Fri.May 22, 2015

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Rethinking the How….

Supply Chain Shaman

The sun is shining brightly through the conference room windows as I listen to the consultants talk. It is buzzword bingo at its finest. The air is thick. It is comical. The term Big Data is all the range. The market has dried up for large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and the large consultants are in the market staking their claim for their next gig.

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The Supply Chain Dilemma – Do I Make House Repairs or Do I Redesign the Home?

Kinaxis

by Lori Smith I live in a 40 year old house and in some ways it is certainly showing its age. When there is something that isn’t working, not meeting my needs, or simply has gotten out of date, I find myself asking the question of do I try to fix up what I have or replace it? There is a lot of maintenance needed to keep things running around the house, but for some things there comes a time when you have to ask “how far is this repair/upgrade going to take me?

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STEM Programs can Help Close the Supply Chain Talent Gap

Enterra Insights

“A supply chain talent perfect storm could be in the offing.” At Least, that is the conclusion reached by Kusumal … Continued. The post STEM Programs can Help Close the Supply Chain Talent Gap appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 18-22, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Last year, on the Thursday heading into Memorial Day weekend , I wrote the following: As you read this, I’ll be driving to a baseball tournament with my oldest son, where we’ll spend the entire holiday weekend on baseball fields — practicing, playing, and cheering — with his teammates and 17 other teams from the region. As I write this, it’s close to midnight and I haven’t packed yet, so I’ll leave you, without commentary, with the news that caught my attention this week.

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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 Platform for Corporate Memory

MIT Supply Chain

When employees take on new roles, or leave a job or a company, they often take valuable tribal knowledge[1] with them. A social media platform for retaining this knowledge in the supply chain planning process is due to begin field trials in January 2016. Supply chain operations and analytics company Entercoms, headquartered in Dallas, TX, […].

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The “Silk Rail”: China Invests in Efficient Freight

Elementum

Washington Post. Slow Train to Europe. In 1980, faced with a slow and struggling railroad industry, U.S. Congress passed the Staggers Rail Act in hopes of saving what was once a booming asset. The Act deregulated much of the industry, making it easier for rail companies to increase specialization and efficiency. As a result of the law’s passing, railroad industry costs were halved, traffic increased dramatically, and the rail industry has since seen continued levels of success.

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The Bold Pursuit of Chasing Your Dreams in Business….Oh What Dreams May Come

GlobalTranz

Hopefully, it won’t surprise you for me to tell you that most of our office hours this year have been focused on filing tax returns and cutting our clients’ taxes to the bone !But here’s where some of our thinking here at eTruckerTax might surprise you a little. You see, running a business with success requires more than just protecting yourself against overpaying needless income taxes, tax audits and profit-sucking overhead.

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Best practices for loading dock safety

The Network Effect

Juliana Swenson/Flickr. Note: This Guest Post is by Robert McClain, Senior Consultant, Tompkins Internation al. Docks are the interface to the facility where goods are received and shipped. They are also the point of the warehouse where machine and personnel come in close proximity. They are a place where thousand-pound loads are handled by heavy machines in fast-paced environments.

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Look For Many 'Mini-IPOs' When New Reg A+ Rules Take Effect In Mid-June

Marianne Hudson

Don’t be surprised to see substantially more companies using Regulation A to sell securities through public solicitation of investors beginning June 19, when the SEC's new "Regulation A+" rules take effect. Why? The new “Reg A+” provides a new option for "mini-IPOs," allowing companies to raise up to $50 million [.

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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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Takata Recall Forces Auto Supply Chains To Shift Gears

Elementum

"The Most Complex Consumer Safety Recall In U.S. History". On Tuesday, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it was doubling the size of the recall of automobiles equipped with Takata airbags, bringing the total number of vehicles recalled to 34 million—the largest product recall in US history. The initial recall of 17 million vehicles was isolated to Southern states where hot temperatures and humidity were blamed for airbag defects; now the recall has expanded nationwide.

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What advanced transportation planning and execution services can 3PLs offer their customers?

The Network Effect

Bill Ward/Flickr. Transportation Management remains the foundational capability for most LPs and the new cloud-network platforms have been successfully architected and to serve as that transportation backbone. This enables a TMS that goes far beyond the scope of traditional systems. They offer more scalability and performance while providing optimization services to drive consolidation and routing efficiencies to lower the total landed cost of your freight.