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Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions with Shanna Greathouse and Tony Nichols

The Logistics of Logistics

Since 2011 carriers, 3PLs, shippers, and logistics technology vendors have looked to CarrierDirect to deliver the efficiency, strategy, go-to-market plans, and technology that will elevate their business above their competition. Socio-political events like trade wars and political upheavals around the world. Port congestion.

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The Secret Sauce with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark and his team work to become trusted partners with their shippers, carriers and technology partners – supplier, vendor, etc. Emerge is custom built for freight RFP events and as a result the process is streamlined, easy, and saves shippers time and money. is not good enough.

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The AI Wars: Battlefronts, Breakthroughs, and the New Era of the Industrial AI (R)Evolution

Logistics Viewpoints

All supply chain vendors seek to position themselves as leaders in supply chain AI. AWS , Google , and Microsoft are also investing heavily in custom AI chips to reduce their dependence on NVIDIA and optimize performance and cost. Collin Masson, Director of Research at ARC Advisory Group. But there is a larger AI ecosystem.

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How Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment is Killing Kmart USA

Logistics Bureau

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. The Failing Kmart Business Strategy. The first Kmart store opened way back in 1962.

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

Your organization’s ability to anticipate disruption, adapt to events, and build resiliency is rooted in how you maintain operational continuity. A wide range of events could prevent your supply chain from operating normally, but not all events have an equal impact. Trade disputes and tariffs.

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The (misplaced) need for speed. Why faster supply chain planning will not get you to your destination.

Logistics Viewpoints

Additionally, software vendors continuously invest in tuning the performance of their algorithms and models. Planners spend considerable time preparing scenario planning and not the actual analysis. For impactful scenario planning, planners must spend time on analysis rather than collating data and manually creating scenarios.

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[INFOGRAPHICS] 4 Uses of Supply Chain Technology Applications Moving Shippers into the Future of Effective Management

GlobalTranz

Technology can help to simplify your supply chain management, which will enable your business to operate more efficiently, give you more visibility and control over your inventory, and help to reduce your operational costs. Computerized Shipping and Tracking. Radio frequency identification (RFID) has become one of the megatrends in logistics.