or packed full, the efficiency of the layout allows for organized storage that is easy to access and […]. The post How to Maximize Warehouse Space and Efficiency appeared first on The Network Effect.
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All Things Supply Chain
JULY 25, 2016
As our blog readership and influence continues to grow, we are receiving an increasing amount of requests for media partnerships at various conferences and shows around the world.
All Things Supply Chain
JULY 11, 2016
During the sourcing process, it is common for procurement to run several rounds of optimization scenarios. They are usually conducted either in advance of negotiation discussions with suppliers or before final award decisions become contracts.
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All Things Supply Chain
JULY 18, 2016
In the business world, internal deliveries are one of the few things that you can count on to happen daily.
Supply Chain Collaborator
JULY 21, 2016
Respected analyst outfit Gartner’s recent estimates suggest the global TMS market is currently at or around $1.2 billion. They project growth in the TMS market by 2020 to reach more than $1.8 billion – a compound annual growth rate of more than 12 percent. So clearly TMS as a solution is on a strong upward vector. Yet, TMS has not come close to achieving levels of adoption enjoyed by other supply chain focused enterprise software solutions like ERP systems for example.
Supply Chain Collaborator
JULY 7, 2016
The CSCMP issued its annual “State of Logistics Report” which insistently urged shippers to take immediate action on deployment of automation technologies like TMS, optimizers, YMS and other logistics IT solutions. The case for striking at this particular moment couldn’t be stronger. Here’s the compelling evidence offered by the CSCMP report in support of this position.
Supply Chain Trend
JULY 1, 2016
Foresight is a renowned magazine that focuses on the professional development for makers and users of business forecasts. It provides insights from academics and practitioners. I’m honored that in the latest Foresight edition, I’ve been published as a practitioner with my article An S&OP communication plan: The Final Step in support of Company Strategy.
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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.
The Network Effect
JULY 21, 2016
This part 2 of our look at the largest ships in the world. You can read Super Ships Part 1 here on the Emma Maersk container ship. Super Ships Gain Weight In 2011, the Triple-E Class Maersk ships, coming in at 400 meters in length (1,312 ft) and capable of carrying 18,000 20ft containers, nudged […]. The post Super Ships: The Biggest Ships in the World (Part 2) appeared first on The Network Effect.
The Network Effect
JULY 14, 2016
Imagine laying the Empire State Building on its side, and then floating it out to sea Picture the Empire State Building, that’ll give you an idea of the awe-inspiring size of a modern day super ship. Keeping tabs on the biggest ship is no easy task. Not only are super ships being built at an […]. The post Super Ships: The Biggest Ships in the World (Part 1) appeared first on The Network Effect.
The Network Effect
JULY 14, 2016
Lowes Foods, a family-owned grocery chain with stores located throughout North and South Carolina, is one of the region’s largest retailers, but in the late 2000’s they had a problem. Declining revenues, triggered by the onslaught of ultra-competitors like Walmart and Amazon threatened the very existence of this 100-or-so retail chain, and unless something was […].
The Network Effect
JULY 8, 2016
In today’s environment of demanding and fickle consumers, the importance of meeting customer demand and minimizing out-of-stocks is crucial. How do you do that? There are a number of considerations, in this article I’ll cover one of the major ways, lead time reduction. In part two I will discuss another often-overlooked and underappreciated line of […].
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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 Network Effect
JULY 7, 2016
Among the issues surfacing related to the impacts of the British vote to exit the European Union are questions regarding changes in supply chains, particularly by those owned by U.S. companies. Although the majority of immediate concerns has been driven by questions related to financial markets, as well as, of course, the political chaos occurring […].
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