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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (Q2 2023)

Talking Logistics

We’ve crossed the halfway mark of 2023. How would you characterize this year so far, from a supply chain and logistics perspective? Better or worse than expected? Any surprises? It depends on whom you ask, of course. I’m sure many carriers, for example, are not celebrating the first half of the year. From my perspective, Read more The post Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (Q2 2023) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Revolutionizing Supply Chain Planning: The Power of Generative AI

Logility

From Lachelle Buchanan , “Revolutionizing Supply Chain Planning: Unleashing the Power of Generative AI” Supply chain planning has become a critical factor for organizations aiming to gain a competitive edge. To meet the challenges posed by rapidly evolving customer demands, market volatility, and global disruptions, businesses are turning to advanced technologies.

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ToolsGroup Improves Supply Chain Visibility, Usability, and Power in the Mid-Year Enhancements To SO99+

ToolsGroup

Version 8.61 of the ToolsGroup supply chain planning solution enables supply chain teams to make better, more informed decisions faster BOSTON — July 6, 2023 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has announced the latest version of its Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) software, building on its goals to deliver higher visibility, explainability, and usability across all of its demand and supply planning functionalities.

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How IoT can help the retail industry achieve Net Zero

IT Supply Chain

By Roy Horgan (pictured) Group SEVP Strategy, Marketing & Communications, SES-imagotag The post How IoT can help the retail industry achieve Net Zero appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Digital Commerce – the Intersection of Technology and Fashion Manufacturing

QAD

In the rapidly evolving world of fashion, digital commerce has emerged as a game-changer. With the ever-increasing influence of technology on consumer behavior, it has become imperative for fashion manufacturers to embrace digital transformation and align their strategies with the evolving needs and expectations of their customers. In this blog post, we will explore the reasons why fashion manufacturers should prioritize investment in a digital commerce solution that caters to their customers’ n

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Fearless Females of Supply Chain: Be WISE

BlueYonder

WISE is a student organization with the primary purpose of promoting the field of supply chain management/logistics. As part of our “Fearless Females of Supply Chain” Blue Yonder Live series, Blue Yonder’s Chief Customer Officer Susan Beal spoke to Stephanie Powell Thomas , Associate Professor of Practice of SCM at the University of Arkansas and Executive Director of the WISE program.

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The Amazing Supply Chain of Fireworks

All Things Supply Chain

Throughout history, fireworks have been an integral part of cultural and religious celebrations worldwide.

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Aligning Procedures Across the Supply Chain Is Critical to Cybersecurity

Supply Chain Brain

Most cyber risk comes from third-party relationships.

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SKU Optimization: The Ultimate Fix for Grocery & Food Retail Shortages

ThroughPut

Consumer stockpiling. Labor strikes. Port congestion. Changing demand due to inflation. And the resultant empty shelves. What started off as toilet paper shortage in 2020 continues to show up in grocery and food retail even three years later. As per an IHL Group study , food retail and groceries are missing almost $1 trillion in sales due to these stockouts.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

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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Unlocking Shipping Potential: The Importance of Effective Fleet Management

Locus

Why Fleet Management Matters for Shippers In the complex sphere of supply chain management, fleet resources remain indispensable and irreplaceable. Shippers tasked with overseeing their fleets, be they captive or outsourced, to ensure the successful completion of deliveries. Yet, this task begs the question: what’s the most efficient way to manage these essential assets?

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The 2023 Supply Chain Barometer reveals a complex landscape

Proxima

Supply chains have been consistently on business agendas in recent years, and rightly so, with the pandemic, labor strikes, and inflation causing persistent disruptions and challenges for business leaders over the world. However, as inflation falls and market stability improves, are supply chains going to continue to be a focal point? The short answer is yes.

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Tesla Q2 Output and Vehicle Deliveries Impressive But Competitive Pressures Remain

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives to EV automaker Tesla’s reported production and customer delivery performance in Q2-2023. Q2 Production Output and Vehicle Deliveries On Sunday of this week Tesla reported to company investors that the EV automaker had delivered 466,140 vehicles in Q2, establishing a new record for quarterly sales.

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The Future of FinCrime & Compliance: Key Takeaways for 2023

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger recently sponsored the Future of FinCrime & Compliance Conference put on by the International Compliance Association (ICA). The event, held May 12 in London, is an annual gathering for industry leaders in the UK and across Europe to benchmark strategy and best practices on how to stay efficient and vigilant in today’s ever-changing financial ecosystem.

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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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UPS Labor Contract Talks Reportedly Stalled

Supply Chain Matters

National labor contract renewal talks among parcel transportation and logistics services provider UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters labor union have reportedly stalled after indications that a settlement was in reach several days ago. The existing contract between these two parties expires at midnight on July 31. On June 28, union members reportedly walked away from bargaining talks after receiving a UPS management counter proposal on wages and other economic items.

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Design your Digital Thread using Attribute Based Planning

Adexa

Design your Digital Thread using Attribute Based Planning A Digital Thread is a link between all the different Bills of Material used in a product’s life cycle and horizons of supply chain planning. This includes engineering BOM, Sales BOM, Manufacturing BOM, Production BOM and Service BOM. Maintaining several different BOMs in potentially different systems (Engineering, S&OP, S&OE, or Service planning) and having the ability to link the properties and specifications at different levels

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5 Timely Books for Summer 2023.and More

American Global Logistics

Summer is here! That means it’s time to recommend some relevant books, articles, blog posts, podcasts, and videos to make the most of your summer. You’ll find an eclectic selection covering the key issues of the day. Books and other media on logistics, strategy, technology/AI, and the future are included. These books, articles, etc., provide useful analysis, interpretation, forecasts, and perspectives covering industry news, business global affairs, economics, and policy/regulatory issues.

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The Consumer Effect on the FMCG Route to Market Model

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

In this article, I will be delving into the ways in which consumer behavior can have a profound impact on your FMCG Route to Market Model.

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

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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July 5, 2023 Update

Freightos

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * More Resources Home July 5, 2023 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. Judah Levine July 5, 2023 Unbox your Freight knowledge.

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Supply Chain News on Share of Women as Chief Supply Chain Officers Grows to 26 Percent

Supply Chain Digest

Latest Gartner Survey Shows Progress at All Levels of Roles within Companies

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Warehouse Robotics – Scaling Operations for Exponential Growth, with Mark Messina

Logistics Viewpoints

I engaged in numerous discussions with robotics executives last year as I was developing ARC Advisory Group’s mobile warehouse robotics (AMR) research. I noticed that many of them obtained valuable experience at Kiva Systems (Amazon Robotics) prior to their current roles. One such executive credited Mark Messina with Amazon’s ability to scale its rollout of Kiva Systems subsequent to its acquisition of the company.

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Ekart Launching B2B Transportation Services Across India

Supply Chain Brain

Ekart launched its air and surface B2B transportation services in India to provide domestic businesses with improved transportation speeds and greater reliability.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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StockTrim and Finale Inventory Integration Now Available!

StockTrim

We are delighted to announce that StockTrim has launched its integration with Finale Inventory. This powerful collaboration allows you to automate your inventory planning and demand forecasting, streamlining your inventory management processes and boosting your overall efficiency.

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Using Decision Intelligence to Turbo-Charge Your Sales and Operations Planning

Supply Chain Brain

This webinar gives you the "nuts and bolts" of how decision intelligence can be used to formulate and solve your S&OP problem as an enterprise optimization problem that honors all hard constraints, strives to meet soft constraints, and optimizes comprehensive business metrics.

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Support Your Customer Service Goals with an Inventory Strategy

Valogix

Your company’s mission is to be the best supplier of your products on the market today. Most companies define what that means in terms of serving the customer. Ecommerce has dramatically changed the way companies must serve their customer. For example, your customers can send you an order over the Internet or by calling and they will get a return confirmation promptly.

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Foxconn Investing $250M to Build Two Factories in Vietnam

Supply Chain Brain

A planned $200 million factory will reportedly be finished by January 2025 while construction on a different $46 million plant will be completed by October 2024.

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

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.

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On-demand Webinar: A Treasurer’s Guide to Receivables Finance

Taulia

Home Webinar A Treasurer’s Guide to Receivables Finance Submit the form to access Join Jakob Ruden and Ade Omisore as they talk with Mike Hewitt for The Working Capital Forum’s webinar on how receivables finance fits into a working capital strategy. Improving your balance sheet is proven to have a more positive impact on your performance metrics and valuation than earnings improvement.

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Panasonic Executive Says the Company Needs More Battery Plants

Supply Chain Brain

Panasonic “will need to build" about four more factories to achieve a sharp boost in its battery capacity, according to CTO Shoichiro Watanabe.

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Dr Schär Selects JAGGAER as Technology Partner for Digital Procurement Innovation

Jaggaer

JAGGAER is awarded by ADACI, the Italian Association of Purchasing and Supply Management for our efforts with advancing Marelli's digitization project.