Tue.Oct 10, 2023

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Transportation Visibility vs. Supply Chain Visibility – What’s the Difference?

Talking Logistics

Even before the pandemic, businesses have struggled to keep pace with rising customer demand and provide on-time, in-full (OTIF) deliveries faster and at lower costs. As consumers and B2B customers increasingly expect more for less, businesses are challenged with offering faster shipping options, broader product assortments, and lower prices. If keeping pace consistently and profitably.

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Dynamic Fulfillment 101: The Cost-Based Approach and The Three Keys to Optimizing Your Total Cost-to-Serve

ToolsGroup

This is part two of our blog series, “Dynamic Fulfillment 101.” Haven’t read part one? Click here ! Welcome back to Dynamic Fulfillment 101! Last week, we reviewed the challenges facing the retail industry and standard tech stacks in regard to expanding networks and the increasing fulfillment complexity – from proliferating fulfillment centers and rapidly shifting market conditions to built-in OMS logic designed for a different economic age.

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Optimize Your Supply Chain with Backhaul: SC Navigator’s Newest Feature

AIMMS

With the new Backhaul feature, supply chain teams can actively reduce mileage, carbon emissions, and costs, while optimizing reverse flows.

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Supply Chains Take Notice: Humans Have Made History — Not in a Good Way

Enterra Insights

Thanks to human fascination with dinosaurs and movies like Jurassic Park , most people are familiar with geological periods like the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic. The latter period is the current geological epoch, which, according to Wikipedia , represents “the last 66 million years of Earth’s history. It is characterized by the dominance of mammals, birds, conifers and flowering plants, a cooling and drying climate, and the current configuration of continents.

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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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Seen and Heard at CSCMP EDGE Supply Chain Conference 2023

Arkieva

Key observations from the Edge Conference for Supply Chain, including the impact of generative AI and the gap in skills that is an outcome of this trend. Seen and Heard at CSCMP EDGE Supply Chain Conference 2023 was first posted on October 10, 2023 at 8:25 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Fall Colors and Economic Harvest: Unveiling the Benefits of Foreign-Trade Zones

QAD

As the warm embrace of summer gives way to the crisp and invigorating air of autumn, nature’s grand spectacle of transformation unfolds. The leaves of trees, once vibrant green, now burst forth in an array of warm hues, painting the landscape with shades of red, orange and gold. This annual metamorphosis mirrors a different kind of transformation taking place in the world of international trade and commerce – the rise and proliferation of Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) with exports from FTZs g

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Meta Quest 3’s impact on Supply Chain

IT Supply Chain

By Pradeep Desai (pictured) Chief Technology Officer, DP World The post Meta Quest 3’s impact on Supply Chain appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Nucleus Research Names Blue Yonder a Leader in Control Tower Solutions

BlueYonder

Nucleus Research recently published its Control Tower Technology Value Matrix 2023 , which provides an overview of the current market for control tower solutions, while also assessing the software providers in this space. Blue Yonder was named a Leader in this year’s Nucleus report, based on an evaluation of its control tower capabilities — which are designed to support visibility, collaboration and network optimization.

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Benefits of Having a Virtual Assistant

IT Supply Chain

By Christine Baker (pictured) Content Writer The post Benefits of Having a Virtual Assistant appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Report of Labor Activism at Tesla’s Berlin Facility

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters continues to highlight various indications of increased labor activism involving major manufacturers or supply chain services providers. While some industry observers can view EV automaker Tesla as having an existing labor cost advantage in shunning organized labor across its factories, or in the automation of such factories, one report would indicate a brewing challenge.

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Resilience and transparency: A new model for global supply chains

Proxima

Supply chain risk and resilience is a topic that is in vogue. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the link between risk and return, with many businesses experiencing pain as they struggled to show resilience when supply and demand were in flux. The impact has echoed right to the top of the business chain, with nine in ten CEOs reporting to our Supply Chain Barometer that the desire for greater supply chain resilience had driven them to make some form of change to their business.

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Kitting in Manufacturing: Benefits & Best Practices

Unleashed

Kitting in manufacturing ensures that all the elements of a product or sub-assembly are organised and ready to go in advance of a build. As a result, the manufacturing process is more streamlined. But kitting isn’t so straightforward. It requires thoughtful planning and management of all the parts and processes involved in creating a finished product, or else you risk inefficiencies that dig into your profit margins.

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Watch: New Strategies for Adding Value to Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Deanna Kaufman, vice president of Körber Supply Chain, addresses some of the biggest issues affecting supply chains today: data integration, people assets, cost reduction and the carbon footprint.

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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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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

In this October 10, 2023 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology we provide our capsule highlights of investments announced by supply chain management focused tech providers. Included in this update is another significant billion dollar investment in a Generative AI tech start-up. Further included are two Series B funding announcements, a potential sign that venture capital later stage funding may be on the rebound for advanced AI focused start-ups.

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How Crisp and Databricks enable retailer-supplier collaboration

crisp

Crisp and Databricks help suppliers easily access and analyze data from 40+ retailers and distributors through the Databricks Marketplace. by Venkata Wunnava, Timothy Sepp, Dag Liodden, Casey Luther, Nickil Mishra, Sridhar Paladugu, David Kulwin, Sam Steiny & Bryan Smith Retailers have long shared sales and inventory data with their suppliers. Access to this information enables both parties to assess consumer demand, collaborative on activities to increase that demand, and identify and resol

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Shorter Trend Cycles: An Inventory Management Nightmare

Clear Spider

Zombies, ghosts and witches aren’t the only things to look out for this Halloween season. Shorter trend cycles, rising costs of goods, and high demand for seasonal products like candy, costumes, and decorations are all haunting manufacturers and retailers globally. In the fast-paced world of seasonal inventory, trend forecasting is crucial for success.

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Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 for Supply Chain: A Must Read for Shippers

Locus

The increased digitalization of our lives has meant that now more than ever, personal data is being shared and transacted, often without people’s consent. Repeated instances of data breaches has prompted governments and organizations to implement robust cybersecurity solutions. As another step in this direction, the Government of India released the Digital Personal Data Protection Act bill in August 2023.

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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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Inventory Challenges Increase with Global Supply Chains

Valogix

With global supply chains disrupted, businesses across the board are struggling to manage inventory at optimized levels.

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Why is Packaging Important?

IT Supply Chain

By Richard Pearson (pictured) Content Writer The post Why is Packaging Important? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Strengthen your global supply chain with ally sourcing

Maine Pointe

Strengthen your supply chain with ally-sourcing.

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Supply Chain News on New Challenge in Rolling Out Warehouse Robots, Bandwidth

Supply Chain Digest

Companies May not be Ready for Mobile Robots, as 5G Presents an Alternative to WiFi

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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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Stockholm Planning 2025 Ban of Gasoline, Diesel Cars

Supply Chain Brain

The Green Party, which is a part of the Stockholm City Council’s ruling coalition, said the initiative will lead to an increase in the adoption of electric vehicles.

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Global Supply Chain News on Container Imbalance likely to Continue on even as a Growing Number of Companies Move Some Sourcing Out of China, Says Drewry

Supply Chain Digest

Storing and Repositioning Empty Containers Cost 16 Billion Dollars per Year

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Seven Strategies for Adapting Warehouses to Peak-Season Fulfillment

Supply Chain Brain

Following are seven strategies that can help warehouses navigate the complexities of peak-seasons fulfillment.

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Warehouse Automation: Glossary of Important Terms

Tecsys

In the fast-paced world of modern warehousing, the concept of automation has become more than just a buzzword; it's a game-changer. As the demand for efficiency, accuracy and speed continues to rise, warehouses are turning to cutting-edge technology to revolutionize their operations. In this warehouse automation glossary, you will find a go-to guide for the terminology that powers the future of warehousing.

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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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5 Essential Questions to Answer when Selecting a Freight Procurement Platform

Shipsta

With recent developments and continued volatility in the transportation industry, most procurement and logistics leaders have understood how essential it is to infuse their end-to-end freight process with relevant insights and additional execution power. Enabling data-driven decision making, along with automation & speed, becomes key for succeeding in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world.

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Inbound Freight Challenges: Tackle a Subdued Peak Shipping Season with Visibility & Compliance

MercuryGate

Peak season 2023 won’t be the typical frenzied stocking and selling madhouse. Instead, it'll mirror a market still adjusting to pandemic fallout as companies adapt to evolving consumer behavior and demand shifts. What does this mean for inventory management? The post Inbound Freight Challenges: Tackle a Subdued Peak Shipping Season with Visibility & Compliance appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Ensuring Warehouse Worker Safety in the Automation Era

Supply Chain Brain

With the rapid adoption of automation and robotics, then, it’s important to explore how advanced technology can improve worker safety.