Prophetic Technology
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
The supply chains have been here since humans began producing and supplying products to each other, but, unbelievably, these have gone for years without significant changes.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Eco-friendly trends are finally catching on within supply-chain management — and transforming how the industry operates.
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ToolsGroup
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Will a Chinese company become your biggest competitor by 2025? This fall ToolsGroup was pleased to attend our Nordic partner Optilon’s annual Supply Chain Conference. Danish journalist Christina Boutrup’s keynote presentation provided a fascinating look into Chinese business and technology culture. This article summarizing Christina’s talk was published in Intelligent Logistik magazine by Klara Eriksson.
ivalua
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Alex Saric, CMO, Ivalua. In my previous posts, I looked at how to successfully launch a digital transformation and progress to best-in-class Procurement. Achieving best-in-class is a worthy goal, but should be viewed as an interim one rather than the ultimate objective, at least as typically measured. Most leaders seem to track their progress with metrics such as percent of spend managed and digitization levels, defining best-in-class as being the top quartile or similar high percentage.
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
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
How often have you wished you could glance into a crystal ball and see the future? If we could know the outcomes of today’s decisions, we would be better equipped to make them. The late Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The future depends on what you do today.” He was correct. Business leaders must constantly make decisions and the better decisions they make the better the outcomes.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
AFFLINK
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
It's time to ditch those outdated tactics. Supply chains tend to be large and unwieldy, and that leads many companies to avoid updating their supply chain entirely. But with new competitors constantly coming on to the market, companies have to keep their supply chain current. Here's where to start. Updated Technology is the Key to Better Supply Chain Management.
DynaSys
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Today I’ll be talking to you about Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning , or as it’s more commonly referred to DDMRP, which is a new and very different approach to planning your supply chain. Most manufacturing organizations use a traditional MRP approach which has been around for over 50 years. The standard approach is to use forecasts to calculate requirements which are then turned into planned orders and exploded through a Bill Of Material into works orders or purchase orders.
SupplyPike
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Not complying with your purchasers’ OTIF requirements can be very costly, and result in hefty fines. For example, Walmart fines its vendors 3% of the cost of goods sold if the order fails OTIF requirements. In 2016, Target stores increased their OTIF penalties to 5% of the order cost, five times what it previously was. That kind of money adds up!
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.
IQMS
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Manufacturers report several common challenges to properly and efficiently filing, remitting, and reporting on taxable transactions. Tracking tariffs, tax rates, and product taxability rules across jurisdictions staying tax compliant while growing the bottom line, and managing exemptions in preparation for the inevitable audit are a few that frequently top the list.
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The 5 Point Last Minute Black Friday Supply Chain Checklist! The Black Friday/Cyber Monday period is the busiest time of the year in E-Commerce and Retail. For most companies selling in these channels they will see a spike in demand unlike anything they’ve experienced the entire year.
RELEX Solutions
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Case Coop Värmland: Using Demand Forecasts to Help Optimize Workforce Planning. Customers » Case Studies. For most companies, their workforce is the largest cost center in their retail operations. That’s why it’s so significant that Swedish grocery retailer Coop Värmland saved a remarkable 6-8% on personnel costs by using RELEX’s workforce optimization solution in their stores.
DAT Solutions
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Refrigerated freight volumes hit a new weekly record, surpassing even 2017's record-setting volumes, and rates have climbed more than 6% from the prior month.
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RELEX Solutions
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Case Coop Värmland: Using Demand Forecasts to Help Optimize Workforce Planning. Customers » Case Studies. For most companies, their workforce is the largest cost center in their retail operations. That’s why it’s so significant that Swedish grocery retailer Coop Värmland saved a remarkable 6-8% on personnel costs by using RELEX’s workforce optimization solution in their stores.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
While recent news headlines have been dominated by the ongoing trade discussions between the U.S. and China, a new ruling from arbitrators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) may have flown under the radar. This ruling is sparking a new conflict between the U.S. and the EU on the Transatlantic trade bloc. On October 2nd, Read more Transatlantic Trade Update: The U.S. to Impose Punitive Duties on The European Union.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
We are on the verge of a new and exciting decade, and the pace of innovation is already at an all-time high. For manufacturers and distributors, this means that their ERP software must rise to the occasion, move with the pace of innovation, and support their customers throughout this journey by providing flexible features and easy-to-use functionalities. […].
SCJunction
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Identifying and understanding the key drivers behind the ROI for a WMS can help you ensure you have the necessary information to ensure you can cost justify your decision, the payback period and the benefit.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Unleashed
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
The holiday season is an exciting time for retailers, with shoppers swarming in ready to spend on gifts; B2B retailers can also experience a surge in demand. Retailers simply cannot rely on an increase in demand to produce sales and profit. A lot of planning goes into having a successful and efficient holiday season in retail, and in this article, we explore the top three things businesses need to consider in preparation for the holiday season.
CHAINalytics
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Record-setting online holiday sales forecasts combined with new try-before-you-buy business models are expected to propel upwards of $550 billion in returns this year. To minimize the impact on the supply chain and boost overall profitability, companies need to assess their reverse logistics network for opportunities to increase capacity, improve inventory recirculation, and cultivate customer loyalty. … The post Can Online Returns Boost Your Profitability This Holiday Season?
Material Handling & Logistics
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
“If people focus on the short-term supply issues, they miss the bigger picture,” Litinsky said. “Tens of millions of jobs and trillions of dollars of downstream GDP, that’s what the Chinese are after,” said James Litinsky, of MP Materials, the lone U.S.
Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
If you’re in the market for order fulfillment services, there’s one question that’s probably at the top of your list: What’s it going to cost? As is often the case, the answer is “it depends” – on lots of things.
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EcoVadis
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Launched in 2018 with Shui Mahieu, Sustain gave us an opportunity to embellish our gallery with portraits of responsible purchasing professionals. Following Mathilde Goussault de Bonduelle and Thibault de Montrion d’Orange, we now have a portrait of Pascale de Felix from the Bel Group. Pascale de Felix . Global Sourcing Director – Methods, Tools & Responsible Sourcing (Bel Group). “Companies have an essential role in building a more sustainable development model by improvin
ProcurePort
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
In the complex, fast-paced global market of the modern world, it pays to use software to lighten the load. Here is what professionals should know about managing supplier bids with e-Tendering software and how it can improve operational efficiency. The Challenges of Managing Supplier Bids throughout the Tendering Process When firms engage in tendering by […].
I.C.E. Transport
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
If shipping oversize cargo seems like a complex proposition, project cargo poses an even bigger challenge. Not only is the typical project cargo shipment large, heavy and valuable, but it’s usually time- and mission-critical. That critical factor makes it especially important to observe all the rules that apply to a project cargo shipment and complete all the paperwork with no mistakes.
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated has announced the final segment of a global study examining the attitudes of Generation Z1– teenagers and early 20-somethings – in the workplace to reveal how employers worldwide can most effectively attract, develop, motivate, and retain talent within the next next-generation workforce.
This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.
QAD
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Fixed Assets and Accounting: Much More than a ‘Nice to Have’. Honestly, fixed asset management and the related accounting is a rather dry subject – unless you are a CEO, CFO, COO, VP of Finance, VP of Manufacturing or Fixed Asset Manager at a manufacturing company. While often overlooked, if something goes wrong; if fixed assets are stolen, unused, improperly maintained or inaccurately accounted for, the negative business impact can be enormous.
ThroughPut
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Reassess Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability. By Ali Hasan Raza. Published November 25, 2019 in TWEAK YOUR BIZ. Sustainability is a philosophy, not an endpoint. Companies should always be striving to become more efficient and less wasteful instead of assuming they’re already as sustainable as they want or need to be. There’s always more progress to make, and there are real consequences for coasting on existing accomplishments.
Claritum
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (November 26, 2019) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced a change of accountancy firm to Pearson May in Bath. “This change is fundamental for our next phase of growth.” said Prof. Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Claritum. “Pearson May have a solid track record in financial management of fast-growing international technology companies.”.
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