Logility

MAY 9, 2021

At the forefront of every change and disruption is an operations function, stretching beyond the day to day to redefine a company’s position for growth. Inventory buffers are recalculated and reallocated to fend off unnecessary regional shortages and surpluses. Plant output and capacity are reconsidered as consumers evolve and labor costs rise. Even geopolitics, technology, climate change and disease are shifting decisions on how to produce and deliver goods.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 11, 2021

Most successful companies complete annual strategic business plans in order to identify and execute upon growth opportunities. Likewise, many growth-oriented companies employ supply chain planning (SCP) software to facilitate their growth and improve efficiency and customer service. However, few fully integrate their SCP strategies into their strategic planning.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2021

It’s easy to overlook the role that 3PL providers play in the overall global economy and, at the same time, enable your business to operate and compete. That was never more clear than during the past 14 months of the pandemic as goods continued moving to the right place at the right time. Logistics was genuinely essential to people being able to continue their lives, no matter how disrupted they were.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2021

It’s graduation season, so the hunt for critical supply chain talent is more vigorous than ever. We may be known for ensuring we can make and move “stuff,” but ultimately supply chains are human. In a white paper on “ How reinventing the supply chain can transform the planner role ,” consulting firm EY cites their research that lack of the right supply chain talent is the second highest challenge to meeting supply chain goals.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software Analytics Software 261

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

The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 12, 2021

The Blurred Lines Between Retail and DTC with Guy Courtin. Guy Courtin and Joe Lynch discuss the blurred lines between retail and DTC. Guy Courtin is Vice President and Industry Principal of Retail at Tecsys, a global provider of supply chain solutions that equip the borderless enterprise for growth. About Guy Courtin. Guy Courtin is Vice President and Industry Principal and Retail at Tecsys , a global provider of supply chain solutions that equip the borderless enterprise for growth.

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Retail Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software Procurement Solutions 245

ToolsGroup

MAY 13, 2021

Demand modeling is different from demand forecasting. Simply put, it doesn’t forecast demand, it models demand. Forecasting typically starts with a time series of data—usually presented as a bar chart displaying demand by month or by week. It makes a projection of what will occur in future months based on what’s happened in aggregate over the last months or years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2021

The SVP of Supply Chain at Walmart speaking at Blue Yonder’s virtual user conference. Walmart has been very open about what it takes to compete with Amazon. Following their fourth quarter results, top executives talked about their supply chain and omnichannel strategy at a high level. Brett Biggs, an executive vice president at Walmart, summarized the investments by saying the retailer is spending on increased fulfillment capacity, supply chain, automation, and technology.

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Logility

MAY 12, 2021

On January 13, 2021 the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) expanded the blanket Withhold Release Order (WRO) initially issued on December 2, 2020 and will detain all shipments containing cotton, cotton products and tomato products originating from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Here’s an excerpt from the January 13 statement: The U.S.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2021

I first wrote about the cyber threat to supply chains almost 7 years ago in The Hackers Inside Your Supply Chain. Two years later in The Day A Cyber Attack Brings The World’s Supply Chains To A Halt, I wrote: The threat of cyber attacks has only intensified since [2014], and as our supply chain. Read more Cybersecurity: Is It A Priority In Your Supply Chain?

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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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Kuebix

MAY 13, 2021

Consumers have grown to expect quick shipping and frequent status updates with every order they place. Shippers are scrambling to keep up with these new standards while strengthening their logistics operations. It is especially challenging to make sense of the overwhelming amount of data supply chains are producing as operations ramp up to match demand. […].

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C3 Solutions

MAY 11, 2021

In the now pandemic world of 2021, safety concerns grow more every day, leaving the shipper of choice, or preferred shippers, to reassure carriers worldwide. Not only does e-commerce continue to expand each year, but it was also made particularly difficult by the pandemic. Supply chain experts must adapt to a new normal , and with this comes new considerations and preparations for companies that wish to retain that status.

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Arkieva

MAY 12, 2021

A reoccurring challenge in comparing and combining diverse time series in demand forecasting is the “scale” – as it is in combining metrics. Rescaling is a powerful but simple method to help with this issue enabling demand planners to focus on similarities of shape. This blog provides an example of one method called normalization. Tools of the Trade: How to Compare / Combine Diverse Time Series – “Normalizing” was first posted on May 12, 2021 at 8:04 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog -

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Talking Logistics

MAY 9, 2021

Companies across virtually all industries are looking for ways to drive profitable growth. After capturing many of the “low hanging fruit” benefits from ERP, CRM, and other supply chain applications, many companies are now asking, “Where is the next big opportunity to realize significant business benefits?” For many, the answer is Price Optimization.

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Supply Chain Trend

MAY 12, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) will be at the center of value creation in the future enterprise. It has the potential to augment and automate both physical labor and the knowledge worker. It has the potential to make ordinary humans into super humans leading to superior performance, triumphing over human genius and activity alone. However, enterprises should not focus on artificial intelligence alone if they wish to leap forward in automation, productivity, and competitiveness while staying releva

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 13, 2021

Recent supply chain disruptions exposed many gaps in the global trading system and geopolitical forecasting, while underscoring dangerous and expensive weaknesses in supply chain management.

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CHAINalytics

MAY 12, 2021

Leveraging the power of data is critical to enabling more effective management of any workflow. While this is true across an entire organization, substantive improvements in transportation management presents some unique but ultimately rewarding challenges. There is an old poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge known as “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” The 29th stanza … The post A Data Journey: Making Improvements in Transportation Management appeared first on Chainalytics.

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ShipBob

MAY 11, 2021

Let’s say things are going smoothly for your online business. Sales are increasing, customers are happy, and you’re preparing to launch a new product line. . One day, you get notified by your manufacturer that there will be a delay, and you have no idea when you’ll receive the next batch of sellable inventory to meet customer demand. .

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 8, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Understanding the Bitcoin Mining Process! Android app article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols. About 80% of smartphones on the market are Android-based, with the remainder being iOS-based. Android has grown its market share from 3.9 percent to 80 percent since its debut in 2009.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 12, 2021

The blockage of the Suez Canal by the Evergreen Line containership Ever Given sent a dire warning to global supply chains. As they outgrow transportation infrastructure, modern-day mega-vessels threaten to cause further disruptions to the flow of cargo.

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HICX Solutions

MAY 13, 2021

In this webinar on ‘Elevating Supplier Experience ’, Tania Seary, Founder of Procurious, is joined by Costas Xyloyiannis, CEO at HICX and Amy Fong, VP at Everest Group to discuss the benefits of improving the way in which organizations work and engage with their suppliers. . In today’s era when companies are relying more and more on their supplier community due to rapid growth, relationships with their suppliers are becoming more complex, trailblazing and harder to manage.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 98

All Things Supply Chain

MAY 12, 2021

The Industrial Internet of Things refers to the way that smart machines can be connected to each other in a wider network where information from one machine can affect the…

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Shippers and logistics service providers are pressured to match the “Amazon effect” for fast and efficient service across multiple B2C, B2B, and D2C channels. Perfect order delivery - on-time and in-full at the lowest possible cost – is critical. However, recent surveys of supply chain stakeholders reveal that many don't have the technology necessary to achieve it.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 11, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles! Get Our EBOOK HERE. Decades ago a customer could call their local grocery store and order the goods they wanted, for either pick up at the store or for home delivery. This option for order fulfillment had been adopted by some in the intervening decades.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 10, 2021

Ann-Marie Daugherty, senior vice president and general manager of supply chain with Inmar Intelligence, explains the complexities of the returns process for items purchased online — one that requires multiple partners in an efficient “ecosystem.

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IT Supply Chain

MAY 14, 2021

By Martin Verwijmeren (pictured). CEO & Co-Founder of MPO. The post Insights I Gained About Overcoming Barriers to Digitizing Fulfilment Processes appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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All Things Supply Chain

MAY 10, 2021

Since the recent blockade in the Suez Canal, it has put large container ships into the spotlight.

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 11, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. All You Need to Know About Cryptocurrency! Get Our EBOOK HERE. Small business risks article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols. As Bitcoin’s dramatic increase to over $50,000 a coin sparked a massive explosion in digital currencies and pervasive curiosity in blockchain-based technology, cryptocurrency exploded into the mainstream.

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Manufacturing & Logistics IT

MAY 11, 2021

Renovotec, the UK-based rugged hardware, software and services provider for supply chain companies, is launching a rental campaign for the latest Epson Colorworks C6000 and C6500 Series custom label printers, targeting manufacturing and logistics users.

Supply Chain Software 89

Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Supply and Demand 89

Prophetic Technology

MAY 11, 2021

How many barrels to produce, how many ships to sail or how to ship in advance? Demand for Shipping containers is hard to predict ahead of time. Just consider the lack of demand visibility and pricing fluctuations being the cause of China-USA ocean freight rates doubling since last June when they needed to do it through the West Coast, and rates and profits fall.

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China Just-in-Time Shipping Freight 81