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What is Genuinely New in Supply Chain Management?

Logistics Viewpoints

Trends last for years. But how often do significant new things happen? In most years, there is nothing new in supply chain management. In the past year, we have seen two genuinely new developments. ESG Enforcement Gets Teeth The US Customs and Border Protection Agency’s stringent enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act has importers concerned.

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The Role of IBP Process: Synchronizing Supply Chain, Finance and Beyond

John Galt

A strategic IBP process is increasingly important as changes accelerate in the global supply chain landscape, marked by risk and uncertainty.

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LoanDepot attack: 16.6 million customers’ data stolen

IT Supply Chain

By Dr Darren Williams (pictured) CEO & Founder, Blackfog The post LoanDepot attack: 16.6 million customers’ data stolen appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Leveraging ERP Planning BOMs with Smart IP&O to Forecast the Unforecastable

The Smart Software

In a highly configurable manufacturing environment, forecasting finished goods can become a complex and daunting task. The number of possible finished products will skyrocket when many components are interchangeable. A traditional MRP would force us to forecast every single finished product which can be unrealistic or even impossible. Several leading ERP solutions introduce the concept of the “Planning BOM”, which allows the use of forecasts at a higher level in the manufacturing process.

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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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Advanced Order Management: The Key to Wholesale Distribution Success

BlueYonder

Recently, Blue Yonder released the findings of its survey of wholesale distribution executives 1 , which focused on their order management challenges, goals and forward-looking plans. While this blog provides an overview of our key findings, the complete results are summarized in our new e-book, “Distribution Executives Agree: It’s Time to Up the Ante on Order Management.

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Choose the Right Inventory Management Software for a Profitable New Year

My Office Apps

Out with the Old, In with the Efficiency: Choose the Right Inventory Management Software for a Profitable New Year As the confetti settles and resolutions take flight, it’s the perfect time to give your business a refresh. And when it comes to achieving new heights, optimizing your inventory management is a surefire way to boost both profits and efficiency.

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Improve Worker Safety with Warehouse Robots

Locus Robotics

Home January 22, 2024 Improve Worker Safety with Warehouse Robots Mary Hart , Senior Content Marketing Manager Warehouses and restaurant kitchens like The Original Beef of Chicagoland in the award-winning TV series The Bear may not seem alike at first glance, but both operate at full throttle in pressure cooker environments keeping workers on constant red alert.

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Gravity & BuyCo join forces to break the silos between procurement and transport teams

Gravity Supply Chain

Gravity, a global leader in Purchase Order Management and BuyCo, the container shipping platform, announced their partnership to offer shippers with a comprehensive solution that allows procurement and transport teams to collaborate seamlessly for international trade operations. By using the Gravity and BuyCo integration, shippers gain access to an innovative SaaS platform that covers the entire process, from purchase order management to container shipment booking and real-time tracking.

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Applying MRP with ERP in a modern manufacturing environment

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Material Requirements Planning for a modern manufacturing environment Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is software that helps companies estimate the required quantities of raw materials, maintain inventory levels, and ensure manufacturing has all the items needed to make products to satisfy demand. MRP is one of the early inventory management systems and has been widely adopted by manufacturers.

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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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Improve Worker Safety with Warehouse Robots

Locus Robotics

By Mary Hart Warehouses and restaurant kitchens like The Original Beef of Chicagoland in the award-winning TV series The Bear may not seem alike at first glance, but both operate at full throttle in pressure cooker environments keeping workers on constant red alert. In restaurant kitchens, chefs, sous chefs, and assistants handle onslaughts of orders during meal times and know to yell “Behind” as they run through the kitchen to avoid bumping into a colleague and creating a mess, or worse, an inj

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ERP Security in Manufacturing: Safeguarding Data and Operations

OptiProERP

In this tech-driven world, data is the driving force for every business, many of which use Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. ERP software is a complete business management suite integrating data and business functions across sales, finance, accounting, purchasing, production, and other departments. Digital data stored in ERP gives cybercriminals a significant opportunity.

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South African Supply-Chain Disruptions Far From Over, PwC says

Supply Chain Brain

South African companies need to reduce their reliance on supply chains affected by conflict and prioritize domestic sourcing, production and distribution, PWC said.

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Becoming a Better Salesperson with Nick Klingensmith

The Logistics of Logistics

Nick Klingensmith and Joe Lynch discuss becoming a better salesperson. Nick is the Founder and CEO of Stride Motivation, a company dedicated to transforming lives through inspiring keynote speeches and mindset coaching. Nick is an expert at helping achievement-driven professionals and leaders to overcome fear and rejection and push past self-limiting doubts.

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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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McKinsey on the Supply Chain Impact of Panama Canal Transit Reductions

Supply Chain Digest

Shipping Costs Sure to Increase

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Ocean Network Express Announces Order for 12 Methanol Dual-Fuel Containerships

Supply Chain Brain

The vessels are designed to flex between methanol and conventional diesel bunker fuel and will include technologies such as optimized hull form, waste heat recovery systems and bow windshield.

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Supply Chain News on a Warehouse Safety Checklist

Supply Chain Digest

Creating a Culture of Safety

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Cummins, Daimler and Paccar to Build Mississippi Plant for EV Truck Batteries

Supply Chain Brain

Trucking operators have been slow to invest in the vehicles because of concerns about cost and durability and a lack of battery-charging infrastructure to support trucks on long hauls.

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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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What to Look for in Your Next WMS: Rapid Onboarding

Stord

The tool most directly involved with the success of each warehouse associate is your WMS, but how quickly can you onboard new associates?

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Five Criteria for Choosing Your Next E-Commerce Delivery Partner

Supply Chain Brain

This guide helps you navigate the complexities of the choice, ensuring that your chosen partner not only aligns with your brand's goals, but also elevates your customers' experience.

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Intuiflow Auto Pilot: Inventory Buffers Made Simple

Demand Driven Technologies

The planners and supplier chain managers have been scratching their heads for quite some time. How do you properly size buffers for inventory buffer management? Is there a magic and effective safety stock magic formula? Is the DDMRP logic of lead time and variability categories optimal? What should be the right lead time and variability.

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Consumers and Retailers Share Responsibility for Reducing Returns

Supply Chain Brain

One way consumers can help reduce returns (and growing landfills) is to shop more conscientiously by going into stores to test out products before making a repeat purchase online.

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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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What is FIFO? First In, First Out Method Explained

Unleashed

Organising your inventory and calculating the cost of your goods is a fundamental part of running an efficient business. Get this right and you’ll make life a lot easier at the end of the financial year – get it wrong and your risk of incorrectly filing your taxes skyrockets. First in first out (FIFO) is one of the most common inventory management and accounting methods.

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Comparing LTL Pricing: Tools and Techniques for Shippers  

Freight Plus

One common question we hear at FreightPlus is, “What kind of tools are available to shippers to compare LTL base rates and discounts?” It is a simple question that doesn’t come with a straightforward answer. Like many things LTL, comparing rates is not as simple as comparing apples to apples, and therefore there isn’t a […] The post Comparing LTL Pricing: Tools and Techniques for Shippers appeared first on FreightPlus.

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Second Boeing Model to be Inspected

Supply Chain Brain

The FAA did not order the older model to be grounded while the visual inspections are carried out by operators, as it did with the 737 Max 9 planes.

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Boeing Faces More Pressure as United CEO Vents Frustrations

Supply Chain Brain

While the White House is monitoring the discussions, there’s no indication yet of what steps the Biden administration would take in response to complaints about Boeing.

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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.