SupplyOn
APRIL 16, 2020
Efficient risk management is key to making supply chains and production capacities more resilient. To obtain the full picture, you need to consider suppliers, logistics as well as external events The current coronavirus pandemic poses enormous, unprecedented challenges for companies. Efficient risk management plays a central role in meeting these challenges.
Enterra Insights
APRIL 16, 2020
The novel coronavirus outbreak demonstrates how interconnected the world has become and how fragile global supply chains can be. A report published by PwC states, “As the crisis evolves, complexities and vulnerabilities in global supply chains, which extend beyond China’s central role in manufacturing and goods trade, are coming to the fore. … While it’s too soon to say whether large-scale sustained adjustments will be made, given the extreme labor cost arbitrage, the change in
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DynaSys
APRIL 16, 2020
In previous posts, I wrote on the emergence of circular model supply chains , and the likely impacts they may have. Of course, a response I often receive is Why? Why are circular model supply chains any different to the myriad of other supply chain sustainability banners that have come and gone over the past decade? Why now? Why do manufacturers need to transform their operations to a circular model?
Procurement Academy
APRIL 16, 2020
Two professions that share a title, but where there is very little industry talent exchange. Once a retail buyer, an individual tends to stay on that path, growing through the function and taking on ever higher buying roles or category management roles… and it’s the same in industry… graduates start out as buyers or procurement… The post Can a Retail Buyer become a Procurement Buyer?
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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.
GlobalTranz
APRIL 16, 2020
This is part two of the Top 10 Metrics to Track and Manage Risk in the Supply Chain article. Check out part one here. Disruption is nothing new to supply chain professionals. Weather-related events occur, and public health scares always seem present. Then, the COVID-19 crisis changed the game. Now, figuring out the best way.read More. The post Top 10 Metrics to Track and Manage Risk in the Supply Chain – Part 2 appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Supply Chain Game Changer
APRIL 16, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Should Lead the Boardroom … the Coronavirus Proves it! Article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at argentus.com. A few weeks ago, we wrote about the impact of the Coronavirus epidemic on Supply Chains – specifically, how the emerging crisis in China had placed new pressures on companies importing finished goods and raw materials from overseas.
CHAINalytics
APRIL 16, 2020
This week’s Freightvine podcast episode examines the challenges facing freight transportation in the effort to reduce its environmental impact. Joining host Chris Caplice to discuss their work on the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative are his MIT colleagues Alexis Bateman and Suzanne Greene. What is sustainability, particularly when it comes to supply chain management?
BlueYonder
APRIL 16, 2020
Blue Yonder is committed to helping its customers face the unexpected. To provide insights into the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and its impact on supply chains around the world, we are delivering a blog series to help anyone looking for support and advice. Our experts, who have spent years in the supply chain industry, share their insights. No-one saw the COVID-19 pandemic coming, nor the catastrophic impact on our lives and supply chains.
Oracle SCM
APRIL 16, 2020
By Howard Engle, Enterprise Solution Architect, CSS. Consumer behavior leads the way. Today consumers are just a click away from getting their hands on just about anything their heart desires. And even better, they can have it delivered to their doorstep in just a day or so. Just a few years ago, this level of convenience would have been unthinkable.
Advertiser: GEP
Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.
Taulia
APRIL 16, 2020
This on-demand Procurement Leaders webinar looks at how financial risk manifests itself within a supply chain, how procurement can balance pressure from finance with the value of supplier relationships and what best practice looks like. Watch now to learn more about: Tools and techniques to manage supplier risk, including supplier financing Signs of financial risk and how to develop a more proactive approach to identifying potential disruption How smart organisations are adapting their interacti
ThroughPut
APRIL 16, 2020
What is Digital Transformation? Digital transformation is the process of using digital technologies across industries to modify or create new business processes, enhanced working culture, and effective end-user experiences. The objective is to meet evolving technology, business, and market requirements more effectively. Digital transformation spans across traditional roles of operations, sales, marketing, and customer service and creates value in numerous ways.
Taulia
APRIL 16, 2020
Smaller suppliers are often those least able to withstand an economic shock like COVID-19. Yet if smaller suppliers fail, the supply chains of the UK’s largest corporations may fail with them. In this special Working Capital Forum webinar, the UK Government’s Small Business Commissioner, Philip King, joins the Working Capital Forum’s Mike Hewitt and David Venables, director for UK and Ireland at Taulia, to discuss: How bad is the situation for smaller suppliers?
ThroughPut
APRIL 16, 2020
What is Digital Transformation? Digital transformation is the process of using digital technologies across industries to modify or create new business processes, enhanced working culture, and effective end-user experiences. The objective is to meet evolving technology, business, and market requirements more effectively. Digital transformation spans across traditional roles of operations, sales, marketing, and customer service and creates value in numerous ways.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Vinculum
APRIL 16, 2020
The effects of the Corona pandemic globally have given rise to significant concern as to the future of the economy. The virus’s toll on human health has led nations the world over to implement stringent measures on their populations, limiting their movements and working capabilities. The retail industry, especially, is facing unprecedented vulnerabilities in its supply chain.
ThroughPut
APRIL 16, 2020
What is Digital Transformation? Digital transformation is the process of using digital technologies across industries to modify or create new business processes, enhanced working culture, and effective end-user experiences. The objective is to meet evolving technology, business, and market requirements more effectively. Digital transformation spans across traditional roles of operations, sales, marketing, and customer service and creates value in numerous ways.
NC State SCRC
APRIL 16, 2020
The SCRC held our first webinar panel today (video embedded below), which was attended by over 90 people, with another 200 who signed up for the recording. The webinar featured myself, commenting on some of the attributes of the global supply chain that will shift, based on some of my recent work with the US AirForce, GovBuy, the Helena Covid19 Network, and other groups on how to mobilize a response to the chronic shortage of supplies in hospitals.
MercuryGate
APRIL 16, 2020
The state of the freight market continues to change in response to the global supply chain crisis amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. According to the Department of Transportation, spot rates are up across the board, especially comparing March 2020 and the start of April 2020 to the same time in 2019. Furthermore, spot load posts […]. The post Using a MultiModal SaaS TMS to Provide Flexibility & Pivot Capability appeared first on MercuryGate International.
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
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
APRIL 16, 2020
It’s times like these that we realise the interconnectivity and interdependency that exists in our world. As COVID-19 continues to impact economies, businesses and individuals across the globe, the role and continuity of supply chains has never been more important than it is today.
CH Robinson Transportfolio
APRIL 16, 2020
Logistics has always been the backbone that silently keeps the world moving but, in this time of uncertainty, its importance has been magnified. COVID-19 has caused disruption globally to all business, in one way or another, and navigating this unprecedented time has highlighted many challenges. With the evolving landscape, forward planning has become essential to ensure business continuity plans are effective.
FLEXE
APRIL 16, 2020
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is disrupting the retail and supply chain industries. Here’s how.
Freightera
APRIL 16, 2020
For the second year, Freightera makes the list of private BC companies best positioned for high growth and acquisition, according to a predictive model by Rocket Builders. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 15, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Freightera , a leading online freight marketplace offering instant freight quotes and streamlining shipping operations for manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors in Canada and the U.S., was recognized among BC’s top private companies in the Information an
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.
Talking Logistics
APRIL 16, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we learn new ways that our customers are using logistics solutions to help them adapt to highly changing business conditions. Route planning is one of those areas that is adapting. The coronavirus has exposed the need to move away from the traditional static and master route planning solutions used by. Read more The Power of Dynamic Routing During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Supply Chain Digest
APRIL 16, 2020
The Supply Chain Keeps Back Chaos, Can It Hold
QAD
APRIL 16, 2020
In our previous Actionable Insights blog , we discussed the Operating Expenses Action Center. Next, we will provide an overview of the Fixed Assets Action Center as well as the associated key performance indicators (KPIs). Fixed assets include land, buildings, or machinery and equipment that will have a long useful life. Unlike current assets such as receivables, companies don’t expect to turn fixed assets into cash in the short term—not for at least a year, and usually longer.
crisp
APRIL 16, 2020
Gilbert’s Craft Sausages are leading the pack. With products that are tasty, healthy and convenient, even the packaging is designed to reduce waste. Eric Rombert, a partner at Gilbert’s wanted to find a tool capable of taking over the forecasting process by running reliable, automated forecasts for his products. He also wanted to find a technology designed to work well for a small but growing business.
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Freight Center
APRIL 16, 2020
COVID-19 has surely had an impact in so many ways. We have all seen the empty shelves at the stores and the demand for temperature-controlled items to be in stock has greatly increased. There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes in getting these sensitive, essential items to you. Not to mention that spring has arrived and that means many industries like produce are ramping up productivity.
EMERGE App
APRIL 16, 2020
The rate of generating revenue from your business is directly proportional to the efficiency of your Inventory management System. This article throws light on one of the vital components of a reliable inventory management system – Barcodes. Barcodes are the latest and most efficient way to keep track of your inventory. It makes your day-to-day operations easy as well as also seem beneficial for the long term.
RFgen
APRIL 16, 2020
Overview. When choosing a mobile barcoding solution, you’ll also need to consider the type of device you’ll use for barcoding scanning: consumer grade mobile devices or dedicated barcode handhelds. Consumer-grade devices support BYOD, lowering entry costs. Purpose-built, ruggedized devices have higher entry costs, but lower TCO. Type of environment, age of workforce and functionality requirements should also be considered.
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