Wed.Jul 29, 2015

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Report Points to Increase of Shippers Outsourcing Transportation Management Due to These 4 Core Benefits

GlobalTranz

Businesses today often need a bit of help moving their bottom line forward. Outsourcing various parts of your company to other businesses that specialize in those areas has long been a solution that can give you excellent results. Here at Cerasis, we understand that it isn't easy to turn over a major part of your company to the hands of someone else.

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What if there were no limitations to your what-if analysis? What would you simulate?

Kinaxis

by Lori Smith What if there were little, to no, limitations to the what-if analysis you could do? What if you could change anything (data, working assumptions, business rules) to explore options and see the impact instantly? What if you could do scenario simulations for any function of your supply chain? What if you didn’t need to make it an IT project to create new scenario parameters?

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FMCG: Performance turn-around needs fresh supply chain faces

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

In the greater scheme of life many questions remain unanswered but my hobby horse question is why people and notably politicians and usually male at that, cannot get on with other nationalities and/or/religions. We are not here for long yet some people spend their lives causing or being affected by conflict. On a much less serious level my top 4 so far unanswerable questions are: Why would anyone want to eat cucumber/castraveti?

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Software is Not Enough: SAP and Descartes Partner on TMS Connectivity

Talking Logistics

How will you establish and manage electronic communication with carriers and other trading partners? That is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, questions shippers should ask before implementing a Transportation Management System — specifically if they’re implementing a traditional, behind-the-firewall solution. Historically, one of the most labor-intensive and time-consuming aspects of a traditional TMS implementation is network connectivity — i.e., establishing electronic co

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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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Targeted Marketing Requires Proper Identification of Ideal Customers

Enterra Insights

“Many companies pursue growth opportunities without adequately defining who their ideal customers are,” according to Frank V. Cespedes, James P. … Continued. The post Targeted Marketing Requires Proper Identification of Ideal Customers appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Elasticity in Transportation Planning Key for Retailers

Supply Chain Collaborator

An article in this week’s Transport Topics detailed the operational challenges facing intermodal shippers in the face of growing economic activity. The double whammy of increasing freight volume and an ongoing, acute driver shortage has driven a boom in the utilization of intermodal truck to train shipping. The article reports that intermodal carriers are having a great year in spite of “an array of operational, financial and technical issues” challenging their ability to handle the growth.

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Qatar Airways Cargo launches new courier service

Logistics Middle East

The airline's new QR On-Board Courier service is designed for time-sensitive supply chain customers.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Understanding Distribute Order Management Solutions

Supply Chain Digest

Driving Omnichannel Order Fulfillment and B2B Order Hub Capabilities

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Delivering to the Omni-Channel Consumer

Logistics Viewpoints

A few months ago, I attended the Home Delivery World, Click & Collect Show USA, and ETail Show USA joint conference in Atlanta. I’ve written a few Logistics Viewpoints articles from presentations that I attended at the show. The majority of those presentations and articles were geared around store operations, and the role of the […].

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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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Green Supply Chain News Round Up for July 29, 2015

Supply Chain Digest

Lego in Long Search for Plant Based Plastic.

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Reefer Freight Market Still Has a Few Hot Spots

DAT Solutions

July is the in-between season for refrigerated ("reefer") freight. The go-to markets in California and Texas are quiet, and hauls into Florida are mostly dead-end runs. Until the market turns around in August and September, however, there are still a few hot spots for reefers, with healthy demand and rates that should justify the trip. Freight volume continued to cool off for reefers last week, but some pockets of high demand remain in New Mexico, Arkansas and the Lower Midwest, as shown in this

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Container shipping lines returning to Iran in droves

Logistics Middle East

Shipping lines are resuming services to and from Iran en masse ahead of the expected lifting of sanctions.

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Demand and Fulfillment Blocking & Tackling Part 7 – The Supply Chain Pillars

BlueYonder

Every great achievement starts with a solid foundation. Every skyscraper is deeply rooted in the ground. Every championship and medal won began with extensive training and preparation. Do you know the foundation for a successful supply chain? I think I do and I’m happy to share my opinion with you: it’s the people. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that technology is important and so is the design of operational processes and KPIs.

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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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DWC floats tender for staff village after 5-year delay

Logistics Middle East

The staff village at Logistics City in Dubai is located to the south of the Forwarders? Area on approximately 62 hectares of land.

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What Freight Brokers Need to Know for their 2015 Bond Renewal

GlobalTranz

It’s that time of year again, when it’s time to talk about freight broker bond renewal. Two years ago it would’ve been a rare occurrence for most freight brokers’ deadlines to align at the same time. However, many of you will remember the controversial MAP-21 law passed in 2013. It upped freight brokers bond amount and set a nationwide deadline of Oct. 1 with a grace period extended till Dec.1.

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Dubai Int'l sees 17% rise in freight volumes in June

Logistics Middle East

Year to date cargo totalled 1,232,861, up 1.7% compared to 1,212,444 during the first six months in 2014, according to Dubai Airports.

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Bahrain's Mumtalakat says seeking aviation acquisitions

Logistics Middle East

The proposed company, Falcon Holding, would aim to consolidate key aviation assets & implement government plans to increase activity in the sector.

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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Hapag-Lloyd raises freight rates on Middle East-US loop

Logistics Middle East

Hapag-Lloyd announces general rate increase in Indian Subcontinent and Middle East services to North America.

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New channel to connect East Port Said to New Suez Canal

Logistics Middle East

A new 9.5km long, 18.5m deep channel is to be built connecting East Port Said to the New Suez Canal, allowing port operations 24-hours a day.

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Damen delivers Shoalbuster to Abu Dhabi's IRSHAD

Logistics Middle East

Abu Dhabi Petroleum Ports Operating Company (IRSHAD) has taken delivery of a Damen Shoalbuster 2308.

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