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8 methods for making your warehouse more sustainable in 2021

All Things Supply Chain

Even before the pandemic happened, the warehousing industry was on fire.

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Survey Reveals an Inflection Point in Supply Chain Digital Transformation

ToolsGroup

The Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and ToolsGroup surveyed more than 200 supply chain professionals around the world on the state of supply chain digital transformation in planning. This blog post highlights some of the key findings. The phrase ‘digital transformation’ has been tossed around for decades but for global supply chains, it’s no longer some vague platitude that sounds cutting-edge or tech cool.

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Do You Want to Sell on Amazon.com? Their Cyber Bots Demand Strong Fulfillment Performance

Logistics Viewpoints

NBG Home Uses a Software Solution from CommerceIQ. Indirect sales, brand owner sales through sites like Walmart.com or Amazon, are an increasingly large portion of sales for many companies. In 2020, ecommerce sales accounted for 14 percent of total retail sales in the US. But of ecommerce sales, 86% come from indirect channels, rather than a company’s own website, according to CommerceIQ.

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Reskilling Employees for Supply Chain Jobs

Talking Logistics

In today’s Wall Street Journal, in an article titled Retailers Try to Solve Labor Imbalances by Retraining Staff, Suzanne Kapner highlights how Levi Strauss & Co. is “confronting a problem faced by companies in a range of industries from finance to retail to technology. Many of their workers lack the necessary skills to address modern. Read more Reskilling Employees for Supply Chain Jobs.

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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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Watch: The Current State and Future of the Food Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Keith Daniels, partner with Carl Marks Advisors, relates how the food supply chain — both on the restaurant and grocery sides — fared during the pandemic, and what permanent changes the industry is likely to experience in the years ahead.

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Adexa and Kognoz Consulting Have Formed a Joint Alliance

Adexa

For Immediate Release. Contact : Ron Wilson. Marketing Manager. (310) 642 2100. rwilson@adexa.com. Los Angeles, CA – May 17, 2021 Adexa and Kognoz Consulting have formed a joint alliance in order to further advance the availability of latest supply chain planning technology and business process improvements in India, south east Asia and beyond.

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What are Commercial Vehicle Inspections?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 4 Unique Services Offered By Trucking Companies! GET our EBOOK HERE. Commercial vehicle inspections article and permission to publish here provided by Saaed Darwish. Commercial vehicles are integral to our daily lives. This class includes various sizes and shapes of vehicles, including delivery vans, heavy haul trucks and flat deck trucks.

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Why Sustainable Supply Chains?

SupplyShift

In light of an increasingly strained global ecosystem, corporations, governments, and environmental scientists have revamped the drive for sustainability, honing in on the benefits of eco-friendly manufacturing, product design, and logistics. The supply chain has been a growing area of focus for the sustainability conversation. According to McKinsey , supply chain impacts account for more than 80% of greenhouse gas emissions and more than 90% of the impact on air, biodiversity, land, water, and

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Bitcoin Fundamentals for Non-Profits!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Understanding Bitcoin! Bitcoin fundamentals for non-profits article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols. Cryptocurrency has already created a few billionaires, and others believe the world’s first trillionaires will emerge in the next decade. Many people would choose to contribute a part of their assets to a charitable organization like any other valuable commodity.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.

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Did Your Company Plan for the Pandemic to End? If Not, It’s Not Too Late

USC Consulting Group

How do you plan for the future when you’re just trying to get through the present? A present filled with crisis, uncertainty and wildly fluctuating demand, complicated by severely disrupted supply. If that situation sounds familiar, you’re not alone. We’ve all just lived through it. Companies in just about every industry are riding the same supply-demand roller coaster, fueled by the ultimate disruptor of this century, COVID-19.

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Why Sustainable Supply Chains?

SupplyShift

In light of an increasingly strained global ecosystem, corporations, governments, and environmental scientists have revamped the drive for sustainability, honing in on the benefits of eco-friendly manufacturing, product design, and logistics. The supply chain has been a growing area of focus for the sustainability conversation. According to McKinsey , supply chain impacts account for more than 80% of greenhouse gas emissions and more than 90% of the impact on air, biodiversity, land, water, and

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Post-ICON Learning Experience Continues with SIGs

BlueYonder

Blue Yonder ICON 2021 might be a wrap but you can still watch all the keynote and breakout sessions on-demand in the ICON portal. And…the learning experience doesn’t stop there either! One of the biggest benefits of attending ICON is to participate in a Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting. Participating in a SIG meeting at ICON allows you to see product roadmaps firsthand and understand the vision for Blue Yonder solutions.

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An NFI Website and Brand Rejuvenation

NFI

NFI is excited to unveil today a new company website which reflects the differentiated and innovative value our company brings to customers, employees, and the North American supply chain marketplace. Since its inception in 1932, NFI has risen to become a leader in the logistics and supply chain space. As the company has expanded its… Continue reading An NFI Website and Brand Rejuvenation.

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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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Webinar Q&A: Answers to 8 Common Freight Market Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

During last week’s Market Insights Live! webinar, we provided an in-depth analysis of current supply and demand trends in the North American freight market. This included our forecast of future market conditions, explanations of how the latest market changes impact supply chains, and answers to your most pressing questions. Due to the overwhelming popularity of the webinar, attended by a C.H.

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Supply Chain News on The Latest News on Kansas City Southern Takeover Drama

Supply Chain Digest

Canadian National Seems Likely to Win, but some Analysts Say Money there for Canadian Pacific to Make Higher Bid

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Supply Chain Resilience

SCM Research

In our new article, Two Perspectives on Supply Chain Resilience (Wieland & Durach, 2021), we provide a new definition of supply chain resilience: Supply chain resilience is the capacity of a supply chain to persist, adapt, or transform in the face of change. Based on our observation that SCM scholars have often taken an engineer’s perspective to interpret supply chain resilience, we argue that it needs to be complemented with a social–ecological perspective.

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Ted Alling and the Access America Story

The Logistics of Logistics

Ted Alling and the Access America Story. Ryan Schreiber hosts a podcast about Ted Alling and the Access America story. Ted is co-founder of Access America, which merged with Coyote Logistics in 2014. About Ted Alling. Ted Alling is a serial founder who uses his entrepreneurial achievements to create opportunities for others. He is the co-founder and former CEO of a $500 million logistics startup, Access America, that eventually merged with UPS subsidiary, Coyote Logistics.

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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Supply Chain News on Current US Distribution Center Space Market in Graphs

Supply Chain Digest

New Q1 Review from JLL Sums Up Conditions Nicely

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Technology to Support your ESG Strategy Shift

ivalua

The post Technology to Support your ESG Strategy Shift appeared first on Ivalua.

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Ports on U.S. West Coast Race to Clear Ship Backlog by August

Supply Chain Brain

Ship congestion outside the busiest U.S. gateway for trade with Asia showed glimmers of easing as port officials race to clear a backlog of arriving cargo before peak season begins.

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How to Solve Transportation Problems Using Excel Solver

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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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Why ‘Zero Trust’ Is the Best Way to Shore Up IoT Device Security

Supply Chain Brain

Cybersecurity experts scramble to stay a step ahead of hackers looking to exploit weaknesses in millions of internet of things devices worldwide. But maybe they’re focusing on the wrong problem.

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Why Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity are critical to company growth

Taulia

Expert Advice Diversity Reboot 2021: Financial Inclusion, Virtual Summit Speaking on the ‘Hiring for Values Fit Instead of Culture Fit’ panel, Anjali will discuss the values fit vs. culture… The post Why Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity are critical to company growth appeared first on Taulia.

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Level up with a recap of Axway Summit 2021

Axway

Axway’s acclaimed annual technology conference, Axway Summit 2021, has just wrapped up its final session, once again delivering inspiring insights, actionable strategies, and innovative thinking to help your enterprise level up. Axway Summit 2021 recap.

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How RFgen Automates Your Cycle Counting Workflows for ERP

RFgen

Overview. Manual cycle counts drain resources but offer only moderate accuracy. Automating cycle counting workflows with mobile apps built for your ERP increases accuracy to 99.9%+ with less time and labor. Manufacturers have seen significant results with automation, including a 20% increase in inventory accuracy, offline counting support, and more.

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.

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GA Releases of Titanium SDK 10.0.0 and Appcelerator CLI 9.0.0

Axway

Today, we published the General Availability versions of the Axway Titanium SDK and Appcelerator CLI. The SDK and CLI are major releases, with new features and high priority bug fixes.

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How RFgen Automates Your Cycle Counting Workflows for ERP

RFgen

Overview. Manual cycle counts drain resources but offer only moderate accuracy. Automating cycle counting workflows with mobile apps built for your ERP increases accuracy to 99.5%+ with less time and labor. Manufacturers have seen significant results with automation, including a 20% increase in inventory accuracy, offline counting support, and more.

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Level up with a recap of Axway Summit 2021

Axway

Axway’s acclaimed annual technology conference, Axway Summit 2021, has just wrapped up its final session, once again delivering inspiring insights, actionable strategies, and innovative thinking to help your enterprise level up. Axway Summit 2021 recap.