Commentary
Seeing Around the Next Bend
Global supply networks involve many partners and recent shocks have shown how quickly a single disruption can ripple through the system. Traditional visibility stitched together data from transportation, warehouse, and enterprise systems and augmented it with GPS or RFID tags; those tools provide only snapshots of past movements.
Are Humans in “The Loop” of Your Future-fit Strategy?
I recently counseled a stealth startup on its go-to-market strategy. It’s a familiar story—Silicon Valley-based, computer science DNA, venture capital funding, and an ambition to jump on the AI train and automate backend processes better than predecessors.
Foresight and Flexibility: Winning in a Constrained Semiconductor Market
Amidst a memory chip shortage, maintaining a long-term view on cost versus continuity will not only weather this cycle but gain a competitive advantage in the market that follows.
Case Studies
Lush Gets a Store-Level Inventory Control Makeover
Lush, the cosmetics company known for its fresh and handmade products, has experienced tremendous growth. Across the globe, it boasts more than 850 store locations, including more than 250 in North America.
Mastering the Last Mile of Premium, Perishable Food
For the past decade, Crowd Cow has partnered with ethical farms, fisheries and other food producers from around the world to source sustainable, quality beef, seafood, pork, and other items. By sourcing from small farms and managing the processing, Crowd Cow can bring its products to many consumers who otherwise might not have access to them. At the same time, Crowd Cow offers many of its suppliers a customer base they might struggle to reach.
Humble Bragg: Ashton Roberts Bridges Sales, Supply Chain, and B Corp
RESPONSIBILITIES: Implementing data-driven forecasting models, enhancing supplier partnerships, leveraging technology to increase agility and reduce waste, and modernizing the company’s supply chains without compromising quality or values. EXPERIENCE: Manager of supply chain and analytics, senior supply chain analyst, supply chain analyst, all with Bragg; research analyst life cycle, carbon, and zero energy, New Buildings Institute; […]
How-To
10 Tips for Improving Yard Visibility
Transportation and warehouse activities may be well tracked, but once a trailer enters the yard, visibility breaks down. Improving visibility is not a data problem but an operating model problem, requiring a system governing how work is planned, executed, measured, and improved—making visibility actionable rather than merely descriptive.
10 Tips for Deploying AI in Your Supply Chain
Artificial intelligence can transform the supply chain. Because the infrastructure already exists, adoption can be quick—though it can be challenging to know where to start.
10 Tips for Improving Carrier Collaboration
In an era of constant disruption, businesses face unprecedented logistics challenges. To navigate these complexities, companies must strengthen collaboration with carriers.