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Navigating Today’s Tariff Turbulence with Cloud Technology

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Customs and Border Protection’s systems not fully validating duty calculations on complex lines (which now describes virtually all transactions), brokers face heightened audit risks and potential penalties. Client Service Demands : Importers need more guidance than ever, creating additional service demands.

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End-to-End Supply Chain Orchestration: Achieving Visibility and Operational Control

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This complexity has introduced gaps in visibility and responsiveness that traditional systems werent designed to handle. It is not a technology on its own, but rather a process that combines planning, execution, and monitoring through integrated tools and workflows.

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The AI Wars: Battlefronts, Breakthroughs, and the New Era of the Industrial AI (R)Evolution

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The current AI landscape can be viewed as a series of wars,” where companies and organizations are battling for dominance across various technological and market battlefronts. Datacenter Hardware: The demand for powerful computing to train ever larger and more accurate AI models is insatiable. billion in funding.

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Transportation Management Systems: The Digital Backbone of Modern Logistics

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As global supply chains grow more complex and customer expectations skyrocket, Transportation Management Systems (TMS) have become a strategic linchpin for companies aiming to stay competitive. The post Transportation Management Systems: The Digital Backbone of Modern Logistics appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Fleet Management 2.0: The Rise of Connected Vehicles in Global Supply Chains

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Similarly, UPS uses its ORION system, which integrates real-time and historical data to optimize delivery routes, saving fuel and enhancing delivery reliability. Enhanced Efficiency Through Real-Time Data Connected vehicle technology drives efficiency improvements across route planning, driver safety, maintenance, and fuel management.

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Lenovo Excels in Supply Chain Planning with a Hybrid Approach

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Jack Fiedler : We’re unique in the technology industry. We’ve taken the same hybrid approach from a supply chain technology perspective. I’m responsible for the overall digital transformation, including technology. We have evolved Blue Yonder from being a traditional demand and supply planning solution.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

📈 Scaling for Seasonal Peaks: Prepare for fluctuations like spring DIY trends or holiday surges with flexible, scalable systems. . 🚚 Tailored Customer Delivery: Deliver exceptional experiences through specialized services that align with customer expectations.

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Five Best Practices for Balancing Costs, Risks, and Sustainability

In the face of volatile macroeconomic conditions and other complex challenges, supply chain and procurement pros must strike a tough balance between seemingly contradictory demands: boosting performance and sustaining and extending business operations, all while meeting customers’ needs.

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The New Tech Toolbelt: Digital Twins, IoT, Cobots, & More

Speaker: Cory Skinner, Founder and CEO of FactR

Supply chains need tools that elevate decision-making and boost ROI as well as respond effectively to demand fluctuations, customer preferences, and competition. What can be done to not only address these challenges, but overcome them?

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Reaching Unreachable Candidates

Speaker: Patrick Dempsey and Andrew Erpelding of ZoomInfo

Find and connect with the right talent to fill roles fast with these tools: More data! Advanced search: Narrow the search to find candidates using specialized filters like education, and current company technologies. Watch this On-Demand Webinar today to see how ZoomInfo for Recruiters can work to get you talented candidates results.

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Webinar On-Demand: 3 Ways to Make Your Operational Execution More Robust With S&OE

Speaker: Sander van Lokven and N.S. Krishnan

S&OE provides an early warning system that helps business stakeholders sense and optimize their responses. This keeps the supply chain out of firefighting mode, smoothens relationships with customers and suppliers, and helps sustain margins by reducing the cost to serve. How S&OE is different from S&OP & the gap that exists.

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New Research: The State of Supply Chain Network Design in 2022

This report explores how the state of supply chain network design has changed – including how the tools, maturity models, and market demands are transforming the network design practice. This report is useful if you are interested in: Exploring new network design insights and capabilities. Industry benchmarks.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities.

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Using Data & Analytics for Improving Healthcare Innovation and Outcomes

The complexity of healthcare data, the need for real-time analytics, and the demand for user-friendly interfaces can often seem overwhelming. In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, delivering data insights to end users or customers can be a significant challenge for product managers, product owners, and application team developers.