DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 5, 2016

At a recent dinner with friends, the topic of our conversation moved to the invincibility of autonomous vehicles and the unfortunate encounter between the bus and the Google car. It was my turn to be ‘the heart of the party’. Score one for rational thinking and mathematics. Fans of autonomous flying vehicles (a.k.a. drones), proponents of self-landing planes, enthusiasts of autonomous driving vehicles, and whatever other sorts of unmanned flying, sailing and flying things of the future – it’s ti

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 5, 2016

A few months ago we wrote about how the traditional approach to buying supply chain planning (SCP) systems is often flawed. Now a story in Canadian Business Magazine describes how supply chains can go seriously wrong and with serious consequences. The in-depth reporting is titled, “The Last Days of Target: The untold tale of Target Canada’s difficult birth, tough life and brutal death.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

This weekend, I decompressed and turned off my cell phone. The concept of being on and available all the time– 24/7– wears on me. I spent a beautiful, brisk, Saturday afternoon building monsters with my grandson, Jake, at the local children’s museum. (I find that even building blocks hold more possibilities today than when I was a child fifty-five years ago.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 5, 2016

When the housing market collapsed in 2008 , the US and global economies went into a tailspin. Stocks plunged, layoffs became normal, and shippers scaled back operations in favor of surviving the collapse. Although 3PL Logistics Companies or 3PLs were around before the recession, companies realized the short-term savings of outsourcing logistics, transportation, and freight management to 3PLs quickly, and the age of the rise of the logistics provider was born.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 4, 2016

by Melissa Clow Does your organization struggle to make sure all the nodes within the supply chain are connected? Do you have an approach to collaborative planning? In this interview, Andy Walker, head of supply chain strategy with Merck, details how they are making sure all the nodes within the supply chain are connected so they do not work in isolation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2016

As supply chain consultants, we often help clients navigate complex change–from adjusting to cost or competitive pressures to unique challenges like an M&A. These challenges all demand careful analysis of multiple financial and operational outcomes. There’s often a lot hanging in the balance, so it’s rarely a good time to “map out” supply chain changes or cost reduction goals on the back of a napkin.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

Take a moment to think about offshoring. Offshoring is basically when a company moves manufacturing to a foreign country in an attempt to save money. For a time, this model of manufacturing seemed to be the paragon of effective business. It was cheaper than producing products in the US, manufacturers could produce large inventories with little capital up front, and consumers did not really have a public voice.

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Logility

APRIL 5, 2016

Demands on the supply chain have changed significantly over the years for wholesale distributors and those that are embracing the changes are seeing improved service levels and profitability. At the heart of bettering your supply chain is to create an agile one built on accurate forecasting. For many, automating the forecasting process is the first step to improve service levels and profitability.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 5, 2016

Live Episode: Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 12:00 pm ET. There is a lot a buzz today about The Digital Supply Chain, and of course, the technology landscape continues to evolve quickly across multiple fronts, from the Internet of Things (IoT) to drones, optimization software, predictive analytics, and more. What does the Digital Supply Chain mean? What opportunities and challenges does it present?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2016

Outsourcing is very common in supply chain management. But one thing very few companies outsource is demand management. In fact, until I talked to Lori Pouquette, the vice president of global customer operations at Xilinx, I had never heard of a company outsourcing demand management processes.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 8, 2016

Editor's Note: Take it from us, a transportation management solutions provider, who understands the question we've all asked: "Who on earth will find manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, shipping, and transportation management content interesting? After all, it's just making stuff and tedious process-driven operations!" Well, the answer lies in not thinking of yourself as some boring industry (and let's be real, as you've seen emerging tech in both the manufacturing and supply chain industrie

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Logility

APRIL 8, 2016

Hundreds of companies struggling to improve their supply chain performance have adopted an effective business decision-making process to balance and align demand and supply. According to Aberdeen Research Group, this process can result in a 14% increase in operating margin, a 4% increase in gross margin dollars, a 55% reduction in inventory write-offs, a 17% increase in new product revenues, and a 35% reduction in lost sales.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2016

It’s hard to believe that we’re more than a quarter of the way through 2016 already — and that it’s snowing here in Boston today, the first Monday in April. Mother Nature has hit the pause button on spring, but hopefully she’ll press the play button again, and the sun and warmth will return in time for our first Little League game in a couple of weeks.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 7, 2016

by Jonathan Lofton We’re continuing to reflect on the “10 Principles of Good Design” as applied to supply chain and supply chain management ( Design for the Supply Chain ). This week we’re talking about being able to use supply chain management tools in an uninhibited way. Principle #5: Good design “Is unobtrusive”. “Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2016

The transportation management system is undoubtedly one of the buzzwords of the modern logistics industry. Shippers around the globe are realizing why the time has arrived to take advantage of transportation management system benefits. More shippers are utilizing TMS to improve production, reduce inefficiencies, and keep control of management processes under one roof.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 7, 2016

The food supply chain has received a lot of attention over the past few years — not all of that … Continued. The post Pressure Mounts for Better Safety at Both Ends of the Food Supply Chain appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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River Logic

APRIL 5, 2016

The Wall Street Journal recently published a report: Uber Should Share More Data with Cities , (Paid subscription required) which for this author, provides a further example for moving beyond traditional functionally based intelligence and decision-making into the broader, more prescriptive context of business or enterprise-wide decision making needs.

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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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APICS

APRIL 8, 2016

The war for talent might be shifting from the boardroom to the courtroom, according to an article published last week in The Wall Street Journal. Amazon.com is suing a former employee, Arthur Valdez, for taking the chief supply chain officer job at Target. “The e-commerce giant was joining a growing trend in corporate supply chains: fighting back on executive poaching,” Loretta Chao writes.

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Arkieva

APRIL 7, 2016

In a previous blog “ Balancing Cash Cost and Service: The Supply Chain Triangle ” we have introduced the idea that supply chain management is all about balancing three corners of a triangle: cash, cost and service. We have also discussed that in many companies we see a lack of alignment between the three corners. Sales tries to increase service to sustain top-line.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2016

Last year Gartner released a study about the five top emerging trends in digital marketing. One of those trends was … Continued. The post Getting the Most Out of Content Marketing appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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CHAINalytics

APRIL 5, 2016

By Erik Diks | Managing Director, Europe, Chainalytics | Increased economic and supply chain pressures mean many European companies are actively searching for new and different ways to further reduce their supply chain costs. But they’re taking on these challenges in an especially difficult environment: There’s a tough competitive landscape.

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Oracle SCM

APRIL 8, 2016

Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. MicrosoftInternetExplorer4. The North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit took place this week in Chicago. As part of that event, Oracle Chief Strategy Officer and Group Vice President for SCM Strategy, Jon Chorley, was interviewed about why the time to consider cloud is NOW for manufacturers.

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Arkieva

APRIL 5, 2016

When I first learnt of the phrase supply chain during my grad school days, I thought that it had something to do with the supply of chains! Over the next few years as I started building a career in the field of supply chain planning I did a few things right and a few things wrong. One of the bigger mistakes and perhaps the biggest had to do with my refusal to understand the business level math behind it.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 5, 2016

Have you ever been stopped at a traffic signal with your vehicle sitting astride some railroad tracks? If you have, … Continued. The post Digital Enterprise Transformation: Don’t get Stuck on the Tracks appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 7, 2016

Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016. Date: 25 May 2016. Venue: Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Organisation: JDA Software. URL: jda.com/manufacturing-connect-2016-scm. Creating a Seamless Digital Supply Chain. Join us at the Hilton Amsterdam on 25th May for this exclusive gathering of Supply Chain experts and business strategists which will address the challenges that manufacturers are faced with today; delivering profitable fulfillment and adaptable manufacturing.

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Elementum

APRIL 5, 2016

We’re so excited to announce that professor, entrepreneur, advisor, and businessman Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli will be joining Elementum’s board of advisors this month. This is a man who co-founded two successful EDA companies, occupies a chair at one of the country’s most rigorous Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments, advises billion-dollar corporations, and holds multiple awards and titles.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 5, 2016

Growing Cloud TMS Solution Provider Becoming a Fixture on Inbound Logistics’ Annual List of the Best Supply Chain Logistics Solution Providers. April 5, 2016 – Fair Lawn, NJ – Editor Felecia Stratton contacted UltraShipTMS to confirm that, for the seventh consecutive year, the Ultra organization had earned a spot on Inbound Logistics magazine’s “Top 100 Logistics IT Providers” list.

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APICS

APRIL 7, 2016

Few would argue that Vince Lombardi was one of the greatest football coaches of all time. Like many other great coaches (e.g., basketball legends John Wooden and Phil Jackson), Lombardi focused on the fundamentals of the game – blocking and tackling, how to throw the ball.

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