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The “First Five” Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017

GlobalTranz

Where and how manufacturers make products for Americans will change in 2017. Current industrial manufacturing trends show the new administration is pushing for reshoring among the nation’s biggest manufacturers, and new technologies are revolutionizing how companies respond to growing skepticism and scrutiny by the public and government oversight as well.

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3 Compelling Reasons to Start Using Prescriptive Analytics

AIMMS

If you’ve read up on the latest topics in the field of data analysis, then you’ve probably encountered the term Prescriptive Analytics. Prescriptive Analytics is a type of Advanced Analytics that results in a recommended action. Unlike Descriptive (focused on reporting with basic trend or pattern recognition) or Predictive Analytics (focused on predicting the future with forecasting techniques), Prescriptive Analytics uses techniques like machine learning and mathematical modeling to help you im

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Different Strokes for Different Folks (to Yield Better Results?)?

Supply Chain Shaman

This week I spent time in Silicon Valley talking to technology innovators. Disruption in supply chain planning is happening. My angst is that it is not happening faster. We are on a path to reinvent decision-support technologies like supply chain planning. The third act is starting. This will make traditional approaches obsolete. The rate of adoption will be fast for early adopters (next five years), but much slower for conservative followers.

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Is it time to take your supply chain glocal?

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Nope, that’s not a typo. I really did mean glocal. In case the term is new to you, glocal, in a supply chain context, is the blending of global integration with local responsiveness. I first heard the term only a few months ago during Zoltan Pekar’s presentation at our annual training and user conference, Kinexions. Pekar, the VP of Roland DG’s Global SCM Division, gave some interesting insights on the changing role of IT in supply chain.

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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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Trends In Manufacturing: 5 Tangible Technologies are Shaping the Future of Manufacturing Now

GlobalTranz

Continuous improvement is part of the game in manufacturing. Factories are finding new ways to change how products are made, reflecting an increased need for shorter product life cycles. Among the new trends in manufacturing improving the industry, additive manufacturing and cloud-based systems will push manufacturing forward in 2017. In fact, rapid design and lightning-fast prototyping, reports Mark Dohnalek of Manufacturing Business Technology magazine , will allow manufacturers to design and

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How a frozen food brand tamed their deliciously complex supply chain

DELMIA Quintiq

In the heart of America is a global frozen food brand with a mission: To make the most delicious food using the best quality ingredients. However, with 330 suppliers providing 1,800 SKUs that span six categories of raw materials, they recognized the need for a solution to optimize their highly complex supply chain. “Our goal is to make the most delicious food with the best quality ingredients, and this brings complexity into our supply chain.”. – Nigel Batchem, senior director of planning,

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Improving Supply Chain Collaboration: Connecting People

Kinaxis

by Teresa Chiykowski This is the final blog post in our three-part series discussing ways to improve supply chain collaboration. If you’ve read the first blog posts in this series, you should have a pretty good idea of two main reasons why supply chain collaboration is failing – fundamental. You should also have a better understanding how to fix what’s “broke” when it comes to data and processes.

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Top 5 Trends to Know to Compete with Amazon’s Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Aside from the new administration, Amazon’s supply chain continued push deeper into new and existing markets will define additional trends in the supply chain throughout the coming year. While supply chain entities struggle to stay competitive with the e-commerce giant, more organizations will look for ways to eliminate inefficiencies and boost operations.

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Shifting from “Linear Thinking” towards “Circular Thinking”

SCM Research

Shifting from “company thinking” to “supply chain thinking” has successfully replaced the system , managers had in mind when making their decisions. This shift has put some of the parts of what has formerly been considered the company’s unmanageable environment into their unit of analysis. A supply chain, however, is per definition linear. In the age of sustainability, we might thus need to go one step further and shift from “linear thinking” towards “circular thinking”.

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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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Industry 4.0 won’t Bring Back Jobs; but Neither will It Eliminate Human Workers

Enterra Insights

Manufacturing is on the upswing in the United States and that trend was in the making before the tortuous presidential … Continued. The post Industry 4.0 won’t Bring Back Jobs; but Neither will It Eliminate Human Workers appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Xilinx: Fight the urge to be precise – How supply chain technology is helping Xilinx

Kinaxis

by Melissa Clow For Xilinx Inc., a supplier of programmable logic devices, the focus is more on speed than optimization, says Alex Brown, vice president of supply chain. That’s not to say the latter is unimportant. After all, Brown was trained in the area of optimization, but he says data, always uncertain, changes every day. “We want to make decisions quickly, we want to be able to run things quickly, we want to know as fast as we can the sensitivity of a problem and what the key parameters are

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[e-Book] The Most Impactful Supply Chain & Logistics Trends in 2017

GlobalTranz

“The problem with trends is that they are like a freight train gaining speed; everyone can see the train, but at what point do you say the train is really moving at speed?” – Steve Banker from a recent Forbes article. This is quite the appropriate quote from Supply Chain thought leader, Steve Banker, the Service Director, Supply Chain Management at ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst and technology consulting company.

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Common Sales and Operations Myths Part 4 – Spreadsheets are King

Logility

This is the fourth in a series of posts that investigates some of the myths or mistruths I have heard over the last 20+ years concerning Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). The topic of today’s post is one we hear often and industry research shows it is not going away fast enough. The reliance on spreadsheets and other less sophisticated solutions to manage the S&OP process.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Supply Chain Transformation is Blowin’ in the Wind

Enterra Insights

Change is one of life’s constants. The supply chain is no exception to this rule. According to Jonathan Webb (@j_p_webb), Head … Continued. The post Supply Chain Transformation is Blowin’ in the Wind appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Editor’s Pick: Why Supply Chain Talent Management Needs to Be a Top Priority

Talking Logistics

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. Today’s post is by Angie Freeman, Chief Human Resources Officer at C.H. Robinson , where she shares five reasons why supply chain professionals at all levels need to be diligent talent managers.

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Trying to manage the Amazon effect? Don’t ignore your TMS.

3GTMS

Lots of supply chains are dealing with the “Amazon effect,” which has led consumers to demand lightning-fast (and free) delivery times, last-minute order changes, and 100 percent order accuracy. While initially seen as just a retail problem, these expectations have been extended to the B2B world as well. Lots of companies turn to their warehouse management system, inventory systems, order management system, and others to help manage the demands and expectations around orders and deliveries.

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Matt McLelland discusses drones at SCM World Live Americas

PINC

This picture was sent to us by one of our customers, Matt McLelland, Kenco's Innovation Research manager. Matt is an expert in the subject and presented a session titled " Drones in the Supply Chain – Everything you Need to Know " to over 350 C-level executives during the SCM World Live Americas Conference last week. SCM World is a cross-industry learning community, powered by the world’s most influential supply chain practitioners.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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Artificial Intelligence Looming Large

Enterra Insights

For decades, artificial intelligence (AI) was primarily confined to research projects in academia. That is no longer the case. “Artificial … Continued. The post Artificial Intelligence Looming Large appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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IT in the Age of Supply Chain Complexity: Important Attributes for Success

Talking Logistics

Artur Zgoda, Director of Supply Chain IT Solutions at AXIT- A Siemens Company , addresses the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: What types of supply chain complexities are companies facing today? What are some of the challenges or hurdles companies have to overcome to address this complexity, including from an IT perspective?

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Supply Chains – A second look: What do all those initials really mean?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

In common with many business functions Supply Chains adopt multiple initials and/or acronyms to describe various tasks and processes they manage on a daily basis. Those not familiar with SC-speak will often sit bemused as various initials are quoted and debated and then usually blamed for some tenuous lost sales claimed by Sales and Marketing.

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Intermodal Industry Outlook 2017

NFI Industries

Intermodal rail transportation has revolutionized the way shippers deliver goods across North America. 3PLs provide the service with capabilities that can match truck-like transit times while avoiding challenges such as driver shortages and fuel prices, all while reducing environmental footprint. Intermodal has evolved greatly over the years, with companies strategically looking to make the most.

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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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My Top 3 Supply Chain Predictions for 2017

Tompkins Blog

By Gene Tyndall Executive Vice President, Tompkins International I am pleased to offer my predictions for supply chains in 2017. To begin with, I am avoiding the obvious forecasts for the year, for example: • The U.S. macro-economy will expand under the new President, which will be positive for most all business sectors. • The. The post My Top 3 Supply Chain Predictions for 2017 appeared first on Tompkins International.

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B2B Demand Sensing: 7 Things You Must Know

Arkieva

What are the key things to know about B2B demand sensing? In our upcoming webinar on B2B Demand Sensing , we will discuss practical examples of how upstream manufacturers are using B2B Demand sensing to reduce inventory costs and identify additional sales opportunities. In this blog post, we will discuss fundamental information that B2B manufacturers looking to improve forecast accuracy with demand sensing should know.

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Freight Transportation Companies Slashed Payrolls in January

CHAINalytics

Job cuts at courier, trucking operations came amid continued gains in warehouse employment By Erica E. Phillips February 3, 2017 Couriers and other cargo-handling businesses slashed payrolls by 13,000 jobs in January, ending several months of gains during which the logistics sector ramped up for the holiday season. Employers in the logistics and transportation sector … The post Freight Transportation Companies Slashed Payrolls in January appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Why U.S. Trade with Mexico and China Could Not Be More Different

Material Handling & Logistics

Adams Nager, Economic Policy Analyst, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. Losing a job to China is much more damaging for the United States than losing a job to Mexico. read more.

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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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Best Practices for Supply Chain Transparency

Supply Chain 24/7

A new study from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute outlines the best practices for leveraging transparency in supply chains for financial profit.

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Automating Supply Chain Resilience Should Be High on Your Digital Agenda

MIT Supply Chain

Substantial investments in supply chain resilience have enabled companies to vastly improve their capacity for bouncing back after a disruption. But the digitization of supply chains is introducing new demands on company operations that require a different approach to building supply chain resilience. With the benefit of digital technologies, companies are using Big Data to […].

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Future of Logistics Takes Center Stage in 2017

TMC

In January, I attended the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. with Jason Craig, C.H. Robinson’s director of government affairs. While a variety of issues were discussed, the hottest topic across transportation policy professionals was new technology that could dramatically shape the future of logistics: autonomous vehicles (AV) and their potential implications on society and transportation.