Tue.May 19, 2020

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The Internet of Things and the Supply Chain: Serious or Just Flirting?

Enterra Insights

Numerous supply chain experts insist supply chain processes are experiencing a revolution thanks to emerging technologies. The Internet of Things (IoT) is generally found on the list of technologies fomenting the revolution. Tom Ryan ( @retailwire ) explains, “While IoT is promising to reinvent the in-store experience with smart shelves, robots and other connected devices, the big early payoff appears to be back in the supply chain.”[1] While some experts believe the combination of I

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10 Most Effective Tips for Optimizing Your Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Supply chains are complex ecosystems of people, tools, and strategies that are getting increasingly difficult to manage efficiently. With so many stakeholders involved in the process, only a comprehensive supply chain management plan can help you improve business results in the long run. It’s not a feat you can achieve with only one major tool.read More.

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Supply Chain Recognition in Times of Disruption

DELMIA Quintiq

Supply Chains and Integrated Logistics. The crisis generated by Covid-19 brought as one of its aspects, the notion of the extension of supply chains and integrated logistics, its impacts on the businesses of the companies, and the lives of people. In the current scenario, it became clear the perception of the links in the chain and the supply of products often have a long way to go before reaching the customer or consumer.

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The Importance of Supply Chain When Reopening the Economy

3PL Insights

Businesses across the country are making plans to reopen and looking for solutions to make up for the time lost due to COVID-19. With unemployment hitting a high of 30 million people, the economy will need time to stabilize back to where it was before the outbreak. While the country recovers, supply chain will have an important role to play in stimulating the economy.

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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 Future of the Digital Supply Chain! (Podcast)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Preparing Business for the Digital Supply Chain! Oracle Interviews Mike Mortson! The Digital Supply Chain is the future! Enabled by a vast array of enabling digital technologies, such as Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous vehicles, Augmented Reality, Robotics, Control Towers, 3D Printing, and many more, Supply Chain will become more electronically connected than ever before.

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It's Time to Reconsider the Math on Rare Earth Elements

Supply Chain Brain

Rare earth elements are key to U.S. supply-chain independence, and have earned their place in the national agenda.

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How To Start Your Brewery On The Path To Success

Unleashed

The craft beer industry has had an exciting ride, with a pre-Covid Compound Annual Growth Rate of 14.1% and a forecasted market valuation of US$107.85 billion by 2024, according to Business Wire. Knocked back just 7% in sales volumes during the height of 2020 lockdowns, according to Unleashed Software’s own data, the beer industry overall has shown remarkable resilience – for somewhat obvious reasons – and appears likely to continue its expansion.

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Supply Chain Analytics: Everything You Need to Know

crisp

No one can see exactly what the future will bring. With the right tools, however, anyone can see the past, and for businesses that can be a great start.

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Real-time Inventory Visibility for the Food and Beverage Industry

RFgen

Overview. Food and beverage companies face inventory challenges from public scrutiny over food safety and granular government oversight. Mobile barcoding technology equips these companies with real-time visibility and traceability to mitigate these challenges. Off-network mobility solutions enable continuous data collection, even in freezers or out in the field.

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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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3 Supply Chain Things You Need to Focus Right Now to Reduce Risk

Logistics Bureau

What are the things that you need to be doing in your Supply Chain right now to get you through this current crisis? Cost to Serve. Sales and Operations Planning. Inventory. To further help you manage the cost and service risks during the pandemic, kindly watch the video below. Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our websites, why not check them out?

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Real-time Inventory Visibility for the Food and Beverage Industry

RFgen

Overview. Food and beverage companies face inventory challenges from public scrutiny over food safety and granular government oversight. Mobile barcoding technology equips these companies with real-time visibility and traceability to mitigate these challenges. Off-network mobility solutions enable continuous data collection, even in freezers or out in the field.

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Keeping Supply Chain Running in the Rapidly Changing Conditions

Vinculum

Several brands are facing difficulty in putting forth their opinions about the current supply chain scenario. The reason particularly not being able to take part in the change. COVID-19 situation is now stabilizing very slowly; people have started businesses now. Are we ready to deal with the changes upcoming in the demand-supply chain? Let’s start by tracing back to January 2020 and understand something; despite trying to contain the spread of the virus, what went wrong?

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AB&R Becomes the first GS1 US Gold Solution Partner

AB&R

Increasing Commitment to the Network of Companies Certified to Help Businesses Implement GS1 Standards. . Phoenix, Arizona, May 11th, 2020 – AB&R® (American Barcode and RFID Inc.), a nationally-recognized integrator of proven supply chain solutions, has become the first gold member of the GS1 US Solution Partner Program. It is a designation signifying a commitment to delivering services and solutions that enable quick, efficient and accurate GS1 Standards implementation. .

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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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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

As we move into the back half of May, the freight market is starting to show signs of an expedited rebound. . Currently, we are seeing signs of recovery. However, fluctuations are likely , and the road back to typical conditions will be bumpy. . Most states across the US have opened for business in some capacity. Even New York has taken steps to reopen portions of the state that have been less affected by the virus than N YC. .

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Supply chain disruption part 2: Legacy technology just won’t cut it

Axway

In my first article, “ Coronavirus supply chain disruption: How APIs can help, ” I spoke about how the supply chain disruption was testing manufacturing around the world and how APIs can enable a solution.

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Supply Chain Disruption Q&A: Supply Chain Resilience Comes at a Price

FLEXE

In the end, the cost of supply chain resilience will be worth it. But, the end isn't necessarily soon.

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10 Emerging Supply Chain Shifts: Are You Prepared?

American Global Logistics

Why Global Supply Chains are Shifting Global supply chains are being whipsawed. Complexity, globalization, and technology were already a staple of supply chains. Supply chains were adapting, becoming more effective and efficient. Optimization was their mantra. You’ve survived trade wars, security threats/theft, oil shocks, strangulating regulations, etc.

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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Near Term Forecasting powered by AI

Logistics Viewpoints

One thing that I find interesting in the AI movement is the creative use of data and algorithms to solve old problems in a new way or to solve new problems. My colleague, Vikram Srinivasan talked about one such new problem in a previous blog post: AI is Changing Everything We Thought About Forecasting Demand. Vik discussed how AI is helping improve demand forecasting with additional data and new algorithms.

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Global Supply Chain News on will US Subsidize moving US Sourcing Out of China

Supply Chain Digest

US Developing Fund to Support Reshoring, though Concerns it Would Reward Offshoring

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Should I start my wholesale business on WooCommerce?

TradeGecko

If you are looking for a quick and cost effective way to launch a wholesale store online, WooCommerce is a great option for you firstly because it's FREE.

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Video on The Thin Supply Chain Line in a Time of Coronavirus for May 19, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

As usual, there is a lot of news

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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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Actionable Insights: Equipment Analysis

QAD

In our previous Actionable Insights blog , we discussed the Operating Expenses Action Center. Next, we will provide an overview of the Equipment Analysis Action Center as well as the associated key performance indicators (KPIs). Many manufacturing companies are dependent on equipment and machinery for their production process, so it makes sense to keep close tabs on the health of that equipment.

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When: 5/28/2020 The managing risk playbook: learnings and lessons from the crisis

ivalua

The post When: 5/28/2020 <br>The managing risk playbook: learnings and lessons from the crisis appeared first on Ivalua.

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Actionable Insights: Equipment Analysis

QAD

In our previous Actionable Insights blog , we discussed the Operating Expenses Action Center. Next, we will provide an overview of the Equipment Analysis Action Center as well as the associated key performance indicators (KPIs). Many manufacturing companies are dependent on equipment and machinery for their production process, so it makes sense to keep close tabs on the health of that equipment.

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Giesecke+Devrient SELECTS IVALUA & OPTIBUY TO POWER SOURCE-TO-CONTRACT TRANSFORMATION

ivalua

The post Giesecke+Devrient SELECTS IVALUA & OPTIBUY TO POWER SOURCE-TO-CONTRACT TRANSFORMATION appeared first on Ivalua.

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.

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Digital in FMCG Route to Market is Much More than an Online Ordering Platform

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

This is such an important issue, and over the last number of weeks, I have been asked about it frequently.

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Constrained Capacity: The Biggest Mistake You're Making

River Logic

Does this sound familiar?

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New vehicle concept helps congested cities

All Things Supply Chain

Smaller than a car, bigger than a cargo bike and several of them at once – the new vehicle concept Ducktrain has the potential to change urban delivery and industrial…

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