CHAINalytics

JUNE 24, 2021

Skimping on packaging materials and design leads to one primary consequence – waste. Sacrificing delivered quality in the name of cost savings alone can negatively impact your bottom line and environmental goals. Some initiatives that take a blanket approach to reduce packaging costs and improve margins often lack a holistic view of the potential downstream … The post Measuring the Costs of Poor Quality Packaging appeared first on Chainalytics.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 24, 2021

Organizations big and small rely heavily on hundreds—if not thousands—of different suppliers around the globe. In this type of supply chain ecosystem, companies must understand sustainability performance of not only their tier-one suppliers, but also their second, third, and fourth tier suppliers and beyond. Yet according to Deloitte , a recent study revealed that while most companies have social and environmental systems in place for internal operations, less than a third have similar structure

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 23, 2021

Maintaining inventory levels and optimizing order quantities, while keeping retailer compliance requirements in mind, requires careful coordination and a strategic approach. If you’re currently shipping less than truckload (LTL) or underutilized truckload freight to retailers, a retail consolidation program might be the solution you need. Meeting demands during the retail revolution.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2021

Disruption has been the name of the game for more than a year as carriers continue to see overarching demands for their services increase. No carrier or mode has been excluded from the increased demand of e-commerce and a customer base that’s anxious for a return to normalcy, including the LTL transportation sector. For shippers, understanding what’s impacting the LTL market and how it affects traditional approaches to LTL transportation management is critical to maintaining supply chain efficie

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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

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 24, 2021

Pick your country, but you will find the same story: there are not enough drivers to meet transportation demand and the situation is not likely to change for years. Ecommerce experienced significant growth globally during the pandemic and is not slowing down as countries continue to open up. Other country-specific factors, such as Brexit which caused approximately 60,000* European drivers to leave the UK and an aging workforce and competition from other professions in the US, have put pressure o

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 25, 2021

The 2021 holiday shopping season could be hugely successful if recent trends continue. For example, overall retail sales in April rose by 51.2% year-over-year. Michael Brown, a Partner in A.T. Kearney’s Consumer Products and Retail Practice, asserts, “Retailers need to review forecasts and inventory commitments for Holiday 2021 which could be a blockbuster.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2021

The recent computer chip shortage has created problems across industries, leading companies to reassess how they mitigate supply chain risk.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JUNE 24, 2021

An ongoing logistics labor shortage and a year of pandemic-related supply chain disruptions have left many retail and eCommerce businesses wishing for more automated eCommerce fulfillment. Extensive automation of fulfillment operations requires a significant upfront investment, making the concept intimidating for many growing online sellers. The truth is most fulfillment centers don’t need extensive automation to run a highly efficient operation.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 21, 2021

By Rachel Hurst (pictured). COO, Domino Printing Sciences. The post Women in Engineering Day: how to encourage young women into a career in STEM appeared first on IT 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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Arkieva

JUNE 22, 2021

In SCM there is an ongoing flow of elixirs (magic potion) from ‘false prophets’ claiming that they are an easy path to improved performance. A recent elixir is IBP followed by “doing central planning at the family level” to neutralize the uncertainty associated with estimating demand at the product level. This blog will illustrate the challenge in this effort since factories produce products, not families.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2021

Thomas Goldsby, professor and Haslam Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department of the University of Tennessee, discusses the short- and long-term impacts of the ransomware attack that temporarily shut down a major East Coast gasoline pipeline.

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Prophetic Technology

JUNE 24, 2021

We should see the Supply Chain Management (SCM) as a team. Its success depends on a working party pulling together towards a common goal and operating through a collaborative alignment.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 21, 2021

By Andrew Filev (pictured). Founder of Wrike. The post Organisations need to utilise modern technologies to ensure that employees are doing their job effectively appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 19, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What to Look for Before Investing and Storing Bitcoin! Get Bitcoins fast article and permission to publish here provided by Bailey Merton. If you’re looking to invest in cryptocurrencies, now is the right time. Even though bitcoin has been going through massive dips in the past, it is still just as valuable as before.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2021

FourKites, a real-time supply chain visibility platform, recently introduced Dynamic ETA for Air, an AI-powered air freight solution. With Dynamic ETA, shippers, carriers and 3PLs can track 100% of air freight with highly accurate and automated estimated arrival times.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 23, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, many businesses pivoted in how they operated on a day-to-day basis. One such company was Crocs , which opened its Dayton, Ohio distribution center in October of 2019, with 40% more space than its previous operation. With the additional space, the company had expected to deliver 50% more throughput. At the same time, Crocs was unofficially becoming the leisure shoe of choice for those who were now working from home, and with that came an increased demand far mor

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 25, 2021

By Paul Mulcahy (pictured). Quality, Health, Safety & Environment Manager, Toyota. The post Ignoring corporate sustainability responsibilities is not an option for logistics companies appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 22, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How Bitcoin Works! Bitcoin features article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols. Many cryptocurrencies have come and gone, but no one could attain success achieved by the bitcoins only because of blockchain. Yes, bitcoin is a top-rated digital currency that has become the top choice of people worldwide.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2021

The chance your company will confront a compliance alert is rising as the geopolitical picture becomes more complex.

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QAD

JUNE 24, 2021

Have You Connected with Your MOM Lately? When we say MOM, of course we’re talking about your Manufacturing Operations Management system. It’s the system of processes you use to bridge your ERP and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with your equipment and shop floor automation. Whatever manufacturers need to manage actual manufacturing operations to get the product built and out the door – that’s MOM.

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West Coast and California Logistics

JUNE 24, 2021

Food companies looking to optimize their supply chains can do well to entrust operations to a third-party logistics provider (3PL) that specializes in food logistics services. They can distribute your products through the supply chain safely, while optimizing your business’s efficiency in the process. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the many food logistics services a 3PL can provide.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 22, 2021

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2021

Bristlecone, a provider of AI-powered application transformation services for the connected supply chain, has announced a new partnership with Cognitive Automation company Aera Technology.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 24, 2021

By Leigh Anderson (pictured). Managing Director, Bis Henderson Recruitment. The post Food industry changes demand strategic thinking appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Tecsys

JUNE 21, 2021

Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the executive’s user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, has selected Tecsys as a recipient of the Top Supply Chain Projects Award for 2021 in association with the company’s supply chain transformation project at Montreal-based logistics and transportation company, Fuel Transport. The post Benchmarking the Modern WMS with Fuel Transport: Tecsys Receives 2021 Top Supply Chain Project Award appeared first on Tecsys.

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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

JUNE 23, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Competitive bidding results article and permission to publish here provided by James Liang at PowerRFP. Leading a competitive bidding process can be painful. It all starts fine with sending your Request for Proposal (RFP) out to your suppliers one by one and then a lot of information starts coming in from various channels and formats.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2021

America’s massive food waste problem touches nearly every facet of society, from the farms that produce our food to what we put on our plates.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 23, 2021

By John Ripple (pictured). Co-Founder of Esoteric Staffing. The post Vision Guided Robotics & Artificial Intelligence: An Explanation for the Non-Technical appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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