Sat.Nov 07, 2015 - Fri.Nov 13, 2015

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Let’s Embrace New Ways of Working

Supply Chain Shaman

Tomorrow, I am off to Europe. On Thursday, I am speak on the future of supply chain technologies at an Eyeon conference in Rotterdam. It is the end of the fall speaking conference circuit and I am looking forward to spending time at home over the holidays. While I love talking to supply chain professionals at conferences and challenging them to think more holistically about supply chain excellence, as the leaves fall, I yearn for my home.

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Five Types of Inventory Optimization You Should Know

ToolsGroup

Inventory configuration is usually the predominant issue in most manufacturing environments. Inventory policy is usually the predominant issue in most distribution environments. Here are five types of inventory optimization that you should be aware of if you are considering an optimization solution. Knowing which types are important to your business is an important step to determining which solution best fits your needs.

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6 Benefits of Applying Useable Data in Logistics For Continuous Improvement

GlobalTranz

We continue our series on strategic shipping by going into detail of the 10 main areas that shippers can turn to in order to have a strategic logistics and transportation management mindset. Today we will go into detail on using the available data created in the processing of shipments within transportation management and other related logistics management for continuous improvement. . 6 Benefits of Using the Right Data in Logistics & Transportation Management for Continuous Improvement.

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An interview with Norm Jerome: BP

AIMMS

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Norm Jerome, a longtime AIMMS customer. It was great to learn about how AIMMS is used in the BP Petrochemical businesses and how it has been adopted by more and more end-users across the business. Here is a summary of that interview. Hi Norm, Tell me a little about your background. My formal training was in Chemical Engineering with emphasis on Process Control, and for the first 10 years of my career I worked as a Process Control Engineer, initially a

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Freight Rate News November 2015

Freightos

Wouldn’t it be amazing if someone could cut through the hype and summarize the key freight and logistics trends every month? Thought you’d never ask. That’s exactly what Freightos has been doing. We’ve split the trends into the sections on the right. If you prefer to find the news yourself, head over to our free roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics and supply chain news sources.

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What Drives an Investment in a Warehouse Management System? 5 Considerations for Your Selection

GlobalTranz

While logistics had remained the same for decades, the rise of modern civilization has transformed the industry. Small shipping companies have grown into larger third-party logistics providers , and warehouse management has become more focused on efficiency and accuracy instead of quantity of shipments. Transportation costs make up 60 percent of overall logistics expenses for all shippers and 3PLs.

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How to support your S&OP and IBP Process with Modeling and Optimization

AIMMS

Source: Oliver Wight. Optimization is a form of advanced analytics that helps you solve complex decision problems that involve conflicting objectives and constraints, enabling you to make the best use of your business’ limited resources. When applied to S&OP and IBP, modeling and optimization enable you to balance out scenarios and perform what-if analyses so you can analyze how these different scenarios will affect your inventory and/or cost.

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Top 7 Quotes from Kinexions

Kinaxis

by Kirsten Watson Well, that’s a wrap. Kinexions ’15 is in the books. And what a whirlwind it’s been. The sessions were inspirational, informative, and insightful. With a strong focus on innovation, digital technology enablement, and collaboration, the future of supply chain looks to be a bright one. With so many exceptional speakers, I left feeling motivated and encouraged.

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The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and International Supply Chain Development

Logistics Viewpoints

In last Friday’s “This Week in Logistics News” blog post, I mentioned that the TPP details had finally been released by the participating countries’ governments. Since Friday, I have spent a good deal of time reviewing the TPP trade agreement for topics of relevance to the logistics and logistics technology industries. Here is my first finding – I could never have been a lawyer.

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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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Big data and supply chain logistics optimization: Illusion vs. reality

DELMIA Quintiq

Not one supply chain conference or event goes by without some random discussions on big data. Presenter after presenter make grandiose statements about how big data will change the way supply chains operate and how everything will be incredibly different. But when you ask what is so disruptive about all that “big” supply chain data, everything you hear is RFID, GPS, last mile of “same day delivery”, and shipment track and trace.

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How to support IBP with Modeling and Optimization

AIMMS

Source: Oliver Wight. Optimization is a form of advanced analytics that helps you solve complex decision problems, enabling you to make the best use of your business’ limited resources.* When applied to S&OP and IBP, modeling and optimization enable you to balance out scenarios and perform what-if analyses so you can analyze how these different scenarios will affect your inventory and/or cost.

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What happens in Vegas CANNOT STAY in Vegas!

Kinaxis

by Carol McIntosh There were so many great insights this year from Kinexions , Kinaxis’ annual training and user conference. The learning about supply chain that happened CANNOT stay in Vegas! Some of the themes from this year’s conference were innovation, collaboration, agility and concurrent planning. Jeff DeGraff gave a memorable speech on innovation.

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Dr. Hau Lee on the New Supply Chain—and What to Watch Out for in TPP

Elementum

Welcome to the third installment of Supply Chain Spotlight, Elementum’s interview series. We speak with the most influential people in today’s global supply chain. Each interview is a conversation about the most important topics and tasks facing supply chain professionals all over the world. Hau L. Lee is the Thoma Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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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 Jetsons and Supply Chain Management

Enterra Insights

Alexa Cheater, Social Media & Public Relations Manager at Kinaxis, remembers fondly watching reruns of the Jetsons cartoon show while … Continued. The post The Jetsons and Supply Chain Management appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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As manufacturing business models evolve, your supply partners will be the difference between winning and losing

ivalua

For product manufacturers, the concept of ‘supply partners’ has changed dramatically in the last 50 years…and they will change more than ever in the next ten. Business models have evolved to a point where suppliers are so important to success that they are now considered an extension of the manufacturer’s enterprise. What has changed? Let’s look at a quick history of the manufacturing business model evolution and the shifting nature of supplier relationships.

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Will Purchasing Be Replaced by Agile Contracting and Relationship Management?

Supply Chain View from the Field

I had the opportunity to visit with Tim Cummins and Katherine Kawamoto from IACCM, who came by the SCRC offices yesterday to chat. We spent some time catching up on recent events in the news, and also had the opportunity to exchange ideas based on a recent webinar we ran with Shell, in which we discussed some of the outcomes of our recent study published in the Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation (JSCAN).

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Management and Supply Chain Planners: A case of hedgehog and the fox?

Arkieva

I was recently exposed to the idea of thinking like a hedgehog (one big idea) versus the fox (a lot of different ideas). So what happens when people who are more like hedgehogs in their line of work, interact with people who think like a fox? I just happen to know two such groups: Business leaders or management and supply chain planners. In this blog post, I want to examine this very question.

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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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Supply Chain Visibility: More than a ‘Nice to Have’ Capability

Enterra Insights

“As technology brings supply chain data into focus,” writes Gary Allen, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions for Ryder System … Continued. The post Supply Chain Visibility: More than a ‘Nice to Have’ Capability appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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How to Win the Race to Trace

MIT Supply Chain

Supply chain traceability is gaining in importance as companies respond to the rigors of setting and meeting corporate social responsibility goals. But the technology that underpins improved traceability is fragmented and often lacks a clear return on investment. How can companies choose solutions that are right for their businesses? The ability to track and trace […].

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Driver Digest: Veterans, 3PLs Salute You

NFI Industries

November 11 th of every year is a day we set aside to honor veterans for their sacrifice and willingness to serve their country. At the end of 2014, there was an estimated 21.2 million veterans in the United States1. Veterans have an admirable work ethic, sacrifice, dedication and honor. This group of citizens are sought. READ MORE.

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Four Steps to an Ethical Supply Chain

Arkieva

The other day I was searching around the internet and I came a across an interesting article on supplychaindigital.com entitled, “ Four Steps for an Ethical Supply Chain. ” It caught my attention. In a world so driven by competition and climbing to the top, often we leave our values and our ethics in the dust. In reading this piece I decided to share their four steps but give a slightly different thought on each one.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Supplier Diversity at P&G: A Core Part of the Business Strategy

Supply Chain View from the Field

I had an opportunity to interview Andy Butler, head of Supplier Diversity at Procter and Gamble last week. He shared with me his insights on sourcing from a diverse supply base, and how this has become truly engrained into P&G’s corporate culture. Andy has 9 years at P&G and admits that when he came in, “I didn’t know much!” As a young buyer of 24 years old, he was buying plastic packaging from a diverse supplier called Sealaska , located in the US’s most northe

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Label confusion: what eco-label should I trust?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Pavel Castka and Charles Corbett. The number of voluntary labels certifying some environmental and/or social attributes of a product continues to grow, and is already well past the point where most consumers are quite confused about how to choose between them. In buying coffee, should I focus on it being “certified organic”, should I look for a “Fairtrade” label, or for the Rainforest Alliance Certification?

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Driver Digest: Veterans, 3PLs Salute You

NFI Industries

November 11 th of every year is a day we set aside to honor veterans for their sacrifice and willingness to serve their country. At the end of 2014, there was an. Read more. 11/10/2015. Driver Digest. Supply Chain. Driver Digest, Supply Chain.

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How Does Supply Chain Data Influence the Way You Buy Wine

RFgen

Consumers want a variety of information when they shop for wine. Wine consumers consider a variety of factors when deciding on a product. A recent research report conducted by the University of Adelaide studied numerous purchasers at different phases of the supply chain to see what data leads to their final decisions. The report found restaurant managers buy wine based on taste, while people dining out prefer to stick to brands they are familiar with.

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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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How Can Sun Tzu’s The Art of War Help Your Supply Chain Resiliency Planning?

Resilinc

Before else, let’s be clear – supply chain resiliency and military engagement are not the same thing. Hundreds of years ago, during times of mass territorial warfare in historic China, Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War as a wise compendium for the keen general on how to better manage an army, outwit an enemy, and minimize casualties on the battlefield. The Art of War preached proactive strategies to most efficiently conquer an enemy and minimize losses.

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Supply Chain News on Can, and Should, Western Manufacturing be Saved Part 7

Supply Chain Digest

Two recent news stories have SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore pessimistic about the prospects for US manufacturing

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Penetration Testing: Reasons Manufacturers and Businesses Need to Take This Key Network Security Step Now

GlobalTranz

When’s the last time you tested your network? If you’re like most people, you’ve neglected it for far too long. Are you a target for hackers? We are all now familiar with the concept of the Internet of Things and if you take the manufacturing industry, for example, many manufacturers are now widely operating in an increasingly connected environment and making the most of the Industrial Internet of Things.