Sat.Jul 25, 2015 - Fri.Jul 31, 2015

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7 Characteristics of A Best In Class Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Today’s supply chains function as a result of extensive research into how a supply chain behaves, its chief concerns, successful risk management , diverse markets, widespread collaboration, and technological advances. However, current supply chains fall victim to the problems of inefficiencies, inexcusable rigidity, and failure to recognize the growing demands of consumers.

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The Millennial Mentality: Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Shift?

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater It seems like everywhere I look I see mention of millennials, that ‘next generation’ who seems to be shaking things up in a big way. From the way companies do business to the products available on store shelves to the rising stars of the executive world, there’s no mistaking the millennial influence. That got me wondering, what kind of sway does this technology-loving, values-driven, need-to-know right now, group have over your supply chain.

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Finally – A breakthrough alternative to spreadsheets for managing your Supply Chain

AIMMS

For most enterprise companies, ERP has become a foundational infrastructure technology and a cost of doing business. However, many are finding that it is not the optimal technology for Supply Chain Planning and Optimization. This has led to usage of spreadsheets to help fill in the gaps. But spreadsheets come with new challenges. Leading companies are overcoming these obstacles and finding success with an alternative that is quickly gaining adoption.

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How high can you score on the shop floor?

DELMIA Quintiq

Have you seen National Geographic’s Megafactories? The show takes viewers into some of the most iconic car factories in the world. Seeing how these cars – especially souped-up supercars – are manufactured is impressive enough. But the amount of planning required to keep production running smoothly is mind-blowing. Want a real taste at car production planning?

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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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Report Points to Increase of Shippers Outsourcing Transportation Management Due to These 4 Core Benefits

GlobalTranz

Businesses today often need a bit of help moving their bottom line forward. Outsourcing various parts of your company to other businesses that specialize in those areas has long been a solution that can give you excellent results. Here at Cerasis, we understand that it isn't easy to turn over a major part of your company to the hands of someone else.

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6 Supply Chain Disciplines to Enable Profitable Growth

Talking Logistics

In a conference call with investors in February 2015, Macy’s CFO Karen Hoguet summed up the primary objective of most retailers today : “We are making investments in growth, we want to accelerate growth, but it needs to be profitable growth.”. How can supply chain management enable profitable growth? Getting to the answer requires retailers to take a broader, more strategic perspective of supply chain management, one that goes beyond defining supply chain excellence only in terms of cost reducti

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FMCG: Performance turn-around needs fresh supply chain faces

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

In the greater scheme of life many questions remain unanswered but my hobby horse question is why people and notably politicians and usually male at that, cannot get on with other nationalities and/or/religions. We are not here for long yet some people spend their lives causing or being affected by conflict. On a much less serious level my top 4 so far unanswerable questions are: Why would anyone want to eat cucumber/castraveti?

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The Ever Increasing Importance of Focusing on LTL Management as LTL Use Increases

GlobalTranz

The transportation mode LTL, or Less Than Truckload, has grown to become the predominant, preferred means of freight transportation across the US. Additionally, industry experts and third-party logistics shipping providers ( 3PLs ) find themselves in the difficult position of ensuring the flow of merchandise continues as LTL use grows. As a retailer, or as an executive at a multi-location LTL shipping company, you must understand the facts of this change, what’s driving it, and how a 3PL will be

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From Grower to Garden: The Complexities of the Nursery Supply Chain

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Today is ‘ Take Your Plant for a Walk Day ’ (yes, apparently that is a real thing), and in honor of houseplants everywhere I thought I would look at the supply chain of an industry that has long fascinated me – the nursery industry. What exactly goes in to getting all those lovely shrubs, trees and flowers from the grower to the garden?

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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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Finally – A breakthrough alternative to spreadsheets for managing your Supply Chain

AIMMS

For most enterprise companies, ERP has become a foundational infrastructure technology and a cost of doing business. However, many are finding that it is not the optimal technology for Supply Chain Planning and Optimization. This has led to usage of spreadsheets to help fill in the gaps. But spreadsheets come with new challenges. Leading companies are overcoming these obstacles and finding success with an alternative that is quickly gaining adoption.

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Software is Not Enough: SAP and Descartes Partner on TMS Connectivity

Talking Logistics

How will you establish and manage electronic communication with carriers and other trading partners? That is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, questions shippers should ask before implementing a Transportation Management System — specifically if they’re implementing a traditional, behind-the-firewall solution. Historically, one of the most labor-intensive and time-consuming aspects of a traditional TMS implementation is network connectivity — i.e., establishing electronic co

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Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

“Ecommerce is a complex, convoluted thing,” writes Simon Le Gros Bisson (@sbisson).[1] She reminds us that e-commerce began humbly with … Continued. The post Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Path to Purchase appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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This is NOT thought leadership, it’s practical talk about Supplier Value Management

ivalua

The always astute Pierre Mitchell from Spend Matters recently called out an unnamed solution provider for “trying to create some thought leadership about upstream value creation and downstream value capture.” This reminded me of a prior post I wrote about the subject and I wondered if Pierre was writing about me. If so, in my (imperfect?) attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pun

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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What is a balanced scorecard?

The Network Effect

winnifredxoxo/Flickr. Note: This is a series of posts that explore the technology transformation that many supply chains are undergoing, and discuss how these changes can help the wider organization move from “good” to “great”. Today I want to talk about something called the Balanced Scorecard. . The Balanced Scorecard is interesting in that its definition actually reflects the traditional ERP limitations we discussed previously.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 27-31, 2015)

Talking Logistics

“I can’t believe I have a 45 year old son,” my mom says to me yesterday. It’s my birthday on Sunday and she came from Connecticut to spend a few days with me and the family. “I can’t believe I have a 67 year old mother,” was my response back, and I kissed her cheek and brought her overnight bag upstairs. I’m taking the day off from work today, heading to Boston with my mom and my wife and kids, and we’re just going to pass the day in the city.

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The Coming Industrial Revolution: The Internet of Things and Industry 4.0

Enterra Insights

“Imagine a world,” writes Mary Shacklett (@MaryShacklett), President of Transworld Data, “where smart systems, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, and … Continued. The post The Coming Industrial Revolution: The Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Will less health and safety regulation mean a more economic or a more dangerous British supply chain?

Supply Chains Rock

I was at the SEMA seminar this June (which is pretty much like Glastonbury for anybody in the construction, manufacturing, or warehousing industry) and there were a few things I noticed. Aside from all the in depth stuff about changes in health and safety codes, there was an emphasis on SEMA strengthening their relationship with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

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Mastering Order Management: Backorders & Out-of-Stock Inventory

The unfortunate truth is that you will always have low stock and backorder issues with your supply chain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared to handle them. This brief video explores some of the primary drivers of inventory issues – and how modern technology and best practices can mitigate these issues and ensure a superb customer experience.

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Infographic: The Supply Chain of Counterfeits

Elementum

We take a look at the most common issues surrounding counterfeits in the global supply chain: how big of a risk do they pose, and how can companies avoid counterfeits in their inventory? As globalization increases, counterfeit goods are becoming a larger problem. They cost almost every industry billions of dollars per year indamages, and have the potential to harm or even kill consumers.

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S&OP in Consumer Goods: A Cumulative Research Study

Logility

Since 2009 we have worked with industry publication Consumer Goods Technology to check the pulse of sales and operations planning (S&OP) in the consumer goods industry. This week we have kicked off the 2015 research project and invite you to participate and share your thoughts and experience on the adoption and evolution of S&OP within your organization.

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Growing Attention Being Given to Consumers at the Base of the Pyramid

Enterra Insights

Business people understand that increasing the bottom line requires customers; and, for most businesses, those customers are going to be … Continued. The post Growing Attention Being Given to Consumers at the Base of the Pyramid appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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This is NOT Thought Leadership, it’s Practical Talk About Supplier Value Management

ivalua

The always astute Pierre Mitchell from Spend Matters recently called out an unnamed solution provider for “trying to create some thought leadership about upstream value creation and downstream value capture.” This reminded me of a prior post I wrote about the subject and I wondered if Pierre was writing about me. If so, in my (imperfect?) attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pun

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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I (Don't) Drive Your Truck: West Coast Truckers Strike Again

Elementum

The trucking industry has turned to technology to address the industry's worsening trucker shortage and labor strike issues while Congress attempts to resolve the problem through legislation. Strikes and Wage Hikes. On July 21, truckers working for the Pacific 9 Transportation company went on indefinite strike, causing further congestion problems and delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Amazon Prime Now – The Cost of Expediting the Last Mile

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Sean Camarella, Andrew Kuntjoro, Niranjan Yedlapati, and Felipe Caro. Amazon’s Prime Now is the company’s latest delivery service, offering one hour delivery of daily essential goods to Prime members for a nominal fee. The Prime Now delivery service offers benefits to both the company and its customers. Prime Now improves customer loyalty and converts non-Prime members into Prime members, who spend more on average.

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Targeted Marketing Requires Proper Identification of Ideal Customers

Enterra Insights

“Many companies pursue growth opportunities without adequately defining who their ideal customers are,” according to Frank V. Cespedes, James P. … Continued. The post Targeted Marketing Requires Proper Identification of Ideal Customers appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Technology Fuels Freight Logistics: Jeff Tucker in Wall Street Journal

DAT Solutions

Jeff Tucker 's guest column in yesterday's Wall Street Journal pointed to the pivotal role of technology, including DAT Load Boards , in freight logistics today. Jeff also highlighted the contribution of freight brokers to the efficient movement of cargo. Jeff has been a leader in freight logistics since 1992; he is president and CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide and Chairman of the Transportation Intermediaries Association.

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CADDi Receives 2023 Top Tech Startup Award by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive

The 2023 Top Tech Startup Awards by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive spotlights the top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.

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Chinese Market Continues to Shake Up Global Supply Chain

Elementum

China's market crash may have been slowed by the government, but the economy still faces problems—and they extend far beyond the country's borders. Not to Burst your Bubble. Standard & Poor’s reported recently that the recent burst bubble in China’s housing market could have a greater effect on its economy than previously thought. The government’s intervention after Chinese stocks lost over US $3 trillion earlier this month succeeded in slowing the decline and prevented a crash—but the econo

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When Everything Goes Wrong in Truckload Transportation – It Often Goes Wrong for Everyone

CHAINalytics

By Matthew Harding | Vice President, Freight Market Intelligence, Chainalytics Daily chaos, loosely committed capacity from truckload carriers, missed budgets are simply the norm when you are a shipper dealing with transportation needs of your organization. Striving to keep customers satisfied, plants running with flowing goods and raw materials is a never-ending battle that requires patience, perseverance […].

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Ace Back-To-School Season

NFI Industries

It’s that time of year again – back-to-school. As some students cringe, parents are beginning to plan budgets on making sure their kids are ready for their next academic year. Back-to-school has turned into one of the largest shopping periods of the year, only beat by the holiday season. Average spending during this period has. READ MORE.