In the early 1990s, many companies were concerned about allowing employees to use the Internet and the World Wide Web. The fear was that productivity would go down because everyone would be surfing web sites all day, especially inappropriate ones, instead of working. Looking back on this, it is clear that companies were shortsighted, unable to fully recognize how the Internet and Web would ultimately transform the way we live… Continue reading
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We just marked the one year anniversary of the devastating Haiti earthquake, and although a lot of progress has been made to help the victims of the quake and repair the damage, a lot more work still needs to be done.
In the days after the earthquake, I wrote a piece titled “Haiti and the Role of Logistics in Disaster Relief” where I highlighted how logistics professionals from… Continue reading
Last September, in “Explaining the Value of Logistics to the CEO,” I wrote that in order for CEOs to truly appreciate the value of logistics, they must experience it firsthand “by spending the day picking goods at the warehouse; driving shotgun on a delivery truck; finding capacity for uncovered loads; tracking and tracing shipments; building pallets near the loading dock; calling… Continue reading
I spent a few days this week at the SAP Insider Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2010 conference. I’ll share my takeaways from this event next week. In the meantime, here’s some of the news that caught our attention this week:
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Over the past year, we’ve been discussing how performance-based outsourcing (aka Vested Outsourcing) has the potential to transform 3PL-customer relationships. But can the principles that underpin PBO also transform the way companies procure supply chain and logistics software and the way they work with software vendors?
I believe the answer is yes, but only if software vendors are willing to augment their product offerings with managed services—and if… Continue reading
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