Archive for Logistics Trends
Why?
A simple one-word question is all it takes sometimes to bring about change. Earlier this year, at the CSCMP Europe 2010 Conference, Deborah Lentz, Vice President Customer Service and Logistics, Kraft Foods Europe included the following graphic in her presentation (sourced from “2016 Future Supply Chain,” Capgemini & GCI Global Commerce Initiative):
[caption id=”attachment_4329″ align=”aligncenter” width=”300″ caption=”Source: “2016 Future Supply Chain,” Capgemini and GCI Global Commerce Initiative (click to… Continue reading
CSCMP published its Annual State of Logistics Report yesterday. I always look forward to this report because Rosalyn Wilson, the report’s author, does a great job of summarizing the key factors impacting logistics costs in the United States. If you’re a close follower of the logistics industry, however, none of the information in the report should be surprising. The report, sponsored by Penske Logistics, is mostly a rearview look at… Continue reading
I was recently briefed by the executive leadership team of the GENERIX Group, a leading supply chain execution software vendor headquartered in France. One of its customers is Carrefour, the second largest retailer in the world. Carrefour is ramping up consolidation centers (CC) in Europe. The retailer currently has eight centers operating in France with twelve more in development. Carrefour is also conducting a network design study to… Continue reading
When I arrived at the airport at 5:30 yesterday morning, there was a long line of people at Dunkin Donuts and virtually nobody at the Starbucks. It turned out that Starbucks was not selling coffee due to the water-main break in Boston that has made tap water undrinkable without boiling it first. Over at Dunkin Donuts, however, the coffee machines were brewing. I counted at least eight large water… Continue reading
Rethinking CRM: Social Media at a 3PL
· CommentsLong-time readers of Logistics Viewpoints know that I’ve been promoting the potential value of social media technologies like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn in supply chain management (see “Supply Chain Twitter” and “Facebook in Supply Chain Management”). This is why C.H. Robinson’s announcement in February about TMC Connect caught my attention. Simply put, TMC Connect is a private social… Continue reading
This was one of the assessment questions presented in “Succeeding in a Volatile Market—2018: The Future Value Chain”, a report published late last year by the Global Commerce Initiative (CGI), Capgemini, SAP, and HP. The report highlights several key trends that will impact CPG-Retail value chains in the near future, including a changing society (e.g., urbanization, ageing population, low income, and a new middle class); rising cost and… Continue reading
Manufacturers Tackle Inbound Transportation
· CommentsSeveral years ago, many retailers launched initiatives to take greater control of their inbound transportation processes. We published a report back in May 2003 titled “Taking Control of Inbound Transportation“ (available to ARC clients only) that outlined a six-step process for converting from pre-paid to collect transportation based on best practices observed from companies that had already embarked on that journey.
Like retailers before… Continue reading
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
