Thu.Sep 24, 2020

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Using AI & ML in Retail Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Companies like Amazon, Walmart, Alibaba, and Zara are leading the path in the use of technology and advanced analytics in managing supply chains. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are of the hot topics being discussed in the retail world. Across the globe, whether they are grocery, mass merchant, or fashion, retailers are looking for ways to make faster and smarter decisions using this technology.

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Logistics of a Company: Supplier Diversity to Survive Peak Season

GlobalTranz

The atmosphere of business representation has changed drastically over the last fifty years. A more diverse world has taken shape, and the transportation and supply chain industry is no stranger to this shift. There are many benefits to having more individuals, and therefore businesses, represented across the board. The logistics of a company can connect.read More.

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Ocean Freight Visibility Spells new Opportunities for Supply Chains – LogiSYM September 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Ocean Insights. Headquartered in Germany, Ocean Insights is a leading ocean supply chain visibility and market intelligence provider that supplies real-time tracking data and market analysis to large shippers from a broad range of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, food & beverage, commodity trading, chemical and freight forwarding.

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Why Integrated Supply Chains are More Durable with John Tillison

The Logistics of Logistics

Why Integrated Supply Chains are More Durable with John Tillison. John Tillison and Joe Lynch discuss why integrated supply chains are more durable. John is the SVP in charge of sales and marketing at A. Duie Pyle, a company that specializes in integrated transportation and warehousing solutions. About John Tillison. John Tillison began his logistics career as a management trainee at Roadway Express.

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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

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A Key to Vendor Compliance: What is EDI in Logistics?

West Coast and California Logistics

If you have retail customers, you are likely familiar with EDI. From shipping notices and order updates to purchase orders and invoices, EDI remains a workhorse of modern supply chain transactions – including those in eCommerce. In this article, we take a closer look at EDI in logistics, including its ramifications on vendor compliance.

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UK Covid-19 app – is it safe? A word from NetApp.

IT Supply Chain

By Chris Greenwood (pictured). NetApp's General Manager UK&I. The post UK Covid-19 app – is it safe? A word from NetApp. appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Driving KPI Excellence with the Americold Operating System

Americold

Last month we detailed the Americold Operating System (AOS) – our unique business ecosystem – and the operational rigor it promotes among and between Americold’s network of integrated temperature-controlled warehouses. Read more here. This month, we’re looking at how the consistency this ecosystem delivers translates into dependable uniformity for our customers, as well as saved time and money.

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Transforming the Warehouse: Increase Operational

Supply Chain Brain

Adopting a cloud-based warehouse management system can help organizations quickly deploy an agile strategy which can be used to help manage unforeseen events and help mitigate impacts to the supply chain.

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Fast Forward to the Future of High-Tech

BlueYonder

High-tech manufacturing is in a unique position: it is both a driver of change and at the forefront of its impact. The latest evolution of chips is enabling the next wave of consumer and industrial applications from virtual reality to artificial intelligence. High tech has allowed the business, education and domestic worlds to adjust to the pandemic, although not without some well-publicized supply issues.

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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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Infor Nexus Procure-to-Pay Automation Overview Video

Supply Chain Brain

Discover how Procure-to-Pay Automation automates supply chain transactions from order through settlement, ensuring everyone involved in a transaction sees the same exact information.

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How IT vendors use SLAs to fool customers over performance

IT Supply Chain

By Shashi Kiran (pictured). Chief Product Officer, Aryaka. The post How IT vendors use SLAs to fool customers over performance appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Global Logistics Management Demands a Network

Supply Chain Brain

Listen to this discussion Infor, DB Schenker,UPS Supply Chain, and Allport Cargo Services USA on the strategies and benefits of utilizing a commerce network.

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Businesses must not bury their heads in the sand as Brexit approaches, LLamasoft

IT Supply Chain

By Matthew Woodcock (pictured). Director, LLamasoft. The post Businesses must not bury their heads in the sand as Brexit approaches, LLamasoft appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Cost optimization is the key to sustainable EBITDA improvement

Proxima

Companies across the world have been buffeted by the impact of COVID-19. This has resulted in many businesses facing tough decisions – about how to adjust their business to short-term restrictions, how they evolve their long-term strategy in light of new trends brought about by COVID-19 and, perhaps toughest of all, whether they can afford to keep all of their people.

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Unilever is using geolocation data and satellite imagery to check for deforestation in its supply chain – CNBC

Provenance

In this piece highlighting the technologies that support first-mile transparency and impact, CNBC discusses our partnership with the Princes Group and their Napolina brand to bring this to the shoppers at the point of sale. “Napolina wanted to communicate information and reassure shoppers about its canned tomatoes, especially in light of investigations into exploitation of migrant agriculture workers in Italy.

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More than storage: What warehouse services can a 3PL provide?

Kanban Logistics

When it comes to warehousing, many companies eventually outgrow the “do it yourself” model and choose to hand the reins over to a third-party logistics (3PL) professional. What’s important to understand, however, is that many 3PLs are capable of a wide array of warehouse services in addition to the basics. Some might surprise you. In this article, we’ll look at some of these value-added services so you can find a 3PL with the capabilities that matter most to your business.

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Automated Parcel Management | The Secret Sauce to High Volume Freight Management

MercuryGate

Maintaining a high volume of shipments throughout the e-commerce peak season is critical to improving customer service experiences and reducing delays. As explained by ParcelIndustry.com, “High-volume parcel shippers have used complex and customized automation strategies to help reduce costs in their supply chain for many years. What’s new today is that many of these strategies […].

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Businesses must not bury their heads in the sand as Brexit approaches

IT Supply Chain

By Matthew Woodcock (pictured). Director, LLamasoft. The post Businesses must not bury their heads in the sand as Brexit approaches appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Optimize performance and improve customer satisfaction with digital supply management

Supply Chain Brain

Hear why brands like PVH apparel are employing a new approach to supply chain orchestration and execution, and how automation and visibility is helping improve customer service and performance.

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Grilstad selects Blue Ridge supply chain planning solutions to execute a better S&OP process

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Blue Ridge, the supply chain planning solutions provider, has announced that Grilstad, the producer of meat products in Norway, has selected solutions from the Blue Ridge Supply Chain Planning platform to execute a best practice sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. One of Norway’s largest producers of meat products, Grilstad began as a cured meat factory in Trondheim in 1957.

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Crew Planning & Scheduling: Rebalance, Retrain, Recover

DELMIA Quintiq

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the aviation industry, resulting in a near standstill of global passenger air traffic at the beginning of the crisis. The situation has marginally improved since then, but the optimism is cautious as fluctuations in demand recovery are expected and the airlines will face a long road to full recovery.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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Murata’s RFID technology helps Bayer to improve the transparency of its pharmaceutical supply chain

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Murata ID Solutions reports that it has helped life science giant Bayer’s Italian division, Bayer S.p.A., leverage radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking in the first large-scale application of the technology in the pharmaceutical supply chain.

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How Smart Procurement Software Can Help UK Companies Overcome the Digital Skills Shortage

ivalua

A shortage of digitally savvy talent, and a lack of training for technical and soft skills, hinder digital procurement initiatives. 24 th September 2020, London – Research from Ivalua , a leading provider of global spend management cloud solutions , has shown that a majority of UK businesses (86%) face significant barriers developing digital skills in procurement.

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CGS announces BlueCherry Next Platform, bringing a digital-first supply chain to retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

CGS, a global provider of business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services, has launched BlueCherry Next, a digital-first supply chain platform for consumer goods companies.

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3 Reasons Why Procurement Leaders Must Act Now to Tackle the Digital Skills Shortage

ivalua

1. Role of Procurement is not what it used to be. The role of procurement has transformed over the last decade, from cost-cutter to a vital ally that can inform and enable business strategy. COVID-19 has only served to cement the procurement department’s status as a key stakeholder. Procurement leaders now have a seat at the top table when it comes to making decisions on supply chain opportunities and risk.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

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.

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The Plane Truth about Holiday eCommerce Fulfillment 2020

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Oh you better watch out if you’re an eTailer, because according to research from Voxware , 76% of shoppers are planning to purchase more than half of their holiday gifts online this year. When you combine that estimate with the exponential growth that eCommerce has already experienced due to COVID-19, you’re looking at unprecedented levels of holiday eCommerce fulfillment activity.

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A Checklist for Developing a Future-Proof AP Organization by The Hackett Group

ivalua

The post A Checklist for Developing a Future-Proof AP Organization by The Hackett Group appeared first on Ivalua.

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Solved: How to Find the Nearest Tank Truck Wash

Bulk Connection

In many parts of North America, finding the nearest tank truck wash can be a challenge. There are many regions of the U.S. (e.g., New England) in which tank truck washes are extremely scarce. And, even in regions where wash facilities are more plentiful, it can be difficult to know whether a given facility can meet your specific needs. In 2019, Bulk Connection solved this problem with its own Tank Wash Finder.