Remove Definition Remove Examples Remove Networks Remove Study
article thumbnail

The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

The definition of agility and resilience will continue to evolve. The creation of a new digital ecosystem has enabled these and other changes that will shape the definition of supply chain agility and resilience in the 2020s and beyond. A Positive Example. There are Also Commercial Reasons. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

article thumbnail

Business-to-Anything Integration Supports Agile Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain collaboration networks, which provide wide ranging visibility to events occurring upstream and downstream in supply chains, can help companies be more agile. I am updating writing and research on the supply chain collaboration network market. OpenText was the largest vendor in this market the last time ARC did the study.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in January 2021, “ The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World ”, I highlighted that modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness. The Crucial Role of Trading Partners.

article thumbnail

Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

The 2030 roadmap is targeting a reduction in CO2 emissions of 33% for scopes 1 and 2, and of 16% for scope 3, versus 2017 ( definition for scopes 1, 2, and 3 ). New acquisitions, for example, won’t lead to a prorated calculation that factors out emissions from the acquired company from the carbon target.

article thumbnail

Polycrisis, Antifragility, and What’s Missing from Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

While the concept isn’t new, its application to supply chain is emerging, albeit without clear definition yet. A McKinsey study found that 90% of supply chain leaders expected to transform their planning systems. In a recent interview , Senge points to a study of HP, a company well-known for its technological.

article thumbnail

What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

The work also met every definition of “difficult, dirty and dangerous.” When “trams” (coal carts) were in short supply, for example, the “trammers” would horde carts to optimize their team’s performance at the expense of other teams being limited by the number of carts available. But I digress.

article thumbnail

Artificial Intelligence in Logistics: Current Status & Opportunities

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

In a study by INFORM and Logistik today , experts from various logistics disciplines see the most important areas of application for ML in demand forecasting and sales planning, transport optimization (e.g., This starts with the definition: In the past, we gave the computer data and it calculated with a given algorithm.