Top Logistics Trends in 2006
January 9, 2007 by Splatty
Filed under Supply Chain Management
Dan Gilmore of scdigest.com has just released his picks for the ”Top 10 Supply Chain Trends for 2006″.
Here they are in reverse order:
10. Voice Technology in Distribution Goes Mainstream: Technology becoming commonplace in distribution centers.
9. Labor Unions at an Inflection Point: Corporations putting a squeeze on manufacturing unions, but political environment has suddenly changed.
8. Concern over Commodities: Companies trying desperately to lock in supply and prices
7. Continued Supply Chain Vendor Consolidation: Still more merger mania, as choices for users shrink
6. The Perfect Storm Blew Over: The crisis in transportation took a brief pause
5. Focus on Risk Management: Mitigating risk in the supply chain becomes board level concern
4. Supply Chain Icons Stub Their Toes: Wal-Mart and Dell have a tough year on Wall Street and elsewhere
3. RFID Slows – but Grows: Adoption is slower, but better
2. Global Supply Chain Gets Serious: When it comes to global supply chain, you better be good.
1. The “Greening” of the Supply Chain: The environmentally-friendly supply chain came on huge in 2006.
Read the entire article for an in depth explanation of each trend.
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