Thu.May 23, 2019

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Key Supply Chain Digital Transformation Pitfalls to Avoid

Arkieva

Supply Chain Digital transformation has the potential to be, for no better words, transformative; when done right, a transformation can enable your business to reap significant, and well-documented, benefits. On the other hand, Supply Chain Digital Transformation if executed poorly cost companies millions, go on for years, fail to deliver expected or any benefits, and ultimately end up costing some CEO and CIO their jobs.

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What are the Key Components of Successful Supplier Management?

HICX Solutions

Here at HICX we are championing the importance and value of evolved supplier management. Evolved supplier management focuses on moving beyond mere strategic sourcing and category management, and instead encouraging organisations to think differently about how they work with their suppliers. In this blog we take a look at the key components of supplier management , starting with… 1.

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Supply Chain Collaboration Needs Blockchain. Here's Why.

Supply Chain Brain

The race to push I.T. applications to the cloud isn’t enough to improve collaboration within the supply chain.

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Editor’s Pick: How Virtual Reality is Transforming the Trucking Industry

Talking Logistics

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This post from Kuebix’s blog highlights the use of virtual reality (VR) technology to train truck drivers.

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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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Doing Business in the Netherlands

QAD

The Netherlands is a modern and highly industrialized country located in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium, Germany and the North Sea. The Netherlands was one of the founding countries of both the EU and NATO, showing that it is a nation of progressive and forward-thinking people. With a total area of 41,543 sq. km, the country is just slightly less than twice the size of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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The Supply Chain of Tomorrow is Here Today

Supply Chain Collaborator

If you’re not pursuing supply chain digitization, you run the risk of being left behind! For many organizations, all the data created by today’s disparate supply chain management technologies exist in separate silos. The data is the lifeblood of digitization and these siloes are ripe for convergence. Early adopters are well on their way to realizing the amazing benefits and competitive advantage of digitization.

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Supply Chain Rhapsody

Elementum

This ballad of balancing your plan caught fire at this year's Gartner Executive Supply Chain Summit. Listen to Elementum's ode to the heroic planner here.

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Managing Threats And Opportunities With Cognitive Sourcing

LevaData

A Changing Competitive Environment. As digital innovation takes the forefront when it comes to customer experience and engagement, new connections between brand managers, manufacturing, and sources of supply are rapidly emerging. There’s still plenty of uncertainty surrounding this, but one thing is sure – as markets grow more volatile, companies will have to innovate to stay ahead of the game.

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There is no ‘Supply Chain’ Without a ‘Communication Chain’

Synovos

Supply chain is defined as the sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity. The details within those processes vary among industries, companies, and products. However, a consistent detail within all industries, companies and products that often goes unnoticed is communication. Communication can be argued as the most important aspect of a business; executives, salesmen/women, operations, IT, etc. all rely on communication daily.

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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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Working on the dark side of the moon

The Smart Software

Dr. Thomas Willemain, co-founder at Smart Software company and one of the best statisticians there are, wrote a book named “Working on the dark side of the moon” while he was working for the NSA. He spent the equivalent of three years doing statistical research, alternating between his life “outside” and working “inside” at the NSA and an affiliated, shadowy think tank.

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Benefits of Inventory Serial Number Tracking

EMERGE App

Regular readers will know that we’re big fans of using barcodes and handheld readers for inventory management. But did you know that you can also enjoy all the benefits and advantages of managing your internal stock with barcodes? We’ll show you when you should use serial numbers and when you should adopt barcodes in your business. First up, we’ll cover the difference between barcodes and serial numbers for practical purposes.

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If You Like Our Blog, You’ll Love Our YouTube Channel

Logistics Bureau

Here at Logistics Bureau, we’re delighted that our blog is attracting so many followers, and that our posts inspire lots of healthy dialogue. Of course, along with our readable posts, you’ve probably spotted the occasional video—and you may even have noticed that we’ve been posting a few more of those lately. That’s because we want to bring you even more insights into logistics and supply chain management, in a broader range of formats.

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There is no ‘Supply Chain’ Without a ‘Communication Chain’

Synovos

Supply chain is defined as the sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity. The details within those processes vary among industries, companies, and products. However, a consistent detail within all industries, companies and products that often goes unnoticed is communication. Communication can be argued as the most important aspect of a business; executives, salesmen/women, operations, IT, etc. all rely on communication daily.

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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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Gartner Supply Chain Event 2019: a New Era

DynaSys

The QAD DynaSys Pilgrimage. On May 16, QAD DynaSys made their annual pilgrimage to Phoenix Arizona to join 3500 other supply chain leaders and analysts from all corners of the globe for what is touted as the largest supply chain gathering in the world. The Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference is the second largest Gartner event after the Symposium.

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Customer Service in Logistics Needs a Shift in Focus

Consumer Goods Logistics

Listen. React. Listen. React. Listen. React. These two words summarize the day of many customer service representatives (CSRs) across the world.

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Kinaxis named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales and Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation

Kinaxis

by Danielle McNeil Taylor We’re pleased to share news of Gartner’s most recent research, the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Sales and Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation. On the strength of feedback from our customer community, Kinaxis has been named a Leader for the third consecutive time, which we believe validates our holistic approach to supply chain planning, which connects customer data, processes and people across the entire network.

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[WHITE PAPER] Improving Inbound Freight Management: How Data-Driven Processes Bring Efficiencies & Reduce Costs

GlobalTranz

Fill out the Form Below to Get a Free Copy of the White Paper to Your Inbox! Shippers may work with countless vendors in today’s world, and in the age of e-commerce, it is possible for shippers to work vendors and suppliers from across the globe. Unfortunately, managing this complex vendor network and controlling inbound.read More. The post [WHITE PAPER] Improving Inbound Freight Management: How Data-Driven Processes Bring Efficiencies & Reduce Costs appeared first on Transportation Managem

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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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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on US Truckload Rates Finally Slowing Down

Supply Chain Digest

Cass Analyst Says Rates to be Flat or Even Negative for Full Year

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Marketing and Artificial Intelligence

Enterra Insights

As consumers increasingly take the digital path to purchase, reaching them with the right offer at the exact moment they are making purchasing decisions is critical. This new age truism brought artificial intelligence (AI) into the marketing arena in a big way. Wesley Mathew, head of marketing at Meltwater, writes, “It’s not uncommon for artificial intelligence to come up in marketing conversations as a future focus.

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Manage Stock with this eBay Inventory Spreadsheet

TradeGecko

It seems like yesterday you were selling a few items for a few bucks on eBay. Today you’re a thriving eBay entrepreneur with multiple orders coming in every week. Nice work! Your setup was simple at first: Acquire an item. Research/Prep Item. Measure, Photograph & Store Item. Edit Photos. List Item. Pack & Ship Sold Item.

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The Era of Manufacturing Process Automation Is Here

IQMS

61% of manufacturers are making large-scale operational improvements to their shop floors, including manufacturing process automation systems in 2019 to continue the strong growth they achieved in 2018. Improving shop floor productivity is 1.4 times more important to manufacturers than making marketing improvements to drive more sales leads. Investing in improving product and service quality fuels growth, keeps customers for life, and leads all technology spending by manufacturers in 2019.

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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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Manage Stock with this eBay Inventory Spreadsheet

TradeGecko

It seems like yesterday you were selling a few items for a few bucks on eBay. Today you’re a thriving eBay entrepreneur with multiple orders coming in every week. Nice work! Your setup was simple at first: Acquire an item. Research/Prep Item. Measure, Photograph & Store Item. Edit Photos. List Item. Pack & Ship Sold Item.

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Join Unleashed, CloudSolve and PurePops at the Naturally Good Business Summit

Unleashed

We’re excited to announce that we’re back for another year at the Naturally Good Business Summit ! Unleashed is proud to be the Business Summit sponsor for the event. Held in Syndey, Naturally Good Business Summit promises to be an engaging and informative day whether you’re a start-up or established player in your field. Get tickets here. How Selecting the Right Cloud Applications can Increase Profits.

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Top 5 WordPress Inventory Plugins

TradeGecko

There’s no better time to start or grow an eCommerce business, and WordPress makes it easy. Whether you’re an eCommerce pro or a newbie, you can turn any WordPress site into an online storefront thanks to the power of plugins.

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People of Taulia: Introducing… Bob Symmons, European Finance and Operations Manager

Taulia

Taulia Culture My sales journey so far When I graduated college, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my career, so I decided to work… The post People of Taulia: Introducing… Bob Symmons, European Finance and Operations Manager appeared first on Taulia.

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.

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Manage eBay Stock with This Free Inventory Spreadsheet

TradeGecko

It seems like yesterday you were selling a few items for a few bucks on eBay. Today you’re a thriving eBay entrepreneur with multiple orders coming in every week. Nice work! Your setup was simple at first: Acquire an item. Research/Prep Item. Measure, Photograph & Store Item. Edit Photos. List Item. Pack & Ship Sold Item.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for May 24 2019, China Tariff Edition

Supply Chain Digest

Tariffs on Chinese Imports May Accelerate US Store Closings, Will China Reduce Rare Earth Metal Exports to US, Shoe Companies Says Tarffs will Hit Consumers Hard, Major Retailers at Risk from Higher Costs

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Letting Go of the Generational "Threat" of Technology Advancement

EnVista

Today, people do not think twice about signing up for the next gadget if it makes their life easier. Technology, more often than not, is viewed as a necessity in life. However, it is human nature to be cautious in our approach to technology, asking ourselves if this is really something we should embark upon.

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