Supply Chain Optimization

On this episode, we catch up with Rosemary Coates, host of the Frictionless podcast, and an expert on global supply chain management. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

According to Verusen's 2022 State of the Supply Chain Research, the top priority of supply chain industry leaders is reducing material supply risk to avoid unplanned production delays and outages.

Demand modeling and supply chain design are a potent combination of capabilities that will accelerate the ability to manage risk and resiliency-related challenges.

This Harvard Business Review briefing paper examines how leading companies are creating tremendous value by embracing these practices and captures insights from recognized thought leaders on building resilience and agility, which have become strategic differentiators.

Rosemary Coates and Kim Keusel discuss Navis software optimized ocean port, and rail yard operations.

On this episode, we visit with Stef Vermeiren and Marcela Perez on the digital transformation taking place in planning and forecasting. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

This eBook provides an overview of the technology trends and their opportunities, benefits, and use cases - and some key actions for implementation.

Control Tower technologies have and continue to evolve, solutions vary widely in scope and depth, with systems traditionally only spanning transportation functions, but next-generation platforms are taking a far more holistic approach.

When a multi-national FMCG Healthcare company approached DSV, a top global transport and logistics company, it had just opened a new warehouse, what the client needed was a concept DSV came to call freight management services.

This case story is about how DSV, a logistics service provider, used the MPO platform to optimize their healthcare industry client's complex Fast Moving Consumer Goods supply chain.

To better navigate vendor offerings, you need a thorough understanding of a control tower and its capabilities.

In this Value Matrix, Nucleus provides a snapshot of the market based on how vendors are delivering value to customers through the usability and functionality of their software, the Value Matrix also captures the direction vendors are headed relative to the rest of the market with respect to the investments they are making today that promise to deliver value in the future.

Companies are trying all manner of ways to rid themselves of bloated inventories at a time when they typically build inventory for the end-of-year holiday season. How did they find themselves in such a mess?

The MIT CTL Supply Chain Design Initiative conducts innovative research to help companies adopt new supply chain design paradigms.

Logistics as a service providers employ logistics professionals to manage a company’s transportation network including freight for multiple modes, and inbound/outbound logistics from production facilities to warehouses, retailers, and end users/consumers. Download this paper and learn how logistics experts can reduce spending, save time, and increase company profits.