Thu.Aug 09, 2018

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Transitioning to Digital Supply Networks

Kinaxis

by Mike McAllister By APICS CEO Abe Eshkenazi, CSCP, CPA, CAE. This article was originally published on apics.org, and is republished with permission. With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, supply chain professionals are expected to embrace many new technologies – from artificial intelligence and robotics to predictive analytics and cloud computing.

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Three Real-World Motives for Greening the Supply Chain

MIT Supply Chain

Enterprises have devoted – and continue to devote – resources to green supply chain initiatives. Officially, companies often champion their environmental credentials in glossy reports, speeches and media interviews. Behind the scenes, however, many will admit that they do only the minimum for three basic reasons. Risk mitigation. Regardless of the degree to which company […].

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FMCG Supply Chains – The most important roles?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

I am often asked which job in the extended Supply Chain is the most important. For FMCG producers this may be the demand planner while for retail partners the key role could be innovation planning. I do have a view on this so park the question for now and read on.

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Fighting Fake Drugs in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

The Network Effect

With the lucrative profits to be made from fake pharmaceutical drugs, even more than in the narcotics trade, fake drugs. The post Fighting Fake Drugs in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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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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Devon Energy Uses Real-time Visibility to Improve Trucking Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

Devon Energy generates huge volumes of data. The company’s real-time data system monitors 6.5 million data points from multiple sites, with more than 10,000 updates per second. Devon Energy has worked to change real-time visibility into actionable insights for better truck scheduling. The post Devon Energy Uses Real-time Visibility to Improve Trucking Operations appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Tips for Maximizing Warehouse Space

Veridian Solutions

The 2018 State of Logistics Report , sponsored by 3PL Central , indicates warehousing models are evolving at a phenomenal rate. Online and mobile innovations are at the heart of increased traceability and visibility, and products must be delivered at break-neck speeds. More importantly, demand for warehouse space is at an all-time high, and warehousing is still short two million workers.

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Inefficient supply chains are costing UK business £1.5bn per annum

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Supply chain inefficiencies and miscommunication through "Chinese Whispers" are costing UK businesses over £1.5bn in lost productivity according to analysis of industry data from digital freight forwarder Zencargo.

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Closing the Operational Gaps Between Clinical and Supply Chain in Healthcare

Tecsys

It’s an interesting time in the healthcare industry, and for the supply chain specifically. Each of the following market factors is thrusting the supply chain to center stage and calling on all of us to up our game in the face of more complex operations. These factors include: The post Closing the Operational Gaps Between Clinical and Supply Chain in Healthcare appeared first on Tecsys.

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An Act with no action: businesses not doing enough to find slavery in UK supply chains

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

UK businesses are not doing enough to identify modern slavery in their supply chains, research from the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) has found. A survey of 897 supply chain managers found that almost a third (31%) of UK supply chain managers admitted they did not think their business was taking the necessary steps to tackle the issue.

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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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Trade Acronyms as a Second Language

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Trade Acronyms as a Second Language | Transportfolio. Everyone is talking about trade and tariffs—and the potential impacts on businesses and countries. But do you feel lost in a sea of jargon as you listen to the talk? People don’t mean to be rude. But as they explain what’s at stake and recommend courses of action, they may take for granted that you can speak what is essentially a foreign language as well as they can.

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The need for dynamic people in electronics manufacturing and supply chain

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Victoria Bonnar, Human Resources Manager, Dynamic EMS. Electronics manufacturing plays a crucial role in the UK's economic, social and technological landscape, providing quality employment, on a substantial scale and enabling an active supply chain, that physically distributes products across the world.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of Aug. 9, 2018

Supply Chain Digest

Autonomous Trucks Will Not Kill Driving Jobs, Apple Threatened by China over Trade War, US Logistics Sector Keeps Adding Jobs, Amazon Share of Total Retail Keeps Growing

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Focal improves forecast accuracy with DynaSys Demand Planning Ready To Plan (RTP)

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

DynaSys, provider of demand and supply chain planning solutions, has announced that Focal, manufacturer of high-fidelity audio systems, selected the DynaSys Demand Planning Ready To Plan (RTP) solution. DynaSys Demand Planning will allow Focal to optimize its inventory management while ensuring optimum levels of service. DynaSys is a division of QAD Inc.

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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 News on Smart Ideas for Reducing Transport Costs

Supply Chain Digest

From Trade Off Curves to Better Connecting Transporation to Procurement, We Outline Savings Opportunities

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Neovia is building the future of its supply chain with DynaSys Cloud DSCP

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

DynaSys, provider of demand and supply chain planning (DSCP) solutions, has announced that Neovia, a global player in pet care and animal health, selected the DynaSys Cloud DSCP solution, including the Demand Planning, Distribution Planning and Production Planning solutions.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on the Top 25 Ocean Container Carriers

Supply Chain Digest

Maersk Tops the List, but Some Carriers are Clearly Making a Move with Aggressive Order Books

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CURIUM optimises its sales forecasts with DynaSys Demand Planning in the Cloud

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

DynaSys, provider of demand & supply chain planning (DSCP) solutions, has announced that CURIUM, formerly IBA Molecular, has implemented DynaSys Cloud Demand Planning to optimize its sales forecasts.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

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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Trucking’s Tight Capacity Squeezes U.S. Businesses

CHAINalytics

More companies are pointing to rising freight costs as a drag on earnings and growth, as trucking companies raise rates at a historic pace and one says finding trucks is getting ‘ugly’ By Jennifer Smith, The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2018 Empty trucks are so hard to come by right now that Dean Foods Co. DF -0.35% , one … The post Trucking’s Tight Capacity Squeezes U.S.

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How Vimto created a ‘liquid’ supply chain with Distributed Warehousing

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Century-old drinks company Nichols has embraced a distributed warehousing network to deliver better customer experience and deliver the localised fulfilment mission of the modern age.

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OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week Makes Safety a Value

EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

How often do we make health and safety a short-term priority, but not actually a value for our organizations or ourselves? It’s easy to get caught up in the “routine” of everyday life and work and think less about health and safety. Whether you are a construction worker, maintenance worker, line worker, or nurse, it’s all the same–you do what you have to do to get the job done.

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Renovotec launches network rental scheme for warehousing & logistics

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Rugged supply chain hardware and services company Renovotec is introducing a new 'Network Rental Scheme' with built-in service guarantees, technical support and expert advice, designed to help warehousing and logistics operations keep pace with rapid changes in network technology and the many new security threats posed by the modern, IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things)-driven network say Renovotec.

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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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5 steps to avoid project delays

Insights Solutions Global

Project delay is a nightmare, but it doesn't have to be your nightmare. Starting from the planning stage, there are so many things that you can do to avoid it.

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BEC secures partnership with Apex Supply Chain Technologies

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

BEC (Systems Integration) Ltd has formed a partnership with Apex Supply Chain Technologies Ltd., a market-leading manufacturer of secure automated locker solutions.

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Gaining Supply Chain Efficiency By Implementing Artificial Intelligence

GlobalTranz

Artificial intelligence will change the way you think about your supply chain and supply chain efficiency. Today’s supply chain complexities demand additional support. You cannot afford to pass up on automating at least some of the processes. And no, you don’t have to have robots replacing all your human workers at your facility. AI goes beyond just robots to include automated processes in computers and more.

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A Story About a Man and a Dog.

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

A Supply Chain Planning and Machine Learning white paper from DynaSys

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Weber Adds New Inland Empire Warehouse

West Coast and California Logistics

Weber Logistics has opened a 300,000-square-foot warehouse in Eastvale, CA (Inland Empire Region) for distribution of food and consumer packaged goods for multiple clients.

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60 percent of consumers would prefer an Amazon Go shopping experience

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

MuleSoft has released "Consumer Connectivity Insights 2018," a survey of more than 8,000 consumers globally to analyse whether organisations are meeting customer expectations for a connected, personalised experience across industries and geographies.

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5 steps to avoid project delays

Insights Solutions Global

Project delay is a nightmare, but it doesn't have to be your nightmare. Starting from the planning stage, there are so many things that you can do to avoid it. The post 5 steps to avoid project delays appeared first on Insight Solutions Global.

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