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The Elegance of the Costco Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. A “Don’t Touch” Strategy will Dramatically Lean out your Supply Chain! To begin I must admit that Costco is one of my favourite stores. I started thinking about the Costco Supply Chain. Stereotypically I almost always buy more than I intended given the unique things that you find in their aisles.

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Agile Supply Chain VS Efficient Supply Chain

DynaSys

FROM EFFICIENCY TO AGILITY. The ideal strategy to survive and prosper in a dynamic environment is to have an agile behavior that is conducive to change. This is true for everyone, and supply chains are no exception. An agile supply chain requires the ability to rapidly identify, evaluate and execute alternative supply chains scenarios. However, being agile contradicts what many practitioners have been taught over the past decades.

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Six Steps to an Ethical and Sustainable Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Manufacturers today face increasingly complex challenges, from economic instability to compliance pressures and heightened global competition.

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Editor’s Choice: Building a Smarter Supply Chain for E-Commerce

Logistics Viewpoints

Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Choice” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. This week’s post is from Manhattan Associates. The explosion of e-commerce has impacted every part of the supply chain, from distribution centers to inventory and transportation. Manhattan’s podcast, Transportation Disruption, discussed these challenges with industry thought leaders and experts – you can listen to it here.

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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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Procurement Terminology is a Mess!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement language article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. From one Procurement organization to the next, terminology differs. Of course, it’s impossible to expect that every company would work within the exact same framework of understanding and messaging, but the lack of being able to communicate can sometimes be the difference between success and failure

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Working in Supply Chain across different countries with Carly Cummings

Logistics Bureau

Carly Cummings , one of our guest speakers for the Supply Chain Leaders Academy , has had some impressive Supply Chain roles around South East Asia and she’s sharing with us the benefits of getting to work overseas in a very different culture and environment. Want to jumpstart your career? Work in Southeast Asia! Subscribe to our Youtube Channel.

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[PODCAST] How E-Commerce is Changing LTL Shipping Practices

GlobalTranz

Listen to “How E-Commerce is Changing LTL Shipping Practices” on Spreaker. E-Commerce for LTL Solutions Resources E-Commerce Logistics: Background & Considerations for Manufacturers & Distributors Download E-Book See E-Commerce for LTL Solutions from Cerasis View Solutions Tips for Managing Less Than Truckload Shipping in the Age of E-Commerce Download White Paper Using a TMS to.read More.

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The Online Retail Landscape in 2019: A Review of the Highs and Lows

Logistics Bureau

What was behind Amazon’s falling profits in 2019, and how did other big online retail players perform? In this retrospective of the highs and lows of the year, learn which retailers excelled, and which ones looked like they might be struggling in the fiercely competitive online retail arena. The Highs and Lows of Online Retail in 2019. As online retail has become such a massive catalyst for changes in supply chain and logistics thinking and practice over the last few years, I thought it worth gr

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Allopneus.com Optimizes Inventory and Improves Competitiveness with ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup

NEWS RELEASE. ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. Boston and Paris, 21 January 2020 – ToolsGroup, a leader a global leader in supply chain planning software, announces that Allopneus, France’s number one tire retailer, has chosen ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ supply chain planning software to optimize inventory and respond ever more swiftly and effectively to

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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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Why You Need to Centralize Transportation Management Operations

Talking Logistics

A recent review of two companies with different transportation management strategies reinforced my belief that centralization of transportation management operations will produce better operating results today and in the future. Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of reasons why decentralized transportation management operations are better. Frankly, some of them are outdated because of advances.

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Data-Driven Freight: Using a TMS to Yield Better Outcomes

GlobalTranz

The notion of data-driven freight management is not a new concept. All shippers, carriers, freight brokers, 3PL’s, freight forwarders, and other parties are continuously looking for ways to apply and understand data in meaningful forms. Unfortunately, the idea of data-driven freight remains a topic that’s relatively un-explored and ripe for the picking.

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Containers

SCM Research

I am currently listening to Containers , an 8-part audio documentary about how global trade has transformed ourselves and the economy. Herein, journalist Alexis Madrigal leads us “through the world of ships and sailors, technology and tugboats, warehouses and cranes” I am sure this documentary will be interesting also for many of the readers of this blog.

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5 Procurement Focus Areas for States in 2020

ivalua

All states want to use public resources wisely and efficiently but doing so quietly is not enough to meet expectations. It must be clearly visible to everyone in the state that procurement is well run. This additional level of requirement provides a perfect opportunity to leverage the capabilities of technology to communicate and centralize spend and supplier information state-wide.

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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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Innovation Relies on a Foundation of Learning and Reinvention

QAD

“In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.” ? Eric Hoffer , American moral and social philosopher. In the olden days—the latter half of the 20 th century—“knowing” was everything. People were urged to attain higher levels of education than what was already socially accepted.

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How to pick the best load board for truckers

DAT Solutions

Looking for a load board to help you find freight? Whether you're an owner-operator seeking spot market freight for all your loads, a small fleet wanting to supplement your contract business, or you just need backhaul freight to get you home from a regularly-scheduled destination, you'll want want to choose a load board that works for your specific business.

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5 Procurement Focus Areas for Cities & Counties in 2020

ivalua

What will the new year bring for public sector procurement at the city and county level? While every locale has differences based on geography, demographics, previous technology implementations, budget and current maturity level, there are some areas of focus that we expect to see across the board in 2020. While each municipality may be in a different position regarding each of the 5 areas described below, they all remain prime for improvement, whether from a beginning position to a more mature

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Is Your Business Experiencing Inventory Risk?

Unleashed

When you have a warehouse full of inventory stock, there is a lot to keep track of to make sure everything gets stored, accounted for and distributed properly. Having a healthy supply of inventory stock helps your business ensure it can meet customer demand. To keep up with demand, this often means you need a large amount of goods piled high in your warehouse.

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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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Environmental Sustainability in Manufacturing

Dragon Innovation

Being in manufacturing for a long time, we’ve always had great concern about workers’ safety in the manufacturing of a product, but little visibility or regulation on what happens to the product and people that interact with it after the original consumer is done using it.

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A vision for Industry 5.0: Humans augmented with cobots and connectivity

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Anand Birje, Senior Corporate Vice President – Digital & Analytics, HCL Technologies. Through an explosion of wireless connectivity across production systems, Industry 4.0 has redefined businesses and fundamentally changed manufacturing and other core industries.

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KANE 2019 - Year in Review

Consumer Goods Logistics

Usually, this is the time of year when we can take a few moments, breathe deeply, assess the past year’s performance, and plan for the upcoming year. But with the ever-increasing pressure on the logistics/supply chain function to get products to market faster and more efficiently, we no longer have that luxury.

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Transportation Data Overload: How a TMS Enables Data Management

MercuryGate

The volume and opportunity to collect and manage transportation data is increasing, and companies are clamoring over their potential. As explained by Dr. Mark van Rijmenam in a Medium post:“Smarter transportation will result in operational efficiency, improved end-to-end customer experiences, reduced fuel consumption and increased flexibility. Logistics companies are already working hard to use sensor […].

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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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Optimization – Dynamic Decision Making to Meet the Needs of the CPO and COO in the Same Meeting

EC Sourcing Group

Imagine a software solution that allows the CPO and/or COO to explore changes in complex award scenarios in minutes to meet a change in constraints. What if key decision makers from procurement, finance and operations could meet in a room or in a Zoom meeting and run 15, 20 or 25 scenarios in an hour? What if this type of tool will import the base case from your RFP or even an Excel spreadsheet?

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3 Best RFP Automation Software Tips

ProcurePort

There are a number of ways in which you can optimize your request for proposal (RFP) experience. For many people, the path to business starts with an RFP; concrete proof that a company is interested in your product or service. The better handled your RFP automation software is, the faster you can locate a supplier […]. The post 3 Best RFP Automation Software Tips appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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Axway’s IMAGINE SUMMIT 2020 Americas & Europe Website. Learn. Plan. Register.

Axway

We’re setting the tone for a brand-new decade with IMAGINE SUMMIT 2020 Americas and Europe, our acclaimed annual customer and partner conferences.

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2020 Freight Shipping Outlook: Top 10 Freight Industry Issues

Freight Center

Every year, it seems like the freight shipping industry changes. As a shipper or small business owner, you might wonder what freight industry issues could affect your shipping demands. We’re here to help. The American Transportation Research Institute’s “Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry — 2019 ” is a 30-page report based on responses from 2,119 industry stakeholders to its annual survey.

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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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Manhattan Associates and IHL Group survey reveals the key to maximising omnichannel profits

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

A recent survey by Manhattan Associates Inc. and IHL Group has uncovered a strong correlation between omnichannel fulfilment maturity and margins.

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How To Extend The Life Of A Legacy Warehouse Management System (Infographic)

Lucas

Upgrading Warehouse Management Systems Warehouses and distribution centers face tremendous pressure to adapt their operations to meet changing customer and market demands. To meet the demands, DCs are investing in new technologies and simultaneously developing. Keep Reading. The post How To Extend The Life Of A Legacy Warehouse Management System (Infographic) appeared first on Work Execution Software Solutions.

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New US LTL Freight Rates from $125, and New Cross-Border Rates from $187!

Freightera

In the spirit of continuous improvement, we have added new carrier lanes, and new affordable LTL carrier rates in US, and cross-border US to Canada & Canada to US. . All examples below are for 1 pallet, 40 x 40 x 40 inches, 250 lbs, class 100. US to US LTL freight rates: Hauppauge, NY to Galena, KS: now USD $175.56 – click here for this LTL quote.