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5 Ways to Make Your Manufacturing Plant More Sustainable in the Age of COVID-19

DELMIA Quintiq

While most people are homebound during the COVID-19 situation, many are still on the frontlines. Essential workers don’t just include hospital staff. This classification extends to the manufacturing facilities and personnel keeping us fed and supplied. These individuals are ultimately helping to turn the tide in the global pandemic. Doing more with less is more critical in manufacturing than ever.

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The Bullwhip Effect and How to Prevent It

SupplyPike

Learn about: What the “bullwhip effect” is How it affects your supply chain How to prevent it. What will happen if a person who is holding a long whip gives it a little jolt at the handgrip? A motion will be initiated in the area near the handgrip. This motion will keep on increasing as we go towards the other end of the whip, with it being minimal at the handgrip.

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Digital Transformation in the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Digitalization is accelerating the pace of business and transforming global supply chains. In a freewheeling discussion at the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, I spoke with Richard Howells, Vice President Marketing Digital Supply Chain at SAP about the trends, customer expectations, the challenges, and imperatives of digital transformation in the supply chain.

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Final Mile Differentiation: M&As to Increase Demand for Better Last Mile Service

GlobalTranz

Organizations across the globe continue to rethink their supply chain strategies, and as a result, more mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the way in which supply chains handle final mile logistics. For some, an acquisition offers the opportunity to enter the final mile space and deliver more e-commerce packages, but others may experience losses in.read More.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

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Uncertain Times Call for Strong Leaders: A Q&A with Dawn Tiura

ivalua

This article was originally posted on the SIG blog. If you’re interested in reading more on leadership in sourcing, the future of work or just want to learn more about SIG, feel free to subscribe at sig.org/subscribe. Business today isn’t business as usual, as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts organizations and supply chains across the globe. And in uncertain times such as these, leaders in every industry and business function must step up.

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Recession-Proof Businesses and Products: Staying Afloat During Economic Downturn

ShipBob

Recessions bring hard times. It’s painful to think back to the last recession and financial crisis, which wasn’t that long ago, with all of the damage it caused. Now, we’re on the verge of another recession. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a worldwide economic downturn practically overnight, causing small businesses and established companies to be at risk of shutting down, even permanently.

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Additional FedEx Surcharges Announced for APAC

Intelligent Audit

As the COVID-19 pandemic developed, global shipping has seen disruptions across the board. As a result, many carriers have instituted additional surcharges and overall changes in order to cope. Back in early April, FedEx announced additional surcharges to a variety of services due to COVID-19. Starting at the end of May, they will increase some of those surcharges.

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Machine Vision system (the eye of the machine)

Prophetic Technology

How does Machine Vision work? Software and hardware combined work to make MV systems possible. The purpose of all its capabilities is to grant machines the power of vision aiming to imitate human sight. But devices need to go through the process of acquiring, analysing and understanding images.

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Strategic Pricing for Fashion Retailers in Times of Uncertainty

BlueYonder

As fashion retailers are reopening around the globe and getting back to business, the need for more strategic pricing capabilities to improve the bottom line is becoming a clear need versus a want. After dealing with several months of uncertainty, the importance of technology to alleviate the disruptive effects on the supply chain and adapt to changing customer buying patterns has never been clearer.

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Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes with the Power of Generative AI

Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.

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Gartner announces rankings of the 2020 Supply Chain Top 25

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Gartner, Inc. has released the results from its annual Supply Chain Top 25, identifying supply chain leaders and highlighting their best practices.

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Sustainable Packaging! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Reduction Strategy. Article and permission to publish here provided by Andrea Martin. Sustainable packaging is the type of packaging that reduces its environmental footprint over time. In simple words, sustainable packaging is entirely for the businesses to reflect these values for the sake of the environment as well as for their brand.

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Cerner teams with Hospital IQ to expand predictive analytics for reopening

Resilinc

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ToolsGroup Launches AI-Powered Promotions Planning

ToolsGroup

Promo Planning software reduces risk and helps improve performance of CPG and retail promotions BOSTON (May 21, 2020) ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, today announced the launch of its promotion planning software, Promo Planning, which simplifies and streamlines promotion optimization for retail and consumer products (CPG) companies.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Adaptation is Critical (Takeaways from Manhattan Momentum Connect 2020)

Talking Logistics

“Adaptation is critical,” said Eddie Capel, Manhattan Associates’ CEO, in his opening comments yesterday at Manhattan Momentum Connect 2020. He was referring to companies and their supply chains, especially in light of the challenges and disruptions caused by COVID-19. But Manhattan Associates, like others in the industry, has also had to adapt to current realities, Read more Adaptation is Critical (Takeaways from Manhattan Momentum Connect 2020).

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Should I start selling B2B using Amazon Business?

TradeGecko

If you’ve ever tried buying anything online- be it homeware, hardware, kitchenware or any other type of “ware” chances are your search results included items listed on online retail giant Amazon.

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The Supply Chain Line and the Virus for May 22, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

All the News Across Public Health, the Economy and the Supply Chain

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9 Xero tips & tricks to get the most out of your account

TradeGecko

Xero is a global leader in cloud-based accounting solutions. With over a million subscribers using their platform, Xero is the accounting software of choice for many small and medium sized businesses globally.

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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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Fit For Purpose Technology – Delivering Value and Driving High Adoption in a S2C Implementation

ivalua

The post Fit For Purpose Technology – Delivering Value and Driving High Adoption in a S2C Implementation appeared first on Ivalua.

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Quickbooks best practices: 9 hacks to get it right

TradeGecko

With 35 years of experience to its name QuickBooks is still dominating the game when it comes to providing accounting solutions to small and medium sized businesses across the globe.

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Turning Your Supply Chain Into a Competitive Advantage

ivalua

The post Turning Your Supply Chain Into a Competitive Advantage appeared first on Ivalua.

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How COVID-19 Is Impacting Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Supply Chain Brain

Out of the coronavirus pandemic will emerge a new digital society status quo — one that will accelerate major technological advances that are already underway.

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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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Veoneer Focuses on Growing their Business with QAD

QAD

Today’s cars are undergoing changes as dramatic as anything in their century-plus history. Electrification is coming, hand-in-hand with autonomous driving capabilities. Automakers are developing some of these capabilities themselves but others, especially in the self-driving realm, are being pushed by companies like Veoneer. Spun off from auto parts giant Autoliv in 2018, Veoneer is a leader in both passive and active safety technology.

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Removing Barriers To Small Business Participation In Government Markets

ivalua

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Veoneer Focuses on Growing their Business with QAD

QAD

Today’s cars are undergoing changes as dramatic as anything in their century-plus history. Electrification is coming, hand-in-hand with autonomous driving capabilities. Automakers are developing some of these capabilities themselves but others, especially in the self-driving realm, are being pushed by companies like Veoneer. Spun off from auto parts giant Autoliv in 2018, Veoneer is a leader in both passive and active safety technology.

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Pioneering An Innovative Approach to Forecast and Planned Procurement

ivalua

The post Pioneering An Innovative Approach to Forecast and Planned Procurement appeared first on Ivalua.

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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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Print on Demand: An Earth-Friendly Printing Strategy

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Decades ago, futurists predicted that widespread use of computers would usher in a paperless society. They were wrong. In this digital age, businesses still use some 21 million tons of paper each year, and 50 percent of all business waste is paper.

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Rolls-Royce Deploys New Procurement Strategies to Foster Growth

ivalua

The post Rolls-Royce Deploys New Procurement Strategies to Foster Growth appeared first on Ivalua.

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Hazmat warehousing: Is your 3PL audit-ready?

West Coast and California Logistics

When you partner with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider for chemical and hazmat warehousing, there’s a lot to consider during the vetting process. Among other steps, you’ll want to take a tour of the facility, interview management and associates, and ask for referrals. However, there is one other crucial component you don’t want to overlook: the auditing process.