NC State SCRC
JULY 31, 2020
In the current environment, the big push for production and the biggest shortfalls in capacity is for test kits. Recent reports identify that the level of testing is far below what they need to be, and despite their best efforts, test kit manufacturers and laboratories are not able to keep up, due to shortages of reagents, equipment, and other issues.
Turvo
JULY 31, 2020
The pressure to better manage and evolve peak season logistics before the holidays has never been higher in this era of uncertainty. Meanwhile, uncertainty remains the name of the game in peak season logistics planning. According to Jeff Berman of Logistics Management , “Due to a confluence of COVID-19-driven factors, including reduced consumer demand, lower import levels, heavy job losses, the ongoing United States-China trade war, and overall economic unease, a case can be made that the 2020 p
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GlobalTranz
JULY 31, 2020
[link] An omnichannel retail strategy is the new norm in today’s supply chains. The days of managing channels on an individual basis are over, and consumers are using multiple devices and e-commerce platforms for nearly all purchases. In fact, 78% of U.S. individuals over the age of 15 at some point use e-commerce platforms to.read More. The post Omnichannel Retail Strategy: Not just a Buzzword, But a Business Model | TALKING FREIGHT VIDEO appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Ce
Provenance
JULY 31, 2020
Provenance is using tech to power the transparency movement – helping brands bring their supply chain and impact behind products to shoppers that care, enabling a more conscious, fair, and low-impact consumption. We are hiring an Executive Assistant to support our Founder and CEO, Jessi Baker. If you’re an organised quick thinker with great communications skills and interested in helping to build a values and mission driven organisation we’d love to hear from you.
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.
BlueYonder
JULY 31, 2020
Blue Yonder and WMG, University of Warwick recently released a report exploring the digital readiness of today’s retail supply chains with only 15% of global retailers reporting prescriptive or autonomous supply chains driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). However, over half of those surveyed are eager to embrace AI and ML, with 61% indicating plans to implement these technologies.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Bristlecone
JULY 31, 2020
NIRAV PATEL APPOINTED PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BRISTLECONE. This week, we announced that Nirav Patel, a long-time Cognizant Executive, has been named President and CEO of Bristlecone. This announcement comes at a time when organizations are accelerating digital resilience and transformation in preparation for a post-COVID world. Nirav has an impressive track record of rapidly scaling digital businesses.
Freight Plus
JULY 31, 2020
In this episode, Consulting Logistics host, Kyle MacNaught, will chat with Richard Duncan at DKN Supply Chain. In this conversation they will discuss: Shipping Challenges in Australia. How COVID-19 affected the outback. Exciting innovations occurring down under episode. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your experience with the supply chain. Richard Duncan started out on a farm in rural New Zealand.
NC State SCRC
JULY 31, 2020
Early in the pandemic, many lawyers were licking their chops, thinking about the stream of force majeure lawsuits that would be coming their way, with manufacturers suing suppliers, and vice versa, all using force majeur as a contractual escape hatch given the shortages and disruptions occurring across the supply chain. Well, hate to tell you guys, but this isn’t going to be the case.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 31, 2020
As my colleague Clint Reiser pointed out in last week’s news round-up, baseball is back. And while the season will look a lot different than in years past, it is back. At least until it isn’t. Unlike the NHL and NBA which chose to use bubble cities to contain the teams, baseball teams are still traveling for games. And while the league is somewhat limiting travel by only having teams play in their geographic division, […].
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Talking Logistics
JULY 31, 2020
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All Things Supply Chain
JULY 31, 2020
General Mills Adds More Outsourcing Partners as It Aims to Meet Packaged-Food Demand General Mills Inc.
SnapFulfil
JULY 31, 2020
A New Jersey based order fulfillment start-up has grown its customer base from zero to 25,000 orders per month, in under 10 weeks and during the height of the COVID-19 crisis.
MercuryGate
JULY 31, 2020
As the transportation industry continues to evolve, optimization functionality must advance to keep up. When evaluating a transportation optimization solution and its continuing advances, it is important to ensure that the solution is considering emerging transportation trends, technological advancements, and the real-world challenges that businesses face.
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Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.
Vanguard Software
JULY 31, 2020
Leading service organizations have implemented advanced planning systems, like Vanguard Predictive Planning™, developed to manage spare parts.
ShipBob
JULY 31, 2020
It’s hard to determine if you’re going to reach revenue goals if you don’t know much your inventory is worth. For ecommerce businesses, keeping track of inventory and its value is crucial. By choosing the right inventory tracking method, you can better manage your ecommerce inventory and forecast potential profit. Since so many variables play into determining the value of inventory (e.g., manufacturing costs, product demand, cost of goods sold (COGS), etc.), knowing the current worth of your inv
Invata Intralogistics
JULY 31, 2020
The Good News: If you’re considering automating your fulfillment process, or optimizing an existing automated fulfillment operation, there are a lot of automated fulfillment solutions to choose from out there. The Bad News: With so many choices available, making the wrong choice becomes a lot easier. And when you consider that the solution you choose will make or break the success of your operation, that’s a lot of pressure.
Vinculum
JULY 31, 2020
The high penetration of the internet and the increase in the adoption of social media globally is rooting the need for expansion of online businesses cross-border. According to the recent study reports that cross-border eCommerce is supposed to reach 424 billion dollars by 2021, almost around 15% of total online business activity. By 2022, it will make up to 20% of the eCommerce cross-border.
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Enterra Insights
JULY 31, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and the continued spread of COVID-19 has parents of school-age children in a quandary. In some cases, they face three choices: send children back to school; home school students; or participate in distance learning programs. Some school districts are eliminating the choice of sending students physically back to school and are only providing online classes.[1] Numerous factors must be considered when making decisions about how and where to educate students.
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