Kinaxis
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
by Alexa Cheater Meet the Jetsons! Like any well-rounded child of the 80s, I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons. Admittedly the futuristic family sitcom The Jetsons , which actually first aired in the 60s, wasn’t top of my list like He-Man or Captain Planet , but there was something fascinating about the whimsical and almost unimaginable gadgets and gizmos they featured.
GlobalTranz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
This post is from a press release sent to us regarding the recent survey of the 3PL industry. This survey continues to point towards the success 3PLs are having for their clients. As you know, the word 3PL conjures up over 50 shades of grey in the types of answers you will receive. For Cerasis, a 3PL is any company that provides technology or services to carry out any of the functions of the supply chain.
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Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Over the last ten years, supply chain risk management has certainly grown in importance. And it continues to grow in importance. Research (Travelers Business Risk Index) shows that in 2014, 22% of manufacturers surveyed reported they did not worry about supply chain issues; in 2015, only 9% reported this. The 2015 results are based on a survey of 1,200 business decision makers.
Supply Chain Movement
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Contents Supply Chain Movement 18 – 2015 Q3. Publishing date: 18 September 2015. 6 | News & Background. -Food giant Mondelēz outsources its e-commerce-operation. -Winner of the last quarter (Q3-2015): Amazon. -Loser of the last quarter (Q3-2015): Costco. -Supply Chain Media and partners launch Supply Chain Satellite. -Distribution in China takes a detour. 14 | 3PL Subway Map Europe 2015.
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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.
NFI Industries
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
California is no stranger to drought conditions. The lack of rainfall continues to affect the area and threaten the residents and businesses residing in the area. Read more. 09/29/2015. Distribution. Supply Chain. Sustainability. Transportation.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Supply Chain Collaborator
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
UltraShipTMS (and many of its employees) is native to the New York metro area. We all grew up with Yankees baseball among the constants of life in this part of the world. That is why it was with great sadness that we marked the passing of Yogi Berra, who, like the Yankees and like UltraShipTMS, grew to be more than just a player, a ball club or a TMS provider.
RFgen
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Consumers want pumpkin-flavored products in the fall. Inventory management strategies surrounding traceability must account for seasonal demand for products. For example, fall is pumpkin spice season in many retail food stores. When a customer walks the aisles of a grocery store in October, he or she can expect to see a multitude of pumpkin spice-flavored cakes, cookies, candies, waffles and beers.
Supply Chain Digest
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Sean Willems of University of Tennessee with Some New Ways to Consider Tradeoff Curves
RFgen
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Consumers want pumpkin-flavored products in the fall. Inventory management strategies surrounding traceability must account for seasonal demand for products. For example, fall is pumpkin spice season in many retail food stores. When a customer walks the aisles of a grocery store in October, he or she can expect to see a multitude of pumpkin spice-flavored cakes, cookies, candies, waffles and beers.
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Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Many shippers reach a fork in the road where they have to determine which transportation functions to keep in house and which ones to outsource. What factors should go into that decision? “I believe shippers need to ask themselves a set of questions,” said Megan Bishop (formerly Kuntz), Manager at enVista, in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. Among those questions: Is transportation management a core competency?
ivalua
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
In this challenging business environment of moderate growth, leading manufacturers remain focused on a simple fundamental: applying a greater focus on margin expansion efforts to boost profitability. Unfortunately, most manufacturers are already operating in a lean environment. The fat has been trimmed and rising market costs make it difficult to demand better pricing from their suppliers.
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Cities are like living organisms whose systems function synergistically. That’s why a holistic approach to making cities smarter is required … Continued. The post A Holistic Approach is Necessary to Make Smart Cities Truly Smart appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
DELMIA Quintiq
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Futuristic limousines and eye-popping concept cars dominated the recently concluded IAA Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main. The press, however, were preoccupied with just two things: Harald Krueger, CEO of BMW, who collapsed on stage during his keynote presentation and Martin Winterkorn, CEO of VW, who bowed to mounting pressure over an emissions scandal in the US and resigned as VW boss.
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
ModusLink Corporation
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
In an earlier blog, my colleague, Pim Mulder, discussed the ways to avoid the potential pitfalls companies often run into when expanding their business into other countries. In this blog, I want to focus on the potential benefits that expansion can offer – and discuss what is important when expanding to Europe. Let’s use the […]. The post How A Tax Representative Can Help Streamline European Expansion for Growing Companies appeared first on ModusLink Global Solutions.
Logistics Middle East
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Deutsche Post DHL Group aims to grow the share of revenues generated in emerging markets and the Sub-Saharan Africa region will play a vital part in this strategy.
Supply Chain Insights
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Pumpkin lattes. Colored leaves lining the streets. Frost on the car windows in the morning. No doubt about it, fall is here. I love the crisp air and blue skies of fall. For me, the fall season is a good time to reflect and start new things. The rhythm of starting new things in September started for me in my school days. I was always excited when it was time to go back to school.
Logistics Middle East
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Sohar Port & Freezone was among the attendees of the first Iranian Iron and Steel conference, seeking to leverage its advantageous location.
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.
Tailwind
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Learning to Embrace Failure I sit here writing this blog listening to Frank Sinatra’s song, “That’s life.” “That’s life. That’s what all the people say. You’re riding high in April, shot down in May, I know I’m going to change that tune, when I am back on top in June.” Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the quality of ‘resilience.’ Thinking about how important that is in a person’s life.
Logistics Middle East
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Halul explored the challenges faced by ship owners and operators in the offshore sector during the 4th Annual Offshore Vessels Middle East in Dubai.
Elementum
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
As Typhoon Dujuan batters Taiwan on its way to China's Southeast coast, transportation faces some disruptions. Learn from Soudelor to understand how you should act. Image courtesy MDAA. Take a look at our comparison chart—if your supply chain was affected by Soudelor, it's likely to be affected by Dujuan.
Logistics Middle East
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Etihad Rail has announced that more than two million tonnes of sulphur have been transported in the past year, with plans to triple that.
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Supply Chain Movement
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. Europe has seen plenty of activity in terms of mergers and acquisitions, including the take-over of the major French family-owned company Norbert Dentressangle by America’s XPO Logistics. For the third consecutive year, Supply Chain Movement has put together a 3PL Subway Map Europe showing the specific services of the most important logistics service providers which have offices in s
Logistics Middle East
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
DP World?s bi-annual ?Employee Engagement Survey? suggests port operator needs to engage, energise and enable its employees better.
Logistics Middle East
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Gulf Navigation Holding is urging its shareholders to get in touch to collect dividends amassed from previous years.
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