In consumer goods to retail supply chains, what affects the point of purchase, affects the supply chain. This has always been true, but with shelf-level collaboration and demand-driven programs expanding, it is even truer today. With that in mind, I reached out to my media contact at the SymphonyIRI Group to get a copy of a report they published earlier this year called “Price, Promotion & Merchandising: Balancing the… Continue reading
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A few weeks ago, a press release from PostcodeAnywhere caught my attention. The company introduced a new routing solution for private fleets that uses real-world data from tens of thousands of customers driving with TomTom devices in the UK. This is the first routing solution that I am aware of that uses “real-world” average speed data.
Standard routing solutions input data—such as the number of… Continue reading
What am I most thankful for: my memories or my dreams?
The roads I have travelled or my plans to pave new paths? What I have already accomplished, personally and professionally, or my desire to accomplish more, accomplish different? The faded mental picture of me as a boy coloring with my mom, peeling the wrappers off crayons, or the blank canvas before me, brush in hand?
I pondered… Continue reading
How can you have a satisfied warehouse workforce, and what does it take to retain them?
That was the focus of a research project conducted by Bryan Edwards, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at Oklahoma State University, together with Kevin Gue, an Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering at Auburn University, with funding from the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA). I spoke to… Continue reading
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Guest Commentary: Industrial Engineers Fulfill Supply Chain Requirements
I came across a recent article in Logistics Viewpoints by Steve Banker recommending the hiring Industrial Engineers (IEs) for Supply Chain Teams. Transportation and third party logistics organizations have utilized IE skills for decades. As an IE myself, and having trained and managed Industrial Engineers for supply chain design functions for more than a decade, I want to take this opportunity to share some thoughts on the relevant skills… Continue reading
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