DAT Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

Three shippers answered that question during a panel discussion at the 2018 DAT User Conference in Portland, OR. From left to right, Cori Purrington, David Domencic, and Gerald Hahn during a panel discussion at the DAT User Conference. Now we're creating loads that don't take as much time to break down.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. In other Amazon news, the company has adjusted its Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) seller capacity for the peak season. As part of its preparation, it offers most sellers higher estimated capacity limits for October.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

Raja Hammoud, EVP of Products at Coupa, speaking on the main stage at Coupa Inspire Coupa recently completed its Inspire conference. Coupa just released a supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) solution that runs on their BSM platform. It ran from April 11 th through the 13 th at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

Three shippers answered that question during a panel discussion at the 2018 DAT User Conference in Portland, OR. From left to right, Cori Purrington, David Domencic, and Gerald Hahn during a panel discussion at the DAT User Conference. Now we're creating loads that don't take as much time to break down.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2021

The SVP of Supply Chain at Walmart speaking at Blue Yonder’s virtual user conference. Brett Biggs, an executive vice president at Walmart, summarized the investments by saying the retailer is spending on increased fulfillment capacity, supply chain, automation, and technology. billion, just 2.8% billion, 4.1%

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

EcoVadis’ focus is helping suppliers accelerate their journey by measuring and improving their sustainability management system, collecting and reporting their data, building capacity to ultimately drive reductions in impact. Increasingly, companies will take sustainability criteria into account in their purchasing decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In support of the new grocery delivery service, Save Mart and Amazon are offering first-time customers 15 percent off orders of more than $50 for a limited time. The ad is trying to create a new image for a “ case of the Mondays ” as the retailers is moving Black Friday to Mondays. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 3, 2016

by Bill DuBois I recently attended the LogiPharma conference in Princeton, NJ to hear a number of speakers give their thoughts on the state of the pharmaceutical supply chain. There was agreement among many at the conference that pharma is a bit behind the high tech and automotive industries when it comes to supply chain efficiencies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions. 94% of US and Canadian healthcare systems use Cardinal Health in one capacity or another. Teams will then revert back to their former tools, often times using Excel.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The COP28 Agreement Framework One of the more significant developments in this week’s news cycle was the announced agreement from the United Nations COP28 climate conference held in Dubai. The COP28 Agreement calls for the “ transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just and orderly manner.”

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Logility

DECEMBER 1, 2021

I had the pleasure of discussing the role of chain of custody in supply chain traceability at the recent Traceability & Sustainability Conference , hosted by the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA). But a new layer of complexity now presents another existential topic: the chain of custody.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

Today, Supply Chain Design is becoming more operational and real-time, as companies have to respond more quickly and intelligently to fast-changing forces impacting their business (e.g., At the time, LLamasoft stated the following: The OPTIMIZA business unit will be set up as a new LLamasoft “supply chain planning” business unit.

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Unleashed

APRIL 2, 2024

Omnichannel retail success takes brand strategy, data-driven thinking, and collaboration according to speakers from the Omnichannel Futures 2024 Conference, says Glynn Davis. The F&B industry added 1.4 The F&B industry added 1.4 Over 1/3 of manufacturers struggling with data. Experts discuss secrets to omnichannel retailing.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2018

The 2018 RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference was a great opportunity to hear what retail leaders are focused on, and excited about, as we chart the future of our evolving industry. How will we overcome trucking capacity issues and driver shortages? That dialogue set the tone for the conference in some key ways. and a lot more.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2018

The 2018 RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference was a great opportunity to hear what retail leaders are focused on, and excited about, as we chart the future of our evolving industry. How will we overcome trucking capacity issues and driver shortages? That dialogue set the tone for the conference in some key ways. and a lot more.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

The transport sector needs to prepare for the time where only zero-emissions vehicles will be available. Transportation accounts for 17 percent of global greenhouse gases (GHG) and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Did COP27 leverage the momentum that has been growing since COP26?

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Hundreds of supply chain managers, planners, executives and experts gathered in National Harbor, MD on October 16 for the kickoff of Kinexions ’18, our annual user and training conference, to learn how to digitize, transform and revolutionize their supply chains. Just ask Tricia Wang, global tech ethnographer. What comes next?

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

At the recent Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, there was a lot of talk about the latter. As I mentioned in an earlier blog about the Gartner conference , customers are demanding you deliver an experience, not just a product. Now is the time to reach out into the E7 and determine how you can operate there in the future.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 6, 2015

Big calculations unlock the value of big data, resulting in real-time optimization aimed at achieving fast and efficient business results. Last year, we presented the concept of big calculations at the first INTE-TRANSIT International Conference in Valencia, Spain. Two things became obvious during this preparation.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We have seen real lumpiness in the global supply chain that has led to some shortages and more so just unevenness.

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Kinaxis

MAY 25, 2016

That’s the key message I took away from this year’s Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. Hasn’t it always been to some capacity? Just look at the advancements in supply chain courtesy of innovation like MRP I, MRP II, and APS. Just look at the advancements in supply chain courtesy of innovation like MRP I, MRP II, and APS.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The times of global pandemic will be remembered as the years of mass digitization. During the pandemic digitization was just the only way things could work. During the pandemic digitization was just the only way things could work. That’s what I continue to believe. Few had imagined that the wind could turn that swiftly.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 11, 2013

What happens when you bring together a large group of shippers and carriers and put them in a conference room? At the Manhattan Associates Momentum 2013 conference last month, the answer was a great conversation about transportation trends, challenges, and opportunities. Simply put, a carrier’s IT capabilities matter.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

As we go into the first week of 2023, many are wondering what’s ahead for global commerce and supply chains. As I’ve done in prior years, I’ll make a few predictions based on what happened in 2022 – and what I think it means for 2023. He writes a weekly blog on Linked In which I follow religiously.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 25, 2016

“There are no sacred cows here,” said Chris Timmer, Chief Commercial Officer at LeanLogistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor) in his opening remarks at the company’s ClientConnect 2016 conference last week. And this year’s ClientConnect conference, with over 270 attendees, was the company’s largest ever. Canopy of Visibility.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Resilience is defined as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or display toughness. Dow explains, “It’s time to take back control — digital brick by digital brick — to build a resilient supply chain that’s ready to withstand new challenges and capitalize on new opportunities.”

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QAD

AUGUST 30, 2022

Long before COVID, this postulate was frequently used at trade conferences by keynote speakers. Sometimes delivered as a warning and a wakeup call to the traditional OEMs , other times as a demarcation of a new beginning for futurists, policymakers and mobility players. We all know that change in any industry is constant.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It would seem that the aviation industry is doing just fine, thank you. Or so I thought until I ran into some old and new friends at the recent Payload Asia Conference in Singapore. While a number of dedicated freighters is slowly increasing, every new passenger plane also brings cargo capacities below the deck.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods. While good news travels quickly in an organization, bad news travels slowly. The problem?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Its manufacturing capacity is at the highest level in the company’s history, and just two years ago Carhartt began opening its own retails stores across the country (with stores in 17 states as of the end of September 2016). Capacity Management. Carhartt is a great example. Location Management. Rate Management. Why Manhattan?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The value of peer-to-peer learning and networking was evident at last month’s Ryder Innovate conference — “an exclusive gathering of senior leaders in transportation, logistics, and supply chain seeking strategic insight, new ideas, and thought leadership to improve their supply chain and fleet operations.” VP, LLamasoft.

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QAD

MARCH 26, 2019

Manufacturers of food, beverage and consumer products are facing challenging times, changing consumers and the need to deliver new products to the marketplace faster than ever before. If you look at how this industry operated just 10 years ago, the changes are incredible. Key Explore Sessions. Supply Chain Planning 2020.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

David Thomas, Director, Global Capacity Planning, Ford Motor Company recently resurrected some of the company founder’s most inspiring quotes during his presentation at Kinexions , the Kinaxis annual user and training conference. Your supply chain is made up of more than just the sum of its parts. He was a supply chain pioneer.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week. As the compliance date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate approaches (December 18, 2017), there are two important questions to be answered: How will it impact capacity? Bloomberg).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

We were discussing the results of the planning benchmarking work that we have just finished, and I was sharing some insights on inventory management when one of the panelists emphatically stated, “Inventory is a waste to manage. I am sitt ing in seat 4E on an evening flight to San Francisco thinking about my day.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 13, 2023

ICON 2023 is Blue Yonder’s annual customer conference and premier supply chain event, where practitioners and decision-makers exchange insights about their transformation journeys If you are in the manufacturing field, why should you attend this year’s event? And doing it with customer service in mind, as well as profitability.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Madhav Durbha Part of what makes my job very exciting is attending conferences. Earlier this week, I attended the LogiPharma conference, a wonderful event for supply chain professionals working in the pharmaceutical industry. Recent EpiPen controversy is just one example.

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