Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Editor’s Note: Above the Fold is a new segment on Talking Logistics where we spend a couple of minutes discussing a headline or two from last week’s supply chain and logistics news and raise a question for you to answer. Today’s segment is on same-day delivery. How will the same-day delivery market shake out? Post a comment and share your perspective on this question and topic!
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. Located in the United Kingdom (UK), he has more than twelve years of experience in progressive roles driving demand-drive projects for their global supply chain. Nick is a master of influence skills and building cross-functional, horizontal processes. At the Supply Chain insights Global Summit , Nick shared his story on driving demand-based improvements.
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Enterra Insights
DECEMBER 17, 2018
If consumers ever think about supply chains and how the items they desire manage to find their way into their homes, they likely picture fleets of trucks, trains, airplanes, and cargo ships — the logistics part of supply chains. That’s because the most personal contact consumers have with the supply chain is when a package is delivered to their doorstep.
ivalua
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The Hackett Group and Ivalua have been working together for some months to assess the status of Digital Procurement transformation and lessons learned from early adopters. CPOs in many organisations have progressed beyond the planning stage, with Ivalua actively working with many of them and supporting their journey. The Hackett Group published this Report, State of Procurement Digital Transformation, Part 1: Value Drivers and Expectations in April 2018 and Lessons Learned by Early Adopters
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
Provenance
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Set your transparency strategy and start your new year off right with a workshop hosted by Provenance. Over the coming months, we’ll be hosting a series of workshops tailored around business who are seeking to navigate transparency and sustainability – via environment, social impact, animal welfare, health, etc. Jump starting us into the new year, we’re proud to host a workshop in partnership with the British Fashion Council as part of their Positive Fashion initiative.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Veridian Solutions
DECEMBER 17, 2018
E-commerce carries a higher rate of returns than brick-and-mortar stores. Depending on the source, brick-and-mortar retailers have an average return rate of approximately 10 percent, notes Shopify. E-Commerce returns can be as high as 50 percent, depending on the period analyzed. Unfortunately, returns represent an added cost of operating in modernity, and retailers fall victim to a misconception that they have few options to reduce returns’ frequency in e-commerce.
Tecsys
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Although electronic data interchange (EDI) has been around since the early 1970s, many businesses are taking a fresh look at how this powerful commerce platform can affect their cash conversion cycle. A strong EDI strategy can increase efficiency and reduce errors, streamlining trading partner onboarding and transactions. In this post we’ll review expectations for the future of this technology as well as how it’s changing.
Veridian Solutions
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Attempting to manage holiday retail returns is a complex task. With higher-than-average returns’ rates, holiday returns can turn the most stable of supply chains into a logistics nightmare. However, retailers that understand the issues that contribute to higher-than-average return rates during the season and follow a few best practices can successfully reduce their costs.
Insights Solutions Global
DECEMBER 17, 2018
A lean supply chain is the epitome of a highly efficient and effective supply chain. So what is a lean supply chain? How can a lean supply chain help you cut your product and project costs? The post Lean Supply Chain to Reduce Product or Project Costs appeared first on Insight Solutions Global.
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.
EC Sourcing Group
DECEMBER 17, 2018
If you sell a premium product, manufacturing quality issues can kill your image and your bottom line. Today I will share a fantastic success story from a strategic sourcing consultant who is friend of mine. His company was called in by a producer of high-end beverages. The bottles they use serve multiple purposes. They protect the beverage and their unique shape and labeling are an important part of their high quality brand image.
Veridian Solutions
DECEMBER 17, 2018
E-commerce carries a higher rate of returns than brick-and-mortar stores. Depending on the source, brick-and-mortar retailers have an average return rate of approximately 10 percent, notes Shopify. E-Commerce returns can be as high as 50 percent, depending on the period analyzed. Unfortunately, returns represent an added cost of operating in modernity, and retailers fall victim to a misconception that they have few options to reduce returns’ frequency in e-commerce.
NC State SCRC
DECEMBER 17, 2018
One of the highlights of our SCRC meeting was the presentation by David Quintilio, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at United Parcel Service. David is a College of Management alum, originally from Asheville, and began working loading trucks while still a student at NC STate. After two years in engineering, he decided he wanted to get a taste of management, and graduated with an accounting degree from the Poole College of Management.
Veridian Solutions
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Attempting to manage holiday retail returns is a complex task. With higher-than-average returns’ rates, holiday returns can turn the most stable of supply chains into a logistics nightmare. However, retailers that understand the issues that contribute to higher-than-average return rates during the season and follow a few best practices can successfully reduce their costs.
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Cognira
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Efficient Customer Order Routing Moving past short-sighted customer ordering routing decisions Overview Efficient and reliable routing of customer orders is critical in today’s retailing environment. Even in one of the largest and most efficient supply networks, Amazon, shipment costs are 14% of retail sales. That’s a big number, and for most retailers who are not at the scale of Amazon, those costs are even higher.
FLEXE
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Some people still think of supply chain as a business niche, with limited strategic value. But, companies today need a fully modernized and integrated supply chain to be successful. It is no exaggeration to say the supply chain is now the heart of business.
GlobalTranz
DECEMBER 17, 2018
E-commerce comes with stark challenges. Implementing an e-commerce shipping strategy may lead to problems with visibility, channel isolation, delays in fulfillment, poor returns management, international trade issues and more. This risk could lead to severe setbacks in customer service and damage customer-shipper relationships, as well as shipper-carrier relationships.
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Tom Curee, Vice President of Logistics at Kingsgate Logistics, and Prasad Gollapalli, Founder and CEO of Trucker Tools , discuss the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: When you look at the way freight brokers have traditionally operated, what are the biggest drivers of cost and inefficiency? What kind of operational challenges did 2018’s transportation market create for freight brokers?
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
ivalua
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The post 3 Ways to Increase Agility and Support Exploratory Sourcing Using Procurement Technology appeared first on Ivalua.
DAT Solutions
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The year is coming to an end, so the clock is ticking on a few things you can do to take advantage of the new tax laws and pay less in 2018. There are several ways carriers and owner-operators can lower the amount they owe to Uncle Sam, but below are the six things you can get started today. Visit ATBS for an in-depth look at how to save on your tax bill. 1.
Inmar
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Sometimes it’s okay to be judged by the company you keep and sometimes there’s victory in simply competing. And that was exactly the case for Inmar when we didn’t receive the CHPA Educational Foundation’s 2018 Industry Leadership Award for Advancing Self-Care at the group’s Annual Gala held November 13 in New York City. That night, Inmar was among a prestigious group of nominees including Bayer Consumer Health and GlaxoSmithKline vying for this award from the educational arm of the Consumer Heal
DAT Solutions
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Demand for fresh produce remains strong, even though most fall crops have already been harvested in the U.S. and spring is still a few months away. As we get closer to Christmas, a larger proportion of fresh fruit and vegetables are imported from Mexico through a handful of border crossings in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. McAllen, TX, is the easternmost border crossing for those produce moves, so it's a gateway to population centers on the East Coast and parts of the Midwest.
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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.
Seebo
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Applying machine learning without factoring in relevant contextual production data leads to too many alerts and false positives. What's the solution? The post How the Precision of Process-Based Machine Learning</br> Solves Manufacturing Disruptions appeared first on Seebo Blog.
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 17, 2018
A proposal by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to address the deficit of 900,000 truck drivers has attracted both support and opposition.
Unleashed
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The weighted average cost method is an accounting approach to inventory valuation, it is used to determine the cost of goods sold (COGS) and the ending inventory stock. Weighted average accounting assumes that all units are valued at a weighted average cost per unit, and it applies this calculated average to the COGS in addition to the units held in ending inventory.
Insights Solutions Global
DECEMBER 17, 2018
In this article, we'll provide some guidelines on costs of RFID and point out the improvement space of the cost in the future industry.
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.
Rootstock
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Manufacturers that have Rootstock cloud ERP, have the flexibility to personalize their products for their customers. These manufacturers reap the rewards from holiday purchases because customers want to find the right personalized gift. Here are three Rootstock clients who offer customized products.
Exapro Hub
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Ready for our last Top 5 of machines in November 2018? This will be about a very specific category: Pharmaceutical and Chemical machines. Many visitors and potential buyers have shown their interest in several machines but only 5 […]. The post Top 5 Pharmaceutical – Chemical Machines in November 2018 appeared first on Exapro Hub.
Freight Plus
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Retail Artificial Intelligence w/ Joel Beal CEO/Co-founder of Alloy
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