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The Ultimate Guide to a 3PL Business

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: Today's blog is a guest blog by our friends at 2 Flow. In this blog, they discuss everything you need to know about a 3PL business. What is 3PL? There are several definitions of 3PL. These include: . Third party logistics (3PL) is the function by where the owner of goods outsources numerous components of the supply chain to a 3PL company that can perform the management function of the clients’ customs, inbound freight, distribution, warehousing, order fulfilment and outbound fr

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The future belongs to those who can see ahead and plan for it

DELMIA Quintiq

S&OP Maturity Series, part 2 of 5. In my last post , I discussed a scenario in which the S&OP solution was the difference between having to decide if it was better to lose potential profits, or risk upsetting existing, loyal customers – and meeting everyone’s needs. Having a solid S&OP process will become more important as your company grows from one stage of maturity to the next.

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The Amazon Revolution, Part II: Tuning Your Multichannel Supply Chain to Compete

ToolsGroup

An Amazon recruiting poster. In the retail revolution, Wal-Mart first brought low-cost goods to the shelf. Amazon then brought low-cost goods— and the shelf —to the consumer's home, via low-cost fast service times. In our last blog , we discussed how Amazon’s low-cost service times, and the pressure that places on supply chains. Today’s blog analyzes how to compete in this multichannel environment that requires serving the customer in ways that remove the barriers that make consumers think twice

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Did Pokémon Go Solve a Historic End-to-End Supply Chain Problem?

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Getting the Right Product in Front of the Right People. It took an augmented reality video game and a host of made up monsters to seemingly solve one of end-to-end supply chain’s biggest problems–getting the right product in front of the right people. Too bad the tactics Pokémon Go has implemented aren’t easily repeatable by the rest of us mere mortals.

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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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Procurement Logistics: What Is It & Where Do Logistics Providers Fit In?

GlobalTranz

Many different terms, such as less-than-truckload (LTL), procurement and transportation management, describe supply chain management processes. In some cases, these conditions may be applied to all supply chain processes. However, each term covers a different portion of the supply. For example, transportation management often focuses on the journey of products after manufacturing.

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The Most Read Posts So Far (Summer 2016)

The Network Effect

With summer almost over, I thought it a good time to take a look back at our top posts of. The post The Most Read Posts So Far (Summer 2016) appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Advantages and Pitfalls of Push and Pull Strategies in Distribution Networks

Kinaxis

by Iman Niroomand What’s driving your supply chain – immediate consumer demand or future projections? In either case, the goal is likely the same: to provide the best customer experience. A truly customer-oriented supply chain strives to fulfill the customers’ demands on-time. Success is defined by the on-time-delivery to request (OTD-R). i In other words, when the product actually gets to the end consumer.

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New Supply Chain Technology: The Real Cost of Inaction

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Greg Braun from C3 Solutions. In this blog, Greg discusses the real cost of inaction when you dont adopt new supply chain technology. New Supply Chain Technology: The Real Cost of Inaction. Knowing when it's time to invest in new supply chain technology for your business is sometimes easy—a system fails, or you have a new line of business that requires a change.

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Five Things You Can Do This Week to Reduce Inventory: Part II

Demand Solutions

In my last blog post , I mentioned that I’d be sharing five steps you can take to start reducing your inventory as soon as this week. As promised, today’s post will continue the series. If you read my first post and took my advice, you’ve already set a goal for inventory reduction. That wasn’t so hard, was it? So, what comes next?

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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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Making Your TMS a Rallying Point for the IoT

3GTMS

There’s a lot of buzz about the Internet of Things, or IoT. IoT refers to the physical network of vehicles, buildings, devices and other items that are increasingly connected. I also consider people and applications like an ERP or WMS to be part of the IoT. A transportation management system (TMS) has always been applied across many company platforms, exchanging information with your carriers, vendors and customers.

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NASCES 2016: End-to-End Supply Chain Management Transformations

Kinaxis

by Trevor Miles I was at the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit in Chicago earlier this week. I’m a pretty jaded conference goer, so it is difficult to please me, but I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the keynotes and sessions I attended. The general theme of the conference was about transformational change. What kept nagging at me though is that the presentations were largely about “righting the ship” rather than “moving from ship to air.

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The Dead End of “Supply Chain” Thinking

The Network Effect

More and more, companies are looking to leverage the cloud for predictive and actionable supply network operations, integrated financial measurement, The post The Dead End of “Supply Chain” Thinking appeared first on The Network Effect.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 12-16, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Are you attending the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference later this month (September 25-28 in Orlando, FL)? If so, I invite you to attend two of the sessions that I am participating in, both related to transportation management: TMS 4 SMB: A Case Study with Carhartt. Date: Monday, September 26, 2:00-3:15 pm. Room: Sun 3-4.

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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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Some Do’s and Don’ts for Digital Enterprise Transformation

Enterra Insights

Many analysts have predicted that for companies to survive in the digital age they must transform into digital enterprises. What … Continued. The post Some Do’s and Don’ts for Digital Enterprise Transformation appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Compelling Use Cases for Drones in Today’s Supply Chain

PINC

John Mabe is a blogger and writes about technology’s impact on Logistics with a specific focus on how emerging technologies are transforming eCommerce logistics. He is based in Sydney, Australia has worked previously for DHL, Republic National, and Tyco where he focused on supply chain technology.

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Five Things You Can Do This Week to Reduce Inventory: Part II

Demand Solutions

In my last blog post , I mentioned that I’d be sharing five steps you can take to start reducing your inventory as soon as this week. As promised, today’s post will continue the series. If you read my first post and took my advice, you’ve already set a goal for inventory reduction. That wasn’t so hard, was it? So, what comes next?

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Role of Prescriptive Analytics in Supply Chain Vision 2030

River Logic

Figure 1. Role of Prescriptive Analytics in Next Generation Decision Support. There is a new technology revolution in the making with the explosion of Internet of Everything, Machine Learning, self-driving cars, etc. This conjures an image of large scale automation of decisions based on real-time information. This is a vision that is applicable to the supply chain world as well.

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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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Targeted Marketing Personas: More Catching Less Fishing

Enterra Insights

Have you ever gone fishing? If you have, then you understand your chances of catching something improve when you know … Continued. The post Targeted Marketing Personas: More Catching Less Fishing appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Hanjin, Hurricanes, Harvests May Boost Truckload Rates

DAT Solutions

The spot marketplace remains tame despite occasional surges that cause scattered rate hikes. Capacity finds those opportunities, and throughout 2016, spot markets have restored 'normalcy' without generating the ripple effects that typically drive contract rates higher. I’d advise shippers to not get complacent about transportation costs for the longer term, however.

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U.S. Intelligence Illuminates Critical Need for Supply Chain Planning and Risk Mitigation

Oracle SCM

The U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) recently announced its plans to help industry and government address supply chain risks. As a part of this campaign, the NCSC released a video outlining threats that foreign entities, criminals, and hackers present to the private sector supply chain—and in turn to the public sector organizations that use goods and services from the private sector.

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Join Chainalytics at APICS 2016 Supply Chain Conference

CHAINalytics

By Jonathan Whitaker, Principal, Managed Analytics Services, Chainalytics Chainalytics is actively involved with providing Supply Chain Reference Model (SCOR™) training for many of our customers, so we’re always interested in the ways that our clients can benefit from better logistics approaches and deeper insights into supply chain issues and APICS guidance.

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How to Conduct Workplace Incident Investigations to Create Safer Workplaces

This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of global workplace incident trends, focusing on the top three biases leading to such incidents. It also highlights the significance of CSA Z1005 as a risk management standard and outlines the ROI of thorough incident investigations, covering emergency response to post-incident interviews. Additionally, it introduces an Investigation Evidence Gathering Matrix.

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Smart Cities can’t be Dumb about Last Mile Logistics

Enterra Insights

As cognitive computing systems and the Internet of Things (IoT) continue to mature, there will be more and more written … Continued. The post Smart Cities can’t be Dumb about Last Mile Logistics appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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The 2016 Supply Chain Top 25: Lessons from Leaders

Supply Chain 24/7

In this article Gartner’s research team talk about what it takes to be a supply chain leader and what insights and trends we can take away from this year's 2016 top 25 supply chains.

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Lessons from Hanjin: is Your Supply Chain Still at Risk?

Elementum

T he world’s seventh largest freight carrier is still treading water as its ships fail to find a place to dock. What Now? South Korea’s Hanjin is stuck (literally). As of last week, 85 of the company’s ships—carrying an estimated $14 billion worth of goods—were stranded at sea, with few ports willing to take them. A U.S. Federal Judge has granted some ships permission to dock at some U.S. ports —two weeks after the company declared bankruptcy —but the question remains: who can fund longshoremen

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Who's Looking Out For the Interests of Freight Brokers?

DAT Solutions

Editor’s note: This is a guest blog post by Tom Malloy, director of sales and membership for the Transportation Intermediaries Association. There are many trade associations and organizations that represent carriers, but what about about freight brokers and 3PLs? Who looks out for their interests? There's just one organization that exclusively represents the third-party logistics industry: the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA).

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.

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Arkieva COO Shapes Discussion on Demand Planning in the Bioscience & Pharmaceutical Industries

Arkieva

Changing market conditions makes demand planning in the bioscience and pharmaceutical industries highly critical. More accurate demand planning and forecasting is required for achieving overall business objectives in the areas of growth and operational efficiency. The Delaware Bio & Pennsylvania Bio Supply Chain Summit on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, features round-table discussions on the scope of the Pharmaceutical and Bioscience industry.

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51st Symposium Purchasing and Logistics

Supply Chain Movement

51st Symposium Purchasing and Logistics. Date: 9 – 11 November 2016. Venue: InterContinental Berlin, Germany. Organisation: BME Verband. URL: bme.de/en/all-events/51st-symposium-purchasing-and-logistics/. Agenda 2030: Agile and Networked. The beginning of 2016 clearly showed that the economic outlook is becoming ever more unpredictable and that the risks are increasing.

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High Demand for Supply Chain Professionals in the Manufacturing and Retail Industries

Supply Chain 24/7

Thanks to advancements in digital technology and an increased focus on supply chain risk and globalization, supply chains are expanding in scope and the need for top talent has increased with it.