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Takeaways from the IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit

Talking Logistics

This invite-only event brought together supply chain and IT executives from a cross section of companies, along with several executives from IBM, including Jeanette Barlow, Vice President of IBM Supply Chain Solutions, and Ron Castro, Chief Supply Chain Officer at IBM. Take EDI, for example. IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit.

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How to Kickstart a Successful Facebook and Instagram Advertising Strategy For Your Local Service Business

WorkWave

When running a local service business, social advertising across Facebook and Instagram can be a powerful tool if executed correctly. For example, if you post an ad for lead generation without investing any time into guiding your target audience through a social sales funnel, you will fail to reach your goals. Time To Read: 12 minutes.

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Where Does Supply Chain Design End and Planning Begin? (Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

It was a strategic/tactical analysis, disconnected from day-to-day operations, and the software tools were difficult to learn and use. As an example, a heavy equipment manufacturer used SupplyChainPlanning.com to create a collaborative planning app with its dealers. Source: LLamasoft.

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SEKO Logistics Expands Full Assembly White Glove Service – Supply Chain 24/7

247 Customs Broker

James Gagne , President & CEO, says “a combination of SEKO’s network, service capability, customer experience, technology and great timing means its sponsorship of Home Delivery World 2018 promises to open up significant new business opportunities with the more than 1,500 retailers attending ‘the event’ for retail logistics.”. “We

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The Impact of Hurricanes on Transportation and How to Build a Storm Resilient Supply Chain

247 Customs Broker

To better understand true cost and volume impacts, Zipline Logistics evaluated a sample of 33,000 shipments, comparing data prior to the 2017 Tropical Storm Harvey with data after the event. Ask your transportation and/or technology partners what visibility tools they provide. Related White Paper & Case Studies.

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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM. For example, if a there is no substitute for a material used, then that supplier should automatically be considered riskier despite its levels of performance.

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Digital Transformation Journey in Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Ensure that, somewhere along the way, data diagnostic tools will be used to check for missing and inconsistent data automatically. . Maintaining all past and future promotional events in a database. Maintaining outlier events that have influenced demand patterns or supply availability . Modeling the impact of weather events.