Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Shorten the new order assessment and commit process from 14 days to 2 days – You’d be able to get halfway through an end-to-end marathon of all 726 episodes and 11 movies in the Star Trek franchise. Condense the assessment of demand plan variation from 2 weeks to minutes – With the 14 or so days you’d save, you could film an entire movie.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 27, 2017

Day 2 of FOCUS 2017 kicked off with a fantastic start with a packed General Session. The post Day 2 of FOCUS 2017 – Elevating the Customer Experience! Host Mark Jeffries welcomed the excited crowd and introduced JDA CEO Girish Rishi to the main stage. Read the wrap-up from Day 1! appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 27, 2017

Day 2 of FOCUS 2017 kicked off with a fantastic start with a packed General Session. Host Mark Jeffries welcomed the excited crowd and introduced JDA CEO Girish Rishi to the main stage.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 28, 2017

A common theme in the Tier 1 and 2 landscape of supply chain execution management is the desire to “orchestrate and synchronize end-to-end business processes,” and that “warehousing and transportation are notable points of convergence” (source: Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems ).

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 14, 2017

The post The Digitalization of Grocery – Part 2 of 4 appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog. Contact JDA today to learn more. Learn more about this topic by downloading the eBook, “ The Digitalization of Grocery.”.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 1, 2017

The post Powering Your Digital Supply Chain: Learning from Structured & Unstructured Data – Part 2 appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog. Visit EBN to read the rest of the blog post. Also, for more information, read the first blog in this series.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 28, 2017

A common theme in the tier 1 and 2 landscape of supply chain execution management is the desire to “orchestrate and synchronize end-to-end business processes,” and that “warehousing and transportation are notable points of convergence” (source: Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems ).

Warehousing 40

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Step 2 involved building the models. Case 2: Carton Optimization – FedEx and UPS two years ago went to dimensional weight pricing, whereby customers are charged for cube utilized, not just weight. Step 3 was an implementation roadmap, and Step 4 involved building out a future state cost model projection.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The post Supply Chain Planning Basics: A Planning Paradigm – Part 2 of 5 appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog. Part 4 – Supply Chain Planning Basics: Planning to Execute. Part 5 – Supply Chain Planning Basics: Implications.

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Supply Chain Digest

APRIL 17, 2017

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore and Materials Handling Editor Cliff Holste with Individual Reviews of Top New Solutions they Discovered on Day 2 in Chicago

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 14, 2017

The first blog post in this series discussed the shift in consumer behavior, including where, how often and how we shop is setting in motion an unprecedented time of uncertainty and opportunity for the grocery industry. This part of the series will go into further detail around the digital component of grocery. Digital Commerce and Edge Signals.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

In part 2 of this 3-part series, which is based around The Warehouse of the Future report, we’re going to take a deeper dive into the adoption of technology within the distribution center (DC), how technological innovation processes in DCs are poised to change over the next few years and the path and obstacles to automated DCs.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 5, 2017

The post Structuring Your Demand Planning Group to Make its Greatest Contribution – Part 2 of 4 appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog. This blog was first published in Supply Chain World. View the original post here.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Retailers often face demand uncertainty due to seasonality and variable consumer shopping behavior, so supply chain robustness is critical to ensure sufficient product availability.

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 18, 2017

For part one of this blog series The Uberization of Trucking Part 1: An Overview click here. At roughly $800B per year, the U.S. trucking market is one of the largest and most important markets in the country. Conincidently, it is also one of the most fragmented. trucking companies owning 6 trucks or fewer.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Which brings us to Dustin’s purple brontosaurus hoodie from Episode 1 of Stranger Things 2 – apparently purchased at The Science Museum of Minnesota, perhaps while on a road trip with his mom during the summer between season one and season two.

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Longbow Advantage

MAY 4, 2017

Lots of views and feedback on Part 1 , so thank you for that. In response to some feedback, I’ve updated the title of the posts.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 8, 2017

For instance, how can an enterprise get all of their tier 1, 2, and 3 suppliers on their collaborative Elementum platform to share data? A big challenge to consider in the block chain is the degree to which parties can get others in the supply chain to join the block chain.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 13, 2017

We believe that industry analysis requires more thought than a 2 X 2 matrix. The winners of the analysis are outlined in Figure 2. The focus is to align financial and operational teams on metric performance. P utting Together the Pieces: An analysis of an industry software category.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 21, 2017

Three companies – Apple, Cummins, and TSMC – were winners 2 years in a row and two companies – Dollar Tree and L’Oréal – were winners 3 years in a row.) The Supply Chain Index looks at balance, strength, and resiliency over time (see Figure 2). or 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 +1). That’s amazing! see Table 3).

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 13, 2017

Payne compares Stage 2 tools to a hammer. In stage 2 companies move from departmental to a process focus. Companies selecting technologies at this stage are narrowly absorbed: They need something to provide a schedule at the departmental level. The deployments tend to be small and confined. Supply Chain maturity stage …. Spreadsheets.

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FLEXE

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Part 2: What Stands in the Way of Meeting Customer Demands. The post Part 2: Cost Widens the Gap—What Stands In the Way of Meeting Customer Demands appeared first on FLEXE. Part 3: The Cost of Innovation. Selling Has Changed. The problem is the same. Cost is both a barrier to conversion and innovation.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2017

The post Concern, not Panic, Over Jobs Sustainability, Part 2 appeared first on Enterra Solutions. “Throughout our history we Americans have stood out by embracing the future and rising to big challenges,” write MIT’s Andrew … Continued.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2017

2) Leadership Matters. 2) Flexible Work Programs. They also want clear career paths with cross-functional and upward mobility. Many in the study feel stuck in insignificant positions with limited career mobility. Top Supply Chain Challenges. In the study, desired leadership takes many forms. 3) Coaching Programs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 22, 2017

2) Security in Many-to-Many Architectures. The nodes enable replication and authentication of the data. We are not clear on which companies should be a node and how to architect public data sharing across the supply chain. Most of the blockchain work today is one-to-many, not many-parties-to-many-parties.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 15, 2017

2) Actively Follow the Work of Innovators. However, I am hoping the hype is better managed (setting of realistic expectations) than as happened previously in history. When we overhype the industry, there are more failures and disappointments. Shifts in Technology for Supply Chain 2030. Yes, I know. Two very different views of the same market.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

As shown in Figure 2, the prevailing view of the value of point-of-sale data is strongly held by technologists, but not by line-of-business users. Syndicated data, by definition, is less accurate and has more latency (usually a 2-3 week lag to the market). Differences in Beliefs in Types of Data. Gaps in Revenue Management.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 16, 2017

Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post Forklift Safety Tips: Top 20 Tips Part 2 (11 thru 20) appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 16, 2017

Your VO 2 max levels determine your body’s ability to transport oxygen to your muscles and your muscles ability to utilize this oxygen. If you’ve read a few coaching books about running, chances are that the authors would agree that how well you run comes down to three factors: 1. Lactate threshold.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 19, 2017

Author’s son at finish of first varsity 2-mile race. He is running his first outdoor race of the season: the varsity 2-mile race. The 2-mile race is a good fit for my son. A week later, he runs 11:34 in another 2-mile race. The other runners are mostly upperclassmen and faster than him. The gun goes off.

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