Fri.Aug 26, 2016

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4 Characteristics of the Evolution of the Supply Chain

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater It’s Time for the Evolution of Supply Chain: 4 Characteristics to Watch for With Supply Chain 2.0. The right product, at the right place, at the right time. The decades-old challenge of supply chain is now more difficult to solve than ever before. Globalization, market volatility, demanding consumers, vast amounts of data—it’s no wonder past strategies are failing to solve today’s mounting challenges.

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Looking to Outsource Logistics? A Guide to Go from Pain to Gain

GlobalTranz

Around the globe, value-added services are becoming an integral part of the logistics market, reports PR Newswire. Meanwhile, the overall value of the global logistics market continues to exceed $4 trillion, and the demand on the industry is only increasing. As a result, more companies and organizations are turning to third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) to outsource all or partial logistics operations.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 22-26, 2016)

Talking Logistics

It’s the 100th anniversary of the National Parks Service, and like millions of other Americans and foreign tourists, my family and I spent our vacation visiting several parks over the past week, including the Grand Canyon, Bryce, and Zion (with stops in Sedona, Lake Powell, Lower Antelope Canyon, and Hoover Dam along the way). Words and photos cannot fully capture the sights and sounds and wonders of these parks, but here are a few photos nonetheless: Needless to say, with today being my first d

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Helping People at the Base of the Pyramid Obtain Water

Enterra Insights

“The world runs on water,” writes Betsy Otto, Director of the Global Water Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI). … Continued. The post Helping People at the Base of the Pyramid Obtain Water appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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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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Production & Logistics Forum Berlin 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Production & Logistics Forum Berlin 2016. Date: 2-3 November 2016. Venue: Estrel Congress & Messe Center, Berlin. Organiser: IPM. URL: www.productionlogisticsforum.com/#welcomee. Innovative Solutions for Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 is connecting the physical and the virtual world and is driving a fundamental change of the industry. The “Internet of Things” relies on transponder equipped work pieces which provide a digital memory for storing the production history and specify future

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eDelivery Conference 2016

Supply Chain Movement

eDelivery Conference. Date: 11 th October 2016. Venue: Novotel, Hammersmith, London. Organiser: Clarion Events. Website: www.edeliveryconference.com. Email: info@internetretailingevents.com. eDelivery Conference is for professionals who are responsible for “S-O-L-D” – Supply Chain, Operations, Logistics and Delivery. This year’s 2 nd annual conference, will explore how the infrastructural aspects of multichannel retail are creating new capabilities to turn into customer promises.

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The State of Sustainable Supply Chains

Supply Chain 24/7

The Sustainable Development Goals not only identify where we have to be in 2030 to create a sustainable world that leaves no one behind; they also outline new markets and opportunities to innovate for companies everywhere.

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Wholesale-Distributors Step Up to Play a Strategic Role in a Multi-channel World

BlueYonder

The world of wholesale distribution has been changing. It used to be fairly simple, wholesale-distributors focused their attention on driving out costs in delivering for their customers. But increasing numbers of millennials are now involved in purchasing decisions and in fact more than a third are empowered to make their own. This new generation of buyers has different expectations than previous generations – they go to the internet to research vendors and products, and they expect instant avai

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How a New Generation of Carrier Apps and Websites Could Redefine Industry Best Practices

TMC

How a New Generation of Carrier Apps and Websites Could Redefine Industry Best Practices.Connect. Mobile app and website technology has become an integral part of the transportation industry. Now the technology is moving to the next level with user interfaces designed specifically for helping carriers to improve performance and profitability. The changes are much more than a routine upgrade—they are the culmination of years of operational experience as well as detailed research on how carriers u

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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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Wholesale-Distributors Step Up to Play a Strategic Role in a Multi-channel World

BlueYonder

The world of wholesale distribution has been changing. It used to be fairly simple, wholesale-distributors focused their attention on driving out costs in delivering for their customers. But increasing numbers of millennials are now involved in purchasing decisions and in fact more than a third are empowered to make their own. This new generation of buyers has different expectations than previous generations – they go to the internet to research vendors and products, and they expect instant avai

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Mexico’s Gain Might Also Help US

APICS

Mexico’s manufacturing economy is booming, according to an article published earlier this week in The Los Angeles Times. This manufacturing insurgence is fostering a growing middle class in that country, but what that means for American manufacturing and its middle class is still in question.

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Accelerating Your Trucking Business

Tailwind

I went to one of those motivational speaking seminars. The ones where they assemble an all-star cast of leading business thinkers and speakers and transmit a live broadcast to audiences around the world in halls or local theaters. I enjoy these, and often think of ideas drawn from speeches by Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen Covey, Jack Walsh, Tom Peters, and Seth Godin.

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Seeing is Believing: Debunking the Myths of 3D Printing at Materialise

NC State SCRC

I spent a fascinating day visiting the Materialize 3D Printing headquarters in Leuven, Belgium yesterday. In the process, I and the team learned a great deal about the realities of 3D printing, as well as the myths, many of which the team at Materialize helped to debunk. Materialise is one of the world leaders in 3D printing technology, and we learned a great deal in spending our time with the Belgian team on this visit. 3D Printed Car.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.