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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. The links below are paid links.

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A Brief History of B2B Data Sharing – and What’s In Store

NC State SCRC

Over the decades, EDI standards emerged that cover a variety of supply chain artifacts and activities , from Purchase Orders & Acknowledgements (EDI 850 & 855) to Invoices (EDI 810) to Shipping Manifests (EDI 856). Databricks recently created an Open Source technology called “Delta Sharing”.

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It’s time to welcome the supply chain CEO

Kinaxis

Over the past few decades, companies have realized that the way they bring products to market – from sourcing parts and services, to manufacturing, to shipping, to distribution – isn’t just a practical necessity, but an avenue for competitive advantage.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. Analysis of the relative costs to serve customers and a data-driven process to reduce and manage costs at specific customers.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Journal of Commerce (U.S) is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Journal of Commerce (5 a month). joc_updates.

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Gaining a Competitive Edge through Advanced Analytics

Enterra Insights

The decisions range from big, one-off strategic choices (such as where to locate the next multibillion-dollar plant) to everyday frontline decisions that add up to a lot of value over time (such as whether to suggest another purchase to a customer). … As it happens, the more complex an analysis is, the more value it brings.”

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How Are Retail Trends Affecting CPG Shippers in Q3 and Beyond?

Zipline Logistics

from April numbers, they still trounced the previous May in year-over-year analysis. Image sourced from FreightWaves. Image sourced from FreightWaves. According to an article published in the Wall Street Journal , “In grocery stores, the average number of different items sold was down 7.3%.”

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