Wed.Nov 30, 2016

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Question and Answer: Hostess Brands’ Supply Chain Comeback

Logility

Hostess Brands has a long tradition of creating iconic products loved by consumers young and old. In 2012, Hostess devotees feared the Twinkie might disappear forever, but Hostess Brands executed what many consider one of the most successful re-launches in history. How did they launch a company from the ground up in just a matter of months? It took a combination of a new customer-centric philosophy, the right people and a new and improved supply chain supported by advanced technology.

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What Happens After the Holiday Fulfillment Fun is Over?

CHAINalytics

By Irv Grossman | Executive Vice President, Americas | Chainalytics With Black Friday behind us and Cyber Week in full swing, the 2016 holiday shopping season is off to a great start. Fortune announced that “Cyber Monday 2016 was the biggest day in the history of U.S. e-commerce.” For months, retailers have diligently prepared their teams for the holiday … The post What Happens After the Holiday Fulfillment Fun is Over?

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Amazon vs. Alibaba: A Battle for Southeast Asia

Elementum

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. They’ve also named themselves as a cross-border logistics service and an ocean freight company, with ports in Japan, Europe, and the United States.

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Network Redesign

CHAINalytics

Wednesday | 30 November 2016 Iterative network design and planning is essential for companies to be successful in serving costumers efficiently, consolidating new assets, or expanding into new markets or products. Fact-based analysis helps them to increase market share, reduce costs and meet stringent customer demands via increasingly complex channels.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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In 10 Years – What Will the Future of Supply Chain Look Like? – Video

BlueYonder

As we approach the end of 2016, I thought it was the perfect time to bring you a very relevant and timely video from earlier this year. In this JDA TV segment, Kelly Thomas, Senior VP and Chief Product Officer at JDA, discusses the key initiatives that companies need to take to stay competitive. We’re entering the third wave of supply chain management, defined by a greater use of cognitive techniques, machine learning, data science, and the digitization of everything.

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[e-Book] The Benefits & How to Execute an E-Commerce Logistics Practice for Manufacturers & Distributors

GlobalTranz

The B2B eCommerce industry is worth roughly $1 trillion in the U.S. alone today, according to estimates from Gartner and Forrester Research. Not to mention the industry is growing at nearly four times the rate of B2C eCommerce, as distributors like you respond to the growing demand among buyers to purchase online and on-the-go. In this second part of our e-commerce logistics e-book series ( get part 1 about considerations & background here ) we’ll go more in-depth of all the benefits going o

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Incredible Expanding DC Footprint of Amazon

Supply Chain Digest

Amazon Increased Fulfillment Center Capacity of All Types about Five Times 2010 Levels by End of 2015, and Keeps on Building

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Trends & Predictions 2017: Technology

Enterra Insights

‘Tis that time of year when both the brave and the foolish look deeply into their crystal balls and prognosticate … Continued. The post Trends & Predictions 2017: Technology appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Warburtons: Keeping Pace with the Growth of Customer Expectations in Transport Operations

Talking Logistics

As an industry, we’ve always been focused on removing cost from the transport operation. We do this by reducing mileage, maximizing vehicle and driver utilization and generally being as efficient with our resources as possible. Whatever happens to the price of fuel, the need to cut costs never goes away. But there’s another challenge that is shared by most transportation operations I talk to and that’s the growing expectations of the customer.

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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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The“Uber-for-X” Model and the Complexity of On-Demand Delivery

Techgistics

Uber’s success in disrupting transportation has led to enormous VC funding of “Uber-for-X” businesses where smartphones are used to connect customers with nearby workers on demand. A number of startups have entered the same-day / same-hour delivery market with the intent of fundamentally transforming how we shop and eat. Rapid on-demand delivery combines the convenience of ordering from anywhere with the immediate product availability of traditional bricks and mortar retail stores.

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Three Supply Chain Risks that Will Get You Thinking Bimodal

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater In a world where everything is changing, staying in one place is the fastest way to find yourself falling further behind. The same is true when it comes to your supply chain. Remaining stationary in your processes, relying on inefficient technology, and refusing to keep pace is how successful companies find themselves lagging behind the competition.

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Keeping your Company’s Sense of Entitlement in Check

ModusLink Corporation

As more and more enterprises shift from legacy on-premise to cloud-based technologies, software-as-a-service (SaaS) adoption is at an all-time high. There are many benefits to this approach – namely, cloud software is thought to help end users save money and simplify operations. This model is also the primary way in which service providers monetize their […].

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Apple’s World AIDS Day Push Includes New Products

Supply Chain 24/7

As it has done for a decade now, Apple is once more supporting the (RED) campaign to support the fight against HIV/AIDS, each year, the company turns the store logos red, offers a number of special-edition (RED) products and donates money to the cause.

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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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Frost & Sullivan lauds incadea on improving customer Experience

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Based on its recent analysis of the automotive cloud-based dealer management solution (DMS) market, Frost & Sullivan recognises with the 2016 Europe Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Service Leadership.

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Analyst Report: The Benefits of Cloud ERP

Supply Chain 24/7

This report, featuring Aberdeen data as well as four extensive success stories, outlines some of the less-publicized benefits of a cloud Enterprise Resource Planning solution.

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New Blue Yonder solution helps grocers to optimise replenishment for fresh assortments

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Set against a backdrop of declining profitability and significant changes in consumer lifestyles, retailers are under pressure to deliver the best freshness and optimal availability to their customers without the ability manage cost-to-serve.

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EU Bases its Tariff Update on the WCO 2017 HS Changes

Supply Chain 24/7

On October 28, 2016, the European Union has updated its EU Tariff, also known as the Combined Nomenclature (CN).

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Three in four Brits snub retailers with slow customer service

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Interactive Intelligence Group Inc., provider of cloud services for customer engagement, communications and collaboration, has released research revealing that over three quarters of UK consumers (79 per cent) will use a different retailer if they don't receive a timely response from customer service.

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Swimming with rocks

Tailwind

It seems like it was so long ago now that it’s a rainy November day in Vancouver, but just 4 months ago, I spent most of my days at the beach. Blue waves lapping at my feet, sitting on a beach mat, a cooler full of snacks beside me. I whittled away at my days watching my kids play while I chatted with friends. I was speaking to my friend Kurt, about character and how important it is to be who you are.

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A10 Networks' Cloud vision comes to life with introduction of A10 Lightning Application Delivery Service (ADS) for Cloud applications

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

A10 Networks, the secure application services company, has rolled out its A10 Lightning Application Delivery Service (ADS) — a Cloud-native software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to boost the delivery and security of applications and microservices across public, private and hybrid clouds.

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Why S&OP and Integrated Business Planning Start with the Cloud

Demand Solutions

As we noted in our last article , Gartner has found that the public cloud market is doubling every four years. And because IT spending is only increasing by 2.2 percent per year, we know that companies in all industries are actually diverting their IT budgets from traditional IT to the cloud. Still, I can understand why manufacturers and distributors—typically conservative businesses—might be hesitant to move their business processes to the cloud.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Thinking outside the box when it comes to Christmas discounting

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Ian Webster, Chief Customer Officer, Big Data For Humans. Christmas is now just over 4 weeks away and we all know what that means for retailers.

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Why S&OP and Integrated Business Planning Start with the Cloud

Demand Solutions

As we noted in our last article , Gartner has found that the public cloud market is doubling every four years. And because IT spending is only increasing by 2.2 percent per year, we know that companies in all industries are actually diverting their IT budgets from traditional IT to the cloud. Still, I can understand why manufacturers and distributors—typically conservative businesses—might be hesitant to move their business processes to the cloud.

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Exploring the Era of Global Transparency in the LIVING Supply Chain

NC State SCRC

We are at the beginning of a completely different era in the history of global trade: the era of the digitized real-time supply chain. In the 25 years I have been teaching students and conducting research in the field of supply chain management, I have never seen the degree of change evident in the face of this new digital era. The changes we are witnessing are unparalleled in scope, and their implications for the way humans work will have significant impact on our daily lives.

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6 Key Supply Chain Leaders’ Skills and Why You Need Them

Logistics Bureau

What are the important skills you need either to possess or develop if you want to become one of tomorrow’s supply chain leaders? Is it enough to have a business-related degree and a little supply chain experience, or is supply chain leadership something that you must work hard to acquire specific qualities for? In reality it’s probably a little bit of both.

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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.