Wed.Mar 25, 2015

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Is Poor Inventory Performance Holding You Back?

Kinaxis

'by Alexa Cheater Our partner Celestica recently published the following article, ‘ Is your company being held hostage by poor inventory performance? ’ The authors, Anandhi Narayanan, Senior Manager, Advanced Customer Solutions, Charles Thomas, Director, IT Customer Solutions, Stacey Greene, Director of Inventory Optimization and Robert Rejano, Processes and Applications Advisor, all with Celestica, describe the critical steps needed to drive inventory performance improvements.

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What If the VP of Supply Chain, Treasurer, and CFO Worked Together? The Benefits of Linking the Physical and Financial Supply Chains

Talking Logistics

'For many supply chain and logistics professionals, they hear the term financial supply chain and think, “That’s a finance thing – not my concern.” But what is the financial supply chain, and why should supply chain and logistics executives participate in this process? I asked Kurt Cavano, Founder, Vice Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer at GT Nexus , those questions in a recent episode of Talking Logistics.

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Unpredictability: The new normal for the oil and gas industry

DELMIA Quintiq

'Since oil prices began their decline in the second half of 2014, the burning question on the minds of analysts and economists alike has been this: where will it stop? But as a CNN Money poll points out , it’s a guessing game at best. Analysts have been rigorously attempting to pin down the magic number, watching a range of indicators from OPEC announcements to rig counts.

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Executing Your Transportation Strategy: The Essential Role of Transportation Management Technology

Talking Logistics

'Live Episode: April 2, 2015 at 12:00 ET. The first two episodes of this educational series focused on the link between transportation management and supply chain excellence , and how to define and implement an effective transportation strategy. In this episode, led by Chris Johnson, VP Research and Development at LeanLogistics , we will discuss the important role technology plays in helping companies successfully execute their transportation strategy.

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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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FMCG Supply Chain: The Top 10 Smash Hits (with a twist)

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

'The worlds of Supply Chain and popular music may be strange bed fellows but if you look closely you will see many a smash hit have a supply chain theme. Let us take a tongue-in-cheek look at the latest Supply Chain charts. I Want My ERP – Sting is at number 10 with his classic need for a decent ERP system to support your business. Avoid off the shelf solutions as they rarely work in the long run.

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Transforming the Supply Chain in an Omnichannel World

Enterra Insights

'“The rise of the omni-consumer,” asserts Fabrizio Brasca (@FabBrasca), Vice President of Global Logistics at JDA Software, “has changed virtually … Continued. The post Transforming the Supply Chain in an Omnichannel World appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Outdated Operations and Technology are Hindering Supply Chains Today

RFgen

Global supply chains today have become more complex than ever before. Emerging technology has connected companies and manufacturers from different corners of the world, creating a web of supply chain operations. The need for cutting-edge systems is apparent, but not all organizations are utilizing the latest and greatest technology to their advantage just yet.

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Introducing a Blog for Your Inner Software Geek

Tecsys

Tecsys develops innovative software products. Yes, we are a provider of supply chain solutions (and hey, Your Supply Chain Matters!), but underpinning all of that is a team of software development professionals who build our products with the latest technologies and tools. The post Introducing a Blog for Your Inner Software Geek appeared first on Tecsys.

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Outdated Operations and Technology are Hindering Supply Chains Today

RFgen

Global supply chains today have become more complex than ever before. Emerging technology has connected companies and manufacturers from different corners of the world, creating a web of supply chain operations. The need for cutting-edge systems is apparent, but not all organizations are utilizing the latest and greatest technology to their advantage just yet.

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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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“Moneyball” and Your Business

Supply Chain Action Blog

It’s baseball season again! A while back, the film “Moneyball” showed us how the Oakland A’s built a super-competitive sports franchise on analytics, essentially “ competing on analytics ”, within relevant business parameters of a major league baseball franchise. The “Moneyball” saga and other examples of premier organizations competing on analytics were featured in the January 2006 Harvard Business Review article, “Competing on Analytics” (reprint R0601H) by Thomas Davenport

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What Creates Jobs? Welcoming STEM Workers

GlobalTranz

'Politicians talk frequently about job creation. But what actually creates jobs is a subject of intense debate. Do we need more public spending? Less? Fewer regulations? Smarter regulations? The answer usually depends on the audience and ignores the deeper questions. What kind of jobs are we creating? Do other jobs get destroyed? Would high-skill immigrants take a job from an American or create a new one for him or herself?

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Supply Chain News on Strategic Sourcing Software Enabling Companies to Continue to Raise the Bar on Capabilities, Gartner Says

Supply Chain Digest

'Best of Breen Vendors Continue to Dominate, as Cloud Delivery has become the Standard'

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ProMat 2015: There’s More Than One Way to Skin a Cat

Logistics Viewpoints

'There is more than one way to skin a cat. And the fat cat at ProMat is the high-volume of small, multi-line item orders being fulfilled by today’s distribution operations. ProMat 2015 has 808 exhibitors (and 35,000 attendees), so It’s difficult to boil down such a large and diverse set of offerings to one concept, […].

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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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P&O Ports established in Dubai to diversify DP World

Logistics Middle East

'PCFC has established P&O Ports to focus on operation of emerging market ports globally'

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RFID and AIDC News on Internet of Things Transforms Products from Goods to Services

Supply Chain Digest

'New Report from Deloitte Says Growth in Market will be Strong, but Far More Spend by Business Rather Consumers for Connected Homes'

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Lloyd's Register consolidates container safety

Logistics Middle East

'Lloyd''s new container certification aims to consolidate multiple regulations into one'

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ProMat 2015 Day 2 Video Review and Commen

Supply Chain Digest

'SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore and Materials Handling Editor Cliff Hostle Back Again from the Exhibit Floor in Chicago'

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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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Sohar Port container traffic up 58% amid $130m upgrade

Logistics Middle East

'Port of Sohar has spent US $130m on upgrades amid rampant growth in container traffic'

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MODON taking strides to improve Saudi logistics market

Logistics Middle East

'Workshop aimed to improve the attractiveness of Saudi for logistics service providers.

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Al Saleh to replace Buamim as Drydocks World chairman

Logistics Middle East

'Abdulrahman Al Saleh will replace Khamis Juma Buamim as chairman of Drydocks World'

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