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Archive for May 2011
Categories : Business Intelligence, Logistics Software Vendors, Retail, This Week in News, Transportation Management Systems
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Last month, in “Relationships Matter: Social Media and Transportation,” I wrote about the importance of working with entities you already trust and have a relationship with, “especially in transportation, where shippers place the reputation of their companies and brands in the trust of their carriers.”
“Trusted relationships matter,” I wrote, “and transportation is a relationship-based business.”… Continue reading
At the JDA Focus 2011 conference, I saw a presentation by Matt Webb and Tony Poole of Kimberly-Clark that outlined an interesting application of Lean. Kimberly-Clark applied the Lean continuous improvement process to its JDA transportation management system (TMS). The company felt that it was paying transportation analysts a lot of money, but those analysts were spending too much time clicking through the application rather than doing value-added… Continue reading
This week’s news is dominated by SAP and RedPrairie, which held their user conferences this week. Can you pick out the common themes in the press releases below?
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- Putting Leadership Development and Learning Back on Your Calendar…and Budget!
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Guest Commentary: Four Critical Elements for Excellence in Supply Chain Execution
Our clients in industries such as automotive, aerospace, hi-tech, retail and consumer goods are emerging from one of our nation’s most trying economic times. Faced with serious pressures to cut costs and boost profits, many companies have re-examined how they source, store and deliver their products. Flexibility, innovation and the ability to operate with virtually no margin of error have become requirements when it comes to logistics outsourcing.
A… Continue reading
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