Tue.Jan 22, 2019

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Which supply chain planning processes should we automate?

ToolsGroup

Now that more companies are embracing supply chain planning productivity and automation, many firms are asking which processes they should automate. Let's first address that question and then look at where this trend is heading in the future. Gartner says that the attitude towards supply chain planning productivity and automation has changed dramatically.

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The Top 2019 Logistics Trends Shippers Should Know

GlobalTranz

The state of the logistics industry is evolving. 2019 is shaping up to be a year in which warehouses and distribution centers continue the development and implementation of technology-based processes. Technology allows shippers to work smarter, faster and with fewer human resources, and new technologies, such as drones and augmented reality, are continuing the process, reports Victoria Kickham of Logistics Brief.

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Supply Chain Research Calls Out the Pressing Need for Prescriptive Analytics for Decision-Making

River Logic

DALLAS, January 22, 2019 -- River Logic , a leading provider of prescriptive analytics solutions, today announces the release of a sponsored research perspective by Ventana Research’s Robert Kugel, Supply Chain Planning with Prescriptive Analytics: Technology Enables a More Effective Process.

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How to Design a Successful Apparel Supply Chain

Logility

Apparel is an exciting and rapidly changing industry. Planners need to contend with inconsistent consumer buying behavior, the need to satisfy multiple channels, complex sourcing options and proliferating “sub-seasons,” collections and assortments. These are just a few of the challenges apparel manufacturers and retailers must overcome to operate at peak performance and compete in today’s dynamic market.

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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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A Procurement Resolution – Realize Your True Potential

ivalua

Alex Saric, Chief Marketing Officer, Ivalua. In this time of personal New Year’s resolutions, it seems appropriate for leaders to also consider a resolution for their departments. For Procurement leaders in particular there couldn’t be a better time to do so. In recent years, the function has made tremendous progress in transforming into a strategic value driver.

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Why (And How) Retail Stores are Here to Stay

JDA software

In the age of Amazon, are retail stores still here to stay? J oAnn Martin , JDA’s senior strategy leader for Retail thinks so. In this video blog, she shares why shoppers still want an in-store experience and what the biggest change is in retail right now. Hint! Prepare for more about AI and machine learning. Watch as JoAnn shares how retailers are responding to consumer demand for a totally personalized shopping experience – pricing, promotions and assortments included!

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DDMRP is not Just a Rebadging of Kanban

DynaSys

Last Spring DynaSys launched their latest product release named DSCP-2018. This innovative release delivered great business value to our customers including the DDI certified, Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning capability. At the time DynaSys was the first supply chain planning technology vendor to add DDMRP techniques to an existing End to End Supply Chain Planning solution suite.

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World’s Top Green Businesses Revealed

Material Handling & Logistics

"Leadership on environmental issues, shown by a recent ranking of companies based on environmental policies, goes "hand in hand with being a successful and profitable business,” says CDP which curates the list. As leaders gather at the of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos for a week of high-level discussions on the future of the global economy, the CDP group released its annual rankings of the top green businesses.

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Distribution and Dedicated Transportation Outlooks: 2019

NFI

Guest Blog: William Mahoney, Senior Vice President, Sales at NFI Distribution Outlook Inventory levels in 2019 will continue to grow creating the demand for more third-party warehousing space in the coming year. Preemptive purchases for imported products from China looking to avoid new tariff fees will bleed out in the first half of 2019. Inventory.

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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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Why (And How) Retail Stores are Here to Stay

BlueYonder

In the age of Amazon, are retail stores still here to stay? J oAnn Martin , JDA’s senior strategy leader for Retail thinks so. In this video blog, she shares why shoppers still want an in-store experience and what the biggest change is in retail right now. Hint! Prepare for more about AI and machine learning. Watch as JoAnn shares how retailers are responding to consumer demand for a totally personalized shopping experience – pricing, promotions and assortments included!

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Business Case: Supply Chain Network Design for a Retailer

KEPLER Consulting

A client in the retail sector decided to rethink its supply chain organization to face the challenge of growing e-commerce orders and growing supply chain costs. Our senior consultant Tagir explains this business case, from the issue identification to the results observation after KEPLER’s intervention. The post Business Case: Supply Chain Network Design for a Retailer appeared first on KEPLER.

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Five Ways AI Will Turbocharge Procurement

HICX Solutions

From securing a better deal to early warnings on supplier risk , these are the areas where change is coming. Automating purchase-to-pay processes. The basic purchase-to-pay (P2P) processes for managing and recording the procurement transaction are already automated to some extent in many organisations. Artificial intelligence (AI) will take this to a new level.

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In Order to Scale, Tech Solutions Need to be Adaptive

American Global Logistics

Freightwaves —Overall supply chain and logistics tech spending will rise to $87.8 billion over the next three years. That’s according to new research from Logistics Trends & Insights, LLC and American Global Logistics (AGL). The study shows that U.S. companies will spend more than $2.5 billion in disruptive logistics and supply chain technologies by 2022.

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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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Navigating with your supply chain map

ChainPoint

Supply chains are complex. Most companies know who their own suppliers are but who are the suppliers of their suppliers? How are they all connected? When companies ask us for help, we generally start with supply chain mapping , the first step in gaining insight.

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[PODCAST] Shipment Optimization: The Challenges, Benefits, and Technology Solutions

GlobalTranz

Hello and welcome back to another episode of “The Freight Project Podcast!” On today’s episode Cerasis welcomes Greg Ahnert CEO of one of our parcel management shipping technology partners, Lamprey Systems, a solutions company who offers parcel and freight invoice auditing services to aid shippers in recovering lost money on shipments. We hope you enjoy “The Freight Project Podcast.” You can subscribe and find this podcast on Apple iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Soundcloud , You

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Trends 2019: Smart Cities

Enterra Insights

Few people would argue cities are smart enough about how they manage systems and use resources and there’s no reason to get smarter. There are numerous skeptics, however, who worry smart city technologies will erode privacy and cede governmental control to large technology vendors. Laura Bliss ( @mslaurabliss ) summarizes the skepticism this way: “Despite the grand social promises, and even with good intentions, tech companies entering into public space don’t always act with the pres

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AMPLIFY Analytics: ensuring SLAs

Axway

AMPLIFY Analytics allows you to turn your data into real-time insights for your company. This process helps to ensure your SLAs (Service Level Agreements) are being met in a timely manner. Read more about Axway AMPLIFY here.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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How to boost your Amazon Inventory Performance Index (IPI) score

TradeGecko

As we touched upon in the first blog in our Amazon IPI series , Amazon’s Inventory Performance Indicator puts Amazon sellers at risk of higher fees and storage restrictions if improperly managed. However, the good news is that there are a number of steps you can take to keep your IPI score at an optimal level and your Amazon fees low (with a little help from TradeGecko).

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Zone picking vs. wave picking: Which method is best?

6 River Systems

While warehouse technologies are advancing rapidly these days, even the world’s biggest warehouses continue to rely on fundamental practices that have been around for decades. Take warehouse order picking practices, for instance. While most order picking techniques can be augmented and/or streamlined with the help of collaborative technologies, such as collaborative mobile robots , the basic principles aren’t new — they’re just made more efficient with the help of technology.

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What the Government Shutdown Means for Transportation Operations

Kuebix

As we enter day 32 of the government shutdown, it was reported in the WSJ that agencies that oversee the flow of goods are starting to cut back services and working hours at some sites, raising concerns that delays can spread. The New York Times says, “While some essential work, such as mail delivery and […]. The post What the Government Shutdown Means for Transportation Operations appeared first on Kuebix.

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How to boost your Amazon Inventory Performance Index (IPI) score

TradeGecko

As we touched upon in the first blog in our Amazon IPI series , Amazon’s Inventory Performance Indicator puts Amazon sellers at risk of higher fees and storage restrictions if improperly managed. However, the good news is that there are a number of steps you can take to keep your IPI score at an optimal level and your Amazon fees low (with a little help from TradeGecko).

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Q1 2019 Freight Rates and Market Update

Zipline Logistics

The transportation industry saw record-setting levels of freight-haul demand and driver pay in 2018 as tonnage levels reached a 20-year high, the ELD Mandate caused major debate and disruption, and price increases were felt across the map. This begs the question, what can we expect to see in 2019? Nothing quite so drastic. The trucking […]. The post Q1 2019 Freight Rates and Market Update appeared first on Zipline Logistics.

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The Future of Touch Panel Technology

Insights Solutions Global

New material, under-glass fingerprint identification and new multi-touch technology, these are the developing trends that we're seeing on touch panels. Click in and see what can your product be in the coming future!

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Searching for FBA Alternatives: Why More Amazon Sellers Are Taking a Hard Look at Seller Fulfilled Prime

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Any way you look at it, Amazon’s fulfillment arm, Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA), has an enormous warehousing footprint. It currently operates about 128 fulfillment centers in the U.S. alone – and that doesn’t even factor in Amazon’s many Prime Now hubs, Whole Food grocery DCs, delivery stations, and other distribution locations. For Amazon sellers, using FBA simplifies things by handing over all fulfillment and customer service requirements to Amazon.

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What challenges must today’s automotive manufacturers overcome?

DELMIA Quintiq

Some of the most innovative developments currently being delivered by automotive manufacturers include new drive technologies, autonomous driving and connected cars. Fulfilling the demand for innovative models relies on a flexible network of internal and external partners. Even though these networks are already well established, the potential for optimization is still significant.

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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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Searching for FBA Alternatives: Why More Amazon Sellers Are Taking a Hard Look at Seller Fulfilled Prime

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Any way you look at it, Amazon’s fulfillment arm, Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA), has an enormous warehousing footprint. It currently operates about 128 fulfillment centers in the U.S. alone – and that doesn’t even factor in Amazon’s many Prime Now hubs, Whole Food grocery DCs, delivery stations, and other distribution locations. For Amazon sellers, using FBA simplifies things by handing over all fulfillment and customer service requirements to Amazon.

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Top 3 trend-points and predictions for CPG companies in 2019

Loginext

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry has been on a growth curve with a sustained CAGR of 10% possibly hitting $721.8 billion sales by 2020. Which side of this growth would your company stand on? One of the major driving factors for CPG, where bigger companies have their brands readily recognizable the world over, is being in the right place at the right time.

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The Future of Touch Panel Technology

Insights Solutions Global

New material, under-glass fingerprint identification and new multi-touch technology, these are the developing trends that we're seeing on touch panels. Click in and see what can your product be in the coming future! The post The Future of Touch Panel Technology appeared first on Insight Solutions Global.

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