Supply Chain Management and Logistics Blog. Posts are about end-to-end supply chain management and logistics in a time of challenging disruption. Tom provides leading supply chain management and logistics consulting and advisory assistance based on real-world experience. He brings authority and domain expertise to clients. Email Tom at: tomc@ltdmgmt.com Check Tom's profile at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomcraig1/
Friday, August 31, 2018
ACCOUNTING AND SUPPLY CHAIN VELOCITY
WAREHOUSES AND MID-SIZE MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS
A Supply Chain challenge for mid-size retailers & CPG manufacturers is Warehouse Alignment. The need for more warehouses for Order Delivery Velocity yet the volumes struggle to justify the number of warehouses needed.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OR TRAFFIC & WAREHOUSING
SUPPLY CHAIN DISCONNECT AND OCEAN CARRIERS
The disconnect between what #BCO buyers of #OceanTransport need for #SupplyChainVelocity and what ocean carriers are offering is a serious performance issue.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
WHERE IS MY ORDER?
Where's my order? Is this what your #ecommerce customers say? Do you lack #OrderDeliveryVelocity? Did you transform your #SupplyChain to have velocity? If "no" to these, it may be fair to ask why you are selling online.
Monday, August 20, 2018
DISRUPTION IN LOGISTICS AND IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
In a time of turbulence and disruption for #logistics and for #SupplyChainManagement is stay the course a wise approach?
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
WAREHOUSES AND INVENTORY TRAPS
The #NewSupplyChain requires #velocity. #SupplyChains were traditionally built around #Warehouses which can be an #Inventory trap--which are the nemesis of velocity.
Monday, August 13, 2018
CONTAINER LINES VERSUS SUPPLY CHAIN / INVENTORY VELOCITY
How do you direct an international #SupplyChain when you cannot depend on the service of a critical #logistics provider, #ContainerLines? The impact on #inventory and #InventoryVelocity!
BLOCKCHAIN FOR LOGISTICS / BLOCKCHAIN FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Thinking that stories of #blockchain for #logistics and #SupplyChainManagement seem like variations of #TrackAndTrace.
SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION AND INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
SUPPLY CHAIN VELOCITY AND SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY
Achieving #SupplyChainVelocity and #InventoryVelocity requires understanding that #SupplyChainComplexity--
* #SupplyChains are not linear. That is a myth.
* There are Supply Chains within Supply Chains.
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