Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

by Melissa Clow This guest post comes to us from Argentus Supply Chain Recruiting , a boutique recruitment firm specializing in Supply Chain Management. Every once in a while, we like to take a step back and assess the state of the job market, as well as the state of how people feel about it. It’s clear that the world of work is changing. The workforce is becoming nimbler, and it’s less common than ever for someone to stay at one job, or one company, for your whole career.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Driverless vehicles, drones, and 3D printing — three emerging technologies that will ultimately impact supply chain and logistics processes — are the top headlines this week. I’m on borrowed time this morning, so I’ll defer my commentary to next week. But it’s sufficient to say that the pace of change continues to accelerate in the supply chain and logistics world — everything from technology, regulations, and the competitive landscape to more demanding customer expectations &#

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C3 Solutions

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Note: This is a guest blog from our Adam Robinson at Cerasis. In this blog, Adam discusses the opportunities of the Internet of Things for the logistics and manufacturing industries.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

I had the opportunity to spend some time at IBM’s Research Triangle Park facility, (the actual hosting site for the Watson computer) this past week. IBM hosted a roundtable for the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies, with executives from P&G, US Steel, CB&I, Mastercard, and others attending. In that session, Dan Carrell from IBM shared a number of key perspectives that is driving IBM to diversify into the world of analytics.

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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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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The speed technology is used to cut out erroneous decisions and reduce port demand for physical labor is racing ahead of even the most forward thinking. In the container shipping world, the 100% automated terminal may still be a rarity, but the 80% automated terminal is not. Even multi-purpose and multi-user terminals have been proven to be quite easy to automate.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

If Tom Vander Ark (@tvanderark), CEO of Getting Smart, is correct, we need to start preparing our children for a … Continued. The post STEM Education Helps Prepare Children for a Project-based World appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Your Guide To Eating Healthy While On The Road. Eating healthy while on the road isn't always easy, especially for truckers who often drive for long hours, have a tight schedule or just feel they don't have time to make healthy eating decisions. Perhaps not surprisingly, around 80 percent of truckers are obese. If this sounds like your situation, there are some steps you can take to improve your diet, and although these tips are for truckers, anyone can benefit from them. 1.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

It is fall. The hot and humid days are giving way to cool and crisp weather. Today, as I type this blog post, the rain is softly falling on my window sill. The wet streets below signal a shift in seasons. The seasonal rhythms link the threads of our life. As fall becomes winter, supply chain leaders are planning their budgets and building strategies for 2017.

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APICS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

United Parcel Service (UPS) is making plans to adopt innovations in the 3D printing marketplace. The US shipping company announced last week that it would expand its 3D printing services to Asia and Europe “in a bid to fully embrace and get ahead of a trend that threatens to eat away a small but lucrative part of its business,” Nick Carey writes for Reuters.

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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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