Archive for Logistics Trends
On Terrorists, Tylenol, and YRC
· CommentsWell, it was inevitable: we all had to come back to work today. I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing vacation.
Since this is the first day back for me and most of you, I’ll ease into this first week of 2010 by commenting on a few things that made news during our hiatus.
First, there was the would-be terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to… Continue reading
Yesterday, we reviewed some key events from 2009, along with the most read postings on Logistics Viewpoints. Today, my colleague Steve Banker and I offer up a few predictions and things to look for in 2010.
Steve’s Predictions
- Demand Signal Repositories (DSR) market continues to grow briskly: Based on research I conducted for an upcoming market study, the DSR and related applications market grew 49 percent
It’s that time of the year again, where we look back at the year that was and look forward to the year ahead. We formally launched Logistics Viewpoints on January 26, 2009 and thanks to all of you, our readership today is almost 5X greater than it was in February, and we’re getting an average of about 2 new email subscribers per day. What were you all reading? Below… Continue reading
The State of the Retail Supply Chain
· CommentsThe Retail Industry Leaders Association and the supply chain faculty at Auburn University recently published a report called “The State of the Retail Supply Chain.” The research results are based on interviews with Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Directors from 45 large retailers headquartered in North America, including many retail organizations respected for their supply chain capabilities. I don’t want to steal too much of the… Continue reading
A Whole Lot of Dealing in Supply Chain
· CommentsBased on all the deals and developments that have transpired over the past few days and weeks, it seems that there’s some positive momentum in the logistics and supply chain realm heading into 2010. Here is a quick summary of notable developments:
- In the third-party logistics (3PL) world, Saddle Creek announced on Monday that it’s acquiring ServiceCraft Logistics. The deal increases Saddle Creek’s warehousing space
Last month, I wrote a piece on explaining the value of logistics to the CEO. Earlier this week, as I was catching up on my reading, I came across this quote from Jeff Fettig, Chairman and Chief Executive of Whirlpool, in a Wall Street Journal article by Joe Barrett: “[Logistics] and investment in new product innovation are the only areas that we’re spending the same on as we… Continue reading
Back in 2000, my colleague Greg Gorbach introduced a Collaborative Management Model (CMM) to help companies think through the interdependencies among a company’s various departments and locations, as well as partner networks, when seeking to leverage internet technologies to enhance their competitive position in the market. At the time, the big payoff from collaboration came from integrating systems and business processes across business functions.
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“Everything counts in large amounts.”
These Depeche Mode lyrics popped into my head when I read the news from Apple that “more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store [and] there are now more than 85,000 apps available to the more than 50 million iPhone and iPod touch customers worldwide and over 125,000 developers in Apple’s iPhone Developer Program.”
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