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Defeat supply chain complexity like a Jedi

DELMIA Quintiq

Image credit: Moviepilot. Overwhelmed by the dark forces of supply chain planning? The best supply chain planners share a common trait with Jedi knights: No matter how tough things get, they never give up. So how do they overcome a supply chain’s darkest force: complexity? Here’s what they don’t do: Assign different parts of their planning challenge to different departments.

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Supplier Risk Management: 4 Things To Look Out for During On-Site Evaluations

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: We continue our collaborative blog series with Ben Goldwasser of Spendrix, a company who helps shippers determine which carriers operate best in certain regions, and conditions, allowing you to be more thorough. This post is the second in a series of “How to Spot Supplier Risk.” In the process of business procurement and especially in the supply chain, supplier risk management is a skill set that needs focus day in and day out.

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Predictive Analytics becoming a Mainstream Business Tool

Enterra Insights

Predictive analytics is a topic you are likely to hear a lot more about in the years ahead. Predictive analytics … Continued. The post Predictive Analytics becoming a Mainstream Business Tool appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Checklist responsive supply chain planning

Supply Chain Movement

The flexibility of the plan. Within many companies, the Supply Chain department is repeatedly required to adapt to the ever-changing customer demand. This often results in ‘jittery’ planning with lots of ad hoc adjustments. Supply Chain Movement and software supplier Icron Technologies have put together this checklist for responsive planning. Available-to-promise.

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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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The Myth of a Single Market Truckload Rate: Part 1

MIT Supply Chain

Many supply chain executives believe in, and hope for, a single generally accepted truckload (TL) rate for any given lane. This is typically referred to as the market rate for a lane, and is found by taking the average or median of a sample of TL rates from a common origin and destination. The value is […].

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Green Supply Chain News on Walmart is on a Sustainability Mission

Supply Chain Digest

From Every Day Low Prices to Changing the World.

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Improved communication helps to drive efficiencies into transportation scheduling

Logistics Viewpoints

In today’s tight trucking market, shippers are competing more and more for carrier capacity. To stay competitive, shippers need a best-in-class transportation management process that features dock appointment scheduling. Extended waiting times for pick-up and delivery is something fewer carriers are willing to accept, or when they do accept these extended times, their rate may […].

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Supply Chain News on Eight Key Steps to a Successful New Procurement Initiative

Supply Chain Digest

Beating Up Suppliers on Pricing is of Limited Utility in the End

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US carriers urge subsidies talks with UAE and Qatar

Logistics Middle East

Poll reveals 74% of Americans feel the US government should take action if Gulf carriers proven to be violating Open Skies agreements.

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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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Green Supply Chain News on Remarkable Walmart 2015 Global Responsibility Report Part 2

Supply Chain Digest

rom Every Day Low Prices to Changing the World.

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UPDATE: Maersk says never informed of Iran court ruling

Logistics Middle East

Ten year old legal dispute likely cause for seizure of container vessel by Iran, says Maersk

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Lora Cecere: ‘All the metrics must be in balance’

Supply Chain Movement

“Some companies are under the impression that they can first ‘milk’ one performance indicator before moving on to the next one. But in fact, all the metrics must be in balance,” says Lora Cecere from Supply Chain Insights. The analyst was joined by Bram Desmet, managing director of Solventure, to present her latest book, Supply Chain Metrics that Matter, in Brussels on 18 March 2015.

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