ToolsGroup
APRIL 26, 2016
Managing change at the individual level is essential to realize benefits across the organization. Companies pick supply chain planning software based on the benefits to the business. But they install the software successfully—and realize the gains—when they convince users of those benefits. It’s the critical “last mile” of any implementation and can be one the hardest miles to overcome.
GlobalTranz
APRIL 26, 2016
Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and su
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SCM Research
APRIL 26, 2016
As every year, Emerald has recently announced the winners of the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2016. Several SCM-related articles have been awarded this year: A set of awarded articles falls into the area of sustainability, including articles by Tseng et al. , Tachizawa et al. , Signori et al. , Touboulic & Walker and Jaggernath & Khan.
NFI Industries
APRIL 26, 2016
Intermodal transport takes the phrase ‘planes, trains, and automobiles’ to a whole new level with the ever evolving transportation trend. Intermodal transportation is defined as a long-haul movement of shipping containers and truck trailers by rail, combined with a (usually much shorter) truck movement at one or both ends. In 2014, intermodal was the largest.
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
SCM Research
APRIL 26, 2016
As every year, Emerald has recently announced the winners of the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2016. Several SCM-related articles have been awarded this year: A set of awarded articles falls into the area of sustainability, including articles by Tseng et al. , Tachizawa et al. , Signori et al. , Touboulic & Walker and Jaggernath & Khan.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Arkieva
APRIL 26, 2016
If you are a recent college graduate or are going through college, you are at the doorstep of what I hope is a long and fruitful career. What follows is my take on what a person should do at this step of their life journey. As I write this blog, I am going to make an assumption that the college graduate in question is pursuing their area of interest.
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 26, 2016
Contents Supply Chain Movement 21 – 2016 Q2. Publishing date: 6 May 2016. 6 | News & Background. Forecasting is about managing risks. Winner and loser of the last quarter. Major organisational and cultural changes lie ahead for supply chain management. 12 | SCM IT Subway Map 2016. The supply chain software industry is in a considerable state of flux.
NC State SCRC
APRIL 26, 2016
We kicked off the 33rd SemiAnnual SCRC Partner Meeting today, with a room full of people from various segments of government, industry, and academic attending. We kicked off the session with a round of introductions, and an overview of the SCRC recent accomplishments achieved this past year. A summary of these is shown below. What is remarkable is the growth in our rankings given how young the Poole College of Management is (it was founded in 1994), and has grown in stature at an exponential
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 26, 2016
Sales & operations planning (S&OP) is definitely the hottest supply chain topic right now. One important issue for companies is how to successfully set up this internal process of strategic consultation between Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and Finance. According to a recent global study by research and analysis firm Supply Chain Insights, many companies with an effective S&OP process use supply chain planning software.
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.
Supply Chain Digest
APRIL 26, 2016
In a Change, Most DCs will be Using Both Bar Code Scanning and Voice by 2020, New Zebra Research Finds
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 26, 2016
Sennheiser has discovered that the large majority of its products can be forecast accurately based on statistics, which enables the company to direct its attention towards the critical products. “over the past year we’ve integrated our forecasting process with the financial planning,” said Ulf Gerkens, head of supply chain planning at the german manufacturer of audio equipment.
FLEXE
APRIL 26, 2016
The “Chasing Amazon” Webcast Details a Smart New Supply Chain Strategy for Competing with Amazon. There’s no question that Amazon has changed consumer expectations. One or two-day shipping is no longer a luxury, it’s now crucial to winning and keeping customers. So, how can retailers without Amazon’s 90+ North American warehouses compete? How can wholesale distributors keep up with ever-increasing expectations of consumers?
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 26, 2016
Recent european and international supply chain management conferences have been primarily characterised by their focus on strongly emerging trends and their impact on companies’ supply chains. apparently, supply chain professionals have not yet reached the end of their journey towards adding value for customers – there is still much to be done in terms of organisational and cultural change.
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Supply Chain Digest
APRIL 26, 2016
Now Truckload Carrier Group Opposes the Changes.
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 26, 2016
Supply Chain Media, publisher of Supply Chain Movement, has launched a new and improved version of its app. First and foremost the app is now more dynamic, offering a range of extra functionalities. The most significant changes compared with the earlier version of the app are primarily related to the increased dynamism and additional functionalities for both iPad and Android tablets.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 26, 2016
As well as 2015 being the warmest year since records began (in 1850), it was also pretty hot 12 months in the area of business mergers and acquisitions, which hit a new high of $4.3 trillion in deals struck. Specifically in the logistics industry, several so-called mega deals led to a near year-on-year doubling of M&A value to $173 billion, according to data from PwC.
Supply Chain Digest
APRIL 26, 2016
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More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Enterra Insights
APRIL 26, 2016
“Big Data? Big problems,” writes Maurice Lévy, chairman and chief executive of Publicis Groupe. “With each hack, leak, and act … Continued. The post Privacy Remains One of the Greatest Big Data Concerns appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
River Logic
APRIL 26, 2016
In his article in the previous issue of Foresight , Dean Sorensen (2016) argued that while there is increasing complexity in business environments, there has not been enough focus on tying strategy to execution. I am in agreement with him: I think the biggest systems integration challenge facing CEOs is how to seamlessly tie strategic decision making to operational execution (S&OP).
Elementum
APRIL 26, 2016
Mitsubishi has admitted to rigging data for its vehicles' fuel economy tests. What does that mean for the future of vehicle regulation? Last week, Mitsubishi, Japan’s sixth largest carmaker , admitted to rigging data and overstating the fuel economy levels of its vehicles. Approximately 625,000 cars sold in Japan were affected, compromising the fuel efficiency data of 157,000 eK Wagon and eK Space models along with 468,000 Days and Dayz Roox vehicles it produced for Nissan.
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 26, 2016
The Netherlands is the best region for a logistics base according to the ‘VerkehrsRundschau Markenstudie ImageRanking’. The market study by VerkehrsRundschau (a leading German magazine with a website about transport and logistics) assessed the attractiveness of the countries close to Germany as a base for logistics activities. The Netherlands secured first place based on the results from the large-scale survey among logistics decision-makers within manufacturing and retail companies in Germany.
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BlueYonder
APRIL 26, 2016
One of the things that makes retail particularly fun for me is that we are all the benefactors of the work we do. We are retailers, yes, but we are also consumers. We plan business and buy product, but we also purchase that same product or the products that come from other planners, buyers and designers. So, it’s a bit strange when I talk to retailers and ask them these two questions: If you think of your favorite place to shop, do you buy everything there?
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 26, 2016
Logistics service supplier H. Essers has been granted permission to extend its premises in the Belgian city of Genk at the expense of the 12 hectares of neighbouring nature reserve, including an evergreen forest. The company wanted to build a 70,000-square-metre warehouse but the site formed part of Natura 2000, a European network of protected ecological areas.
Talking Logistics
APRIL 26, 2016
For the last couple of decades transportation management systems (TMS) have revolutionized supply chains, helping companies streamline their logistics processes, achieve greater visibility into their operations and save significant dollars on transportation. But even as more and more businesses get wise to the advantages of a TMS, many large, multi-national corporations have remained on the sidelines, unwilling to believe in the existence of a truly global TMS that could meet the needs of comple
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 26, 2016
On 1 April 2016 a kilometre-based charging system (‘kilometerheffing’) came into force on most motorways in Belgium along with a large number of regional roads in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia. For shippers, logistics service providers and haulage companies alike, it is difficult to accurately estimate the impact of the charge on their transport costs, which is why Conundra has developed the OptiFlow route optimisation tool.
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.
Tailwind
APRIL 26, 2016
“Thanks for calling Drone Delivery. We are glad that you called. We do our utmost to satisfy your every shipping need. We do LTL, FTL, NHL and NFL. In fact last week we did all of the above for one of our customers. That reminded me of the time when I first got into this business, we were just starting out. “Um.um.well.hey.I have a shipment and looking for a quote.
FLEXE
APRIL 26, 2016
There’s no question that Amazon has changed consumer expectations.
Kinaxis
APRIL 26, 2016
by Melissa Clow Supply chain functions have often been segmented into siloed activities specific to functional goals and that reflect organizational structure. Over the years, software has been designed, developed and deployed in the same isolated manner. In contrast to this approach, a supply chain planning (SCP) system of record (SOR) enables a company to ‘create, manage, link, align, collaborate and share its planning data across a supply chain’. 1.
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