Tue.Nov 24, 2015

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Why the Forecast for Supply Chain Planning has been Only Partly Cloudy

ToolsGroup

Cloud-based supply chain planning is gaining traction. Each year more users opt for cloud-based systems and there is a lot of support in the analyst community. But cloud-based supply chain planning has not proliferated nearly as fast as many have predicted and "public cloud" (versus "private cloud") i mplementations are still a small minority, leaving a lot of head scratching about why cloud hasn't been as widely adopted as some expected.

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Staying competitive in the new global beer industry

DELMIA Quintiq

Everyone in the beer world is talking about it. Have you too been speculating over the impact of the upcoming merger of the world’s two biggest brewers, Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller? According to WSJ , this fourth-largest takeover in history would result in “the world’s largest brewer, with nearly 30 percent market share after divestitures.” This leaves the rest of industry in a tight spot.

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The US Turkey Trot: Turkey Supply & Demand Balancing

Logistics Viewpoints

Last Thanksgiving, my colleague Chris Cunnane wrote a holiday post titled Turkey Logistics: The Thanksgiving Supply Chain that discussed the aggregate demand fueled by America’s voracious appetite for turkey. As he stated in that article, about 730 million pounds of turkey is consumed by Americans over the Thanksgiving holiday, of which about 90 percent are frozen turkeys that are bred, slaughtered, and frozen year round.

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Important Steps to Achieving Global Freight Management Success

Talking Logistics

Live Episode: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm ET. Many companies operating in the United States have achieved an inclusive look into their transportation spend, but unfortunately many companies that do business on a global level have struggled to achieve full freight process management. Why is that? Doug Kahl and Joanne Chan from enVista will explore that question and share insights and advice on how to achieve global freight management success in this timely and informative episode.

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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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The Innovation Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

“Innovation is difficult,” writes David Berry (@DavidBerry26), an inventor, entrepreneur, and partner at Flagship Ventures. “If one is willing to … Continued. The post The Innovation Supply Chain appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Bolsius selects new planning software to optimize global supply chain

Supply Chain Movement

Bolsius, an international candle producer, has chosen OMP Plus to support and optimize their global supply chain. OMP Plus will support all of their existing processes from Demand Planning and Network Planning & Scheduling all the way through Sales & Operations Planning. OM Partners was part of a selection process of several supply chain solution providers.

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3 Free Supply Chain & Logistics Webinars

Logistics Bureau

Yes, ‘3’ Great Training Webinars for you. As we’re nearing the holiday break, now is a great time to lock in some valuable free training. I’ve picked three different topics for you that I know you’ll find really valuable and useful. You can pick one or all three to attend. And as always, these are […].

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Supply Chain Movement 19 – Software & Leaders

Supply Chain Movement

Contents Supply Chain Movement 19 – 2015 Q4. Publishing date: 27 November 2015. 6 | News & Background. • Winner of last quarter. • Loser of last quarter. • Sharing Dutch supply chain knowledge in Turkey. • Acquisition of GT Nexus Underlines Infor’s Focus on Supply Chain. 14 | SCM Map Europe. Supply chains in Europe are facing a wide variety of changes.

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New Research Explores CPG Supply Chain Collaboration

Consumer Goods Logistics

Have you ever read an article, heard a presentation or watched a video that suggested that more supply chain collaboration between retailers and their suppliers is a bad thing?

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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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Editorial Planning Supply Chain Movement 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Supply Chain Movement based the editorial theme planning 2016 on numerous interviews with supply chain professionals. Editorial Program Supply Chain Movement 2016*. Nr. Theme. Closing Date. Publication Date. 20 | Q1. February. Supply Chain Trends & Consulting. + Consultancy Subway Map Europe. 5 February. 26 February. 21 | Q2. April. Forecasting & demand planning.

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Black Friday: An Impossible Feat without Logistics

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Who could forget the frenzy over Cabbage Patch Kids® dolls in 1983, the quest for a Nintendo® Game Boy™ in 1991, the Tyco® Tickle Me Elmo mania of 1996, or the invasion of the Furby in 1998? With Black Friday approaching, what will be the must-have toy of the year? Building blocks and gaming consoles are always safe bets, but the smart money this year is on any collectable from a certain movie taking place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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Maarten Hut: ‘Growing with the company’

Supply Chain Movement

Maarten Hut recently moved from France to Mauritius, to become Head of Supply Chain & Logistics at Aspen Global. In France he was Group Supply Chain Director at Wessanen based in Lyon. By Onno Beijers, translation by Lynn Radford. WHY THE MOVE FROM FRANCE TO MAURITIUS? ‘For a combination of reasons; I, my wife and our three children – aged 3, 8 and 10 – were all perfectly happy in France – a European role, a comfortable and sporty lifestyle.

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Case Study: Day & Ross Modernizes Route Management for Freight and Same-day Transportation Operations

Talking Logistics

Overhauling the “Old Way”. Of the millions of fleet vehicles on the road every day in North America, the overwhelming majority are managed by paper. Leading Canadian carrier Day & Ross Transportation Group was no exception. “Our traditional route planning and delivery practices were very paper-based,” explains David Rea, Vice President of Information Services at Day & Ross.

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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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Sharing Dutch supply chain knowledge in Turkey

Supply Chain Movement

The third International Supply Chain Summit Istanbul revolved around the theme of supply chain collaboration and building bridges between Europe and Asia. The two-day conference was organised by Supply Chain Media together with the original initiators Slimstock, DSV and Ortec plus, new this year, Smart Logistics Centre Venlo. With 80 million inhabitants and strategically located, Turkey is regarded as a very interesting market by the organising partners.

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The Biggest Startup Investing Surprises Angels Encounter

Marianne Hudson

Every great journey has its ups, downs and blind spots. Angel investing is one of those. Based on personal experience, I can assure you that no matter how much or for how long you study angel investing, once you put your own money on the line you will be surprised [.

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Disruptive supply chains

Supply Chain Movement

Even though the year’s not over yet, ‘disruption’ is already the word of 2015 as far as I’m concerned. The Dutch financial newspaper FD writes about it almost every week and has even developed a handy ‘disruption meter’ per sector. It was also the topic of Mike Burkett from Gartner in his opening speech at the firm’s recent supply chain conference in London.

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All My Exits are to Texas

Tailwind

All My Exits are to Texas All my exits say it’s Texas And Texas is the place I’d dearly love –to- be And all my exits say it’s Texas But why does my BOL say Tennessee? There’s bananas down in Texarcana, wanted to see if I had more room And there’s a load of dreams in Abilene, if I don’t get there too soon But my Allison’s in Galveston, somehow I lost my sanity And if go to Houston without my papers the law might come lookin’ for me.

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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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5 Benefits from Logistics Sustainability & Effieciency

GlobalTranz

We are now in our 10 post of the "Strategic Logistics" series where we are covering 10 of the ways shippers can remain strategic vs. tactical in the pursuit of competitive advantages and focusing back on the core of what they do. As a recap, we have covered the following in this series: 10 Ways Effective Transportation Management Drives Competitive Advantage. 6 Strategic and Proactive Tips to Stay Ahead of Distressed Shipments.

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“Hey, Hey, You, You…Get onto My Cloud!”

Tailwind

“Hey, Hey, You, You…Get onto My Cloud!" ‘Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m a man with a whole new game. I’ve been around for some long, long years When the products all just seemed the same Pleased to meet you, tell me your group’s name Tell me what’s fussin’ you And I be tellin’ you ‘bout my-new game’ Just maybe you can’t get no satisfaction.