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Voice search: future of eCommerce for 2019

TradeGecko

Want to know what the future of eCommerce will look like? How about what it will sound like with voice search. Right now, we can command Siri to do mundane tasks. We tell Alexa to re-order our most use household goods on Amazon. We ask Google to help us navigate to the nearest retail store. Soon we’ll be asking them for recommendations on best products to buy.

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The Most Popular Women in Cryptocurrency!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. What’s the Difference Between Blockchain and Supply Chain? Article and infographic, and permission to publish here, provided by Karthik at [link]. Cryptocurrency is a digital currency and is based on encryption techniques, which are used in regulating the currency units. The same encryption techniques are used in the transfer of funds and these digital currencies operate independently, without the role of a central bank.

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The State of Globalization in a Fragile World

SCM Research

DHL has recently released the fifth edition of their Global Connectedness Index , which provides an analysis of globalization, measured by international flows of capital, trade, information and people. In spite of growing anti-globalization tensions in many countries, the report indicates that globalization hits a new record high, as the aforementioned flows all intensified significantly for the first time since 2007.

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Keys to a Successful Dropship Implementation

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: For additional insights and advice on this topic, watch the recent Talking Logistics episode featuring Chad Andrews discussing this topic with Adrian Gonzalez. Omni-channel retailers and manufacturers/distributors require agility to compete and thrive in an industry that is ever-changing due in large part to the Amazon Effect. Retailers are adapting their network for an omni-channel approach to enhance their customer experience and offer a wider online product assortment, wh

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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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Cognitive Technologies are Paving Stones on the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

There’s no denying the digital path to purchase is becoming more of a consumer highway than a path. A Forrester report predicts, “Fifty-eight percent of U.S. retail sales will be digitally impacted by 2023, meaning those sales either will occur online or may occur in-store but be influenced by digital technologies.”[1] The long-term impact of the digitization of commerce (sometimes referred to as the ‘Amazon Effect’) goes far beyond making items available online.

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The start-up pack

Supply Chain Movement

How can fledgling companies secure a foothold in the market? That’s a crucial question for all start-ups, including those in the supply chain sector. Over the past two years I have been closely monitoring and analysing the supply chain start-up situation in Europe. In Supply Chain Movement you can see the resulting Maturity Matrix showing relevant European start-ups founded a maximum of five years ago.

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Overweight Container Logistics at the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach

West Coast and California Logistics

Shipping containers across the ocean to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is a big job with a big impact on your company’s supply chain. It can also come with a big price tag, especially when you’re dealing with overweight containers. This price tag can be greatly reduced, however, by partnering with a third-party logistics provider (3PL) that specializes in overweight container logistics.

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Top 10 Ways Internet of Things and Blockchain Strengthen Supply Chains

C3 Solutions

This post was originally posted on Forbes.com and written by Louis Columbus, Contributor at Forbes.

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RELEX Retail and Supply Chain Award 2018 Granted to Research on Secondary Usage of Serialization in the Pharmaceutical Industry

RELEX Solutions

RELEX Solutions’ annual Retail and Supply Chain Award is given to the best European master’s thesis in the field of retail and supply chain planning. The award has been handed out since 2014 and is given to the best master’s thesis with a focus on retail and supply chain planning. This year, the Retail and Supply Chain Award and reward of 2000 euros were granted to Daniel Schmidt from Kühne Logistics University in Germany for his research “Serialization in the pharmaceutical industry and the val

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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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Planning for a Gas-Fueled Nation

MIT Supply Chain

America’s energy portfolio has undergone drastic changes since the early 2000s. Innovations in drilling technologies have allowed states to tap into large underground shale reserves. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio have become prominent exporters of natural gas, alongside historically productive states such as Texas, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. While renewables may eventually replace fossil fuels, natural […].

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Must-Read Market Research Report On Retail Supply Chains

Gravity Supply Chain

We are pleased to announce we recently sponsored a market research survey which interviewed 500 retail executives in the U.S. and the U.K. to ask them about retail supply chain digitization and the results were quite an eye-opener! The post Must-Read Market Research Report On Retail Supply Chains appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Feb. 22, 2019

Supply Chain Digest

Countries with Lowest Manufacturing Costs, Amazon Going Green, Truckload Rates Show No Signs of Slowing, Walmart Sees Huge eCommerce Gains

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Trends Affecting Successful Inbound Freight Management in 2019

GlobalTranz

Successful inbound freight management depends on a strong logistics management program. Shippers need to have a robust set of controls in place, a high-quality inbound freight routing guide, automated tracking technology, reporting capabilities, and much more. Shippers need to understand the trends throughout the industry affecting inbound freight management and how to plan accordingly.

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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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2019 Supply Chain Predictions from the Analysts Part 2

Supply Chain Digest

IDC on Mobile Robots in Distribution, Demand Sensing, Digital Assistants in Supply Chain

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Ivalua Public Procurement & Acquisitions Summit to Showcase Innovations & Government Success Stories

ivalua

Premier event for Acquisitions / Procurement practitioners will showcase the innovations and best practices delivering improved efficiency, transparency and value to taxpayers. REDWOOD CITY, Calif. , Feb. 21, 2019 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced details of an event focused on bringing private sector best practices to the public sector.

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What Personalization, Integration & Automation Mean for SMBs in 2019

TradeGecko

When you hear the word ‘automation,’ what’s the first thing that pops in your head? Some would imagine robotic arms in factory assembly lines and delivery by drones; others think of artificial intelligence like SkyNet taking over the world. These make great headlines and awesome storylines for 90s movies. But in most cases, the power of automation is simpler, more subtle, and often surprising.

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The Rise of the Robots – Why Automated Software Testing Makes Business Sense

Repl Group

Your warehouse management system, POS and card payment devices are the beating heart of your retail business. Incorrect data that blocks the flow of information, goods and money is the equivalent of a company coronary. Key to continuous healthy systems is automated testing. By checking for blockages and weaknesses, it allows you to take corrective action before a minor problem becomes critical.

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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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Understanding Your Safety Stock Calculations

Demand Solutions

If you manufacture or distribute products, it's safe to assume that you have a specified safety stock level— or at least we certainly hope you do. If you're on the fence about whether or not to hold safety stock, we recommend reading up on why it's critical to overcoming variability in your supply chain. At this point, you may be saying to yourself, "but carrying excess inventory is expensive!

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How to Start the Lean Manufacturing Journey

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In my previous blog, on this topic, I referred to “The Machine that Changed the World” and took some insights from the book by the same name which was based upon the first “study” of Lean. Unfortunately, automation can result in massive waste built into the factory if it is not removed up front. In this blog, I will take this […]. The post How to Start the Lean Manufacturing Journey appeared first on SYSPRO US.

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Regaining control: Inventory management best practices (Part one)

Kinaxis

by Richard Cushing It happens to be axiomatic that you cannot manage your inventory if you do not control your inventory. Many times, I have been told, “Our people just don’t trust the numbers they see in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Everything has to be double-checked.”. Usually, this statement is followed by some negative comment about the ERP system being unreliable.

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Making Hay While The Sun Shines: Inventory Control During Seasonal Peaks

Unleashed

Businesses love peak times. Be it online or instore shopping, there’s nothing better than hearing the sound of tills opening, credit cards swiping, or computers clicking their way through to a new purchase. But during busy periods this welcome surge in business can be overshadowed by the pain of inventory control. Not only can poorly-managed inventory lead to stressed-out staff and disorganised shop floors, but it can also lead to bad customer experiences and as a consequence, no return business

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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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Die Casting: Possible Manufacturing Problems and Their Fixes

Insights Solutions Global

In this post, we‘ll introduce the main methods to control die casting quality from the aspects of the required die casting metal, temperature, and some defects may occur during the manufacturing process and how to fix them. The post Die Casting: Possible Manufacturing Problems and Their Fixes appeared first on Insight Solutions Global.

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Ten Keys to Creating Fulfillment Warehouse KPIs

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

When you outsource product fulfillment to a third-party logistics company (3PL), you place your trust a nd your customers’ satisfaction in its hands. Yet it’s shocking how many Etailers either have no well-d eveloped program for measuring 3PL fulfillment perform ance or who use their KPIs in name only. That’s what this article is all about.

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Die Casting: Possible Manufacturing Problems and Their Fixes

Insights Solutions Global

In this post, we‘ll introduce the main methods to control die casting quality from the aspects of the required die casting metal, temperature, and some defects may occur during the manufacturing process and how to fix them.

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Unlock the Potential of Digital Factories

APICS

If smart manufacturing vendors hope to fulfill the potential of their solutions and platforms for digital factories, they must build environments where apps can deliver immediate results with stream processing and cloud integration at the edge.

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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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Savant Talks – International Expansion with Made.com

Savant Events

Made.com announced earlier this year that it will expand its business to Portugal, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Denmark. This week we had the opportunity of sitting together with the man behind these ambitious expansion plans, Damien Poelhekke, MD of Made.com Northern Europe. Here’s what we talked about! How do you go about launching a brand in a new market and how do you manage to make it as successful as it is in current markets?

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Locus Robotics Named 2019 MHI Innovation Award Finalist

Locus Robotics

Locus Robotics was just named one of the 2019 MHI Innovation Award Finalists for “ Best New I nnovation” and we couldn’t be more proud – or excited. Our entry, the Locus Robotics Gamification feature, advances the capabilities of Locus’s powerful autonomous robotic solution to both improve the working experience for human employees, while also maximizing productivity and throughput for retail and 3PL customers.