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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

Logistics Bureau

Despite the apparent complexities involved in supply chain management, achieving excellence really doesn’t have to be too difficult. Just review and build on our three fundamental pillars of great supply chain management. For example: Alignment of strategy and cost leads to happy shareholders.

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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

My recent conversations with the supply chain practitioners are dominated by supply chain risk — specifically geopolitical risks in light of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Let us dive deeper into how supply chains are getting disrupted. Europe relies on Russia for around 35% of its natural gas.

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Do You Want Visibility or Transparency?

Logistics Viewpoints

Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, posed that provocative question to supply chain professionals on her LinkedIn feed. Kinaxis is a top supplier of supply chain planning software. She went on to say, “visibility is widely considered a new supply chain imperative. Or are you asking where your truck is?

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State of Logistics Report Released: 3PLs Continue to Foster Resilience and Drive Investments in Supply Chain

Penske Move Ahead

Global volatility has continued to disrupt supply chains, and flexibility, efficiency and resilience are vital for companies throughout the logistics sector. We have seen a dramatic run up in supply chain costs, to a record $2.3 Transportation costs—driven by increases in all modes and nodes—reached $1.39

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What is supply chain management and why is it important?

Globalior

Supply chain management refers to the management of the flow of goods from the time of manufacture to the point they reach the end consumer. As you may imagine, supply chain management is a very important aspect of any business dealing with trade in goods. What are some important elements of supply chain management?

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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

Logistics Bureau

Supply chains are continually disrupted by container shortages, a lack of air freight capacity, and movement restrictions implemented by governments to combat the pandemic. Target’s strategy is just one of many examples of retailers exploiting their brick-and-mortar assets to support ecommerce. The Dark Store Trend.

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Intelligence…Sometimes Artificial

AIMMS

This ingenuity is precisely why Artificial Intelligence alone is unlikely to help us break out and take supply chain decision making to the next level. Leveraging AI to Execute the supply chain. An interesting example of this is the capability AIMMS has provided in the utility grid business for the last 15 years.