Talking Logistics

APRIL 22, 2016

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.” — Prince. The world lost another gifted musician and performer yesterday. RIP Prince. But let’s not let the elevator bring us down, let’s go crazy…after this week’s supply chain and logistics news. Droids Not Drones Are the Future of E-Commerce Deliveries ( BloombergTechnology ).

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River Logic

APRIL 22, 2016

One of the biggest crossroads that I faced a few years ago was whether to shift careers to the finance sector or not. I did my Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Manufacturing Systems (as explained in my previous blog). I then joined a software firm that specialized in Supply Chain, and my career has since then been in supply chain and related areas.

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ModusLink Corporation

APRIL 22, 2016

When companies innovate, most focus on developing groundbreaking, new technologies or bringing products to market that address an emerging need or unique challenge. However, there’s room for innovation in companies’ business models, too. In fact, given the constant advances in technology today and our ever-competitive business landscape, companies can’t afford not to re-evaluate their business […].

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2016

The need to benchmark supply chain performance runs deep in many companies. The quest for data is critical, and can help answer questions like “what is the average and best-in-class forecast accuracy in high tech,” or “how much inventory do pharmaceutical companies hold,” or “what are typical transportation costs as a percentage of sales in consumer packaged goods (CPG)?”.

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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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Oracle SCM

APRIL 22, 2016

This week, Andrew Hughes of LNS Research authored an interesting blog that included the chart below, which was produced as part of a "Metrics that Matter" survey. This survey is supported by industry group MESA, and is being executed by LNS Research. The interesting thing about this (as noted in Andrew's blog ), is the fact that there is positive interest in implementing plant analytics as well as operations and manufacturing intelligence capabilities.

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Resilinc

APRIL 22, 2016

In part 1 of this blog, we examined lithium-ion batteries in the supply chain context and examined the recent ban's stipulations. In Part 2, we discuss why many shippers and advocacy groups disagree with the prohibition, what this ban can mean to supply chain and procurement professionals, and provide next steps for those potentially affected.

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FLEXE

APRIL 22, 2016

<p>We recently attended the Georgia Logistics Summit where we had a chance to catch up with Manny Sequeira, a leader in the supply chain & logistics industries. Watch the interview here, or read the transcript below!</p> <p>You can connect with Manny directly via <a href="[link] target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a> </p> <figure&

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2016

If you live in India (or follow what’s happening on the sub-continent), you know there has been a lot of … Continued. The post The World Needs Smart Cities appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 22, 2016

by Alexa Cheater The past year has not been kind to our musical idols. Although many have passed, including David Bowie, BB King, Glen Frey and most recently Prince, we’ll always have a phenomenal body of musical works to keep them alive in our hearts and minds. When you hear these names and their music you don’t immediately think supply chain, but for all the supply chain nerds out there we’re always thinking, ‘what’s the impact on the supply chain?

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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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GlobalTranz

APRIL 22, 2016

Managing a manufacturing plant or a facility maintenance enterprise can get very challenging, complicated and time-consuming for those who are maintaining paper logs for inventory and recording repairs and replacements manually. In this post, we will talk about the main benefits of CMMS or Computerized maintenance management system. There are many problems that tend to arise with the traditional pen and paper approach like: A high possibility of human errors which can lead to inaccuracies.

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