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Predictive Analytics: Supply Chain’s Cloudy Crystal Ball

Enterra Insights

Not surprisingly, companies that employ advanced analytics to improve decision making and execution have the results to show for it.”. One of the new tools available to decision makers is predictive analytics. Leveraging predictive analytics is as close as business leaders will come to having a crystal ball.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. made that prediction in 2008 (see the Barron’s article What $300-a-Barrel Oil Will Mean for You ). 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 million bbl/d in 2015.” . Charles Maxwell, a well-known analyst at Weeden & Co.,

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This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

MercuryGate extends invoicing and document management solution with HubTran integration. SAP Launches Enhanced Supply Chain Execution Software for Faster Logistics Planning. HighJump Partners with Advantage2Retail to Bring Best-of-Breed Warehousing Software to Retailers. Paragon Software Systems Introduces Route Control.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 23-27, 2015)

Talking Logistics

DHL launches next phase Resilience360 risk management tool to help customers avoid global disasters. Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – January 2015. The company announced this week enhanced new capabilities to its risk management solution Resilience360. enVista Announces Record Revenue for 2014. in January.

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The New JDA: Focused on the 3PL Industry (Takeaways from FOCUS 2015 Conference)

Talking Logistics

That’s how JDA Software’s CEO, Baljit Dail, summarized the feedback he was getting from customers and partners at FOCUS 2015 , the company’s user conference held last month in Orlando, FL, which had more than 2,000 attendees from 30 countries. “It feels like a new JDA.”. Not all customers and prospects are created equal.

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6 Questions To Ask 3rd Party Logistics Companies for 2015 and Beyond

GlobalTranz

Fortunately, selecting a 3PL for 2015 and beyond can be broken down into six specific questions. Trucking companies expanded into providing wholesome solutions for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), and shipping intermediaries were trying to make shippers collaborate to move existing shipments towards capacity per haul.

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Logistics Cost Reduction: 6 Focuses to Create More Profit

GlobalTranz

In this first part, I will focus on 6 places that you can apply to your organization to reduce costs and increase profit. According to the CSCMP's "State of Logistics" Report from 2015, logistics costs now make up over 8% of the GDP. Logistics Cost Reduction by Focusing on Safety. Focus on Labor Costs.