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Top 20: The Ultimate Logistics Technology Roundup

Freightos

Feel like you keep on reading headlines about “ the Uber-ificiation of 3D printed big-data drones “? We know how you feel. Logistics startups are popping up everywhere. Logistics start-ups investments shot up from 0.1% of total tech investments in 2012 to 1.37% in the first half of 2014. We’re here to make some order out of the chaos.

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7 Ways to Create Perfect Agile Supply Chain Machine

Supply Chain Opz

'Agile Supply Chain concept has been discussed widely but the definition can be a bit vague. In this article, we will explain how agile supply chain theories were developed and 7 ways to create agility in your organization. Agile Supply Chain Agile Supply Chain is based on the concept of "Agility" which was developed at Lehigh University in the United States.

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Taking a Holistic View on Inventory May Lead to Change in Strategy

Talking Logistics

'Inventory optimization has always been a challenge while designing and planning a supply chain. A variety of barriers can impact an effective inventory strategy, such as working in functional silos and demand/supplier volatility¹. The good thing is that companies are beginning to appreciate the importance of inventory form and function instead of narrowing it down to just setting optimal safety stock targets.

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Taking Supply Chain Risk Management Seriously

Enterra Insights

'A survey conducted by BSI and the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) found that over a “third (35 percent) of businesses … Continued. The post Taking Supply Chain Risk Management Seriously appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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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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Internet of Things Will Deliver $1.9 Trillion Boost to Supply Chain & Logistics Operations

PINC

Today DHL and Cisco published a paper ( linked here ) indicating the Internet of Things will deliver $1.9 Trillion Boost to Supply Chain & Logistics Operations. The Trend Report estimates that there will be 50 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020 compared to 15 billion today. The areas benefiting the most will be in warehousing, and freight transportation.

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Building Your Supply Chain Strategy: The Customer-Centric Journey Towards Supply Chain Excellence

BlueYonder

'Building a High-Performing and Profitable Supply Chain. In Part I of my Supply Chain Strategy series, I explained why the five tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains remain a great starting point to build your supply chain strategy. In Part II , we saw how seeking inspiration from retailers can help manufacturing companies to embrace customer-centricity.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Which Country is the Most Manufacturing Intensive

Supply Chain Digest

'While China May be Number 1 in Total Value Add, Germany Dominate Per Capita Rankings'

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Picking with Vision

Logistics Viewpoints

'An announcement from DHL a few weeks ago heralding the success of a pilot project in Europe involving the use of augmented reality for order picking is yet more evidence that when it comes to high technology, the once humble warehouse is not being left behind. For three weeks, 10 workers at a DHL customer […].

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Logistics is Not a Commodity!

The Logistics of Logistics

Logistics might not be a commodity, but it sure feels like it. Anybody selling transportation and logistics services will tell you, that many if not most customers buy based on price alone. I won’t argue that point – I have definitely experienced it firsthand. So What is a Commodity? Commodity Definition : a commodity is a product or service that is indistinguishable from ones manufactured or provided by competing companies and that therefore sells primarily on the basis of price rather than qua

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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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Five reasons why our supply chains aren’t demand driven

The Network Effect

'It is difficult to come across many supply chain leaders today who do not subscribe to the principle of Demand-Driven Supply Chains. As supply chain experts we continue to write about, provide webinars, present at conferences, and assist numerous client companies to progress towards the Demand-Driven Supply Chain model. Software suppliers have promoted and developed software to help enable the Demand-Driven Supply Chain model.

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3PL Sales: Hunting vs. Farming

The Logistics of Logistics

'Most logistics and transportation salesmen are hunters. By hunters, I mean they go hunting for customers every day. They are just like any other hunter, sometimes they make a kill and other days they go home empty handed. The hunter’s main weapon of choice is the cold call. The skilled hunter gets a phone number from a list they bought or from Google.

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Internet of Asset Maintenance

Infosys Supply Chain Management

'Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the hot topics much discussed in various forums these days. IoT is considered to be an influencer in transforming the way Objects interact with external world. This arouses a curiosity to know how it influences the Asset Maintenance business function as well. A point of debate is that - ''is it a new concept which can improve the maintenance process or is this something we already do in a different way''.

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Logistics is Not a Commodity!

The Logistics of Logistics

'Logistics might not be a commodity, but it sure feels like it. Anybody selling transportation and logistics services will tell you, that many if not most customers buy based on price alone. I won’t argue that point – I have definitely experienced it firsthand. So What is a Commodity? Commodity Definition : a commodity is a product or service that is indistinguishable from ones manufactured or provided by competing companies and that therefore sells primarily on the basis of price rather than qu

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Are you a Stalker or a Sales Professional?

The Logistics of Logistics

The old ways of connecting with new customers don’t work so well anymore. In the past, you could count on some cold calling, your contacts and networking to fill up your sales pipeline. Sales and marketing strategy? Nah, you don’t need any of that fancy stuff. Hustle and elbow grease has always worked around here. So we kept “smiling and dialing” for new customers.

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3PL Sales: Hunting vs. Farming

The Logistics of Logistics

Most logistics and transportation salesmen are hunters. By hunters, I mean they go hunting for customers every day. They are just like any other hunter, sometimes they make a kill and other days they go home empty handed. The hunter’s main weapon of choice is the cold call. The skilled hunter gets a phone number from a list they bought or from Google.

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Are you a Stalker or a Sales Professional?

The Logistics of Logistics

'The old ways of connecting with new customers don’t work so well anymore. In the past, you could count on some cold calling, your contacts and networking to fill up your sales pipeline. Sales and marketing strategy? Nah, you don’t need any of that fancy stuff. Hustle and elbow grease has always worked around here. So we kept “smiling and dialing” for new customers.