Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column has had a brisk start in our 2024 postings, and we have added this supplemental posting. In our initial 2024 posting last week, we highlighted two acquisitions related to supply chain technology providers. All rights reserved.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

More Resources Home February 28, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Europe prices(FBX11 Weekly) fell 1% to $4,553/FEU.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

More Resources Home February 22, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 2% to $4,587/FEU.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

More Resources Home February 13, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 8% to $4,697/FEU.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

More Resources Home February 7, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 7% to $5,097/FEU.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 29, 2024

Manufacturing will continue to be shaped in 2024 and beyond, by technological advances. AI appears again in procurement with the adoption of machine learning leading to streamlining operations, making better decisions, and building stronger supplier relationships. Significant trends are emerging that manufacturers should be watching.

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Freightos

JANUARY 10, 2024

More Resources Home January 10, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 176% to $4,391/FEU.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

is advanced supply chain analytics. Advanced supply chain analytics is turning the current uncertainty into strategic foresight. In this blog, we’ll delve deeper into the potential of advanced supply chain analytics and understand why it is the need of the hour.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 16, 2024

Not surprisingly, companies that employ advanced analytics to improve decision-making and execution have the results to show for it.” Mankins and Lori Sherer, “ Creating value through advanced analytics ,” Bain Brief, 11 February 2015. [2] Too many companies fall into the decision abyss when it comes to their supply chain.”

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EC Sourcing Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The procurement world is on the brink of a new era. As 2024 approaches, a wave of technological advancements promises to redefine eSourcing , turning today’s best practices into relics of the past. These innovations aren’t just upgrades—they are game-changers, reshaping the procurement landscape and setting the bar for what’s possible.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 22, 2020

That’s why spending on supply chain advanced analytics is on the rise. Analysts from River Logic write, “The importance of supply chain analytics is demonstrated by predictions that the market will grow at a CAGR of 17.3% between 2019 to 2024, more than doubling in size. Business has always been a numbers game.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

More Resources Home January 3, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03) climbed 55% to $3,900/FEU.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2024

It demands an in-depth understanding of every stage of the supply chain, from the initial procurement of raw materials to the delivery of the final product. This software provides real-time visibility into inventory levels, automates the ordering process, and offers analytics to help optimize supply chain operations.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The integration of real-time data and analytics into contract structures is not just innovative—it’s becoming essential. Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. He’s proven go-to-market and growth leadership across industries.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech kicks off our 2024 series with two acquisition announcements related to multiple supply chain providers. The software provides supply chain transparency and supplier mapping across supply chain tiers as well as data analytics, supplier scoring and traceability.

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Vinculum

JANUARY 30, 2024

To succeed as a D2C brand in 2024, brands must: ● Build Omnichannel capabilities : Increasingly, a customer demands seamless interactions in all the channels they shop and return goods. Based on past purchases and running analytics on them, the brand must personalize all interactions including promotions in popular social media platforms. ●

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond. For the end consumer, it creates a snapshot of traceability from procurement to delivery.

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Vinculum

JANUARY 30, 2024

To succeed as a D2C brand in 2024, brands must: ● Build Omnichannel capabilities : Increasingly, a customer demands seamless interactions in all the channels they shop and return goods. Based on past purchases and running analytics on them, the brand must personalize all interactions including promotions in popular social media platforms. ●

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

Everstream ranked number three in the data science category for its application of AI and predictive analytics to global supply chain risk. billion market valuation based on 2024 revenue expectations in 2024. This tech provider was more recently named as the Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Some of the core capabilities and skill sets that Spinnaker brings include supply chain management and process improvement, supply chain design and analytics, supply chain planning, omni-channel order management and supply chain execution. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The answers lie in investments in supplier development teams, the simplification of the bill of materials and product platforms, and analytics to forecast requirements based on consumption. Today, we have an additional factor with inflation to add to the mix of issues, that changes the requirements for the “buy plan in procurement.”

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Judah Levine December 19, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 3% to $1,556/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) were level at $2,509/FEU.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Prediction 1: By the end of 2021, half of all manufacturing supply chains will have invested in supply chain resiliency and artificial intelligence, resulting in productivity improvements of 15%; Prediction 2 : By 2022, firms will dedicate 35% of their logistics business process outsourcing services budget to process automation, focusing on order, (..)

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 14, 2023

At this same time, TMT companies are one of the major contributors to Scope 3 emissions through the goods and services procured through their extended value chains. Rajesh described the concept of a circular business model where the value of consumed materials is recovered through increased recycling.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2014

Enablers – There are success-enabling capabilities, technologies, analytics, and educational programs available to supply chain executives and leaders. Fuel innovation with processes and analytics. Professionals in demand planning, procurement, logistics, fulfillment, sourcing: step up and take ownership of your area.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

More Resources Home Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Even with an international naval force in place, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea continue.

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C3 Solutions

JULY 30, 2020

It's not the retailers aren't interested; in fact, they strongly believe that IoT will have a dramatic effect on business in the next three years , and 72 percent in a recent North American study said they were interested in IoT based automation, sensors and analytics. Where's the ROI? 3] Leading the IoT , Mark Hung, Gartner, 2017. [4]

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Resilinc

JANUARY 23, 2024

Accomplished procurement veteran and author Tom Linton provides valuable insights into the supply chain risk management landscape in 2024 in this exclusive Q&A. What are the biggest supply chain trends we will see in 2024, and how can managers prepare for those trends? Which megatrend is top of mind for you going into 2024?

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

Many eyes will now be focused on forecasts for 2024 and beyond. The World Bank and the World Trade Organization (WTO) are each forecasting expected global trade volumes of 1.7 percent this year compared to 5.2 percent in 2022. A range of one to two percent of global trade volumes is viewed by economists as reflecting little economic growth.

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Freightos

JANUARY 24, 2024

More Resources Home January 24, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 15% to $5,492/FEU.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2024

Within Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain and Manufacturing (SCM), Generative AI capabilities now reportedly support product description generation, supplier recommendations or customized procurement negotiation summaries. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 24, 2022

At the same time, global spending on IIoT Platforms is predicted to grow from $1.67B in 2018 to $12.44B in 2024, attaining a 40% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in seven years. How can AI-lead intelligent automation and analytics help create contingency plans and create safe working environments? 4) ACTIONABLE ANALYTICAL INSIGHTS.

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Unleashed

JUNE 23, 2021

Inventory analytics goes mainstream. Improving efficiencies with data analytics. for the 2020-2024 period), but to also help businesses move on from the pandemic. Connect IoT tech to your cloud software to input critical real-time data to analytics and other business systems. Inventory Analytics.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Judah Levine November 28, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 3% to $1,613/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $2,362/FEU.

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Freightos

MARCH 6, 2024

More Resources Home March 6, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $6,652/FEU.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The banned part is a small electronic component that is part of a larger control unit, which is currently being replaced—a process that may take until the end of March 2024. Our partner for UFLPA is Karon , a leading provider in research and data analytics, global trade compliance, sanctions, and other commercial risks.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 7, 2020

More so than ever, companies are turning to AI-powered analytics to perceive patterns of demand for products and services, across geographic and socioeconomic segments.” Supply chains will be able to procure, source, manufacture and handle logistics across a broad array of players including small to medium businesses.

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