Tue.Jul 28, 2015

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The Ever Increasing Importance of Focusing on LTL Management as LTL Use Increases

GlobalTranz

The transportation mode LTL, or Less Than Truckload, has grown to become the predominant, preferred means of freight transportation across the US. Additionally, industry experts and third-party logistics shipping providers ( 3PLs ) find themselves in the difficult position of ensuring the flow of merchandise continues as LTL use grows. As a retailer, or as an executive at a multi-location LTL shipping company, you must understand the facts of this change, what’s driving it, and how a 3PL will be

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How high can you score on the shop floor?

DELMIA Quintiq

Have you seen National Geographic’s Megafactories? The show takes viewers into some of the most iconic car factories in the world. Seeing how these cars – especially souped-up supercars – are manufactured is impressive enough. But the amount of planning required to keep production running smoothly is mind-blowing. Want a real taste at car production planning?

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Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

“Ecommerce is a complex, convoluted thing,” writes Simon Le Gros Bisson (@sbisson).[1] She reminds us that e-commerce began humbly with … Continued. The post Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Path to Purchase appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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I (Don't) Drive Your Truck: West Coast Truckers Strike Again

Elementum

The trucking industry has turned to technology to address the industry's worsening trucker shortage and labor strike issues while Congress attempts to resolve the problem through legislation. Strikes and Wage Hikes. On July 21, truckers working for the Pacific 9 Transportation company went on indefinite strike, causing further congestion problems and delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Ace Back-To-School Season

NFI Industries

It’s that time of year again – back-to-school. As some students cringe, parents are beginning to plan budgets on making sure their kids are ready for their next academic year. Back-to-school has turned into one of the largest shopping periods of the year, only beat by the holiday season. Average spending during this period has. READ MORE.

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4 Strategies for Maximizing Warehouse Safety

RFgen

It’s important to foster safety in the warehouse. In today’s world of automated warehouses and speedy supply chain fulfillment processes, it’s more important than ever to ensure worker safety in the warehouse. In 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5.2% of warehouse employees suffered a workplace injury, and 3.7 percent had to have time off work or be transferred to a different facility.

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Supply Chain News on Electronic Tolls Really are the Answer to US Highway Report Says, but the ATA Again Disagrees

Supply Chain Digest

Someone Needs to Come Up with at Least 1 Trillion Dollars Somehow, as Costs to Use Interstates Headed Up One Way or Another, as Highways Nearing End of Life

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4 Strategies for Maximizing Warehouse Safety

RFgen

It’s important to foster safety in the warehouse. In today’s world of automated warehouses and speedy supply chain fulfillment processes, it’s more important than ever to ensure worker safety in the warehouse. In 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5.2% of warehouse employees suffered a workplace injury, and 3.7 percent had to have time off work or be transferred to a different facility.

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Improvements to Mexico’s Rail Network Presents Tremendous Opportunity

Logistics Viewpoints

Twenty years ago, there was only one railroad in Mexico, which was run by a public agency and broken into three regional classes. At that time, there needed to be tremendous improvements to rail service, engines and cars, and to key infrastructure such as bridges and tracks. Then in 1995, the Mexican government announced that […].

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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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Making E-Commerce Work in Mexico

ModusLink Corporation

This week I’ll be in Mexico, giving a keynote at the CANIETI West Regional Annual Convention (Congress), which is taking place from July 30-August 2, 2015, at the Puerto Vallarta Jalisco Hotel: Grand Velas de Nuevo Vallarta. It is going to be a great event and the topic will be a great one as well: […]. The post Making E-Commerce Work in Mexico appeared first on ModusLink Global Solutions.

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The Family Tree of MAPE

Arkieva

I saw this news article on CNN ( here ) about our planet’s earth bigger, older cousin. Quite an interesting discovery if you ask me. However, it got me to thinking about the family tree of Mean Absolute Forecast Error (MAPE), a subject that I am a little bit familiar with. A few weeks ago, I wrote on MAPE ( here ). After the post, I got a lot of feedback around varying ways practitioners and researchers have modified the MAPE.

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Managing the Long Tail of the Supply Chain Part 4: Five Takeaways

ToolsGroup

Our last three posts covered the key messages of the recent Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) web seminar about long tail demand called “ Driving Results despite Item Complexity ”: Blog 1 : Lora Cecere discussed the drivers of increasing demand volatility, the pain and risk it causes for most companies and the roadblocks they hit when they try to use traditional demand forecasting approaches.

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Aramex boosts profits in Q2 2015

Logistics Middle East

Aramex's logistics activities recorded a particularly strong performance, mostly driven by growth in core GCC markets and South Africa.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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An S&OP Q&A with SCM World’s Kevin O’Marah

Logility

Recently I had the pleasure to sit down with Kevin O’Marah, Chief Content Officer at SCM World , to discuss one of the hottest topics in supply chain—sales and operations planning ( S&OP ). From top drivers to best practices and benefits, we covered a lot of ground in this two part post. Part 1: Finding a Balance – Cadence and Event Driven S&OP.

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Revealed: Jebel Ali Port Terminal 4 to cost $1.6bn

Logistics Middle East

Construction has started on Phase 1 of Jebel Ali Port?s Terminal 4, a US $1.6-billion development.

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Abu Dhabi Ports' Zayed Port first to deploy Jade system

Logistics Middle East

Abu Dhabi Ports has implemented the Master Terminal operating system at Zayed Port, providing real-time insight to improve efficiency.

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UAE petrol prices to rise by 24% from Saturday

Logistics Middle East

This move aims to 'promote rationalised consumption and incentivise people to choose fuel efficient cars' while encouraging the use of public transport.

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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.

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Kuwaiti pilot 'invited entertainment star into cockpit'

Logistics Middle East

Woman alleges the captain invited her to the cockpit, allowing her to press buttons and inviting her to sit on his knee.

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Khalifa Port sets productivity record on CMA CGM call

Logistics Middle East

During a port call by 9,365-teu CMA CGM Thames, a productivity record of 206 berths moves per hour was set by Khalifa Port.

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DP World to expand Jebel Ali Port with Terminal 4

Logistics Middle East

The Dubai-headquartered terminal operator has announced construction of Terminal 4 at Jebel Ali Port, following 4.1% like-for-like gross volume growth during H1 2015.

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Agility shortlisted by Ethical Corporation for award

Logistics Middle East

Ethical Corporation's annual Responsible Business Awards 2015 shortlist includes the Kuwait-based logistics company.

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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.