Do you know what the invasion of
Normandy, the Red Ball Express, any successful business venture all have in common?
The ability to mobilize assets effectively, seamless communications and a fully realized supply chain.

By the end of November 1944, approximately 300,000 tons of
supplies were delivered to troops on the front lines. At its height they moved
over 12,000 tons of cargo a day. Giving birth to the first visible supply chain.
A well-structured, regulated and proven process driven
infrastructure will produce positive results. Moving products produced independently
or obtained through an external infrastructure to where they are needed without
interruption or delay defines success and failure.
A lot has changed since 1944 but the objective
of supply chain has not. It is a service oriented venture companies provide to
customers because… well, logistics are difficult on a good day and a nightmare
when it’s not.
Commitment to working smarter, faster and better each time a
transaction is made, enables the ability to receive an order, kit it, package,
palletize it and ship it to its final destination. On time and without
interruption.

Predictive analytics anticipate the changing conditions on
the front lines and encourages a continuous innovation. Information supply
chains need to adapt to an ever-evolving business environment. But without innovators
like the men of the Red Ball Express and their attention to detail, innovation
and planning for the modern supply chains would not have had the kick start to
be where we are today.
Because industry is ever changing, and boardroom wars are won
and lost by the leveraging of innovations.
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