AIMMS

JUNE 26, 2015

An Interview with Christian Olsen, Head of Business Development at Höegh Autoliners. Christian Olsen. I recently had the pleasure of meeting Christian Olsen, Head of Business Development at Höegh, a leading global shipping company specializing in vehicle transportation services. Christian and his team were in our offices taking part in a new 2 day “hackathon” workshop that involved collaborative app development with AIMMS, Höegh and Ab Ovo, an AIMMS IT implementation partner.

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Demand Solutions

JUNE 26, 2015

“In times of change, when experimentation tends to be rampant and results are still far from conclusive, one source of guidance can be to look at the companies who are succeeding, and discover what they are doing differently.”. Does this passage sum up your mindset as you strive to optimize your supply chain and improve your business results? It’s an excerpt from “Supply Chain Talent of the Future,” Deloitte’s report on their third annual supply chain survey.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 26, 2015

52: the temperature of the ocean my wife swam in earlier this week in preparation for this Sunday’s Cohasset Triathlon. She’s been swimming, biking, and running for months, raising almost $8,000 along the way in support of JDRF (our oldest daughter has Type 1 Diabetes ). The kids and I can’t wait to watch her conquer the course on Sunday, and we hope that her efforts and those of many others will ultimately help us turn Type 1 Diabetes into Type None.

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Demand Solutions

JUNE 26, 2015

“In times of change, when experimentation tends to be rampant and results are still far from conclusive, one source of guidance can be to look at the companies who are succeeding, and discover what they are doing differently.” Does this passage sum up your mindset as you strive to optimize your supply chain and improve your business results?

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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

Logistics Network Optimization Software

GlobalTranz

JUNE 26, 2015

Editor’s Note: This guest blog from Cisco-Eagle, Cisco-Eagle, Inc. , a provider of integrated material handling and storage systems for industrial operations, is the first post in which we will have a few blog posts on robotics, jobs, and how millennials figure into the future of manufacturing. This post is chock full of great statistics and other great articles to discover around these subjects.

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Manufacturing Buyer Training Predictive Analytics Software Demand Planning Software 218

Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2015

“The third age of machines is near,” writes Bruno Teboul (@Brunoteboul), governance member at the Ecole Polytechnique. “Quantum and cognitive … Continued. The post Progress Continues towards Quantum Computing appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Government 135

Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 26, 2015

For Third Straight Year Logistics IT Company Earns Top Honors for its Software and Services. June 23, 2015 – Chicago, IL – UltraShipTMS was presented with a Bronze level Stevie® Award in the Best Interface Design category in The 13th Annual American Business Awards gala event in Chicago this week. The UltraShipTMS user site design was the basis of this year’s nomination.

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Supply Chain 24/7

JUNE 26, 2015

The 2015 Skills Gap Report reinforces the talent challenge that U.S. manufacturers face and warns of even greater skilled worker shortages in the near future.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 26, 2015

Some of us in the trade community have felt the U.S. trade agenda had been neglected for the last five to eight years by a Congress that is focused more on domestic issues. While it sometimes wasn’t pretty , over the last 10 days, trade was suddenly the only topic in Congress and it resulted in some significant legislation. While the final version is still being published and we are continuing to review it, here is a summary of what has passed and the alphabet soup of acronyms: Trade Promotion A

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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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Kinaxis

JUNE 26, 2015

by Matt Benson As I was presenting at the European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit last week, the overriding memory I’ll take away was the number of people that were nodding and pointing at the screen when I talked about how unplanned supply chain events that occur need to be addressed immediately and that they cannot wait to be included as part of a new S&OP cycle.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 26, 2015

Customer demand in today’s consumer-driven, omni-channel marketplace is more volatile than ever. Yet the majority of manufacturers are still using outdated production planning methods, such as spreadsheets and plant by plant scheduling, to make critical planning decisions. That is one of the key findings in the recently released JDA Vision 2015 Supply Chain Market Study.

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Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Strategy Price Mitigation Strategies 65

The Lean Supply Chain

JUNE 26, 2015

Software is a necessity in all facets of business today, but people are needed to manage the software, and insure data integrity for accurate data output. People are your most imprtant product. Use them to continuously improve your oragnization. Cross-Functional Teams are a good way to use multi-talented people to solve many kinds of problems and or opportunities in your organization.

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