Supply Chain Optimization

Gartner Theatre Session—Innovative Strategies in SCM

Gartner Theatre Session ProvisionAi and Kimberly-Clark

The ever-evolving world of supply chain management consistently demands innovation and efficiency, particularly in bridging the gap between planning and execution. At the forefront of this transformative wave is ProvisionAi, a leading provider of ...

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Norfolk Southern is Under Attack

Activist investor Ancora Holdings is trying to put seven directors on the Norfolk Southern (NS) board, claiming that NS has significantly and consistently underperformed its peers. Ancora has been joined by three unions and GlassLewis, a proxy ...

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Strategies in SCM: Kimberly-Clark and ProvisionAi's

Gartner Theatre Session May 6th with Ron Sweet and Tom Moore

Introduction The ever-evolving world of supply chain management consistently demands innovation and efficiency, particularly in bridging the gap between planning and execution. At the forefront of this transformative wave is ProvisionAi, a leading ...

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Results from JB Hunt tell the Transportation Story

Intermodal

The following table shows year-over-year changes in JB Hunt results: Going to Gartner? See us at Exhibit Booth 718 and see Ron Sweet talk about Kimberly Clark’s journey to savings using LevelLoad at 1:35 on Monday, May 6th. Also, we recorded ...

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The Supply Chain in Graphs

The Supply Chain in Graphs

There is still real pressure on freight rates. According to Uber Freight, carriers look for an increase in the first round of negotiations. That increase has gone by round 2. As you can see, carriers are leaving the business faster than new ...

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Cashing in on Clean Energy + Diesel Prices to Rise Rapidly

The Department of Energy is giving KraftHeinz $170 million for heat pumps and biogas boilers at 10 plants. Others may want to investigate how they can get this kind of money. Oil prices are up. On Friday, Crude oil was nearly $87 a barrel, up ~20% ...

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Strategies for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Food Companies

Trucks at loading docks

The article from Food Engineering discusses strategies for food companies to reduce carbon emissions, focusing on immediate practices like optimizing truck loads to ship fewer trucks and reducing empty miles trucks travel. It also touches on ...

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How our Client Kimberly-Clark Optimizes Transportation

How our Client Kimberly-Clark Optimizes Transportation

“Kimberly-Clark fully deployed the platform (LevelLoad) across all North American operations; as a result of both the process improvements and new technology, it reduced variability daily by 40%, particularly in locations where production plants are ...

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Join ProvisionAi for Tom Moore and Jake Barr's high energy Live Stream

Supply Chain Now Live Stream April 18 Noon EST

Join ProvisionAi for Tom Moore and Jake Barr's high-energy Live Stream on Supply Chain Now on Thursday, April 18th at 12 Noon EST. Listen to Tom and Jake take a deep dive into the most demanding challenges in his successful 33-year supply chain ...

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Speedier Government and the Problem of Cargo Theft

In California, a large retailer took 4 1/2 years from “start" to "get the keys" for a new facility. Why? Permit delays are a large factor. Pennsylvania has come up with a novel solution: every state agency has a strict timeline for issuing permits. ...

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