Sat.Jul 04, 2015 - Fri.Jul 10, 2015

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Trucking Rates Looking to Increase: The Driving Factors & What You Can Do About It

GlobalTranz

Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. Throughout this time, 3PL transportation management providers have taken advantage of the low-costs of transportation, which further reduced the costs for businesses and manufacturers.

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The Smile of Value Creation

SCM Research

Mudambi (2008) notes that “value-added is becoming increasingly concentrated at the upstream and downstream ends of the value chain” and that “activities at both ends of the value chain are intensive in their application of knowledge and creativity” Value-added along the value chain is, thus, represented by a “smiling curve” Mudambi, R. (2008).

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Bubble Wrap Loses Its Pop for Logistics Cost Savings

Talking Logistics

In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal and others reported last week that Sealed Air Corp., the makers of Bubble Wrap, have developed a new version of the product called iBubble Wrap that doesn’t pop. The reaction on Twitter was quick and furious: It’s a sad, sad day in our nation’s history. [link]. — Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) July 2, 2015.

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Step Five: Stage Five Supply Chain Planning System of Record (SCP SOR)

Kinaxis

by Carol McIntosh Forward Thinkers. As you can probably guess, this is the last step in reaching Stage Five for your Supply Chain Planning System of Record (SCP SOR). Why can’t we predict everything? Predictive analytics are one way to forward think. Quantitative analysis has really become popular and there is no lack of data. Data scientists are the new generation of supply chain planners.

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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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A Complete Breakdown of the 26th State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

On June 23, 2015, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP ) released the “State of Logistics Report,” which happens to be in its 26 th year. For members of the CSCMP , the cost of the report is free, but it stands out at $295.00 for everyone else. This year’s version of the State of Logistics Report revealed that third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) and those involved in the supply chain have experienced the greatest gain and economic turnaround since the Great Recession

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Supply Chain Planning: Is Trying to Do Everything Worse Than Doing Nothing?

Demand Solutions

“If you’re not getting ahead, you’re falling behind.”. This mindset pervades the world’s most competitive businesses nowadays. It’s a hard-charging, spare-no-effort approach that drives companies to new levels of performance. Supply chain planners have embraced this attitude as much as anyone else. Their catchphrase is “constant improvement.” They seek to optimize processes continually.

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Getting Creative with The Dean of Innovation

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Bill Dubois , host of our Late Late Supply Chain Show , had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff DeGraff , a well-respected innovation thought leader dubbed “The Dean of Innovation” to find out what you can do to get those creative juices flowing. And yes, it does involve stepping outside of your comfort zone. DeGraff says it really takes three main things to become an innovator, and all of them relate to diversifying your thinking.

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Reverse Supply Chains: Best Practices for Better Asset Recovery

GlobalTranz

Recovering your assets is a difficult task no matter what your occupation with reverse supply chains in the marketplace. With market needs constantly changing and younger companies entering the market, a company must have a plan for survival when recovering assets or keeping loss numbers low. As businesses often have a surplus of goods to dispose of or recover, such as core returns, we’ve compiled some excellent tips for your company so the process of handling goods not only stretches furt

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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Logistics Viewpoints

As the senseless violence in Charleston reminded us, as did similar episodes in Baltimore, Ferguson, and Newtown, we are far from living up to our nation’s ideal of “One nation, under God.” The question is whether we will once again wring our hands, say our homilies, and perhaps remove a flag, and then go back […].

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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 Essential Role of TMS in Executing Your Transportation Strategy

Talking Logistics

Why is transportation management technology essential for companies to execute their supply chain strategy? That was my opening question to Chris Johnson, VP of Research and Development at LeanLogistics , in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. “To put it simply,” he said, “the reason is that you will fail without it.” He went on to say: At the very least, it will be very difficult to know whether or not you’re succeeding in executing your strategy without a technology that backs it up.

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Surviving ‘SKU-mageddon’ in the brewing industry

DELMIA Quintiq

In recent years, the introduction of new beer varieties has overhauled the industry and caused a so-called SKU-mageddon. There has been surge of new breweries with distinctive and novel offerings: Fancy a pint of grapefruit flavored sparkling cider or Maple Bacon Ale? Similarly, the industry setup has changed substantially: Where there were once 4000 distributors and 100 breweries selling 1.2 hundred million liters a year, we are now accounting for 1000 distributors and over 2500 breweries selli

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Retail Internet Convergence

The Logistics of Logistics

Retail Internet Convergence is the explosive arrival and growth of mobile commerce that will have a significant impact on the way businesses are managed in the future, from revenue and logistics to the supply chain and bottom line. Today, after more than 20 years of Amazon success, ecommerce is still less than 10 percent of total retail sales – in other words, a little more than nine out of every ten commerce transactions are comprised of offline retail sales.

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Most Popular So Far

Logistics Viewpoints

The year is half over. The most popular columns published by ARC Analysts so far this year include: Best Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2015 5 Supply Chain Predictions for 2015 E-Commerce Growth Brings Last Mile Headaches Amazon, Google, and Crowdsourcing: The Battle for the Last Mile The Key Attributes of Supply Chain Leadership […].

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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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Additive Manufacturing and Its Impact on the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The growth of additive manufacturing (i.e., producing products using 3D printers) has been stunning. Not long ago, 3D printers were … Continued. The post Additive Manufacturing and Its Impact on the Supply Chain appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 6-10, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Friday, July 10, 2015. The day is finally here — the premiere of The Minions movie. I am not sure who is more excited to see this movie, our kids or my wife and me, but there’s something about those little yellow dudes that crack us up every time. Now, for this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: JDA Unleashes Powerful New Capabilities to Enable the Seamless Supply Chain.

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Why demand sensing is value-based performance management

The Network Effect

Got Credit/Flickr. Pursuing improved forecasts is certainly not an academic exercise. Better forecasting translates directly into making better business decisions. Some research indicates a 6% forecast improvement could improve the perfect order by 10% and deliver a 10-15% reduction in unnecessary inventory. Layering a demand sensing capability onto the overall demand management process will generate significant improvements to a company’s core KPI’s.

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Driving Supply Chain Convergence

PINC

Today Supply Chain 247 published an article: What’s at the Core of Supply Chain Execution Convergence? The article does a great job of describing what convergence means to shippers and talks to the importance of thinking beyond the traditional silos of warehousing and transportation. The core value to an organization is better visibility and improved collaboration across parties involved in shipments.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Cognitive Computing and Targeted Marketing

Enterra Insights

AMC’s television series “Mad Men” ended on a delightful up note. The fictional lead character of the series, advertising executive … Continued. The post Cognitive Computing and Targeted Marketing appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Moving Up The Corporate Ladder, Does Your Freight Spend Have A Seat At The Table?

4WL Consulting

The previous decade has seen many companies, mainly those handling manufacturing operations, change how sourcing of direct materials is executed – from an administrative function to a somewhat strategic procurement approach that has seen the creation of a new position “the Chief Procurement Officer.” Similar transformational patterns have also been seen in the transportation industry.

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Overview S&OP software Europe

Supply Chain Movement

The sales & operations planning (S&OP) cycle, aimed at facilitating strategic consultation, is the number one supply chain-related priority for companies. In practice, the use of software to support this periodic discussion process is very fragmented. Specially designed S&OP software is used only very sporadically in Europe; it is much more common for companies to utilise a combination of different applications.

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Generate,Test,Next

Arkieva

Most folks involved in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) for supply chain management have heard the terms “optimization” or “linear programming” with regards to supply planning and have cringed at the sound. Over the past few years a new “cringe” worthy term has emerged – “machine learning” which is sometimes used with the term predictive analytics or data mining.

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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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Big Ships, Big Problems?

MIT Supply Chain

Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCVs) take the idea of economies of scale to new levels in the container shipping business. But these mammoth ships also bring some large-scale challenges. In its Container Forecaster report published this month shipping consultancy Drewry headquartered in London, UK, maintains that a “toxic mixture of overcapacity, weak demand and aggressive […].

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Tips for Global Expansion (Part 2)

ModusLink Corporation

There is so much more to global expansion than simply operating with a different currency. No two countries are alike, and no matter how similar certain countries might seem, there is no magic bullet for supply chain solutions that will work across the board. When a company expands beyond its home country, it opens itself […]. The post Tips for Global Expansion (Part 2) appeared first on ModusLink Global Solutions.

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Transparency and innovation in Ahold’s logistics

Supply Chain Movement

‘The Champions League of transport’ is how Mark van der Drift describes delivering to stores in town and city centres. As senior director of transport at Ahold, he is responsible for the retailer’s national and international transport activities. Partners and strategic partnerships play a crucial role. During a Supply Chain Media roundtable discussion, he explained Ahold’s philosophy behind the use of third parties: ‘The transport company takes a business risk to achieve important innovations fo

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Why is a Data Center Like a Supply Chain?

Elementum

They don’t seem too similar, but data centers could benefit from supply chain management. Facebook announced today that it is moving forward with building a fifth data center , with plans to build in Fort Worth, Texas. This will be the second of five data centers built for Facebook that runs completely on renewable energy sources – it’s not hard to imagine how much power the information of 1.4 billion users might require, and renewable options cut costs in the long-term.

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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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Three Reasons Food Shippers NEED to Automate Transportation Processes Now

Supply Chain Collaborator

Plenty of food shippers already have some form of solution in place to automate their transportation planning and management processes. Whether they use a solution provided by a logistics IT provider, a basic tool provided by their 3PL or a homegrown system, it’s clear that manual processes are no longer up to the increasingly complicated task. If you’re a food or beverage shipper using any of the above defined solutions, now is a pivotal time to consider what you can do to improve your transpor

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UAE firm boosts oil & gas supply chain operations

Logistics Middle East

Gulf Petrochem Group has consolidates its East African presence with new acquisition that enhances its services and products for downstream supply chain.

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International Supply Chain Summit Istanbul – 2015

Supply Chain Movement

3rd International Supply Chain Summit Istanbul. Date: September 16-17, 2015. Venue: Wyndham Grand Istanbul Kalamis Marina Hotel‎. Organizational partners: Slimstock, Ortec, DSV, Loder, Supply Chain Media. URL: www.iscsi.eu. Supply Chain Collaboration & Redesign. Opportunities and Challenges in Global Supply Chains. What are the major trends affecting supply chains in the near future?