Transportation Management Systems (TMS) were initially designed to handle the complexities of outbound shipments. And to this day, companies are still far more likely to implement a TMS to reduce outbound freight costs than to manage inbound or international moves.
I realized just how complex inbound transportation can be when I spoke with the North American Director of Logistics at a Tier 1 automotive company. This company has suppliers… Continue reading
We finally got some snow yesterday, just in time for Little League baseball tryouts this weekend. If the law of averages holds true, then I’m betting we’ll get more “snow-outs” than rain-outs this spring.
In this week’s news…
A couple of weeks ago, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an interesting posting on “Baby Boom Logistics.” A few days later, Autoblog published a piece on how BMW has revamped one of its assembly plants in Germany to accommodate its ageing workforce (thanks to my friends at CTSI for the heads up). The posting was based on a segment that aired on CBS News recently (click… Continue reading
Toyota, the company that invented the Toyota Production System and brought lean manufacturing techniques to the world’s attention, is one of the most respected names in Supply Chain Management. But over the past few weeks, Toyota has recalled about 9 million vehicles worldwide due to problems related to accelerator pedals, and last week the company decided to halt production and sales of eight models. As a result, Toyota’s… Continue reading
I recently spoke with key members of Ford’s service parts supply chain and IT organization in North America to better understand how the company is using SAP’s end-to-end service parts supply chain solution (SAP is an ARC client). Ford and Caterpillar Logistics, as key customers and partners, have helped SAP to build out this solution, particularly in the area of service parts planning. Ford has implemented service… Continue reading
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