Arena Solutions

JUNE 6, 2023

This year’s forum was all about harnessing the power of digital to help manufacturing companies improve efficiencies and deliver better products and services. LiveWorx demonstrated PTC’s commitment to delivering leading technology that transforms the development of physical products. We’re excited for the next conference!” -Ann

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 18, 2022

If you don’t already do it, build a strong narrative around your product. Most of your video content’s success rides on this aspect. Connect the problem or the opportunity your customer has with how your product solves it. On the other hand, platforms like Instagram Reels and TikTok are built for short-form video content.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2021

A generation accustomed to adopting the latest technology on social media, they want platforms with built-in communication for group collaboration and instant results of queries. It’s graduation season, so the hunt for critical supply chain talent is more vigorous than ever. Will you equip me for the journey?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

Any company shipping physical products today – whether to consumers or to other businesses – needs to meet higher service expectations, including faster order turnaround in the DC. In the past, a DC’s customer requirements, processes, products and other operating parameters evolved, but slowly.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 14, 2021

is built on two pillars: “1. Each product has a digital twin, where all aspects of the product and the production process would be accurately defined; and, 2. The product, based on its digital twin information, knows where to go to receive what treatment.” And what is 4.0 really about?”[2].

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The cold hard truth for many brands is that consumers are not going to purchase their products via the internet without a compelling value proposition.” It might be sharing information about a product to educate and inform a sale at a later date. It means direct, one-to-one conversations with consumers about products.”

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Kinaxis

JULY 25, 2016

Named one of Forbes top 10 most powerful people in 2013 , Duke built his expertise by learning from and interacting with everyone—from world leaders to first time Walmart customers. That means getting the information you need quickly in order to make an educated decision collaboratively and with context. Know Your Strengths.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 11, 2019

Some people have University degrees and some people have high school education. Manufacturing and Distribution based industries are obviously built on Supply Chain. Now as I look back on my career virtually everything I did falls under the banner of Supply Chain management. Something for Everyone! What Makes Supply Chain Special?

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Elementum

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Set those talented new grads up for success, and they’ll be your next movers-and-shakers, the get-s**t-done crew that every supply chain team desperately needs. Their success, though, depends on your ability to set them up for success. That’s why you see the list of “The Good” being 2x the bad. These things go hand-in-hand.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 2, 2017

Madhav’s experience and educational background show his passion and enthusiasm for supply chain and the role it plays in making the world a better place. He is also a strong asset and advocate to our customers as we enable their transformation by revolutionizing planning. I asked Madhav to share some insight with our readers.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Advanced forecasting is as much of an art based on experience in analyzing data and knowledge of the products, customers, and markets being forecasted as it is a science based on the application of algorithms and mathematics (see white paper 7 Methods that Improve Forecasting Accuracy ). How you play is who you are.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Early efforts revolved around education, building consensus, and developing financial business justification for improvement efforts. Planting the Seeds – Elements for F&B Success. I could keep going but you get the idea. The F&B supply chain is complex.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Leaders want to be customer-centric and adapt to drive growth, but the discussions quickly become political with a focus on the wrong discussion. While there is a raging debate on song intent— Was the goal of the song to celebrate a children’s story from Oliver Wilde about the loss of innocence or is it a statement about the use of drugs? —in

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Brand loyalty is a key factor in customer retention. Relying instead on Coronas strong brand equity, built upon consumer sentiment and a marketing campaign which has remained consistent for over 30 years. To really succeed in marketing craft beer and tell an authentic story, brewers need to thoroughly understand their customers.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 8, 2015

What techniques are applied to make it successful? More firms are implementing lean inventory management techniques to reduce costs, improve flexibility and have more time to focus on their customers. Pull (Lean principle: Kanban) : Move inventory only when requested by customer. What is Lean Inventory Management?

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Logility

JANUARY 26, 2017

The late consultant, educator, and author, Peter Drucker, is often quoted as saying "you can't manage what you can't measure.” I would take this a step further and say you can't know whether or not you are successful unless you have also defined what success is and track against that definition.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We have long seen academia as important to our success. Because our historic focus has been hiring R&D employees to work at our headquarters in Ottawa, we have built strong relationships with local institutions, including Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, the University of Waterloo, and Algonquin College.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For instance, an apparel store can prepare for the upcoming summer by using predictive analytics to identify products most likely to witness higher and lower sales and stock their shelves accordingly. ” dominated conversations across functions. Not anymore. What Is Predictive Analytics for Supply Chain?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Second, our business and the sustainability of our business is directly related to the economy and the success of American Manufacturers. The business was a small operation in the beginning with my father and three other employees helping pack and ship zippers to customers in Los Angeles. It's simple. Think about it for a second.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 18, 2022

Owning The Customer Experience with Larry Gordon. Larry Gordon and Joe Lynch discuss owning the customer experience. He has also been a successful angel investor in the energy and cloud spaces. Our “Client for Life” approach is built upon over 20 years of delivering rapid, meaningful, and lasting business value.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

By managing processes like planning, sourcing, production, and delivery, companies can reduce costs, safeguard against undue risk, and pivot quickly when faced with the unexpected. A strategy is bound to fail if you can’t define success. Strategy is a critical aspect of supply chain management.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 20, 2019

Improving efficiency and productivity. .”[1] TechTarget’s definition is a bit longer: “Business intelligence is a technology-driven process for analyzing data and presenting actionable information to help executives, managers and other corporate end users make informed business decisions. They are: Reducing costs.

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Requis

JUNE 25, 2020

She is a 15-year logistics veteran, educator, consultant, and an active volunteer with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). In my opinion, a successful career in supply chain is 50% about knowledge and experience, and 50% about people. Edge is very educational, it’s not just a tradeshow.

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RFgen

APRIL 24, 2016

By buying counterfeit products, consumers could be supporting criminal enterprises. Businesses often look at the dangers of counterfeit products from their own point of view. Recognizing how counterfeit products hurt consumers helps businesses communicate with the public. Counterfeits are a serious problem.

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RFgen

APRIL 24, 2016

By buying counterfeit products, consumers could be supporting criminal enterprises. Businesses often look at the dangers of counterfeit products from their own point of view. Recognizing how counterfeit products hurt consumers helps businesses communicate with the public. Counterfeits are a serious problem.

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ShipBob

MARCH 11, 2022

But today, multichannel retailing is a commonplace, which offers a multitude of options for brands to reach more customers than ever before. . 70% of business-to-consumer (B2C) companies find customers through Facebook. . Facebook provides multiple options for individuals and small business owners to sell products.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Companies of all sizes are now investing in product lifecycle management (PLM) software to gain better control of their product development processes and reach their commercialization targets. I sat down with Doug to learn about his team’s approach to onboarding Arena PLM customers and setting them up for success.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 9, 2022

And to be more efficient, manufacturers need to ensure that their workforce’s skillsets stay relevant, which means providing them with meaningful and continuous education and training. Understanding the product’s value will prevent their workforce from resorting to older, manual systems. An evolving workforce. Distribution.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 4, 2018

We have concluded the blockchain-based pilot shipping initiative with Perdue Farms, and we are happy to announce that it was a success. We have concluded the blockchain-based pilot shipping initiative with Perdue Farms, and we are happy to announce that it was a success. The past few months have been a whirlwind!

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 4, 2018

We have concluded the blockchain-based pilot shipping initiative with Perdue Farms, and we are happy to announce that it was a success. We have concluded the blockchain-based pilot shipping initiative with Perdue Farms, and we are happy to announce that it was a success. The past few months have been a whirlwind!

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Rewire the supply chain from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier. The digital transformation requires the building of outside-in supply chain capabilities to sense shifts market-to-market, from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier. They are obsolete, historic, and traditional. Barrier #2.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

In today’s blog, Sowmya Ananthachary, a Project Director in JDA’s Product Development team, and member of the JDA Winning Leadership program, shares what she learned about motivation, engagement and building effective teams. When employees are motivated, engagement improves, and they are productive. Passion begets motivation.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Confectionary products such as Ferrero Rocher, Nutella and Kinder Bueno are loved the world over. What is the strategy of the company/supply chain: operational excellence, product leadership or customer intimacy? To support this growth we have already built a factory in Turkey and this has been operational for four months.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The offer typically included fixed product assortments based on the demographics of a particular region or group of stores, and the available physical space. For many B2C companies, the customer relationship ended when the shopper left the store with the product. Today, intelligence is being built into the product itself.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2013

I have built this plan with the realization that your company can only “DIGEST” so much change at once. Educate the group to understand the difference between sales-driven and marketing-driven processes and market-driven processes. I have a question related to 2020. Would you know where I can get such insights ?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

” The first step is to get educated and learn the terms to have a new discussion. As a result, everywhere you go, users and teams complain about the inadequacies of transaction master data and the problems of data integration. I have never heard Google struggle with a master data issue. They index. The data is not moved. (In

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TMC

MAY 11, 2016

My two kids recently attended Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day at TMC, which not only aided in their understanding of what dad does at work all day, but also fostered dinner table conversations about future careers and how supply chains provide access to products and services needed by people around the world.

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