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Highlights from Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference 2015

AIMMS

The theme of the event was “ The Art of Supply Chain: Creative Solutions for the Next Generation.” In almost every way this is a large and very professionally run conference with over 1500 attendees, everything you would expect from a Gartner event. Gartner (@Gartner_inc) May 13, 2015. Logistics’ next frontier.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

How procurement handles itself and its activities set the tone for all the events that follow, right up to the final delivery of goods and services to the end-customer. It may seem strange that procurement, often viewed as an unexciting part of an enterprise, can find itself embroiled in events and situations that make world headlines.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

I’ve spoken at this event in the past, but this year I came mainly to learn and network with the attendees (over 600 this year, a new record). How can I summarize the many sessions and customer case studies I attended in a short blog post? Customs Info in 2014, MK Data Services in 2015 and Datamyne in 2016).

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What is the Biggest Blind Spot in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

A lot of data/information is communicated in batch and serial mode, sometimes hours or days after a transaction or event occurs. What is happening to BMW today is another case study in supply chain risk management. At this time, we have no reason to believe that our manufacturing lines will be shut down due to this event.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

Such stories are legion – not only in the US, but also even in China, where in 2015 the provincial Guangdong government announced a three-year plan to increase automation in the region by subsidizing the purchase of robots, under a program referred to as “robots for humans.” God bless america from its present distraction.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Most sustainability books in my view do not present the full 360 view. How does this compare to the IoT positions of the previous years, which have already peaked in 2015? See www.vestedway.com for information on the model and case studies that show how others have benefited from creating a Vested deal.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

After a rough 2015, the first half of 2016 was no different. In the weeks following the Damco brand subsumption, DB Schenker released a press release that referenced the Damco changes: “The last thing shippers need at present is further uncertainty”. Maersk Growth Case study. The Maersk Shift: Where it started.