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How Will Recession Affect Supply Chains?

Elementum

Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future. Executive Summary In Part One of this blog series we ’ re going to discuss the phenomenon that seems to be at the center of every economic advisor’s latest report: recession. Notably, we’ll be examining the shaky logic for some statements we’ve seen about the potential for an economic slowdown to actually help supply chains recover.

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Regain Control of Your Product Portfolio

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Through product rationalization, regain control of your product portfolio and become more profitable & competitive.

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Improving your purchase order management process | Taulia

Taulia

We explain what exactly purchase order management is, how the process works, and what steps businesses can take in order to make the process more efficient and effective.

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Inflation in 2022: Is the Bullwhip Effect to Blame for Retail Inventory Glut

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I saw a news headline from the Washington Post stating Michael Burry’s ‘Bullwhip’ Tweet Deserves Serious Attention. Michael Burry ( @michaeljburry ) is most well-known as the hedge fund manager portrayed by Christian Bale in the movie “ The Big Short.” His track record justifiably garners many followers on Twitter – 895,000 according to the account.

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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 Worldwide Supply Chain Federation with Lisa Morales-Hellebo

The Logistics of Logistics

Lisa Morales-Hellebo and Joe Lynch discuss The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation. Lisa is the Co-Founder and GP at REFASHIOND Ventures , an emerging venture capital fund manager that invests in early stage supply chain technology. About Lisa Morales-Hellebo. Lisa Morales-Hellebo is a VC, seasoned entrepreneur, product strategist, and community builder.

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Formula for Disaster – How the U.S. Formula Shortage Was Shocking  But Not Surprising 

Logility

Lack of effective supply chain planning in food & beverage can have life-or-death implications. The closure of the Abbott Nutrition facility in Michigan last February may have ignited the nationwide infant formula shortage, but this was (and still is) a fragile supply chain that could have broken for any number of reasons. It will happen again. This blog explores the problem as well as some helpful supply chain planning technology from Abbott’s perspective.

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There is No Planet B: Can Supply Chains Save the World?

Logistics Viewpoints

Climate change. Resource scarcity. Population growth. Urbanization. Air and water pollution. When it comes to sustainability , many business leaders are feeling the pressure to act. Customers, investors, and regulatory agencies are demanding that companies actively address the climate crisis. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities impact every facet of business and will determine the market leaders of tomorrow.

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Digital Supply Chain Transformation: Your Go-To Guide | Chainalytics

Supply Chain Brief Submitted Articles

If information on digital supply chain transformation is widely available, why don’t 53% of these efforts achieve their objectives?

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Filling the Whitespace Between AI and Cognitive Computing

Enterra Insights

Experts continue to debate whether artificial intelligence (AI) is a real thing or simply a marketing term. And, knowing that many people draw their perceptions of AI from science fiction books and films, IBM looked for some other term to better explain its AI-related offering. As a result, IBM coined the term “cognitive computing” to describe its Watson computing system.

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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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The Rewards for Accelerating and Improving Your Supply Chain  Decision-Making 

Logility

Reach corporate social responsibility goals while improving your economic sustainability. Key Takeaways : You make important decisions daily that affect both your own corporate responsibility goals and external ESG demands from consumers and investors Vendors can make or break your broad supply chain goals, which makes real-time, AI-analyzed data essential for supply chain decision-making Self-reporting and a cumbersome audit process present dangerous challenges that can be overcome with an inte

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What Does it Cost to Implement a Transportation Management System? How Long Do the Projects Take?

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC has recently completed a study on the transportation management system integration market. We have previously done a study of transportation management system (TMS) market and transportation execution and visibility system markets , and interviewed TMS vendors. Finally, we have surveyed and interviewed TMS customers. Interviewing the system integrators (SIs), that implement the different types of transportation software solutions, allowed us to complete our 360-degree review of freight trans

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[Video] Enabling Assurance Of Supply In The Global Marketplace

Talking Logistics

For a long time, companies had been redesigning their supply chain networks and practices to become more demand driven. With the disruptions of the past two years, however, companies are now becoming more supply driven — that is, their manufacturing and sales and promotions plans are being driven more by what parts or inventory they. Read more [Video] Enabling Assurance Of Supply In The Global Marketplace.

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Why the Supply Chain Talent Shortage Isn’t Letting Up

Supply Chain Brain

As we appear to be emerging from our worst healthcare crisis in a century, many experts have assumed that people would eagerly return to work. But that is simply not happening. .

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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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Rules-based Approach to Supply Planning: Matching Assets with Demand

Arkieva

In any supply chain, matching the supply assets to the demand in a consistent, reliable, and profitable manner is a key requirement. This blog discusses how to create supply plans based on a sequence of rules that makes the decision-making process fast, effective, and intuitive. Rules-based Approach to Supply Planning: Matching Assets with Demand was first posted on July 6, 2022 at 7:53 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial us

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This Week in Logistics News (July 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

School is out for the summer and kids are playing outside. Part of that could be due to a shortage in video game consoles. Nintendo is struggling to break out of a frustrating sales slowdown, selling 33 percent fewer units of Switch game systems in the April-June quarter than a year ago in Japan due to a crippled supply chain. Supply chain disruptions also slashed sales of rival Sony Group’s PlayStation 5 consoles by 26 percent to about 200,000 units, spurring concerns that the companies r

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Understanding Your Interim Management Needs – 3 Key Considerations

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

I have written about supply chain and route to market interim management recently.

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Coalition Calls for Freight Data Exchange Standard to Cut Supply Chain Emissions

Supply Chain Brain

A Washington-based think tank has launched an initiative to encourage widespread adoption of standardized data-sharing in the freight sector in order to boost sustainability.

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

How can businesses gain a competitive edge in an era marked by relentless competition and economic fluctuations? The secret is mastering strategic cost management strategies. This GEP bulletin, "Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability," breaks this down into clear, actionable steps. Discover how these strategies can boost your enterprise's financial health, helping not only to keep up but to excel in today's market.

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How the fabricated metals industry can benefit from a Cloud ERP system

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

How could a manufacturing business that bends, cuts and welds metal benefit from Cloud ERP? With ongoing supply chain disruptions continuing to affect all industries, that’s a question that the fabricated metals industry is beginning to ask. Supply Chain disruptions are creating a chain reaction across the metal fabrication industry. By nature, the Fabricated Metals Industry creates made-to-order products based on specific customer specifications.

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US & Israel new joint cybersecurity programme

IT Supply Chain

By Ronan David (pictured). Chief of Strategy, EfficientIP. The post US & Israel new joint cybersecurity programme appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Top Ways 3PL Warehouses Can Survive a Period of Inflation and Financial Downturn

All Things Supply Chain

Unless you’ve been living underneath a rock, you’re aware that our world has been hit with a few years of unprecedented challenges – from a global pandemic to supply chain…

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U.S. Logistics Gauge Shows Economy Downshifting Into Second Half

Supply Chain Brain

An indicator of U.S. supply chain pressure fell to the lowest level in two years, as a sharp drop in transportation costs underscores the slowdown in the nation’s economy heading into the second half of the year.

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The Art of Consistent Perfect Order Delivery: Smart Order Fulfillment Through Orchestration

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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Is It a Good Idea to Invest in Hiring a Purchasing Manager?

Precoro

One should keep in mind that every transaction has an additional hidden cost in labor and overheads, such as the time spent sourcing products, tracking deliveries, matching invoices, and overseeing suppliers. The question arises: when to separate purchasing management tasks into an autonomous operational role and hire a designated professional? There is no universal answer to this question, as purchasing process, procurement policies, goals, and volumes differ not only in the industries but even

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The unexpected opportunity to accelerate a green commerce revolution

IT Supply Chain

By Alex MacPherson (pictured). Director of Solution Consultancy & Account Management, Manhattan Associates. The post The unexpected opportunity to accelerate a green commerce revolution appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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2022 Trends & Innovations in Warehouse Automation

Locus Robotics

By Jason Walker. The COVID-19 pandemic made a major impact on supply chain operations, from manufacturing and shipping to distribution and warehousing. When the world shut down, warehouses were faced with a seemingly unsolvable question: How do we continue operating while keeping people home safe? The answer quickly revealed itself: automation. Warehouse automation is not a new concept, and various automated systems have become commonplace around the world.

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Automated Warehouses Win: Staying Competitive Through Technology

Supply Chain Brain

As ecommerce trends continue to grow and supply chains become increasingly complex, competitive warehouse operations are upgrading their fulfillment technology to include multiple forms of automation.

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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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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

Can Your Business Answer These Questions Around ESG Issues and CSR? Can you identify all your suppliers in the supply chain? Can you confidently confirm that none of them are engaged in activities such as child or forced labor, or human rights abuses? Are any suppliers on government watchlists or under sanctions? Are all suppliers in compliance with existing due diligence laws?

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‘Business as usual’ is no longer an option for long-term sustainability success

IT Supply Chain

By Rob Fisher (pictured). IMHX 2022 Event Director. The post ‘Business as usual’ is no longer an option for long-term sustainability success appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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The 19 Biggest Spirits Industry Trends in 2022

Unleashed

The spirits industry is evolving at speed as consumer tastes, habits – and demands – change. And as the peak of the pandemic fades, these trends are becoming more prominent. So how are these trends changing the industry, and what can we expect in 2022 and beyond? We take a look at 19 key trends, and what to expect in the future from this industry. How is the alcohol industry changing in 2022?

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