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Editor’s Choice: Why Supply Chain Design Is Not a “One-and-Done” Exercise

Logistics Viewpoints

Even if you’ve implemented the most sophisticated process and technology for your S&OP process, there’s a hard truth you need to hear: a supply chain not designed to be in tune with the rapid market shifts will leave your best-laid plans exposed and make them unreliable. But by now, we all know those ideas no longer hold true.

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5 Paths to Better Supply Chain Visibility

Now, That's Logistics

a question best answered using advanced technology platforms focused on providing high levels of supply chain visibility. Once you’ve come up with a few ideas, meet with internal departments, Tier I vendors, logistics providers, and other stakeholders to discuss these problem areas. Leverage the power of a logistics provider.

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A hard look at software risks

Automotive Logistics

Few people realise how much software runs today’s cars, observes Les Hatton, emeritus professor of forensic software engineering at Kingston University, UK. “We We sit at home and can’t work out why the printer isn’t working, and then we’ll get in a car where there’s probably more software underneath,” he says.

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians

Logistics in War

These officials were responsible for key decisions with respect to the transformation of logistics as it applied to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Department of Defence during a period of major transformation lasting twenty years. This is often the case with respect to logistics. The strategic basis for capability.

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Intelligent Automation, the Future of Supply Chain. Is the Logistics Industry Ready?

Blue Grace Logistics

When the retail and consumer goods industries, who have the most complicated supply chains, are envisaging intelligent automation as the future of the supply chain, then can logistics – the core of supply chain be left behind? Definitely not. How Intelligent Automation Will Benefit Logistics.

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Fleet Managers can Navigate Phase-out of 2G/3G Networks

Logistics Business Magazine

The logistics sector is currently at a crossroads, induced by the global phase-out of 2G and 3G networks. The phase-out of legacy networks is driven by the need to free up spectrum for more cost-efficient and higher potential 5G and LTE technologies.

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Supply Chain Risks Come from All Sides

Material Handling and Logistics

How technology can help increase visibility and reduce paperwork. But as companies have become more adept at dealing with unexpected changes, several technologies have emerged to help manage risk and minimize losses. The term visibility has a few different definitions depending on whom you ask. Many watched as the U.S.