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Keep These 6 Geopolitical Supply Chain Risks on Your Radar in 2024

Resilinc

Discover the top geopolitical risks set to affect the global supply chain this year. In 2023—if it wasn’t already—geopolitics became top of mind for every procurement professional. With the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas War, and the crisis in the Red Sea, the shockwaves these conflicts sent throughout their nations and the world have been felt everywhere—especially in the supply chain.

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How to Improve Forecast Accuracy

Arkieva

Forecast accuracy is at the top of the list of things that help a business plan better for the future. This blog previews how to improve forecast accuracy. How to Improve Forecast Accuracy was first posted on March 12, 2024 at 8:19 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement.

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Supply Chain Transparency and Traceability in the Fashion Sector

Supply Chain Brain

To meet changing consumer expectations and comply with new sustainability laws, traceability in the fashion and apparel supply chain is key.

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The Future of Contactless Delivery: Integrating AI with Dock Scheduling

C3 Solutions

Explore how AI enhances dock scheduling for efficient, contactless delivery in logistics, driving operational excellence and customer satisfaction

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

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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Integrated Demand and Supply Planning: The Key to Success for CPG, F&B and Life Sciences Manufacturers

BlueYonder

Manufacturers of consumer products — including packaged goods, food and beverages, and life sciences — face both opportunities and challenges. Product sales figures are on the rise, with the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector realizing 10% growth in 2023. But much of this growth can be attributed to price increases. Consumer companies also need to achieve volume growth.

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Added Boeing Developments Related to Production Quality Challenges

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a further update on the ongoing production quality, corporate reputational and cultural challenges that collectively surround commercial aircraft producer Boeing. In our last two reader updates, we addressed both the financial and operational challenges for Boeing if it moves ahead with the speculated internal re-integration of fuselage major components supplier Spirit AeroSystems.

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March 12, 2024 Update

Freightos

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. More Resources Home March 12, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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3 Steps to Boost FMCG Sales

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

A few months ago, I hurt my knee whilst running. It was a rather tame event but my knee was clearly injured. Failing to heal over the next few days I decided to visit an Osteopath who specialises in sports injuries. He informed me that I had an unstable knee with poor muscle development to support it. This came as a great surprise as I exercise every day and consider myself to be fit – I’ve been doing triathlons for over 16 years, for example.

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Beyond Go-Live: Navigating the Post-Implementation Journey

Talking Logistics

On the surface, parenting and implementing logistics technology are two very different tasks, ones that have no overlap. I have been implementing logistics technology for over 25 years, with countless “Go-Lives” under my belt, and for 16 of those years, I have been a parent with three “Go-Lives” of my own. With those experiences as. Read more The post Beyond Go-Live: Navigating the Post-Implementation Journey appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.

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Will Lawsuits Limit the Value of Generative AI?

Enterra Insights

For the most part, scientists and researchers have been waiting with bated breath for the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can help them make new discoveries, create new materials, and move in new directions. As technologist Anirudh Mantha writes, “The rise of superhuman AI … could revolutionize content creation, code generation, and scientific discovery.”[1] At conference held last fall in Bellevue, WA, futurist Ray Kurzweil doubled down on his prediction that the singular

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Watch: How Marketers Can Build Trust in Their Brand

Supply Chain Brain

Georgia Wraight, a strategic executive leader and former executive with Covetrus and The Rockport Group, discusses the importance of brand today, and shares tips on building brand trust for all stakeholders.

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FIFO Fundamentals Critical for Inventory Management & Business Success

RFgen

In inventory management, the FIFO (First-In, First-Out) method takes center stage, offering a performance of unmatched clarity and efficiency in the world of stock control. Imagine your inventory as a flowing river, where the oldest water—your earliest products—moves forward to be used first, ensuring nothing stagnates or loses its relevance. This inventory strategy mirrors the natural consumption and sales pattern, making sure that businesses can keep pace with demand.

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Pirates Board Commodity Ship Off the Coast of Somalia

Supply Chain Brain

The attack is the most recent sign of a fresh bout of Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean, coinciding with a slew of attacks on merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Unlocking Competitive Advantage With Future Skills: The Power of Cost Optimization

Procurement Academy

What is strategic cost management? In brief, strategic cost management is implementing effective cost optimization strategies that lead to improved profitability, operational efficiency, and resource allocation. It’s an approach that many businesses need. After all, from global economic uncertainty and shifting consumer preferences to regulatory changes, the pressure to stay competitive while maximizing profitability has never been more intense.

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AI-Powered Dynamic Slotting Drives Warehouse Optimization

Supply Chain Brain

Slotting has a significant impact on all the warehouse key performance indicators – productivity, shipping accuracy, inventory accuracy, warehouse order cycle time, and storage density. Yet, typical warehouses have less than a third of items located in optimal locations.

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Logistics Partnership Success: Caliber.global & MercuryGate

MercuryGate

A quest for global growth brought Caliber.global face-to-face with operational challenges, particularly integrating a sophisticated TMS with its Tract® platform. The strategic network changes underscored the need for a robust TMS solution to manage shipments across multiple modalities and geographies. The post Logistics Partnership Success: Caliber.global & MercuryGate appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Chinese Crane Maker Refutes U.S. Cybersecurity Concerns

Supply Chain Brain

The Biden administration recently announced it would replace the nation’s Chinese-built port cranes with Japanese ones.

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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Data Is Environmentally Dirty. What to Do?

Supply Chain Brain

Now that data is mostly out there, in the cloud, it seems easy to imagine that it’s “clean.” Time to think again.

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China’s Xiaomi to Start Electric Car Sales

Supply Chain Brain

The smartphone giant has said it will invest $10 billion in its vehicles business over the next 10 years.

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United CEO Tells Boeing to Stop Making Its Long-Delayed Max 10s

Supply Chain Brain

The plane’s certification, expected this year, has been pushed back indefinitely as Boeing addresses issues in its factory.

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Boeing Woes Continue as Issues Mount and Rival Airbus Widens Lead in Orders

Supply Chain Brain

A rough start to the year for Boeing has only gotten worse as the company continues to hit hurdles.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.