CHAINalytics
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The benefits of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) are well known — e.g., improved forecast accuracy, lower working capital, better customer service, and higher EBITDA. Unfortunately, for many companies, their S&OP process hasn’t yielded these results. If this sounds all too familiar, you might be missing the key ingredient of effective executive engagement.
Supply Chain Game Changer
OCTOBER 28, 2020
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IT Supply Chain
OCTOBER 28, 2020
By Nidhi Donga (pictured). Content Writer at 123Financials. The post The role of an accountant in Supply Chains appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 28, 2020
It can take years for a company to recover from a supply-chain failure, and the potential financial implications can be staggering.
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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.
IT Supply Chain
OCTOBER 28, 2020
By Tom Homer (pictured). SVP of sales & Client Services Operations for EMEA at GTT. The post Businesses are expected to increase their cloud spend in 2020 appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
IT Supply Chain
OCTOBER 28, 2020
By Tom Homer (pictured). SVP of sales & Client Services Operations for EMEA at GTT. The post Uptake of the cloud has no end in sight appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Iptor, the Swedish-based, global provider enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, planning and logistics software and services, reports exceptional success in Norway, Sweden and Finland in the first half of 2020.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 28, 2020
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” That saying is especially true this year with what companies across all industries, including freight brokers, are experiencing during the pandemic. What are the leaders in the industry doing? Are they hitting the pause button on their digital transformation efforts or accelerating them? What are they.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) hosted its virtual Autonomous Mobile Robot Conference earlier this week (October 26 – 27). I personally kicked off research on the global mobile warehouse robotics market earlier this month and therefore chose to attend conference sessions that provided insights on the broader context of mobile warehouse robotics, namely the concepts of ecosystems, integration, and interoperability.
Advertiser: GEP
Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.
Supply Chain Digest
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Automakers Testing Exoskeletons for Workers on Factory Floor
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 28, 2020
This week, we are taking a look at the leading freight demand indicators for the truckload sector with much the same to report as last month - freight volumes are down overall, but it is a very different story at the commodity level.
Supply Chain Digest
OCTOBER 28, 2020
McKinsey Now is Time to Reimagine the Procurement Function
The Logistics of Logistics
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Why Great Prospects Don’t Become Customers with Zach Ramirez. Zach Ramirez and Joe Lynch discuss why great prospects don’t become customers. As the director of sales and marketing at a leading logistics provider, Zach has learned the things in the sales and marketing process that scare off great prospects. About Zach Ramirez. Zach Ramirez is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Ally Logistics.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Axway
OCTOBER 28, 2020
We recently shared the news that Axway was selected for an API Award for Best in Microservices Infrastructure. This week, we received our award at the virtual API World 2020. Microservices and APIs are the keys to power innovation.
ivalua
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The post The 5-Step Guide to Successful Digital Transformation appeared first on Ivalua.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Inmar Intelligence, a data-driven technology-enabled services company specializing in processing retail and e-commerce returns, and Happy Returns, provider of end-to-end return solutions for retailers and their customers, recently announced an agreement where Inmar Intelligence will be a reseller of Happy Returns’ Returns Bar and Online Returns Exchange Services.
Jaggaer
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The post JAGGAER Celebrates 25 Years of Technological Innovation, Customer Focus and Global Expansion appeared first on Jaggaer.
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
My Office Apps
OCTOBER 28, 2020
How to Get the Best ROI from Your ERP Investment. There is no doubt that installing a new ERP software can be a big step. Whenever a business makes an investment, the first thing to consider is the ROI (Return on Investment) to make sure the benefits are worth the capital and resources being invested. Below are some of the factors that should be considered when analyzing the ROI of such an investment.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
OCTOBER 28, 2020
I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. Harley-Davidson’s Profit Surges. Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. – Bob.
Unleashed
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Popular with consumers around the world and supporting numerous developing nations as one of their key commodities, the coffee industry is both valuable and – up to the beginning of 2020 – expanding. However with Covid-19 slowing both production and demand, and disrupting the global supply chain, the global coffee industry has stalled in recent months – and seen new trends take hold.
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Even the biggest companies make supply chain management mistakes, and they typically have dedicated management hierarchies focused solely on balancing supply and demand. For the smaller business, with a management team that has to juggle multiple areas of responsibility, it’s even easier to inadvertently neglect, overdo or omit certain aspects of supply chain management—or just get them plain wrong.
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.
Enterra Insights
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The term “cognitive technologies” is unlikely to replace the more common phrase “artificial intelligence,” despite the fact it better denotes there are a multitude of technologies that rest under the AI umbrella. “Perhaps the greatest promise offered to businesses today stems from cognitive computing technology,” write staff members from Ohio University. “These systems can process unstructured information in ways like humans, but much faster.
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Even the biggest companies make supply chain management mistakes, and they typically have dedicated management hierarchies focused solely on balancing supply and demand. For the smaller business, with a management team that has to juggle multiple areas of responsibility, it’s even easier to inadvertently neglect, overdo or omit certain aspects of supply chain management—or just get them plain wrong.
GlobalTranz
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Multimodal represents one of the most important ways, if not the most significant development in the supply chain’s history, to increase efficiency and lower costs. And more companies are turning to multimodal shipping management as an alternative to sticking with a single-mode. Part of that reason comes from the fact that global trade trends will.read More.
MIT Supply Chain
OCTOBER 28, 2020
by Eva Ponce and Chris Caplice A surge in the number of registrants and verified learners in the MITx MicroMasters® Program in Supply Chain Management attests to the increasing appeal of online education during the Covid-19 pandemic. The numbers also suggest that supply chain management?—?a subject popularized by the pandemic?—?is attracting a growing number of virtual learners.
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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.
BlueYonder
OCTOBER 28, 2020
There is a slogan that is often touted during an election cycle: Your voice, your vote. It puts me in mind of one of the opening scenes in the movie “Selma.” The scene opens with a middle-aged Black woman sitting in a waiting room of a government building. She is called to the clerk’s window and hands over an application to register to vote. You can tell by the look on her face that this is not the first time she has attempted this.
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