Kinaxis
OCTOBER 7, 2015
by Kirsten Watson These days it seems you can’t spend ten minutes surfing the internet without seeing an article about millennials. Heck, we’ve even written about the generation of people spanning those born in the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. At the same time, in supply chain forums, media, and blogs, talk of the talent shortage in the industry is inescapable.
Freightos
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Earlier this year, we ran a series of articles exploring the future of logistics technology. Many of the experts – Cathy Roberson , Joel Clum and others, are consultants with a 50,000 foot view of the industry. Today we’re continuing the series with a post by Robert J. Hall, the president of Track Your Truck. Real innovation is driven by the entrepreneurs in the field, which is just one reason we’re so interested in what Mr.
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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Once upon a time there was an FMCG company that I will refer to as “Foresight”. “Foresight” had spent many years and many Euros creating an acknowledged slick Supply Chain. Top class regional and global buying. Flexible and cost effective factory network. State of the art ERP. Rigorous S&OP/IBP with top team buy-in. With all those important boxes ticked they must be successful….but they were not; not even close.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Live Episode: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 12:00 ET. Over the past few years, as supply chains have grown in scale and complexity, so has the logistics sourcing process. Mature sourcing organizations, which have been doing traditional sourcing and category management, are starting to plateau in terms of savings and impact to their organizations, yet each year are faced with increasing savings mandates and pressure to improve performance.
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
Enterra Insights
OCTOBER 7, 2015
“Companies today are rushing headlong to become more digital,” write Karel Dörner and David Edelman (@davidedelman). “But what does digital … Continued. The post What Does Becoming a Digital Enterprise Mean to You? appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Logistics Middle East
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The new service has been introduced to help employers in the MEA region cater to high demand for mid-level supply chain personnel.
RFgen
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The basic four types of inventory can be tracked seamlessly with mobile barcoding and data collection for ERP. Inventory management software helps you track materials in the supply chain. Inventory overseers may have to account for product movements handled by warehouse workers, delivery drivers, manufacturing employees and suppliers. Warehouse managers must also determine the inventory staff should pick and when merchandise is ready for distribution.
Supply Chain Digest
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Nicaraguan Contractor will Need Massive Cash to Build a Canal, ATA Quantifies Truck Driver Shortage, What Reshoring.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Omni-channel is all about the convergence of channels to provide a unified brand experience for the customer. Each channel has its own experiences, advantages, and challenges. The key is to connect the business processes and technology to create a holistic experience. One aspect of fulfilling the unified brand experience is to maintain control over the customer experience at all stages in the buying lifecycle: before, during, and after the sale.
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.
Supply Chain Digest
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Data from 2014 Study Showing Reduction in Outsourcing Seems to be an Aberration, While Perception of 3PL IT Capabilities Stays Flat
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Van demand rose 11% last week, in the end-of-quarter rush , and truck capacity tightened by 2.9%. That yielded a 14% increase in the national average load-to-truck ratio, from 1.7 to 2.0 loads per truck on DAT Load Boards. Oregon continues to offer substantial load volume and high load-to-truck ratios, especially in the state’s eastern and southern agricultural markets, with demand spilling into northern California.
Supply Chain Digest
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Dan Gilmore on the Interesting and Evolving MHI Annual Conference in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
DELMIA Quintiq
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Centralized planning, done well, looks at global orders and uncovers hidden opportunities for optimization by diverting and sharing resources company-wide. However, each decision has to take many things into account – and they aren’t always the same things. Rules, regulations, people and facilities vary from region to region, or even from factory to factory.
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synchrono
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Communicating your distinct value. Manufacturing and technology are merging like never before. We’ve all read about how manufacturing will transform through concepts that include Industry 4.0, the Factory of the Future, Smart Manufacturing and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) – all of which are enabled through technology. These concepts are big.
3PL Insights
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Danger Ahead: the Truck Driver Shortage by Matt Magpantay, Marketing Associate, Evans Distribution Systems At some point in time, everyone has driven by a semi-truck as they ventured down a highway. These mammoth... The post Danger Ahead: the Truck Driver Shortage appeared first on 3PL Insights - Warehousing, Transportation, and Logistics.
ivalua
OCTOBER 7, 2015
From the moment that manufacturers began outsourcing the making of parts and components that go into their products, supplier segmentation took on extreme importance. Suppliers were quickly categorized in many ways… by quality, performance, price, riskiness, and so on. As the manufacturer’s pool of suppliers grew, they also segmented their supply base by how much they spent with each, their overall value contribution, and how critical the supplier was to their supply chain.
Supply Chain Movement
OCTOBER 7, 2015
In this, my 15th year working in supply chain, I’ve come to set a low bar on technology conferences. They tended to drown in hyperbole, jargon, PowerPoint and terrible coffee. So after an extended drought, I resurfaced last month at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in London. I wasn’t expecting more than a chance to catch up with old industry friends and maybe see a few interesting customer talks but I ended up getting much more than I bargained for.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
FLEXE
OCTOBER 7, 2015
<p>New York-based Global Point Technology has been a leader in sourcing components and assemblies for OEM manufacturers from Asia for over 30 years. With direct factory relationships as well as six jointly owned facilities in Asia, they combine the best of western standards and ownership with the cost benefits of manufacturing in Asia.</p> <p>Global Point has deep relationships with automotive, telecom, defense, medical and office automation customers ac
ivalua
OCTOBER 7, 2015
From the moment that manufacturers began outsourcing the making of parts and components that go into their products, supplier segmentation took on extreme importance. Suppliers were quickly categorized in many ways… by quality, performance, price, riskiness, and so on. As the manufacturer’s pool of suppliers grew, they also segmented their supply base by how much they spent with each, their overall value contribution, and how critical the supplier was to their supply chain.
Elementum
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The Trans Pacific Partnership was officially passed yesterday, marking the end of a years-long battle for free trade among Pacific Rim countries. But news outlets are still reporting lots of different outcomes and potential hurdles. We’ve gathered the most relevant links and summed them up for you—here’s your one-stop-shop to what’s up with the TPP.
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