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Chris Caplice remembers a time when supply chain professionals got the necessary credentials and then proceeded to enjoy their careers without needing much additional education or training. “Those days are gone,” says Caplice, executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. “Credentials are no longer a ‘one stop and done’ kind of thing, like degrees have historically been. Now it’s a continual, lifelong learning journey.” As part of that lifelong journey, supply chain professionals are earning certifications, getting credentialed, earning degrees, and taking online courses that help them stay current on specific topics and applications. As the supply…
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…long string of technology pundits who confidently predicted that supply chain RFID tracking would conquer and re-shape the global logistics industry. Ironically, the supply chain holy grail that RFID was supposed to deliver is now within reach - though RFID isn’t necessarily part of the technology that is making it possible. That holy grail is called “end-to-end visibility.” It means awareness of the location and condition of every product and component, all the way back to upstream suppliers. New tracking technologies have filled gaps in supply chain visibility. But more importantly, new information technology is capable of analyzing the torrent…
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…career path for new and seasoned professionals; trends in supply chain/logistics employment; and hard (technical) vs soft (branding) skills development. Joe Tillman is the manager of education programs for SMC3. Joe has a keen interest in all things supply chain and uses his high-energy approach to life to author articles and write blogs for industry publications, and to speak to supply chain industry conferences and groups. He has more than 100 published articles in various publications, including our own Supply Chain Management Review and Logistics Management, among others. Prior to joining SMC³, he co-led the Warehousing Education and Research Council’s…
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…the list of things that keeps distribution, transportation and supply chain managers up at night. After all, those are the items by which we are most often measured when bonuses are handed out. But at every industry conference I have attended in the last year, the paucity of talent has been topic number one. That was true at ProMat last January, at the MHI fall meeting, and at the APICS and CSCMP annual conferences. It could explain why supply chain management is the hot new MBA, according to the Wall Street Journal, or why it was the leading topic of…
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…president and CEO of E2open, an Austin, Texas-based connected supply chain software platform services provider. Farlekas provided Berman with an overview of logistics and supply trends and themes, including: a look at the freight economy; the impact of the import decline on U.S. port throughput; and supply chain diversification and resilience, among others Michael Farlekas Michael Farlekas joined E2open in 2015 as CEO. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company’s overall operations, with direct oversight of sales, marketing, professional services, research and development, and strategy. Michael brings to E2open more than 20 years of sales, marketing and…
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…of the most successful global brands to follow. In supply chain management context, they has demonstrated operational excellence that leads them to supply chain hall of fame. In this article, we will explain to you how they do it. Background “Samsung” in Korean language means “3 stars” or “tri stars”. At first, they had a strong root in trading business. Later, they took the diversification strategy and entered electronic industry by producing black-and-white TV set. Anyway, the rise of Samsung started when Lee Kun-Hee succeeded his father as a second chairman of the company. During 1990s, he noticed that many…
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…in Fall semester 2018: a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management (BSSCM) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). “We’re excited to grow the university’s portfolio of business degree options for students looking to advance their careers and specialize in specific, in-demand disciplines,” said Dr. Lisa Philips, Assistant Dean of Business Programs. “As with all LAPU programs, these new degrees have been designed by professionals who are subject matter experts in their fields. In the case of Supply Chain Management, that includes senior management from companies like Amazon.” The BSSCM program builds on a core of business courses in…
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Given the enormous size of the entire supply chain market, verticals (and the start-ups within) are mostly discussed in isolation. I thought it would be interesting to examine start-ups in relation to the supply chain as a whole and soon noticed a pattern. Companies fell into one of three buckets: technology enabled, software infrastructure or automation infrastructure and each bucket seemed loosely tied to particular verticals. For more detail on the framework, I’ve defined the categories below. Technology Enabled Business models that easily integrate into a supply chain network and are generally characterized by a high service component and transactional…
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Third-Party Providers Navigate Supply Chain Technology Trends Technology partners with a long-game approach to development and implementation understand that trends come and go, and it can make little sense to heavily invest in trumpeted technological advancements just because they’re “the new thing.” While technological advancement brings with it solutions that can revolutionize how businesses in the supply chain interact, it’s important for all stakeholders to be a little bit skeptical when any company introduces a supposedly game-changing new technology. First Adopters of New Technology 3PLs are typically the first adopters of new technology, as a huge part of their value…
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…have had to adapt with respect to COVID-19 related supply chain challenges since the pandemic began, such as coping with ‘surprise peak season’ conditions due to the sudden rise in online sales, while having fewer workers available due to COVID-19 protocols and required social distancing measures. Looking at the distribution of the vaccine from a volume perspective does not seem particularly challenging, especially considering the e-commerce volume the U.S. has already been managing. However, we are facing a whole new set of requirements: transporting as fast as possible at a constant extreme temperature, while the vaccine is being kept safe…
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…freight economy, inflation, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the e-commerce supply chain, and others. Michael McLary was named CEO of Ascend in January. Before joining Ascend, McLary, held multiple positions at Amazon, including the President of Truckload Brokerage in the North American network, growing the carrier base. He was also Amazon’s Head of Truckload Sales, leading a team dedicated to selling Amazon’s growing backhaul network. Before Amazon, McLary spent 17 years at UPS running international and domestic US businesses before becoming the Global Head of Strategy for International Package and Supply Chain. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from George…
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World’s Best-Paid MBA Graduates As reported by Bloomberg, a new survey of the 20 best-paid graduate business schools found that the top 11 are all in the U.S. The Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came out on top, with a median salary and bonus of $286,000, according to a survey from Emolument.com, a crowdsourced site for benchmarking salaries. Read: Logistics Management 33rd Annual Salary Survey Graduate programs at Harvard and the University of Chicago finished second and third respectively. Europe’s highest-placed school, the INSEAD business school in Fontainebleau, France, came in 12th place overall. Its…
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…means spending great sums of money to obtain an MBA. Online certification, for example, is being offered by even the most esteemed universities as a way to help executives move up the corporate ladder. This year’s results—based on 1,262 qualified LM reader respondents—indicate that 60 percent did see a salary increase in 2012. Of that number, the median raise was 3 percent with the average raise coming in as high as 6 percent. According to Judd Aschenbrand, director of research for PRG, the “median” metric is the one to watch, as it paints a more accurate picture of today’s marketplace.…
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…New Chief Executive Officer Elemica, the leading cloud-based Digital Supply Network for the global process industries, has announced David Muse (pictured above) as its new chief executive officer (CEO). In his new role, David will drive Elemica’s long-term vision, and strategy as the company continues to offer innovative and world-class software solutions to leading enterprise customers globally. Muse will also oversee daily operations and has been appointed to Elemica’s board of directors. “Elemica enables clients to achieve the visibility and interoperability needed for world-class supply chain operations. Elemica’s suite of SaaS products is critical to connecting these leading global companies…
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…think creatively about ways to more strategically manage the supply base and continue to drive unnecessary costs from everyday purchases. The task of sourcing and procurement professionals is to find an effective means to balance the demands of both internal and external customers with economic considerations while taking into account the potential for supply disruption and technological change. The challenge is to establish both the philosophy and practice of an integrated supply system as part of the firm’s strategic positioning. Strategic purchasing involves finding ways to use supplier capabilities to drive sales, leverage the purchasing spend to achieve and/or maintain…