Arkieva
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
When and how to invest in supply chain management technology is a critical question for all firms that is not a one-time question, but ongoing. Invest in Supply Chain Management Technology: Efficiency Assessment was first posted on September 18, 2020 at 11:49 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.
DELMIA Quintiq
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The cancellation of this year’s Oktoberfest is another blow to a beleaguered beer industry that’s still reeling from the effects of the global health crisis. The world’s biggest beer festival was expected to bring in up to six million visitors to the city of Munich. Around the world, beer consumption during that time of year is normally high, as smaller scale Oktoberfest events take place everywhere.
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Intelligent Audit
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
In a time of uncertainty, carrier capacity issues, and increasing costs, it’s clear that shippers are now more than ever turning to tools to help them optimize their operations. The last few years have seen shippers experience supply chain disruptions, with the COVID-19 crises compounding those issues even further. The shift to eCommerce has been rapid, but we’ve seen an incredible acceleration over the last few months.
GlobalTranz
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Carving a successful footprint and managing to boost Peak season value involves the direct application of KPI supply chain best practices. These best practices go back to the root of digital transformation within logistics, recognizing when things go wrong and intervening immediately. Furthermore, the value of parcel efficiency grows in tandem with the demands of.read More.
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
ToolsGroup
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
How has COVID-19 affected your business? Are you experiencing a change in demand given the changes to the economy and government measures? Our business fortunately hasn’t been significantly affected, aside from having our travel and events curtailed. There’s still a strong demand for supply chain planning solutions, particularly ones with machine learning capabilities that can help clients rapidly adapt to the changing supplier situations and consumer demand that goes along with major disruption
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Baseball has a key performance indicator that is unrivaled. The Wins Above Replacement Value tells a team exactly what they need to do to succeed. In business, and the supply chain realm, no other success metric has this clarity. The post No Industry Has A Better Success Metric than Baseball appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.
Logility
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
A global pandemic was impossible to foresee as COVID-19 swept across our increasingly interconnected world. The challenging landscape, from store and factory closures to wild swings in inventory, has proven to be the ultimate test of strength for supply chain teams everywhere. Supply chain is now a household term. Companies are measured on their ability to meet demand, right-size inventory to preserve cash and identify potential risks before they impact operations.
The Logistics of Logistics
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Every Salesperson’s Secret Weapon with Jamin Alvidrez. Jamin Alvidrez and Joe Lynch discuss every salesperson’s secret weapon. Jamin is an accomplished 3 rd party logistics sales leader and coach. About Jamin Alvidrez. Jamin Alvidrez has worked in logistics and transportation for the past 16+ years. Jamin’s supply chain and tech adventure has seen him have success at a wide range of roles at companies of differing size from CH Robinson to several start-ups and now his own venture.
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
In the post Hidden Suppliers Can Make or Break Your Operations (Harvard Business Review, May 2015), the authors write, “With the size and complexity of supply chains soaring, a daunting challenge is confronting companies: identifying the critical nodes hidden within the vast expanse of their supply networks.” The coronavirus outbreak has put supply chain risk.
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.
ToolsGroup
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
A reliably high service level is your advantage against the competition. Make your inventory work to your benefit with our self-adaptive demand and inventory models. By automatically defining the optimal mix of inventory across the multi-echelon supply chain to meet planned service level requirements, you’ll stay ahead of the pack and keep costs down.
Logility
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Ask finance managers to name a necessary evil of their responsibilities and many will cite reconciling goods received against invoices not received (“GR-NI”). The GR-NI issue is time-consuming to manage but not exactly mission critical to finding new business. Because of that it often gets demoted to the lowest of priorities. Not dealing with GR-NI, however, creates financial liabilities and can introduce significant risk to your business operations.
The Logistics of Logistics
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Winning Strategic Accounts with Mike Neme. Michael Neme and Joe Lynch discuss winning strategic accounts, understanding buyer behavior and aligning sales efforts to the customer’s buying behaviors. In the podcast interview, Mike shares his approach to strategic account sales, which has enabled him to consistently win enterprise logistics accounts. About Michael Neme.
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This post from Descartes’ knowledge center provides an overview of the Top 10 best practices for establishing, managing and measuring effective.
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PINC
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Acquisition Marks Second AKKR Investment in Supply Chain Software Space in Two Months After PINC, A Leader in Yard Management Software Solutions. Menlo Park, CA & Union City, CA – September 15, 2020 – Accel-KKR , a leading technology-focused investment firm, today announced that it has closed on a carve-out acquisition of the Shipper TMS portion of the Supply Chain Optimization (SCO) software business portfolio owned by Wabtec Corporation.
Supply Chain Collaborator
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
UltraShipTMS, the enterprise logistics management platform built for (and used by a growing roster of) high volume shippers is pleased to formally announce the successful integration with Samsara telematics and fleet tracking technology. This development augments the powerful UltraFleet management module of UltraShipTMS. The latest in a string of integrations with leading supply chain management technologies and applications, the Samsara integration is designed to support the creation and updat
The Logistics of Logistics
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
Supply Chain Basics with Jason Miller. Jason Miller and Joe Lynch discuss supply chain basics. Jason is a professor of supply chain at Michigan State University, which is ranked as one of the top supply chain schools in the world. About Jason Miller. Jason Miller (PhD The Ohio State University) is a tenured Associate Professor of Logistics and the John D. and Dortha J.
Supply Chain Movement
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
The path to sustainable supply chains is proving to be a long, hard slog with numerous obstacles along the way. Firstly, there is a gaping hole between the rhetoric and the reality. According to a global study by UN Global Compact and Accenture in early 2019, 92% of CEOs believe that integrating sustainability is a critical factor for business success, but less than half of them are actually integrating it into their operational processes.
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Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
It’s no secret some businesses are struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in a double whammy involving both health and economic risks. Yet even in the midst of a deep recession, David Vellante ( @dvellante ), co-CEO of SiliconANGLE Media, reports, “Robotic process automation solutions remain one of the most attractive investments for business technology buyers — this despite our overall 2020 tech spending forecasts, which remain at the depressed levels
CHAINalytics
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
After first requiring suppliers to do a better job meeting must-arrive-by dates for order fulfillment back in 2017, Walmart is insisting on much stricter OTIF rules starting this week. Walmart’s standards for suppliers have tightened progressively The latest memo may have gone out on September 1, 2020, but the process of raising the on-time and … The post Keeping up with Walmart: How to improve OTIF fulfillment rates appeared first on Chainalytics.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Mentions of “supply chain” have grown nearly 30% in the past five years, according to annual reports from S&P 500 companies.
IT Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
By David Jinks MILT (pictured). ParcelHero’s Head of Consumer Research, The post Brexit has already cost more than the International Space Station – & it’s still rocketing! appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
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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.
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
British novelist Wilbur Addison Smith once wrote, “History is a river that never ends.” The metaphor of history as a river is misleading. It implies a fairly steady flow of events from the past into the future. Forecasters would love that to be true. Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic once again demonstrates how history is more like tectonic plates floating on the Earth’s core than it is a river.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet? Supply Chain Systems article and permission to publish here provided by Dave Joseph at veridian.info. E-commerce will continue to grow significantly through 2020 and beyond. As evidenced by the most recent peak shipping season , the need for effective, high-quality logistics and warehouse management has never been higher.
All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The global supply chain depends heavily on material handling equipment. Therefore, when a machine goes down, operations can quickly grind to a costly halt.
IT Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
By Bas Lemmens (pictured). VP & General Manager of VMware Tanzu. The post Is Kubernetes the kale diet of the enterprise world? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
In dark times, people look longingly for the dawn of a new day. The coronavirus pandemic resulted in dark times for many supply chains and, as a result, much is being written about how supply chains can transform and usher in a new day of supply chain operations. Michael Schrage, a research fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explains the global outbreak of COVID-19 has “dramatically accelerated digital transformations worldwide. … As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella publicly ob
Intelligent Audit
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
As we make our way into the final quarter of 2020, carriers are beginning to roll out their pricing for 2021. This week, FedEx announced its pricing for the upcoming year that included two important changes to keep an eye on. Rate Increases. For 2021, FedEx will be introducing an average 4.9% rate increase on Ground, Express, and Home Delivery. While this increase is not as substantial as some had expected, coupled with the continuously increasing surcharges, it will certainly have an impact on
BlueYonder
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
If I have learned one thing since dipping my toe into adulthood, it’s that no person is perfectly “normal.” No set of traits makes up the perfect human because everyone struggles with something out of the ordinary, some are just able to hide their differences more than others. Yet, as a society, we still tend to shy away from those who don’t seem to fit the mold of our concept of “normal.”.
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