Companies committed to reducing transportation spend should get their year started off right by assessing their company’s transportation in order to identify changes that make an appreciable difference and then decide which are worth the effort. There are five steps in a transportation self-assessment that can put your company on the right track.
Last week, SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore highlighted supply chain predictions for 2017 from a number of supply chain gurus in our virtual panel. The second half of his two part column series will run this week, with more summaries from rest of our panel.
Jim Barnes, CEO of consulting and software firm enVista, offered some predictions for the retail supply chain. As usual, Barnes had some provocative things to say.
2016 was a major year in the supply chain industry. Here are some of the biggest, most important, and popular stories from last year.
Indianapolis-based supply chain and consulting IT services firm enVista assisted the nonprofit group Outreach Inc. in its mission to help homeless young men and women achieve stability and life transformation. enVista employees collected 51 brand-new coats, 60 hats, and 60 pairs of gloves for the group’s clients and worked three shifts to serve Thanksgiving dinner to 150 people.
enVista first partnered with Spot approximately 6 years ago. It has seen substantial growth, and this past fall, it was time to move offices and complete a hardware refresh to make sure it could keep accomplishing its goals.
