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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

and HOUSTON, Tex. A North American-based survey of nearly 200 supply chain professionals from top CPG, distribution/wholesale, food and beverage, manufacturing, and retail companies found that 58% of respondents are still in the exploring or evaluating phases of digital transformation. BOSTON, Mass.

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Protect Your Shipments From Cargo Theft

Zipline Logistics

Cargo theft is surging across the United States — and food and beverage products seem to be the main targets. Cargo Theft Increases in the United States Cities seeing a spike in freight theft include Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, Savannah, Newark, New Jersey, Memphis, and Chicago.

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How to Weather the Hurricanes of 2017 (and more) with a Heavy-Duty TMS Platform

Supply Chain Collaborator

sugar will impact food and beverage production later in 2017 as the harvest is due to begin on 1 October and the full implications of the loss are yet to be measured. All shippers are affected by this – fuel being integral to everything from agricultural production to actual freight movement.

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How Supply Chain Will be Affected by Hurricane Harvey

Material Handling & Logistics

Hurricane Harvey has struck a significant blow to the Houston, Texas metro area, home to the sixth largest import terminal in the world, as well as all of the shipping lanes in the Gulf Coast area. Given the strong economic linkages between the gulf coast and the country as a whole, Harvey is a disaster that will impact the U.S.

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America's Trucker Shortage Is Hitting Home

Supply Chain Brain

We could see the demographics, and now they’re finally hitting home,” says Brian Fielkow, president and CEO of Jetco Delivery, a trucking and logistics company based in Houston. Trucks moved more than 70 percent of all U.S. freight and generated $719bn in revenue in 2017, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA). “We

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How Retailers and CPG companies are benefiting from next-gen Control Tower and S&OE

o9 Solutions

Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem. While the above may sound like a dream that is many years out, many retailers and CPG manufacturers in the grocery, apparel, electronics, beauty, luxury and food & beverage segments are already using the 3Ws to drive significant improvements to their businesses.

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Building the Business to Consumer Superstar: Getting to the Promised Land with Supply Chain Control Towers and S&OE

o9 Solutions

Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem. While the above may sound like a dream that is many years out, many retailers and CPG manufacturers in the grocery, apparel, electronics, beauty, luxury and food & beverage segments are already using the 3Ws to drive significant improvements to their businesses.