Mon.Oct 05, 2015

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15 Improvements by the Deployment of The Internet of Things in the Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

The list of relevant applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) era technology across multiple industries and market segments continues to grow. Current and future applications have the potential to provide new methods of value creation and sources of revenue streams for companies in the digital age. For supply chains, this advancing technology enables the building of a framework in which rapid responses and solutions in an increasingly intricate network can be designed and implemented quickly

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Where Are All the Women? Gender Gap in Manufacturing

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Take a look around. How many women are currently working at your company? A recent report by the APICS Supply Chain Council shows if you’re in the manufacturing business, probably not very many. Their latest report, Minding the Manufacturing Gender Gap: How manufacturers can get their fair share of talented women , produced in conjunction with the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte , explores why manufacturing is struggling when it comes to narrowing the gender gap.

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“You’re Only as Good as Your Worst Supplier”

Talking Logistics

“People always ask, ‘What’s the one thing that keeps you up at night?’ ” United Technologies Chief Executive Greg Hayes said last month. “It’s the ramp. The technology, I’m very confident we’ve got that right. But you’re only as good as your worst supplier. When you’ve got 8,000 parts in an engine, one of those parts aren’t there, you’re not building an engine.”.

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On the Floor this Week at the Shop.org 2015 Digital Summit

ModusLink Corporation

We’re highlighting our four minute click-to-ship capability in Philadelphia Every year, the National Retail Federation (NRF) puts on the Shop.org Digital Summit to foster productive discussion amongst the brightest and most innovative players in the digital retail world. The event, specifically designed for digital and multichannel retailers, is expected to attract more than 5,400 professionals […].

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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 New Age in Supply Chains: Realizing the Benefits of Business Networks and Communities

Talking Logistics

Live Episode: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 12:00 ET. In a recent guest commentary , Greg Kefer, Vice President of Corporate Marketing at GT Nexus, writes, “We’re at the dawn of a new age in supply chains. As cloud-based technology moves into the mainstream, extended partner networks that make up the global supply chain are harnessing it to share information in new ways and collaborate online.

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Medical Manufacturers Create High-Performing Products with 3D printing

RFgen

Medical manufacturers make perfect copies of body parts using 3-D printers. Companies that use 3-D printing – also known as additive manufacturing – create a product one layer at a time. Using detailed virtual designs, often produced by a scan of a physical object, a 3-D printer manufactures an exact copy of the item the data described. Many companies want to take advantage of this new technology to create products based on very specific requirements.

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Amazon Innovates at Scale: Launching Prime Now in 111 Days

Logistics Viewpoints

innovating at scale at CSCMP’s annual conference last week. For Amazon this means innovating like a start-up but being able to bring to bear the scale and resources of a big company to support the kind of rapid innovation typical of startups.

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Medical Manufacturers Create High-Performing Products with 3D printing

RFgen

Medical manufacturers make perfect copies of body parts using 3-D printers. Companies that use 3-D printing – also known as additive manufacturing – create a product one layer at a time. Using detailed virtual designs, often produced by a scan of a physical object, a 3-D printer manufactures an exact copy of the item the data described. Many companies want to take advantage of this new technology to create products based on very specific requirements.

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Artificial Intelligence and Business Get Serious

Enterra Insights

“A confluence of forces has propelled artificial intelligence into the business mainstream,” assert Deloitte analysts Paul Sallomi (@PaulSallomi), Bob Dalton, … Continued. The post Artificial Intelligence and Business Get Serious appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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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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From Model X to Project Titan: A Closer Look at the New Auto Manufacturing

Elementum

It’s been a long road, but electric vehicles are quickly becoming the future of the auto industry. We take a look at how new vehicles are changing the manufacturing game. Electric Vehicles have seen their share of speed bumps. Though considered a relatively new concept, electric vehicles (EVs) were first introduced nearly 100 years ago. They maintained popularity only for a few short decades before being placed on the back burner, overtaken by the cheaper and more widely available gasoline-power

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Seatrade Offshore Marine & Workboats Middle East starts

Logistics Middle East

The conference will focus on the challenges and opportunities facing owners, operators and regional governments involved in the offshore marine and workboats sector.

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Chain Reaction for Oct. 5, 2015 on Back from CSCMP

Supply Chain Digest

Earl Thinks Mongo May be a Bit Behind

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Rising fossil fuel use presents challenges for MidEast

Logistics Middle East

Dr. Andreas Kopp, World Bank (USA) Lead Economist for Transport and ICT, says there are limited substitution opportunities in fossil fuel used in individual mobility.

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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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How true optimization can help 3PLs improve service levels

DELMIA Quintiq

I had a conversation with a director of operations at a road logistics company recently. He expressed his thoughts on how much improvement they’ve seen after implementing a transportation management system (TMS). But he was still not convinced they were getting the most out of their investment. Are you confident that you’re getting the most out of your TMS?

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MEED MENA Rail & Metro Summit begins in Dubai

Logistics Middle East

Now in its 11th year, the summit is a platform to build momentum in moving the $350bn urban and regional rail transport goals forward.