The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 6, 2024

Kyle Bertin and Joe Lynch discuss the ecommerce fulfillment blind spot. Kyle is the CEO and co-founder of Two Boxes , a returns company that develops technology that enables 3PLs and merchants to improve in-warehouse return operations. About Kyle Bertin Kyle Bertin is the CEO and co-founder of Two Boxes. In 2022, Kyle and his Co-founder Evan Stalter started the company because of their interest and passion for using technology to build more efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.

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Logility

MARCH 6, 2024

In an ever-evolving technological landscape, new potential explodes in the supply chain space daily. With improving machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities, advanced analytics are shifting, becoming a more attractive option to leaders across industries. But how can you incorporate advanced analytics into your supply chain flow? What do you need to have in place before you can do it to guarantee success?

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IT Supply Chain

MARCH 6, 2024

By Saskia van Gendt (pictured) Chief Sustainability Officer, Blue Yonder The post Balancing Profit & Planet in the Supply Chain appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2024

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global celebration, recognizing women for their achievements without regard to divisions, and taking into account all intersections across demographics. IWD occurs each year on March 8. This year’s theme is Inspire Inclusion. According to IWD’s website, “When we inspire others to understand and value women’s inclusion, we forge a better world.

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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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IT Supply Chain

MARCH 6, 2024

By Chris Jones (pictured) EVP, Descartes Systems Group The post How Distributors Can Improve Fleet Performance Through Route Planning Optimisation appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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IT Supply Chain

MARCH 6, 2024

By Ian Benson (pictured) Content Writer The post Exploring the Benefits of NovoPath’s LIS appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Unleashed

MARCH 6, 2024

Supply chain agility is the ability of a supply chain to respond quickly and effectively to changes in customer demand and external pressures. Agile supply chain management is especially important in today’s dynamic business landscape, where customer expectations, technological advancements, and environmental uncertainties are constantly evolving and creating new challenges and opportunities for supply chain performance.

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IT Supply Chain

MARCH 6, 2024

Insights From Female Leaders Teresa Sperti (main picture) Founder & Director, Arktic Fox The post International Women’s Day: Driving innovation in the data-driven age appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 6, 2024

Electric vehicle company Fisker recently issued a going concern warning amid continued production and supply chain challenges. Background In prior Supply Chain Matters commentaries, we have highlighted ongoing production and supply chain challenges related to high profile EV start-ups Rivian Automotive and Lucid. Our commentary published at the end of February profiled and contrasted the 2023 financial and operational performance from both of these start-ups.

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IT Supply Chain

MARCH 6, 2024

By Don Valentine (pictured) Commercial Director, Absoft The post Successfully Accelerating ERP-Cloud Adoption in the Public Sector appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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QAD

MARCH 6, 2024

One of the main goals of every Supply Chain today is balancing efficiency, resilience and agility. Enterprises need to seamlessly optimize these three challenges for effective customer service. By doing so, companies have the ability to stay competitive in an uncertain and constantly changing world. Accurate forecasting models become ever more critical to meet customer demand as companies add more product lines and the value chain expands.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 6, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives to U.S. retailer Target’s recent reporting of Q4 and Fiscal 2024 financial and operational performance. Introduction Our Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries reflecting on retail industry supply chain performance have been focused on the various market, supply chain and customer fulfillment challenges that retailers have been addressing in the pre and post-pandemic period.

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Taulia

MARCH 6, 2024

CFO challenges in 2024: from economic headwinds to global elections Among the numerous challenges for CFOs around the world in 2024, there’s no doubt that macroeconomic factors will continue to loom large. Research by Taulia found that 42% of finance leaders cited inflation as their greatest worry for 2023 – and although the threat of sky-high inflation may have abated in recent months, economic conditions look set to remain tough in the year ahead.

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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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Freightos

MARCH 6, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. More Resources Home March 6, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 6, 2024

3PL Revenues See Sharp Drop in 2023. US PMI for February Contracts again. Land Bridge across Panama is Expensive to Use.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2024

The energy transition is driven by the goal to decarbonize the energy used for transportation , buildings, and industry. Lacking a low-cost way of removing greenhouse gases from the air, the solution is to electrify as much as possible with clean power. In 1990, coal accounted for 54.6 percent of the total electricity generated in the US. This number steadily decreased over the years, to less than 17 percent in 2023.

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Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 6, 2024

Rise of OR at NSC Leads to Activist Shareholder Move against Management

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2024

Industry consolidation will continue this year as a proving ground for companies’ tech. Two thousand twenty-four will be the year our industry begins to realize the promises of modernity.

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Stord

MARCH 6, 2024

Explore how a modern WMS can overcome the complexities warehouse operators face when trying to fulfill physical goods subscriptions.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2024

ProcureCon IT Sourcing invites leading IT sourcing executives to attend the premier peer-led conference for senior-level procurement professionals in the IT sourcing community.

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Demand Driven Technologies

MARCH 6, 2024

How do you manage job shop complexity? It involves manufacturing products, often complex ones, in a succession of manufacturing operations carried out on equipment specialized by technology. For example, we carry out a succession of machining, painting, and assembly operations, with detours through subcontracted operations.

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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.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2024

The territorial waters affected extend halfway into the 12-mile-wide Bab al-Mandab Strait, through which around 15% of the world's shipping traffic passes.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

MARCH 6, 2024

I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. Flexible Hours Come to the Factory: A Look Inside Land O’Lakes’ Plant Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2024

Empathetic leadership is so much more than leaders saying caring words. It’s about taking the time to listen to and understand, then following up with meaningful actions.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2024

If adopted, the new draft would represent a win for many corporations and their trade groups that lobbied to water down the rules.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2024

The Yemen-based Houthi described the carrier as “a U.S. ship,” which its owners and the Biden administration said isn’t true.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2024

The accusation is that no documents exist at Boeing to explain how the airplane left its factory missing bolts that would have prevented the accident in the first place.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2024

Technology aims to help drayage companies operating both asset and non-asset divisions.

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