What’s the Real Story Behind Recent U.S. LTL Rates?
By Rob Achtzehn | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics The Chainalytics & Cowen Research truckload (TL) transportation demand index has continued to trend lower over the past few months....
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By Mayur Vamanan | Director of Consulting | Chainalytics India The much awaited Constitution Amendment Bill to institute a single Goods & Service Tax (GST) to replace over a dozen disparate taxes...
View ArticleWe’re Heading Into Transportation Budgeting Season…Where’s My Crystal Ball?
By Matt Harding | Vice President, Freight Market Intelligence Consortium | Chainalytics | Every year around September or October, the emails and random phone calls start. “Matt, what are rates going to...
View ArticleWhy in the World Would You Want an Audit? Relax. This One Works on Your Behalf
by Rob Kaszubowski | CPP, Senior Packaging Engineer | Chainalytics The tiny little word “audit” has a lot of power: It sends chills down the spines of strong men and women alike. But in the case of...
View ArticleInvesting in a new TMS? Here’s How to Prioritize Your Business Requirements
By Kirk Graves | Senior Manager Transportation | Chainalytics There are many compelling reasons for a company to invest in a new TMS. The reasons vary from business to business but most often, they’re...
View ArticleFour S&OP Pitfalls to Avoid for Supply Chain Success
By Sami Salminen, Manager, Chainalytics Let’s be honest. All Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) implementers have failed projects–especially as they begin their journey to S&OP maturity....
View ArticleJoin Chainalytics at APICS 2016 Supply Chain Conference
By Jonathan Whitaker, Principal, Managed Analytics Services, Chainalytics Chainalytics is actively involved with providing Supply Chain Reference Model (SCOR™) training for many of our customers, so...
View ArticleFive Supply Chain Changes that Prompt a New Off-Season Packaging Workout Plan
by Rob Kaszubowski, CPP | Senior Packaging Engineer | Chainalytics Fall is in the air and football season is officially underway. But how well has all the hard off-season work paid off? The first few...
View ArticleGood to the Last Mile
Bryan Wyatt | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics The term “last mile” originated outside our industry. In fact, it comes from the telecommunications industry and refers to the installation...
View ArticleJoin Chainalytics at APICS 2016 Supply Chain Conference
By Jonathan Whitaker, Principal, Managed Analytics Services, Chainalytics Chainalytics is actively involved with providing Supply Chain Reference Model (SCOR™) training for many of our customers, so...
View ArticleFive Supply Chain Changes that Prompt a New Off-Season Packaging Workout Plan
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View ArticleGood to the Last Mile
Bryan Wyatt | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics The term “last mile” originated outside our industry. In fact, it comes from the telecommunications industry and refers to the installation...
View ArticleIs Statistical Forecasting Making Your Demand Plan Better or Worse?
By Pekka Hakkinen | Principal | Chainalytics Demand planning is the first and perhaps most-important planning phase in any end-to-end sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. It’s also key to...
View ArticleHow to Design Successful “Swachh Bharat” (Clean India) Supply Chains
By Vikas Argod | Manager, Supply Chain Operations | and | Sivaram Murthy | Sr. Consultant, Integrated Demand & Supply Planning | Chainalytics “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” — also known as the “Clean...
View ArticleECT or Mullen Burst: Which Packaging Works Best in Your Supply Chain?
By Rich Lindgren, Senior Packaging Engineer, Chainalytics If you’re confounded about the relative merits of edge-crush test (ECT) corrugated board vs. Mullen Burst-grade corrugated board from a...
View ArticleSupply Chain Success in India: How to Choose the Right Site Locations
Karthik Ravikumar | Manager, Supply Chain Design | and | Prateek Chauhan | Manager, Supply Chain Strategy & Operations | Chainalytics Site selection–choosing the right siting location(s) from a mix...
View ArticleOmni-Channel Packaging: It’s What’s on the Outside that Counts
By Bryan Wyatt | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics In today’s omni-channel marketplace, retailers are expected to provide a wide variety of delivery options to customers in order to remain...
View ArticleEuropean Supply Chains: Challenges Ahead!
By Erik Diks | Managing Director, Europe | Chainalytics In October 2016, a team of supply chain experts met in Amsterdam at the Chainalytics Executive Roundtable to discuss the complex web of global,...
View ArticleIs Your Packaging Too Functional?
By Bob Fiedler, CPP, Fellow, Chainalytics Packaging is designed to contain, protect and communicate. But in some instances, the actual product itself does a better job of addressing these functions all...
View ArticleWhat Happens After the Holiday Fulfillment Fun is Over?
By Irv Grossman | Executive Vice President, Americas | Chainalytics With Black Friday behind us and Cyber Week in full swing, the 2016 holiday shopping season is off to a great start. Fortune announced...
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