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…Paper Company in Austria as an Import/Export Analyst; and Baystate Shippers as an Assistant Pricing Manager. Huntley holds an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). He also holds a dual Undergraduate Degree in International Business and Transportation/Logistics Management from Northeastern University. He has also completed a Graduate Certificate in Logistics/Supply Chain Management from Northeastern University, graduating with Honors for all three degrees that he holds. Steve has been a guest speaker at various undergraduate and graduate Supply Chain Management classes at Northeastern as well as other logistics and supply chain-related events.
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…profession think and act - and to give today’s supply chain leaders a feel for their eventual successors - Supply Chain Management Review interviewed four up and coming 30-something managers from varied backgrounds and supply chain specializations. What did we find? Yes, some have indeed job-hopped; yet others have been with one employer all of their working lives. They are digitally savvy, but they are also business savvy and highly engaged. They are ambitious, but realistic. Perhaps most notably for the health of the profession, they exhibit strong streaks of outreach and collaboration and a commitment to supply chain management.…
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…an analytics group (AG) will become part of your supply chain organization at some point soon. This type of resource is attracting more interest partly in response to the increasing complexity and strategic importance of supply chains. Other drivers are the growing volume of market data that companies need to interpret and the availability of more sophisticated analytical tools. One can think of this development as the next logical step after the arrival of technologies such as RFID that capture movement and other types of data for shipments and inventory. Where there was once a paucity of data there is…
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…News Editor for Logistics Management, Modern Materials Handling, and Supply Chain Management Review, spoke in-depth with Parisa Sadrzadeh, Flexport SVP of SMB Product & Technology, and Ben Gordon, founder and managing partner of Cambridge Capital, and managing partner of Ben Gordon Strategic Advisors. Sadrzadeh and Ben Gordon provide their view of the acquisition and the implications of integrating Shopify Logistics' to expand Flexports global services into last-mile and e-commerce fulfillment solutions. Dave Clark, CEO of Flexport emphasized how the acquisition of Shopify Logistics and Deliverr will help Flexport “to level the playing field for small business,” observing how in the…
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…last post I focused on the pitfalls associated with supply chain KPI and metrics development. In this post, I’ll cover how businesses can improve their supply chain measurement processes by avoiding the common pitfalls by keeping in mind a few simple hints. 1. Don’t start by asking for a list of everyone’s metrics You don’t need to create a collection of all things measurable. With massive amounts of new (and sometimes big) data being added to corporate databases every day, the permutations will grow and the questions that can be asked simply become more confusing. Start fresh and start at…
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…ad benchmarking problems for Shippers, Carriers, and Brokers. Chad earned a B.S. in Economics from Radford University and an MBA in Supply Chain from the University of South Florida and lives in the Tampa area with his wife and three children.
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…in New York City and buy a dress. For supply chain and logistics professionals, delivery within 2-3 hours requires a completely new way of thinking about inventories and logistics. Called “Ji Su Da” or “fast delivery” by Alibaba’s affiliate Cainiao and its competitor, JD.com. These services pick up goods and immediately deliver them to the buyer. Getting a network of delivery agents to provide this service cost effectively is no easy task. It requires extensive networks of computerized dispatch and monitoring equipment, on-ramping of new retailers and drivers, billing systems and smart-phone platforms to name a few. Ji Su Da…
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…salary upgrades. Those managers tenacious enough to grab an MBA lead the pack with triple-figure salaries approaching $144,000 in the median range, followed by grads with other advanced degrees earning $133,375. In fact, taking a break from business routine to pursue an advanced degree in logistics makes good sense, say some academic leaders. Dr. Bruce Arntzen, executive director of the supply chain management program at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics found this year’s Salary Survey results compelling for that very reason. “As far as the value of an advanced education, our program is the ‘poster child’ for that,”…
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…isn’t always right. The same can be said of supply chain management. Since it was first introduced in 1982, supply chain management has experienced a series of transformations. Initially seen as a better way of reducing costs and leveraging resources, it has gone from being a function (purchasing, for example) to being a cross-functional, strategic capability. More importantly, it is now transforming from an art - something that is learned only through trial, error, and experience - to a science. A hallmark of science is the continuous testing of commonly held beliefs. These beliefs often take the form of conventional…
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…transportation playing field, guaranteeing that all parties in the supply chain equation are using the same sets of rating data. Accurate, dependable benchmark rates are derived through robust pricing studies of the dynamic domestic LTL market - products of exhaustive market analysis, carefully crafted equations, expert data science and decades of LTL experience. These continually updated base rates provide the entire marketplace with easier contract rate maintenance. A baseline rate enables shippers to process rates offered by a wide range of motor carriers utilized throughout the market, maintaining control of their internal pricing system. Large and small shippers also benefit…
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…been widely embraced by businesses seeking to optimize their supply chains for performance and cost savings. “Kuebix’s technology, vision and dynamic team are generating a tremendous amount of excitement in the marketplace,” stated Dan Clark, Kuebix Founder and President. “This market buzz has helped us to attract the most talented individuals from the finance, management consulting, engineering, and business development industries to lead our departments and fuel our continued growth.” Rich Forcier (pictured right) is CFO with extensive expertise in finance, administration, corporate strategy and business operations. He has helped grow businesses that have both recurring SaaS and transaction business…
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…with and have helped the global acceleration of the supply base and the procurement organization. Thus, procurement organizations are facing a new set of challenges, including: Managing a growing work load – and more complex tasks Managing a diverse and disperse global procurement team Recruiting, training and retaining procurement and sourcing professionals With procurement exerting more influence on everyday business outcomes, procurement talent and talent management is steadily rising as the strategic solution to driving the procurement needle in the right direction. IBM’s Institute for Business Value (IBV) recently conducted a Chief Procurement Officer Study, one of the largest known…
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…firm. He holds an A.B. in Government and an MBA from Harvard University. “Tableau has that rare combination of a passionate customer base, leading products, amazingly talented people, dedication to technology innovation, and momentum in the market. The company is positioned to become the new world standard in analytics. I'm honored to join the leadership team and all the great people that have fueled Tableau's disruption of business analytics. As we add capabilities for our customers, deepen our enterprise presence, and expand into the cloud, our mission remains unchanged - to help people see and understand their data.” John McAdam,…
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…cylinders and pumping out jobs like a fire hose. Supply chain areas like transportation and logistics have in particular reported robust hiring and some difficulties in finding skilled workers. On the other hand, anecdotal reports from recent master’s degree graduates as well as experienced workers in supply chain management indicates a market in which it is still very difficult to gain job interviews. What’s happening under the employment hood? Let’s take a look. The December 2018 payroll report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 4, 2019 indicated an unemployment rate of 3.9 percent, and the number…
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…need strategies (or slide decks or other artifacts of MBA thinking). Rather, breakout products require a “technical insight” that amounts to a “new way of applying technology or design that either drives down the cost or increases the functions and usability of a product by a significant factor.” This meta-algorithm is used to explain why some products have been successful (such as Gmail) and others “flatlined” (such as “iGoogle, Desktop, Notebook, Sidewiki, Knol, Health, even the popular Reader”). While the scale of Google and the strength of the brand allowed every new product to achieve some traction, the data showed…