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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

One of my favorite supply chain leaders has a stack of Palantir reports in black binders on his desk. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The Rubikloud acquisition was a $60M cash purchase.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

It’s December 1, the beginning of the end of 2017. Logility Acquires Halo Business Intelligence to Expand Advanced Analytics. Descartes Reports Fiscal 2018 Third Quarter Financial Results. Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics. How did we get here so fast? Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub. Answer at the end.).

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Holiday Sales Look Bright

Enterra Insights

Most analysts are predicting brisk sales this holiday season that equal or better last year’s sales. Erica Sweeney reports an OpenX survey conducted with the Harris Poll found consumers are optimistic about the current economy.[1] Howland reports, “More holiday shoppers will head to physical stores this year.”[6]

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Supply Chain Lessons from Disney: A Supply Chain Rookie Report

Arkieva

I was excited to visit Disney, but I only have two clear memories: the Mickey ears I purchased and my brother’s trying to order the most expensive item on the menu every time we ate out. As a new addition to Arkieva and the supply chain world, participating at SAPinsider SCM and Logistics 2017 was exciting for me. Start Now.

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With Crisp data, Swoon and Barbie evolve classic flavors into a summer smash

crisp

As she began to grow into her current role as VP of Finance and Operations, Rachel took over accounting processes and delved into business analytics in a way that the team previously didn’t have the time or resources to do. Wrangling siloed vendor portal reports from each retailer tacked hours onto this process.

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5 Transportation Management System Benefits & The Ever Expanding use of a TMS by Shippers

GlobalTranz

Yet, more consumers are getting online and finding their purchases around the globe. As a result, 69 percent of all shoppers are expected to be fully utilizing a TMS by the end of 2017, if not the end of 2016. For example, at Cerasis we have a report called the "Least Cost Compliance" report.

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JDA is Best-in-Show at Retail’s BIG Show!

BlueYonder

The Editors of RIS News named JDA’s booth as one of the Had-to-See Booths at NRF 2017 ! #8 4 – Next-Gen Analytics on Display. Moderating was JDA’s Lee Gill, GVP Global Retail Strategy, who previewed exciting findings from the soon-to-be-released Global Retail & Consumer Goods CEO Viewpoint 2017: The Transformation of Retail.