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7 Distribution Technology Trends Worth Discussing

GlobalTranz

Modern distribution technology has significantly changed how suppliers get their products to end-users, and consumers are driving changes in how Distributors use technology to better their business processes. As a result, you need to understand what distribution technology trends, as explained by Advantage Business Media and Lindsay Konzak of Modern Distribution Management , are being seen in today's distribution network and how they will impact future operations. 1.

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Path to Becoming a Digital Enterprise is Often Turbulent

Enterra Insights

Many, if not most, business analysts believe industrial age organizations must transform into a digital enterprise if they are to … Continued. The post Path to Becoming a Digital Enterprise is Often Turbulent appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Poems about Supply Chain Management Software

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater A collection of bad supply chain poems: volume 2. After the success of last year’s bad supply chain poems, I’ve decided to resurrect this cringe-worthy tradition in honor of Bad Poetry Day. So sit back, kick your feet up, and prepare to be amazed by the literary talents of the Kinaxis team around today’s supply chain and our supply chain management software.

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Changing the Way You Think About Back-to-School

Oracle SCM

Having just graduated in May, there is a relief in not having to participate in the hectic back-to-school shopping that goes on at the end of the summer. Fighting the hordes of other consumers looking to obtain the latest and greatest planners, notebooks, and pens was a task I found not only stressful, but a necessary evil. After coming across Forbes article, “Back to School Trends A Lesson in New Math," I see the answer to skip the long lines, crowded isles, and disappointment was ri

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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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3rd CEE Procurement & Supply Forum

Supply Chain Movement

3rd CEE Procurement & Supply Forum. Date: 19 October, 2016. Venue: Prague, Czech Republic. Organisation: BME Verband. URL: www.bme.de/en/all-events/cee/. Seizing new opportunities in Central & Eastern Europe. Global sourcing and sourcing in Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) has long been state of the art for international companies. Though, within the last years its significance has changed: It is focusing on finding optimal suppliers in times of international crises, strategic changes and in

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Mitigating the High Risk of Low-Cost Items

MIT Supply Chain

How important are you to your suppliers? It’s a question that companies need to ask when evaluating risk in their procurement strategies. And it is especially important in today’s fast-changing commercial environment where suppliers’ priorities can change very quickly. Of particular interest are items that are low cost and low volume but essential to the […].

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The Winning Group builds omni-channel retailing platform with Manhattan Associates

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Manhattan Associates, Inc. has announced that Australian kitchen and laundry appliance specialist, The Winning Group, has completed a successful roll out of Manhattan's Supply Chain Commerce Solutions as part of a business transformation project designed to deliver a fulfilling brand experience for customers.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of Aug. 19, 2016

Supply Chain Digest

Best of Breed Leader JDA Appears to be In Play, Warehouse Space in Inland Ports is Smoking Hot, Patagonia Finds Sourcing is Wooly, It is Not Offshoring that is Killing US Manufacturing Jobs

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The role of big data in the retail supply chain

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Mikko Kärkkäinen, Group CEO, RELEX Solutions. Big data isn't only about the amount of information involved; it's also about the ability to process and analyse it from multiple angles.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

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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In Supply Chain It Pays to Put it in Writing

Supply Chain Digest

Too Often Scopes of Work, and Directives to Employees, Leave too Much Unclear and Open to Interpretation

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Working Smarter Beyond Technology

Lucas

(Not-So) BREAKING NEWS: Today’s supply chain and logistics industry is changing rapidly and it’s only going to continue. The current market demands products to be picked, packed, and shipped more efficiently and accurately than ever before and distribution centers cannot afford to miss a beat. How should DCs respond to this challenge? In the past, the reaction might have been to throw additional labor at the problem, but this flies in the face of the demand to reduce costs.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2016

Supply Chain Digest

How Many of these More than 30 Newer Technologies Do You Know.

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Working Smarter Beyond Technology

Lucas

(Not-So) BREAKING NEWS: Today’s supply chain and logistics industry is changing rapidly and it’s only going to continue. The current market demands products to be picked, packed, and shipped more efficiently and accurately than ever before and distribution centers cannot afford to miss a beat. How should DCs respond to this challenge? In the past, the reaction might have been to throw additional labor at the problem, but this flies in the face of the demand to reduce costs.

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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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Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Winners for July 11, 2016 Contest

Supply Chain Digest

Robert Hurley of Bayer and Roger Mancion of Fort Worth, TX Take Home the Prize

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Final Regulations out on Heavy Truck Fuel Efficiency

Consumer Goods Logistics

This week the Obama Administration issued its final carbon emissions standards for big rigs. That means that, over time, truck, engine and trailer manufacturers must design their equipment in order lower carbon emissions and fuel consumption up to 25% over the next decade. The newer trucks will cost more money due to some of the additional technology that will be required to achieve the heavy truck fuel efficiency standard.

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Green Supply Chain News on Even Sustainability Leader Patagonia Finds Balance Between Marketing and Supply Chain Reality Tough to Navigate

Supply Chain Digest

You have to Dig Really Deep to Find Supply Chain Issues, Company Founder Says

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Byggmax väljer RELEX för att bli världens bästa byggvaruhandel

RELEX Solutions

Läs PDF. Byggmax , en av Sveriges ledande byggvarukedjor, har valt RELEX lösning för en effektivare varupåfyllning av centrallagren samt för varupåfyllning av ca. 120 varuhus i Sverige, Norge och Finland. Byggmax varupåfyllning sköts av en centraliserad organisation på huvudkontoret. Före RELEX har de beräknat prognoser och gjort orderförslag med hjälp av ett äldre system som var integrerat i företagets affärssystem.

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CADDi Receives 2023 Top Tech Startup Award by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive

The 2023 Top Tech Startup Awards by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive spotlights the top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.

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Predicting Simone Biles’ Olympic Gold Is Easy. Predicting Product Demand…Not So Much

Aera Technology

Thanks to her gravity-defying routines at this year’s Olympics in Rio, Simone Biles has become a household name, walking away with four gold and one bronze medals. Could her success have been predicted? Absolutely. Even though this is Simone Biles first Olympics, she has been dominating gymnastics since 2013. She took the World Championships in the all around category for three consecutive years.