This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

2 months 2 weeks ago

This was a very interesting week as we saw a number of long-lasting partnerships come to an end. As a New England Patriots fan, this season was certainly disappointing, as everything seemed to go wrong, except for landing a top-3 draft pick in 2024. In a move that was not surprising, but still seems so […]

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Chris Cunnane

How to Hurdle the Biggest Barrier to Supply Chain Transparency: Data

2 months 2 weeks ago

If You Can’t Access the Truth, How Can You Determine the Truth? Let’s just come right out and say it – without the ability to capture, aggregate, and understand your supply chain data, you have gray area within your organization. Proprietary warehouse, transportation, and labor management systems bolted onto legacy ERP systems, all “enriched” with […]

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Jeremy Hudson

The US Leads the World in the Fight Against Slavery

2 months 2 weeks ago

All countries claim that they have outlawed slavery. But slavery still exists. Today we refer to slavery as “forced labor.” Forced labor can be imposed by State authorities, by private enterprises, or by individuals. It is observed in all types of economic activity and exists in every country. But a particularly pernicious form of slavery […]

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Steve Banker

This Month in Logistics News (December 30 – January 5)

2 months 3 weeks ago

Later this month the nominees will be announced for the 2024 Oscars. One category that has always been interesting is Best Adapted Screenplay. This is the award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material, including novels, stage plays, musicals, short stories, and TV series. The list of winners over the years has been […]

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Chris Cunnane

Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2024

2 months 3 weeks ago

Welcome 2024! This year, as with years in the past, there is a broad and deep line-up of supply chain and logistics conferences to attend. We have assembled the following list of conferences that my ARC supply chain colleagues and I consider to be the premier industry conferences scheduled for 2024. Feel free to save this webpage to your favorites list for reference throughout the year. This list of events with embedded links is broken into two categories – industry association events and technology provider events. The accompanying map below displays [...]

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Clint Reiser

Omnichannel Retailers Leverage Optimization for Order-Promising

2 months 3 weeks ago

Historically, omnichannel software solutions were not capable of optimization. This meant that retailers were not maximizing their profitability. That is changing. Omnichannel refers to the ability of a consumer to get products fulfilled to them in various ways. A customer can of course buy goods in a store. They can also order online and have […]

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Steve Banker

This Week in Logistics News (December 9 – 15)

3 months 1 week ago

As hard as it is to believe, another year is coming to an end. This was certainly another interesting year from a logistics and supply chain standpoint, as we saw the emergence of generative AI take center stage. We also saw a lot of technological advances in transportation, warehousing, supply chain planning, robotics, and last […]

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Chris Cunnane

Nine Key Steps to Enabling Resilient Supply Chains

3 months 2 weeks ago

Now more than ever, organizations must prepare their supply chain for the present and the unknown challenges and opportunities in the future. And even before they begin, they must realize these problems are too big for any single team—supply chain must connect with finance and procurement to treat the n-tier suppliers as an extended part […]

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Nari Viswanathan

The Warehouse Execution System: A New Competitive Imperative

3 months 2 weeks ago

In today’s fast-paced, hyper-competitive, omni-channel world, warehouses play a critical role in maximizing service and fulfilling the ambitious customer promises that are required today. Warehouses also represent an enormous cost center. Companies annually spend about $325 billion on warehousing — and 85% of that cost goes to operating expenses that include labor, space and equipment. […]

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Terence Leung

The Coolest Supply Chain Boutique Consultants

3 months 2 weeks ago

I’ve completed research on supply chain planning (SCP) boutiques. My colleague Clint Reiser has completed a study on warehouse management system (WMS) boutiques. We are teaming up to bring you the coolest supply chain boutiques, listed alphabetically, that we identified through those studies. What is a boutique? A boutique is a small, regionally focused system […]

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