eft Weekly Newsletter 25th September 2014
Supply Chain Darlings; Silicon Valley Supply Chains; 3PL Contracts Renewal; KPI issues
There is so much good content in this week’s newsletter that I really don’t know where to begin…..so instead, I will just recommend that you peruse the headlines below and digest what is of interest to you, and maybe forward this newsletter on to your colleagues and partners in case its something that they would like to subscribe to (which they can at www.eft.com)
As well as great original content, eft also produces great original business conferences focussed solely on supply chain and logistics. Please take a look at www.eft.com/events for a list of the 7 remaining 2014 events happening on 3 different continents. If you have never been to an eft event, or even taken a look at the agenda’s or speaker lists then it may be worth spending a few minutes now online – I’m sure you will find some interesting networking opportunities or educational sessions for you (and your customers/partners/colleagues….so share it ;0))
Kind Regards,
Chris Saynor
CEO, eft
New This Week:
The Role of Start-ups in the Hi-tech Supply Chain - Infographic
We’re entering our 8th year of work with the hi-tech supply chain community in the Bay Area. As you’re well aware, one of the biggest drivers in the area is ‘the start-up’. In an effort to better understand the role of such companies in the hi-tech supply chain community, eft have gathered some key facts in order to understand the role start-ups play in hi-tech supply chain.
Economy Heats Up Transport Demand
The economy continues to heat up while the temperatures cool down this fall season. Along with economic growth there is a greater demand on our nation’s transportation capacity.
Why are 3PL Contracts Renewed?
eft is conducting its annual survey of 3PL provider-customer relationships to help understand much of the thinking behind how 3PL relationships have evolved
Brazil: The Road Better Taken?
Brazil’s performance in the 2014 Emerging Markets survey mirrors real life – a dividing narrative is pitching Brazil’s potential against its failure to overcome chronic problems
Supply Chains Darlings – 6 Supply Chains the Industry Has Obsessed Over - #6, Dell
eft's 1st piece of content for the ‘Darling Supply Chains’ – the companies that tend to dominate the headlines of the supply chain world every-so-often for their innovative thinking, and re-imagination of the industry.
Have you Seen These Tricks with KPIs?
"Almost all KPIs are suspect till you get to the depth of how they are defined, how they are calculated, how the data is collected and analysed"
Overall U.S. freight outlook tonnage will rise nearly 25% and revenues from that freight will surge above 70% over the next decade, per the latest long-term freight forecast released by the American Trucking Assns. (ATA)
Borderless shopping with Borderfree
E-commerce is expanding, worldwide. McKinsey has predicted that by 2020, 15% of e-commerce will be cross-border. Whereas today consumers still form only a small niche market for the global parcel-delivery companies, in 2020 as many as half of the deliveries worldwide will be for consumers.
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