CHAINalytics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Looking at your supply chain to increase resilience? Are your past supply chain challenges due to poor supply chain planning? Are you wondering what the right balance of centralized control vs. decentralized responsiveness is? Your answer will depend on many factors, including the complexity of the manufacturing processes, prioritization of flexibility over efficiency, and the … The post To Centralize or Decentralize?

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Alloy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Note: in this article, we’ll be referring to your forecasts as forecasts and your retailers’ forecasts as supply plans. With supply chain headaches and inflation driving down brand loyalty, it’s more important than ever to make sure your retailers are effectively allocating your inventory. Even if you’re a category leader, your buyer is likely relying on a machine learning-generated supply plan and can be managing upwards of 50+ other suppliers just like you.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Tools for a Successful ERP Implementation. What makes an ERP implementation successful? There are many different factors that go into turning an implementation plan into a success. We’ve recently written about the topic of ERP implementation in various blogs, providing key steps for success and best practices. In 5 Key Steps for a Successful ERP Implementation , we describe QAD’s scalable implementation process, which includes milestone review and the identification of deliverables and commitmen

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Metals producers, particularly in the steel sector, must constantly tread a fine line between reducing operating costs, maximizing profits and satisfying an increasingly demanding customer base. Meeting these objectives, on top of addressing existing industry challenges, requires steel manufacturing companies to become more efficient and flexible in their operations—and this means optimizing their master production schedules.

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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

AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The post Data Tips for Supply Chain Network Design Part I: Preparation appeared first on AIMMS.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Disruption has been the name of the game for more than a year as supply chain leaders have been dealing with changing buyer behaviors, inventory management challenges, labor shortages, weather and pandemic-related uncertainty, cyber security threats and capacity constraints that continue to create significant supply chain volatility. With peak shipping season approaching, companies continue to face supply chain risk as the pressure increases to meet customer and delivery expectations without add

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Freight RFP Process is Broken – Let’s Fix It with Maggie Petrovic. Maggie Petrovic and Joe Lynch discuss the freight RFP process is broken – let’s fix it. Maggie is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Emerge , a company that is Reinventing Freight Procurement. About Maggie Petrovic. Maggie Petrovic joined Emerge just over a year ago following 8 years with Coyote Logistics as Director of Enterprise Sales.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Life sciences digital supply chain planning will help the industry meet growing challenges more efficiently and effectively. When ranking supply chains that impact people’s daily lives the most, healthcare products usually pop up in the top three, behind food and water. The life sciences industry has managed to deliver critical advancements on a global scale, including vaccines to combat pandemics and a wealth of other drugs, treatments, medical devices, and over-the-counter cures that imp

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Introduction: The Importance of Sustainability in Asia/Pacific Supply Chains. Awareness about the impact of supply chains is growing late, with recent disruptions highlighting the benefits of increased integration between supply chain partners, resulting in greater visibility and agility. Organisations seek visibility to support daily supply chain operations to increase speed, reliability, and responsiveness.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Earlier this month, I wrote an article about the diverse range of mobile warehouse robotics solutions available in the market today. Although the solutions vary greatly, they’re alike in the ability to offer greater flexibility than many of the traditional automation alternatives. The ability to adapt automation to changing requirements is increasingly important to warehouse operators due in large part to the rapid and unpredictable change that has been occurring in recent years (even prior to C

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Rethinking the Freight RFP Process. Once a year, shippers and carriers begin the arduous freight RFP process, when shippers send out request for pricing (or proposal) for contract rates to their list of trucking companies. Unfortunately, “process” might be a generous term for what’s really going on. The process is broken and dreaded by both shippers and carriers.

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The Network Effect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The post How to Optimize Your P&L with Your Supply Chain (Part 2) appeared first on The Network Effect.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Over the last decade, the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has greatly evolved. From just being environmentally friendly, it has become a holistic framework that encompasses the environment, social and corporate governance. The overarching rule that all actions taken are meant to meet the needs of the present society without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own needs, is a key driver.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

President Joe Biden holding up a wafer of semiconductor while discussing ways to address a semiconductor shortage. April 12, 2021. There has been much commentary about global supply chains not being resilient enough. All the disruptions caused by the pandemic, of course, has contributed to this. One culprit, it is argued, is global supply chains being too lean.

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Arkieva

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A successful demand planning process accurately forecasts demand and revenue streams, and subsequently drives the next steps in the S&OP process which are Inventory, Supply Planning, and Optimization. Therefore, it is a crucial step in an organization's S&OP process. Automated Forecasting was first posted on September 14, 2021 at 8:38 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Customer expectations, labor shortages, and service level agreements continue to get more difficult to manage while the 3PL industry landscape gets increasingly competitive. The Future of Logistics, Operations and Warehousing (FLOW) Conference provides a new perspective on how to tactically solve these problems. Below you will find three sessions popular with 3PL registrants that will arm you with ways to better tackle everyday operational challenges.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Building Supply Chain Resilience for Turbulent Times. This webinar was presented by CargoNow, in collaboration with GeTS (Global e-Trade Services). Joining the GeTS team , were guest speakers from Enterprise Singapore, Keeptial, TradeWaltz. The highlights showed “How can a Digital Cross-Border Platform increase market access for e-Commerce players in Japan & Asia Pacific Region” – we saw how e-commerce has flourished in the ASEAN region – a show case of how Japanese businesses co

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Andrew Breckenridge, executive vice president of Fortna, tells how supply chain executives can engage in long-term planning to mitigate future risk, even as they’re battling the crisis of the moment.

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IT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

By Keith Moore (pictured). Chief Product Officer, AutoScheduler.AI. The post The great divide: conquering the gap between manufacturing & warehousing systems appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Tecsys

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Montreal, Canada. September 14, 2021 — Tecsys Inc. (TSX: TCS), an industry-leading supply chain management… The post Leading Australian Fashion Chain Politix Leverages Tecsys’ Unified Commerce Platform to Provide Customers a Faster and More Efficient Order Fulfillment Experience appeared first on Tecsys.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

On 29 th July LogiSYM partnered with MIFB (Malaysian International Food & Beverage) to produce an interesting webinar on Halal Logistics – Technology Adaptation & Enabler. The focus of the webinar was to discuss & make many aware of the progress achieved in the area of Halal logistics, a sector that is growing, and yet many know little about.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The U.K. delayed new post-Brexit border checks on food from the European Union to mitigate a supply chain crisis in a move that was immediately criticized as handing the bloc’s producers a competitive advantage.

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IT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

By Brett Beranek (pictured). VP & GM, Security & Biometrics, Nuance Communications. The post Politeness leaving people at the mercy of fraudsters appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Globally, B2B marketplaces are growing fast. From behemoths like Alibaba and Amazon Business, to smaller start-ups that cater to niche industries, online marketplaces are flourishing – a process accelerated by the outbreak of Covid 19. Have you ever wondered how B2B marketplaces work, and how they could help your business generate leads and sales?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The latest edition of the LogiSYM conference catering to the Middle East/North Africa region, LogiSYM MENA, took place online on August 24. Supported by partners Heriot-Watt University, Pedersen & Partners and RV Consultancy, the full-day agenda featured a stellar line-up of speakers presenting and discussing key issues facing logistics and supply chain management practitioners.

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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 Brain

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

COVID-19, along with its direct impacts (lockdowns, border closures, etc.), has sent a domino effect of related disruption, including supply shortages and financial distress – but these aren’t the only threats in town.

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IT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

By Douglas Mulvihill (pictured). UK Marketing Manager, Ringover. The post Why Cloud communications is key to successful remote working appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Locus Robotics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Order demand is increasing at continued record volumes, leaving fulfillment companies with the realization that they have insufficient warehouse space to store, pick, and pack orders. Along with this boom in e-commerce combined with unprecedentedly long material lead times, the demand for engineering and IT resources are equally constrained and will contribute to potential extensions of project schedules.

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