Supply Chain Resilience vs. Flexibility, Sustainability, & More
River Logic
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
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Global Supply Chains Explore New Opportunities with Increased Visibility
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Global Supply Chains Explore New Opportunities with Increased Visibility. 24 SEPTEMBER 2020 | 11am (SGT). Recent events have forced even the most robust businesses to go back to the drawing board. Now, more than ever, technology has made all the difference in keeping supply chains afloat. Understand how visibility has afforded more opportunities and saved costs in global supply chains.
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No Industry Has A Better Success Metric than Baseball
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Baseball has a key performance indicator that is unrivaled. The Wins Above Replacement Value tells a team exactly what they need to do to succeed. In business, and the supply chain realm, no other success metric has this clarity. The post No Industry Has A Better Success Metric than Baseball appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.
Supply Chain Mapping (Insights from Indago)
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
In the post Hidden Suppliers Can Make or Break Your Operations (Harvard Business Review, May 2015), the authors write, “With the size and complexity of supply chains soaring, a daunting challenge is confronting companies: identifying the critical nodes hidden within the vast expanse of their supply networks.” The coronavirus outbreak has put supply chain risk.
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
Data, Digitalization, and Supply Chain Transformation
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
In dark times, people look longingly for the dawn of a new day. The coronavirus pandemic resulted in dark times for many supply chains and, as a result, much is being written about how supply chains can transform and usher in a new day of supply chain operations. Michael Schrage, a research fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explains the global outbreak of COVID-19 has “dramatically accelerated digital transformations worldwide. … As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella publicly ob
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U.S. Funds a Supply-Chain Center in Ghana: A Challenge to China and Russia?
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
The United States Agency for International Development recently awarded $15 million for creation of a research and training center for supply-chain management in Ghana. But the move might signal a broader effort by the U.S. to counter the growing economic influence of China, and to a lesser extent Russia, throughout the African continent.
o9 Solutions and FourKites partner to bring unprecedented connectivity between freight visibility and planning Control Towers
o9 Solutions
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
This article has also been published on Business Wire The partnership combines o9’s industry-leading integrated business planning platform with FourKites’ Visibility Cloud to provide end-to-end visibility to freight tracking. Chicago and Dallas — o9 Solutions, a premier AI-driven integrated planning and operations solution provider, and FourKites, the global leader in real-time supply chain visibility, have partnered to deliver an integrated solution to eliminate friction in complex global
An Ounce of Prevention is better than…
Adexa
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
You know the rest: a pound of cure! Unfortunately, most supply chain planning systems are based on responding and manual intervention to cure the problems and issues that arise. This is mainly due to the fact that their S&OP solutions are inaccurate and essentially a rough plan that is not feasible for execution. This approach is the antithesis of planning which is supposed to predict the issues and safeguard against potential problems before they occur.
Watch: Keys to Supply-Chain Resilience
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Why do some supply chains bounce back from disruptions more quickly than others? New research from the Association for Supply Chain Management clarifies what makes a company resilient.
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.
What COVID-19 Is Telling Us About Supply Chains
IT Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Zak Rafiq, Wholesale Distribution & Manufacturing Centre of Excellence, Oracle NetSuite. The post What COVID-19 Is Telling Us About Supply Chains appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Watch: A New Report on Supply-Chain Sustainability
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
What makes a supply chain resilient? A discussion about the findings from a new study by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.
ThankX Delivery Services!
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Last Mile Delivery! What is your Strategy? ThankX article and permission to publish here provided by Bruce Leto Jr. In March 2020, Real Estate Investor/Tax Analyst Carlos Colon (a Philadelphia native, raised in Puerto Rico) decided to bring an idea of his to life; one which was building in his heart for a long period of time.
‘Princes pursues transparency with Napolina QR codes’ – Food Manufacture
Provenance
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
In the first of our projects to go live as a part of our partnership with the Princes Group , you can now find their supply chain and impact information opened up for customers to access at the point-of-sale. “Princes has launched on-pack quick response (QR) codes on its Napolina canned tomatoes, enabling smartphone users to view their quality and sustainability credentials as part of a broader blockchain-enabled transparency drive” – Food Manufacture.
The Big Payoff of Application Analytics
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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.
International Supply Chain with xKD at Audi
All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
To protect national industry and jobs, some countries impose extremely high import duties on finished products.
Parcel Shipping & Their Intrinsic Relationship to Peak Season Success
GlobalTranz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
More people are taking comfort from shopping online from the comfort of their own homes. With today’s technology, it makes e-commerce a lot more efficient and effective. E-commerce logistics and parcel shipping are the livelihoods of many businesses. Aside from the everyday use of parcel services during the regular shopping seasons, they can also hold.read More.
Accelerating the digitalisation of supply chains: managing brand risk, enhancing the consumer experience, and removing defects
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
For many years, adding coding and marking technology to your manufacturing line was perceived simply as a compliance obligation. Now, with the advent of more complex requirements for supply chain trackability, coupled with increasing consumer demands for personalisation, provenance checks, and anti-counterfeit protection, that ‘simple’ coding and marking technology can be a big stepping stone towards both a fully-connected supply chain and an enhanced, interactive consumer experience.
Some Examples of Total Cost to Serve (TCTS) Models in FMCG Route to Market
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
In my last blog we discussed how the Total Cost to Serve (TCTS) can impact the FMCG Route to Market. Since then, I have had several questions and comments asking for some examples of TCTS models. So, in the link below, I have provided some examples. But first, let’s have a quick reminder on TCTS.
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.
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week 2020
Kuebix
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week holds a special meaning this year as truck drivers have gone above and beyond to keep stores, hospitals and other healthcare facilities stocked in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The 3.5 million truck drivers working in the U.S. continue to safely and securely deliver essential goods. From passing out […].
Warehouses under extra pressure this Holiday Season
SnapFulfil
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Christmas 2020 is set to break online shopping records as growth continues to accelerate due to the global coronavirus pandemic, with overall e-commerce sales expected to jump from initial predictions of 11% to 19% reaching £78.9bn (source: Edge Retail Insight ).
Enhancing Your Contract Management System for 2021
ProcurePort
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Whenever there are a variety of moving parts that all have to work seamlessly together – systems and processes can become convoluted. Procurement teams have to operate similarly to that of a clock. Each piece a cog, whose function affects the entirety of the clock. Contract management is one of the most important aspects in […]. The post Enhancing Your Contract Management System for 2021 appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.
Things you need to master to sell more on marketplaces
Vinculum
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Online eCommerce is undoubtedly taking the world by storm. It is now a significant trend and needs for an hour. Have you ever thought about why global brands such as Amazon, eBay, Alibaba are far ahead and consistent in selling online? Well, the answer is they work on their strategies. Overview. Asian Pacific countries like Malaysia, Singapore are the countries with growing opportunities for a thriving online marketplace.
Monetizing Analytics Features
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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.
Event-driven API Management introduction
Axway
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
We hope you are now convinced Event-Driven APIs matter! If not yet, please click HERE. So, let’s assume now you have Event-driven APIs and they work as intended. So, the next question is: How to manage them?
Growing Distrust of China Brings $38 Billion Windfall for Taiwan
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Taiwan sits squarely in the middle of the worsening dispute between Beijing and Washington, with many of its companies operating factories in China manufacturing for American companies.
How to Ship Heavy Haul & Oversize Loads
Freightera
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Easy Guide to Shipping Heavy Haul & Oversize Loads. Shipping heavy haul and oversize loads is as complicated as freight shipping gets, with many intricacies that can cause you headaches. It pays off to get informed and prepare well. That’s why we’ve created a short guide to make oversize load shipping easier and less stressful. Read on! What are heavy haul loads?
Consumers Can Now Track Carbon in an Ear of Corn From Farm to Table
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Companies will be soon able to track the carbon emissions from an ear of corn to a pork chop, allowing them to market products to environmentally conscious eaters.
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.
How to Make National Truck Driver Appreciation Week an Event that Lasts All Year
DAT Solutions
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
At this time last year we were finalizing our agenda for DATCON 2019, our user conference for brokers and 3PLs. I knew one session in particular would draw a crowd: “What Carriers Love and Hate About You.” The speaker lineup included Sammy Lloyd of Lloyd Trucking, a single-truck owner-operator whose MakeCents channel on YouTube is a great business resource for truckers on the spot market.
Supply Chain News on Distribution Center Workers Risk Infection, Washington Post Reports
Supply Chain Digest
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Soaring Temp Workers Make Social Distancing in DCs almost Impossible, as Pressure to Deliver can Trump Safety
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