IBM faced greater risk of supply disruption as sourcing activities stretched further and became more complex. No single tool gave the company the comprehensive analysis and protection it wanted, so it developed its own.
Much of the business of Levand Steel & Supply Corp. centers around getting counterweights to the world's largest mining-equipment makers. A recent delivery, by barge, posed some unusual challenges for the 3PL.
The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the industrial manufacturing industry. Learn how industrial manufacturing companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.
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