Tue.Nov 05, 2019

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Sourcing Tips: How to Find the Right Food Service Supplies

AFFLINK

It's important for any business to begin with the right suppliers — but it's even more important for those in the food services industry. Food service companies need to be able to procure supplies quickly in order to operate, and the cost of their supplies directly impacts their bottom line. When operating with lean profit margins, it becomes even more important for companies to improve their supply chain.

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Escaping the supply chain Catch-22: customer service vs. rising costs

Alloy

Retail supply chains catching up to Amazon. Competition to make and distribute consumer goods is at an all time high. Despite cries of a retail apocalypse, retailers like Walmart, Costco, and Target are all outperforming Amazon in the stock market this year. By competing with Amazon on convenience and leveraging the competitive advantage of their physical presence and human touch, these organizations are reinventing the importance of physical retail as we prepare to enter 2020.

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What is MRO and Why is it Important?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Indirect Procurement – It’s Time to Rise and Shine! In the world of Procurement and Operations one of the phrases that you will frequently come across is “MRO” But many people throw around the term without truly understanding what it means, and how important it truly is for the ongoing, and successful, operation of any company.

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[PODCAST] The Digitization of Freight: Where are We?

GlobalTranz

Listen to “The Digitization of Freight: Where are We?” on Spreaker. Articles Referenced in Podcast to Read Why digital freight brokers might fail to disrupt the freight brokerage industry, By Brian Aoaeh on FreightWaves Digital freight brokerage: a crowded field that could have many winners, by Emma Cosgrove on Supply Chain Dive The Key to.read More.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Ship This Way: Finding cost-effective carriers with freight market intelligence

CHAINalytics

Shippers live in a world wrought with uncertainty. You never know for sure if a preferred carrier will be available to transport any particular load at a given time or what the spot market might look like if you find yourself turning to it. That’s why so many shippers employ transportation management systems (TMS) to … The post Ship This Way: Finding cost-effective carriers with freight market intelligence appeared first on Chainalytics.

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FDA Warns of Significant Drug Shortages – What Gives?

NC State SCRC

In a recent report, the FDA has warned of significant drug shortages in the U.S. These shortages are affecting approximately 130 drugs that are commonly used in the treatment of medical conditions or used in surgical procedures. The report titled “ Drug Shortages – Root Causes and Potential Solutions 2019 ” provides some compelling insights and warnings for supply chain executives.

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Your Advanced Multi-Echelon Inventory Planning for SAP Business One

Valogix

SAP Business One inventory management software offers inventory management, manufacturing, and purchasing capabilities that can help improve supply chain management. Now, available with multiple location capabilities it offers more for growing companies.

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5 Tips for Shippers to Improve Freight Delivery to Meet Customer Expectations

MercuryGate

The post 5 Tips for Shippers to Improve Freight Delivery to Meet Customer Expectations appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Food Waste Reduction Demands New Supply Chain Solutions

RELEX Solutions

What was once the grocery industry’s dirty little secret is now under the spotlight of consumer scrutiny: food retailers waste food. Consumer demand for ethical products certainly makes waste reduction a loyalty concern for grocers , but the financial repercussions can be staggering. In a 2018 RELEX study , grocers reported an average $70M lost each year to fresh food spoilage, with larger companies reporting several hundred millions of dollars in losses.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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Expanded RapidResponse capabilities are here!

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Ask more of your planning platform. Kinaxis® has expanded its RapidResponse® platform. Now you can leverage the power of the world’s only concurrent planning platform to create custom planning applications, and extend the functionality of any planning application (custom or existing) running on RapidResponse with the ability to build your own embedded algorithms or connect external ones.

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The Average Savings Found After a Freight Bill Audit

GlobalTranz

Shippers spend an average of 10% of gross expenses on transportation management. Aside from labor costs, transportation management, including paying carriers and sending freight, forms a lion share of costs to run a business in the modern world. As e-commerce grows, freight spend will continue to increase, and such increases will remain a critical factor.read More.

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Atlantic ports drive demand for flatbeds

DAT Solutions

Flatbed rates and load-to-truck ratios trended down in October compared to September, but there a some bright spots as we start the month of November.

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SICPA’s “S&OP & Collaborative Planning” Workshop

DynaSys

On October 1st, QAD DynaSys was honored to be able to host SICPA’s “S&OP & Collaborative Planning” workshop in Lausanne, Switzerland. Our goal was to bring together an exclusive group of industry executives and users of QAD DynaSys’ Demand & Supply Chain Planning solutions to discuss common issues surrounding the S&OP and collaborative planning processes.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Unconventional Methods for Driving Innovation

QAD

Almost every company and organization values innovation, but few of them know where innovation truly comes from. Innovation doesn’t require a genius of mythic proportions, but it does require a catalyst. Innovation catalysts are sometimes people who take a role to inspire or harness innovation opportunities, while others are represented as concepts and motivations behind innovative ideas.

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New Inventory Management Challenges for eCommerce Business Owners

Unleashed

While eCommerce offers many opportunities for business owners there can be some inventory management challenges with an eCommerce business. In a traditional brick-and-mortar business, managing inventory was a simple matter of tracking sales and stock flow at one or two locations. Multichannel selling , especially eCommerce, presents new challenges for inventory management.

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Making the case for an Integration Platform as a Service [Aberdeen webinar recap]

Axway

An enterprise cannot run efficiently without a solid iPaaS solution for its integration demands. Handling your enterprise can involve the integration of a double-digit number of unique data sources from an increasingly complex mix of deployment types.

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How AI Can Help Businesses Cope With Cyberthreats

Supply Chain Brain

Cyberattacks have become common to the point of being considered one of the strategic risks that businesses across all industries face today.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Financial Optimization: What Do You Need to Succeed in 2020?

River Logic

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Marketing Literature Fulfillment: Why It Doesn’t Pay to Do It Yourself

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Who doesn’t love the sense of achievement that comes with successfully completing a do-it-yourself project? There’s something incredibly satisfying about getting the job done without calling in a professional – not to mention the money you save. But you have to know your own limitations.

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[WHITE PAPER] Warehouse Management’s Role in Improving Customer Experience

Veridian Solutions

The modern warehouse offers an opportunity to connect with customers in new ways, reduce carrying costs, and increase efficiency. While thousands of specific actions exist to support modern fulfillment, including the use of smart warehouses, warehouse management itself continues to be the key defining factor in customer experiences. In addition, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain Video Interview: How 'Visible' Is the Supply Chain Today?

Tive

Tive CEO, Krenar Komoni, recently sat down with Supply Chain Brain editor Bob Bowman to discuss how supply chain visibility has changed over the years and where it is headed.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Backing into Safety Stock is the Safe Play

The Smart Software

Safety stock is a critical component in any system of inventory management. Indeed, some inventory software treats safety stock as the key decision variable in the quest to balance inventory cost against item availability. Unfortunately, that approach is not the best way to strike the balance. The post Backing into Safety Stock is the Safe Play appeared first on Smart Software.

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Optimizing Output Through Vendor Managed Inventory

TPSynergy

In any business that deals in physical products, its inventory is its number one concern. Having a surplus means potential wastage and reduced efficiency, while having a deficiency means the inability to fulfill orders. Both situations are potentially disastrous to the business, and need to be prevented at all costs. As such, having an efficient inventory management solution is invaluable to any business.

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CREATING VALUE THROUGH DIGITAL PROCUREMENT

Eyvo

Creating Value is Essential in Procurement – eProcurement can Help! by Bhargavi Nake. The many benefits of digital procurement are known to all. When organizations make the change to eProcurement, they are aware of the advantages that come with it. When your company has just started using an eProcurement software, the obvious benefits (i.e. cost savings) are known.

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Sound of success - WMS/Voice Picking Technology report

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Manufacturing & Logistics IT spoke to a number of experts from the vendor and analyst communities about current and possible future trends and areas of development within the world of voice-directed picking systems – including those concerning augmented reality, the rise of e-commerce and the emergence of blockchain.

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CADDi Receives 2023 Top Tech Startup Award by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive

The 2023 Top Tech Startup Awards by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive spotlights the top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.

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Can Supply Chains Adjust to a Circular Economy Over the Next Decade? Part 2

Enterra Insights

As I noted in Part 1 of this article, analysts at Gartner predict circular economies will replace today’s wasteful linear economies over the next decade or so. In order for that to happen, both supply chains and consumer habits must significantly change. Steven Steutermann, managing vice president in the Gartner supply chain practice, states, “To turn around a supply chain system, 10 years is not a long time.

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RFID, AIDC and IoT New Round Up for Nov., 2019

Supply Chain Digest

Falling Sensor Costs to Power IoT Adoption, T Shirt Maker Benefits from RFID Compliance, RFID Leader Impinj has Strong Q3

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5 Key Takeaways From CSR Risk and Performance Index 2019

EcoVadis

The third edition of the Global CSR Risk and Performance Index , offers key insights on supply chain sustainability performance of more than 30,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis in the calendar years 2016-2018 . The report provides comprehensive snapshots of nine industry divisions as well as performance comparisons by company size and region. These are based on over 40,000 scorecards that cover four themes: Environment, Labor and Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement covering 21 sus