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Modernizing the Warehouse with Andy Johnston

The Logistics of Logistics

Andy is the Senior Director of Innovation at GEODIS , a leading global logistics provider acknowledged for its expertise across all aspects of the supply chain. About Andy Johnston Andy Johnston joined GEODIS in 2012 and currently serves as the Senior Director of Innovation for the Americas region.

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. A Complex Supply Chain. Not surprisingly a company this big, delivering different solutions to a variety of industries, has a complex supply chain. Comand and Control Center Application from Kinaxis.

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DHL Supply Chain and AutoStore Partner

Logistics Business Magazine

DHL Supply Chain, global leader in contract logistics, and AutoStore , a pioneering robotic technology company specializing in automated storage and retrieval systems, are expanding their partnership in a move set to further automated warehouse operations on global scale.

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Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Despite the significant amount of effort involved in going from running a business on Excel spreadsheets to implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP), they are very grateful that their efforts to improve their supply chain agility were underway when the pandemic hit. The Peet’s Coffee Supply Chain.

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My Thesis on FOMO for Logistics and Supply Chain Technology Has Stood The Test of Time

10xLogistics

First, I apologize as it has been a long time since I put thoughts on the blog about what is going on in the supply chain world. I just went back and looked at my last posting which was on January 19, 2022 and it addressed the issue of supply chain technology. I should have kept up with it better. This is FOMO.

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3PLs and Software Vendors: 3 Questions to Keep Innovating Your Business Models

Talking Logistics

Author’s note: I wrote a slightly longer version of this post in November 2012. Most of the time, when people talk about innovation in supply chain management and logistics, the focus is on technology (e.g., I’m sharing it again today with some minor edits because I believe the topic remains very relevant today.

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How to Benchmark Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

When we compare different levels of sophistication and performance in supply chains, we can identify particular levels that we think are important to achieve, or that represent typical performance levels for supply chains as a whole. You can also benchmark supply chains. Those levels are “benchmarks”.