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

Logistics Bureau

In this post, we explain what those pillars are, why they matter, and how to align them in a way that supports supply chain management excellence. From an inventory perspective then, service means maintaining an appropriate level of stock to meet your promises to your customers. Remember what we said at the beginning of this post.

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Blockchain Will Solve, Save, Cure Everything

Talking Logistics

For related commentary on this topic, watch Why Supply Chain Visibility Remains an Elusive Goal and download my presentation that provides recommendations on how to improve supply chain visibility.). These nodes are distributed around the world. Although we share the enthusiasm for its potential, we worry about the hype.

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The Dispatch Report | October 2019, Issue No. 12

Shipchain

We partnered with GTX Corp, ParceLive, and a few others that will be announced soon, began working on case studies, aired our first webinar with major industry executives, graduated from the Plug and Play Spring 2019 Food and Beverage Accelerator Program, joined forces with the World Economic Forum to build the Blockchain Toolkit, and a lot more.

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The Cold Chain is a Top Opportunity for Third-Party Logistics Providers

Logistics Viewpoints

The 26 th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study – sponsored by NTT Data, Penske, and Penn State – was released a week ago. Cold chain logistics is a complex problem because of the multiple nodes and parties involved in moving chilled or frozen goods. In a conversation with Sylvie Thompson, one of the authors of this study, Ms.

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Do You Have a Proactive Supply Chain Design or a Reactive One?

Talking Logistics

What would happen if something catastrophic happened to that node? Product optimization, which determines how to create a product at a lowest cost / highest quality level balance. You may already have a numerical goal in mind: for example, meeting a certain percentage of demand needs within a certain radius of a distribution center.