I’ve been too busy working to pay attention to all of these “Occupy” demonstrations taking place, but it occurred to me this morning that the success and longevity of these occupations will come down to one thing: how well the organizers plan and manage the logistics processes involved in supporting a tent city, processes that are similar to those in disaster relief and military operations.
Okay, back to… Continue reading
Infosys, the global IT services company with an offshore model, held its annual Infosys Connect conference last month. Two directors from a very large consumer packaged goods (CPG) client spoke during a track session for analysts.
Like many Western multinational firms, this company’s growth will largely come from developing countries, where the company has a goal to acquire 1 billion new customers. But running an efficient supply… 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
Regular readers of Logistics Viewpoints know that Adrian and I are fans of multi-tenant, network-based transportation management systems (aka software-as-a-service TMS). These solutions take the burden of connecting to carriers and cleansing EDI messages off the back of the shipper. They also make it easier for a shipper to add new carriers if they have a problem lane. And shippers can leverage the network to access benchmark analytics
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Guest Commentary: Invisible Visibility
For well over a decade we’ve talked about how supply chain visibility will help minimize the impact of disruptions, decrease order cycle times and risk, and improve service levels. Yet, after all these years, why are people still talking about supply chain visibility like it’s in the future?
About now you may be thinking you’ve had visibility within the four walls of your DC for years via your warehouse… Continue reading
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