Kinaxis

JANUARY 29, 2016

by Bill DuBois In today’s networked global marketplace, organizations increasingly see supply chain performance as a source of sustainable enterprise vitality and competitive advantage. To ensure a long-term strategic perspective that goes beyond the routine execution of supply chain tasks, Supply Chain Centers of Excellence (CoE) have become a more common tool companies use to drive innovation and best practices.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

Amazon reported its Q4 2015 results yesterday, and although it reported record profits for the quarter ($482 million), the company’s shares tumbled in after-hours trading because overall results fell short of analyst expectations. Shipping costs are always an item of interest, and as the Wall Street Journal reported : . In the quarter, shipping costs jumped 37% to $4.17 billion.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 29, 2016

In my 2015 S&OP pulse check survey, I asked participants the following question: ‘ Do you believe there is a difference between S&OP and IBP?’ As I’m reviewing the results of this survey, I can give you a sneak peek and share that indeed most (47 percent) of the 120 survey participants believe there is a difference. Over 21 percent answered ‘don’t know’ and the remaining 32 percent believed there is no difference.

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FLEXE

JANUARY 29, 2016

<p>In <a href="[link] target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a recent Logistics 2.0 episode</a>, I outlined three significant supply-chain trends that will drive changes in our industry over the coming year: 1) The current logistics tech revolution, 2) The rise of the dynamic warehouse network and 3) The strategic shift from warehouse-as-a-cost-center to warehouse-as-a-revenue-generator.

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Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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The Network Effect

JANUARY 29, 2016

An artist’s rendition of a Hyperloop pod in a dock. (Used with permission of Hyperloop Technology. This weekend, at Texas A&M University, there is a competition unfolding that promises to change the future of transportation. SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Design Weekend is being held January 29-30th at Texas A&M. . The competition to design a Hyperloop pod includes over a 100 teams and 1000 students.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 29, 2016

“As a sprawling conglomerate,” writes Dan Adams (@DanielAdams86), “General Electric is a top producer of brute industrial equipment from locomotives … Continued. The post General Electric Uses “Cool” to Promote STEM Education appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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APICS

JANUARY 29, 2016

This year, Boeing will produce fewer 747s—nicknamed the “Queen of the Skies”—than it has since the plane’s introduction in the mid-1960s. The company will cut production to six jets a year, according to The Wall Street Journal. Two factors are prompting these reductions: the continued decline of the jumbo jet and decreased demand for global air freight.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2016

Effective transportation management can be a hassle. Transportation managers must keep up with the ship dates of inventory, where inventory is currently located in the transportation process, what insurance information is being used and appropriated for each shipment, and many more factors. Now, that’s not even counting the dozens of registration numbers and tracking numbers that must be meticulously kept up with and found and used on documents A, B, and C, but a different number is needed for t

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