Tag Archives: supply chains

Understanding the 2017 Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings

Again Dan Gilmore skewers the Gartner top 25 supply chain ratings.  For me the most disturbing thing is that being a Gartner client is probably the surest way to get on it.

And you have to get past the idea that only large companies, and relatively light on assets ones, have the best supply chains.  Managing the assets is what logistics is about.  Whether it is good to have them or not should not be a factor– it is just a different set of skills one develops.

Supply Chain Digest LogoDissecting this Year’s List, as Now Amazon Joins the ”Hall of Fame”

Source: Understanding the 2017 Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings

FMC plan for pilot information portal fails Senate funding

Not everyone thinks assembling big data is a good idea! Perhaps they have alternative facts.

I just subscribed to this source. Even though they do not disclose who they are, it might provide interesting information.

  Labor-related concerns were cited by the Senate, but the project will likely move forward without the funding.

Source: FMC plan to develop pilot information portal fails to receive Senate funding | Supply Chain Dive

U.S. Ports Upbeat on Container Volumes

Some US ports are flourishing…

Maritime Executive Logo   Import volumes at major container ports in the U.S. are projected to rise 4.7 percent in the first half of 2017 compared with the same period a year

Source: U.S. Ports Upbeat on Container Volumes