AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

The list includes our best supply chain analytics blogs and news items, our latest webinars and most recent case studies. Chris Gordon, AIMMS VP North America, discusses this on our blog. But starting small can pay off, as Boon Edam’s Aron Waas (Global SC Director) explains in our recent blog post.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 24, 2021

For some time now, retailers have tried to attract customers by creating experiences in store, but they now need to get creative as shopping habits change and customers become more demanding.”[2] When you hear the term “changing face,” what springs to mind? Putting on make-up? Dawning a mask? A metaphorical alteration of circumstances?

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2022

Unfortunately, notes Shawn Muma ( @smmuma ), Director of Supply Chain Innovation and Emerging Technologies at Digital Supply Chain Institute (DSCI), too many businesses have turned their focus inward instead of outward. The well-worn adage that a company’s most valuable asset is its people needs an update,” he writes. ”[3]. ”[3].

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 14, 2022

Globally, the use of data is growing — and in the past two years, the pandemic has been the main driver behind worldwide data growth, including increased internet access and a new way of working. It is used to drive productivity, new customer experiences and create a positive societal and environmental impact.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2018

If consumers ever think about supply chains and how the items they desire manage to find their way into their homes, they likely picture fleets of trucks, trains, airplanes, and cargo ships — the logistics part of supply chains. ”[1] He believes all of these innovations are good things. ”[2]. ”[2].

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Enterra Insights

MAY 28, 2020

” He asserts customers expect the following: Free or low-cost shipping. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered physical stores, retailers were adopting omnichannel strategies to take advantage of the increasingly important consumer digital path to purchase. Nowadays, online stores are have become one of those tools.

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AB&R

MARCH 4, 2022

This article originally appeared on Definitive Technology Group (DTG)’s blog. If not aligned with the changing needs of a growing business, picking, packing, and shipping can shrink its margins. In addition, mobile receiving carts enable organizations to create value with fewer resources, a lean manufacturing principle.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Marketing campaigns largely focussed on mate-ship and camaraderie. For example, Carlton United Brewery’s marketing strategy for Victoria Bitter portrays a sense of the Australian culture:mate ship, and reward for a job well done with its “hard earned thirst” campaign that ran from the 60s to early 2000s.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Being a university instructor in innovation and disruption, I am always looking for great examples of how established, mature companies respond to disruption. Being a university instructor in innovation and disruption, I am always looking for great examples of how established, mature companies respond to disruption.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 6, 2020

Amazon’s new promises to offer breakneck shipping speed created a sense of urgency among consumers. In logistics, the “last mile” is a euphemism for the effort it takes to get a product or service delivered to its final destination. In today’s omnichannel world, the last mile can lead almost anywhere.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to creating a relocation strategy for your manufacturing business , you have more to worry about than happy employees. For manufacturers, it’s about covering the raw cost of materials, labor, shipping, taxes, understanding your profit margins, and much more. Subscribe Here! Email Address. The Factory Relocation Guide!

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There are resource shortages, clogged ports, rising shipping costs, unfilled job openings, slowed production, empty shelves, and the list goes on. ”[5] He also believes a lack of strategic connectivity is another barrier to supply chain transformation. And it hasn’t been good news. Supply chains are in trouble. ”[3].

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . We are now on the 4th of our 5 main blog categories we will feature as we wind down the year. A Look To 2018 and Beyond.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 31, 2019

Multinational enterprises deal with a dizzying array of paperwork involving procurement deals, purchase orders, shipping data, etc. ”[3] They go on to note, “A traditional ERP simply cannot keep pace with the rate of change and the need to innovate and optimize quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively.

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Locus

JULY 20, 2023

And one really important piece to the puzzle is optimizing the way shipments are processed at hubs. The Last Mile Challenge: Hub Operations Easier said than done however, as last-mile hub operations face many limitations: limited capacity and resources for vehicles, personnel, and equipment, which create significant challenges.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This blog post formed in my head as I worked with clients this month. After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. ————————-.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

One of the touted benefits of blockchain technology is that it will provide a clear provenance of where materials come from and how they have been handled along the way. Blockchain, by itself, cannot create such conditions or foster such practices. The Information Age eliminated ignorance as an excuse for most companies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Touchless fulfillment and shipping article, and permission to publish here, provided by Jenis Sheth. The transportation & logistics industry found new ways to go touchless during this pandemic. Supply chains all across the planet are discovering and rediscovering various solutions to make shipping and fulfilment touchless.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 30, 2018

“The way we move goods has never been static,” he writes. “In the 1940s, innovation meant streamlining processes with forklifts and ocean-bound shipping containers. .”[1] “The way we move goods has never been static,” he writes. The list is virtually endless.”[1]

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Savant Events

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

We are operating more and more with robotics, IoT and also investing in blockchain, as ways to improve our operations. If a new regulation is going to have an impact on the timing, I need to find a way to mitigate the risks. This creates interest in the company and attracts young talents.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Shipping accuracy is now a critical part of the buying experience for shoppers. With a delivery promise of 3-to-5 days, the process to locate products and get them on the road to customers could take longer. In some cases, even two-day shipping is too long. And come home to a package waiting for you on the front doorstep.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Container shipping companies carrying essential commodities have experienced large-scale disruptions due to unforeseen yet predictable surges in Demand for Retail Goods. Container shipping companies carrying essential commodities have experienced large-scale disruptions due to unforeseen yet predictable surges in Demand for Retail Goods.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. IoT makes use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips that “talk” to each other.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

To save money on any equipment, implement Preventative Maintenance as a way to achieve logistics cost reduction. Product slotting , or having top demand SKUs near shipping, will reduce the cost of picking and put away. According to the CSCMP's "State of Logistics" Report from 2015, logistics costs now make up over 8% of the GDP.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

The secret behind the innovation is Google X , a lab whose boss has the job title “Captain of Moonshot”, focused on looking at what everyone thinks is impossible and flipping it on its head. But first, some background. Technology Trend 1: Mobile. Mobile is on the rise – tablet, smartphone or other. This represented about 24.4%

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Blog post originally created by, and permission to publish here provided by, Michael Gaughan and published at [link]. Check out 5 Seismic Shifts in Supply Chain Technology! Refer back to our March 8th blog post for a quick review. Refer back to our March 8th blog post for a quick review. Subscribe Here!

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Since massive disruptions demand a proportionally rapid and innovative response, organizations which fail to see the demand -supply paradigm shift and respond in an appropriate and timely manner will likely get left behind. 5 Inventory Replenishment-Planning practices to drive profitability. Why demand – driven replenishment?

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FLEXE

AUGUST 21, 2017

That, plus its 1,800 stores, will create a distribution network powerful enough to drastically improve its delivery promise to customers. 73% of shoppers want affordable, fast shipping, and 61% will abandon an online purchase if delivery fees are too high. Last week, Target Corp. Why Is This Acquistion Important?

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Why, then, is it difficult to offer fast, affordable shipping? Why What’s standing in the way? You can find the full report here, but in the coming weeks, we’ll be diving deeper into the findings in a three-part blog series, “Breaking Down the Cost of Innovation”: Part 1: The Delivery Promise Gap. How’d We Get Here?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

France offered 8 oxygen generating plants that could be installed quickly along with 5 liquid oxygen containers, 200 electric syringe pushers, 28 respirators and their consumables. Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic!

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Innovation and Partnerships are the cornerstones of our growth. From a S&OP perspective this means to be able to quickly simulate product phase in and phase out, innovation gives us a bit more than 250 New Products per year, and we invest every year more than $200 billion for Research and Innovation.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 11, 2013

A new Bloomberg Business Week Research Services survey and report makes it clear that innovative supply chain tools are widely acknowledged to be crucial to meeting corporate goals now and in the future as supply chains grow more complex, customers become more demanding and globalization accelerates. 5 Steps to a Real Time Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Blog post originally published by, and permission to publish provided by, Raanan Cohen at [link]. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Check out Last Mile Delivery! What is your Strategy? 2017 was an important year for delivery logistics. But this evolution in the supply chain, and for last mile fulfillment in particular, doesn’t end with retail.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. And one of the things that we learned along the way was that when you are trying to introduce a new material into the electronics industry today, it takes about ten years, but when I started, it was probably… My focus was probably… We would do this in two or three years.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. And one of the things that we learned along the way was that when you are trying to introduce a new material into the electronics industry today, it takes about ten years, but when I started, it was probably… My focus was probably… We would do this in two or three years.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 1, 2020

The raised expectations, coupled with the current wave of demand driving parcel and package delivery, is driving innovation across the market. The raised expectations, coupled with the current wave of demand driving parcel and package delivery, is driving innovation across the market. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Last Mile Delivery!

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Shipsy

JANUARY 9, 2018

With new initiatives such as the introduction of GST, E-way compliance bill, ‘Infrastructure’ status granted to logistics, the Government is putting its full weight behind the logistics industry in the country. In the first half of 2018, all eyes will be on the implementation of the E-way bill compliance that will go live on 1st February.

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