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The Role of TMS in a Logistics Partner’s Strategy and Value Proposition

Talking Logistics

Operational excellence, of course. The logistics industry has grown so complex, with so many challenges such as regulatory changes, capacity issues, pricing fluctuations, and worsening weather events, that customers are looking for a one-stop shop, backed by assets and technology, to help them navigate the current shipping environment.

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Takeaways from the IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit

Talking Logistics

Of course, the most common question about blockchain is “What is it?” 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.

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Top Ten Tips to Boost Supply Chain Performance to Best in Class

Logistics Bureau

I’ll also be providing some step by step guides and tools on these at our Free Seminars Series in February and March, but more on that later. Ask around your colleagues to see where they are gaining the most value and look for programs that are very practical and case study based. Yes of course there are. Are there more?

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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. This, of course, has become costly with globalization, unless multiple suppliers have been strategically chosen within close proximity. This can be done in various ways.

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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.

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Supply Chain Management:The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Case Studies. |. News & Events. |. When this retailer was queried as to the specific reason for this sudden change, the response was, of course, we thought that the stove was available from the manufacturer, but that turned out to be not the case. Mobile Banking. Payments Treasury. Wealth Management.

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How to Improve Manufacturing Floor Data Collection

GlobalTranz

A case study, published by Modern Machine Shop several years ago, caught our eye recently. Although it was published in 2002, the case study highlighted the data collection struggles of a particular manufacturing company that probably rings true for many SMEs and large corporations alike.