Tue.Feb 11, 2020

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Data Science and Supply Chain: It’s a Match!

DynaSys

We are back with Dr. Diadie Sow for the third and final part of our series dedicated to Data Science. The first part was dedicated to the story of Data Science up to now , and the second part focused on the daily tasks of a Data Scientist. In this article, we will explore the value that Data Science brings to Supply Chain. Spoiler alert: huge innovations ahead!

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Coronavirus a Substantial Supply Chain Interruption – The Importance of Digital Supply Chain

Arkieva

The tragic outbreak of the Coronavirus has again demonstrated the need for ever vigilant health care services and fast response. It has demonstrated that supply chain interruptions from a manufacturing excursion to a port strike to an infectious disease outbreak require two actions from any firm: preparation and response. Coronavirus a Substantial Supply Chain Interruption – The Importance of Digital Supply Chain was first posted on February 11, 2020 at 7:43 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Lin

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Keep an eye on Gen-Z consumers in 2020

Prophetic Technology

2020 is about to arrive, bringing with it Generation Z or Gen-Z; this demographic group comes after the Millennials; they were born between 1995 and 2015, as a distinctive-powerful consumer's target for any business. It is essential the understanding of their buying habits and characteristics and to recognise them as an age-group dominating technology.

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[PODCAST] Inventory Forecasting Lessons for Improved Supply Chain Network Optimization

GlobalTranz

Listen to “Inventory Forecasting Lessons for Improved Supply Chain Network Optimization” on Spreaker. Supply Chain Resources to Download The Supply Chain Trends to Know in 2020 Download White Paper Why Blockchain will Create Extreme Supply Chain Management Optimization Download White Paper Revenue Growth At The Hand Of Improved Digital Supply Chains Download White Paper The.read More.

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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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How Your Business Can Improve Sales and Operations (S&OP) Planning With Software

Demand Solutions

Sales and operations planning, also known as S&OP, is a key business activity for production heavy firms. It integrates sales & marketing strategies with supply chain considerations, allowing for a more unified mission across multiple departments of the business. So how can your firm improve your sales and operations planning? This is a short guide on how to do so.

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Game Out the Path to ROI from Any New TMS Investment

Supply Chain Collaborator

Too often, shipping organizations focus only on costs when selecting a TMS solution. Whether automating logistics for the very first time (saying goodbye to spreadsheets and phone calls) or seeking to replace an outdated incumbent technology, implementation and subscription costs are not the most important consideration. What’s much more critical is understanding how quickly your investment will pay for itself and begin adding padding to the bottom line.

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Making Procurement Autonomous: Embracing the Future in the Present

Jaggaer

The world is digitizing right before our eyes. From Cortana, Siri, and Alexa to Tesla, Uber, and Waymo , autonomous devices and so-called artificial intelligence are all around us. Even long-time escapes like sports have become playgrounds for IoT fitness devices and big data statistical analysis. Forbes predicts that AI will revolutionize everything from scouting and performance analysis to player health and broadcasting angles.

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Supply Chain and Factory Planning-Pharmaceutical Industry and Life Sciences

Adexa

Most pharmaceutical companies use Sales and Operation Planning systems in order to perform long term planning of their production. This may be helpful to give some level of visibility by high level planning but how does it help in the following areas? Optimizing the use of resources and ROA. Increasing Inventory Turns. In order to optimize resources and ensure the right product mix, the system needs to be capable of modeling the environment for tanks and packaging.

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Will Coronavirus spark supply chain reviews for manufacturers?

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The Coronavirus outbreak and lock downs imposed by the Chinese government are starting to impact supply chains in sectors including pharmaceuticals, automotive and telecommunications.

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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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An Industrial Manufacturer Blends Dedicated and Contract Carriage to Balance Freight Market Instability

CHAINalytics

A driver shortage and increased federal regulations make it increasingly difficult for companies to deliver products on time. With instability in the freight market, one global industrial manufacturing company looked to Chainalytics to help them create an optimal transportation strategy that balanced contract and dedicated fleets to improve service and reduce costs.

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Six Most-Read Supply Chain Planning Blogs of 2019

Brookes Supply Chain Planning Blog

2019 is officially in the books, and it’s a perfect time to reflect on the past 12 months as we dive into planning for 2020. Throughout the year our ToolsGroup supply chain planning blog contributors kept you up to speed on the trends, technologies and influencers shaping our industry. Enjoy six of our most-read blogs from 2019–and be sure to subscribe to receive our blogs twice a month.

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6 Benefits of Automated Locker Systems

AB&R

You can see it from the package lockers used by major retailers like Amazon, to the personal lockers at Apple. Lockers aren’t just housing textbooks anymore. As with nearly all technology, the drive to become more connected, personalized, and reach new levels has made its way to the humble locker. New automated locker systems are here, and they can mean big things for your business.

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EVENT: SAP Digital Supply Chain Planning Cocktail Reception – February 25, 2020 | 4:00-6:00 PM PT

Bristlecone

Join us for an afternoon of innovation and culinary excitement on Tuesday, February 25, at Thomas Fogarty Winery in Woodside, CA. Hosted by Bristlecone and SAP. During this event, you will: Learn how NetApp transformed their supply planning processes to ensure agile response to frequent demand changes using SAP’s cloud-based Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) solution.

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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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4 Innovative Solutions for More Productive Warehouse Management

GlobalTranz

Over the past 30 years, technology has transformed warehouse operations, making them more efficient as well as reducing the number of required workers. And, given that technology advances at an exponential rate, warehouse managers may find it difficult to imagine what the warehouses of the future will look like. One can be sure that Industry.read More.

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How Delivery Companies Can Use Routing Optimization to Offset AB5

Talking Logistics

How California’s new “gig economy” law is pushing companies that manage or rely on local transportation to rethink the way they route, schedule, and assign their delivery routes. When California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) went into effect on January 1st, the law’s sweeping impact on the state’s “gig economy” was both obvious and immediate. Focused. Read more How Delivery Companies Can Use Routing Optimization to Offset AB5.

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Supply Chain Video News on Has Polish Startup Solved Piece Picking Challenge

Supply Chain Digest

NoMagic Uses Machine Vision and AI

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Innovation in the Workplace: Experts and Newcomers

QAD

“A true innovator does best, what he doesn’t know best.” ? Haresh Sippy , Indian visionary, leader and industrialist. Companies know they need to innovate, so they often task process or product experts with the responsibility for developing next-generation ideas. The rationale behind this is that product experts know the area best, so they must be the ones who can more easily extend the boundaries.

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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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How StockTrim’s inventory forecasting software helps Allie’s innovate and grow with confidence

StockTrim

From homemade beginnings. Spotting a gap in Sydney’s cold-pressed juice market, Allie’s began as a homemade venture to fulfil a need for a convenient, healthy and delicious drink without added sugar, stevia, preservatives or concentrate. After testing her juices on family, friends, colleagues, and the café in her office building, and receiving resoundingly positive feedback, Allie took her creations to Marrickville Farmers Market, where they quickly sold out.

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How AR and IIoT Are Transforming Manufacturing

Supply Chain Brain

By giving plant technicians the ability to quickly assess and repair complex machinery, AR and IIoT are supercharging production.

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Axway accompanied Business France and President Macron to Warsaw, Poland

Axway

Axway, as part of a special delegation of French companies, accompanied French President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to Warsaw, Poland for two days in early February to strengthen ties between the two countries and develop business opportunities.

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E-Grocery Penetration Expected to Hit Double Digits by 2024

Multichannel Merchant

E-grocery penetration in the U.S. reached 4.5% of the $839 billion grocery market in 2019, according to figures from Deutsche Bank cited by e-fulfillment technology provider Fabric, after hovering around 2% for years. It’s expected to exceed 10% by 2204 and hit 12% the following year. The average industry growth estimate for e-grocery spending in 2019 across research groups was 30%, Fabric found.

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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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Advantages of a Phoenix Warehouse for eCommerce Fulfillment

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Late last summer, Inc. magazine ran a story with this intriguing title: “ The Next Tech Hub Isn’t Austin Or Denver. The Next Tech Hub Is Greater Phoenix. ”. Change out the words “tech hub” for “warehousing hub” and we couldn’t agree more – because over the past several years Phoenix’s logistics advantages have proven to be a highly compelling draw for many eCommerce businesses, including those who are looking for a more affordable alternative to California.

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2020 Freight Shipping Outlook: Advanced Technologies in Freight Shipping on the Rise

Freight Center

Like so many industries today, freight shipping is being transformed by advanced technologies. All these technologies share two goals: to make freight shipping more efficient and less expensive. In the world of freight-shipping technology, the concept of driverless freight-shipping trucks gets the lion’s share of the press, but it is still years away from being a major factor in freight shipping.

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What is Procurement v Purchasing

Logistics Bureau

In this 8-minutes video, Trent Morris will answer these following questions that are certainly very helpful for those confused between the difference of Procurement and Purchasing. What’s the difference between Procurement and Purchasing? Can we use the terms interchangeably? Are these always separate functions? Category Management – what’s that? What is supplier relationship management?

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Static Versus Dynamic Route Optimization to Reduce Your Costs

MercuryGate

Shippers and logistics service providers seek out the most effective ways to maintain a competitive advantage in operations, improve profitability, and reduce costs. Route optimization is a widely recognized opportunity and means to achieve these goals. Route optimization in freight is not a new idea and there are many basic forms of route optimization that […].

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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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The Supply Chain’s Vision Problem

Enterra Insights

Supply chain visibility remains elusive despite decades pursuing it. Arnaud Morvan states a simple truth, “It’s difficult to see, measure and improve what’s happening across the supply chain.”[1] And that’s a problem. Morvan notes, “The management guru Peter Drucker suggested, you can’t improve what you can’t measure. To go back a step further, you can’t measure what you can’t see.

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2020 Freight Shipping Outlook: Advanced Technologies in Freight Shipping on the Rise

Freight Center

Like so many industries today, freight shipping is being transformed by advanced technologies. All these technologies share two goals: to make freight shipping more efficient and less expensive. In the world of freight-shipping technology, the concept of driverless freight-shipping trucks gets the lion’s share of the press, but it is still years away from being a major factor in freight shipping.

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Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 10 Best Inventory Management Articles! Our latest “Featuring” series article covers the topic of Warehouse and Distribution Centre order fulfillment. With the exponential growth of E-Commerce and online shopping the backbone of activity that makes it all happen is order fulfillment.