- 1. Unhook Your Supply Chain
- (Technology)
- ... annually. This will eliminate the need to re-park and disconnect from trailers hitched in error because of incorrect location data. Sensors that are powered wirelessly can track product location in transit. ...
- 2. These 5 Pandemic-Driven Supply Chain Changes Need Watching
- (Supply)
- ... efficient lifecycle management processes. This includes emphasizing the management of new product introduction, discontinuation, design, and leveraging product and infrastructure characteristics. With ...
- 3. Maneuver Around These Logistics Roadblocks
- (Logistics)
- ... is often a disconnect between departments, which leads to a loss of cost-saving opportunities. This leads to the rise in inventory levels or failure to meet the customer's demands and loss of profits. Shippers ...
- 4. Strategic Paths to Supply Chain Growth
- (Management)
- ... operations are always disconnected in many supply chain firms. As such, there is a need to bridge this gap by ensuring that the crucial elements of people, technology, and processes are integrated. Doing ...
- 5. Supply Chain Revolution is Coming
- (Supply)
- ... systems and old enterprise resource planning. However, modern applications and business activities require data, as this is critical in modern business operations. As such, there is a disconnection between ...
- 6. eX² Technology Launches Ground-Breaking Smart Truck Parking System
- (News)
- ... a $25M federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant awarded to a group of eight partnering states – Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. ...
- 7. Have You Connected the Dots Yet?
- (Management)
- ... orders, dissatisfied customers, or increased employee hours. That’s because of the disconnect between your internal systems. One factor contributing to the increased pressure to have direct connections ...
- 8. Integration in the B2B World
- (Integration)
- ... of the disconnect between your internal systems. One factor contributing to the increased pressure to have direct connections between your information sources is the explosion of the omni-channel market. ...
- 9. More Thoughts on Supply Chain Silos
- (News)
- Traditional thinking is that 'silos' in an organization are bad things. According to Rick Chavie on the Supply & Demand Chain Executive site, some of the problems attributed to the silo mentality may be ...
- 10. Amazon Takes a Step
- (News)
- Amazon, one of the most prominent names in ecommerce, has taken a step toward becoming an omnichannel presence by opening a brick & mortar location. It's not all that surprising, but what's a bit disconcerting ...
- 11. Managing Inventories in a Market-Driven Environment
- (News)
- For a supply chain manager, there aren't too many things more fundamental than matching supply with demand. As inventories become more market-driven, the task has become way more complex.The Supply Chain ...
- 12. Enjoy Big Gains By Involving Your Smaller Vendors In Your EDI Process
- (Retail)
- ... most sense. Hospitals can also decide to implement an alternative provider for use by their smaller disconnected suppliers without disrupting their established connections. EDI system providers such as ...
- 13. Supply Chain Risk Assessment
- (News)
- Supply chain risks are a little different animal than other types of risk your business may face. Their risk evaluations must be different, accordiing to John Cascone and Kate Ferrara from Deloitte in ...
- 14. Setting Expectations for New Supply Chain Hires
- (News)
- In our ongoing focus on the need for new talent in the supply chain management arena, the folks at DC Velocity weigh in with some thoughts on misconceptions they're seeing in applicants and new hires. Sounds ...
- 15. Are You a Chief?
- (Management)
- ... to be more conscious of how I’m addressing certain issues so that meaning is not misconstrued. "Emphasize a creative environment. Innovation is most effective when people with different backgrounds and ...
- 16. Visibility Rising to the Top
- (Supply)
- ... and making it a reality within their own enterprise operations. The disconnect however, does seem to be narrowing if KPMG's recent report is to be believed. KPMG's 2014 Global Manufacturing Outlook report ...
- 17. Innovation in the Supply Chain
- (News)
- Innovation has always been a key driver of the US economy. Most people don't think of the supply chain as a hotbed of innovation, but that doesn't mean it's not. Where's it going to come from in the future, ...
- 18. OpenText, GXS, and ECGrid
- (EDI)
- ... its new management (OpenText) revise its stance and not discontinue its long standing relationship that allows ECGrid to connect its supply chain customers through GXS' VAN. An announcement from Loren ...
- 19. Moving the Supply Chain
- (Supply)
- ... to see the disconnects that cause the problems. The second issue is the lack of consistent connectivity among the suppliers along the chain. Of course there are multiple reasons ranging from lack of viable ...
- 20. The Approaching Supply Chain Apocalypse
- (Supply)
- Last week I spoke with GXS VP Steve Scala about some of the company’s reasons for discontinuing the practice of daisychaining. Putting aside the rest of the arguments about why the company is taking this ...
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