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What are you doing to become a sustainable Supply Chain?

Prophetic Technology

To become greener today represents a significant challenge for many Supply Chain ( SC ) managers, as shareholders and environmental institutions as well, are compelling them to undertake social responsibilities focus on Sustainability to transform businesses.

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A Humble 2020 Procurement Resolution – Transform the World 

ivalua

As we entered the new year, many of us no doubt set personal resolutions (64.6% of adult Americans according to a recent survey ). Lose a few pounds. Save a little more each month. We do the same at work, typically in the form of MBOs. For Procurement leaders, that typically translates into saving a few percent here. Improving efficiency by some level.

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Modernizing the Retail Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

When most people think about the retail sector, they think about front-end selling. Without the back-end supply chain, however, retailers would have nothing to sell. Melanie Tymm, Head of Pre-Sales at Maginus Software Solutions, writes, “It used to be a lot simpler. Manufacturers would supply retailers, who would then resell the goods to consumers — therefore dealing with complaints or queries from the end consumer.

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Inbound Freight Trends for 2020: A Commitment to Improving Vendor Relations

GlobalTranz

The leading inbound freight trends for 2020 reveal a stronger push to improve inbound logistics efficiency and lower barriers to inventory management stress. Shippers that take time to understand these trends can position their organizations for success. 1. Strategic Partnerships With Suppliers Will Dominate the Industry With the coronavirus well entrenched in supply chain disruption,read More.

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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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Logistics Technology Market Forecasting Under Uncertainty

Logistics Viewpoints

The current coronavirus outbreak is an example of an economic shock that elevates uncertainty and complicates forecasting. ARC European analysts Florian Güldner and David Humphrey conducted a thorough scenario analysis on the potential impact of the corona virus on automation markets and supply chains. This analysis provides a useful framework for. The post Logistics Technology Market Forecasting Under Uncertainty appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Multimodal 2020: Sustainability in supply chains takes centre stage

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Sustainability issues within global supply chains will take centre stage at Multimodal 2020, the UK, Ireland, and Northern European freight transport, logistics and supply chain management event, which is set to take place for the 13th year running at the NEC in June.

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The CSCO: the foremost Executive in the C-Suite

Prophetic Technology

Edge technologies, such as mobile and social platforms, have transformed customer's behaviour whilst providing organisations with new approaches to attract them, turning you into a customer-centric company. Executives must embrace more fundamental changes if they want to compete in the digital economy and be part of the extended Supply Chain ( SC. ) Its functions are a crucial part of the business to support our processes on a long-term project.

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The Industrial Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis

Logistics Bureau

When leading economists start talking about a drop in manufacturing comparable to the start of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, you can be sure that the world’s leading industries are in for a torrid few months. The trigger for this alarming state of affairs was the December outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which prompted authorities to lock down major cities, close factories, and severely limit the movement of individuals.

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Why Real-Time Visibility Should be Core to Your Supply Chain Strategy

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Using technology to drive strategy and improve performance—and ultimately create financial value—is top of mind for shippers today managing complex global supply chains. A key component of this technology trend is the need for a supply chain visibility platform. Research shows that having real-time supply chain visibility is necessary to build a responsive, resilient, competitive, and profitable operation.

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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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Five ways a Virtual Twin Can Benefit an Airport

DELMIA Quintiq

Part 2 of a 3-Part Series on Airports by Isaac Benzaquen and Jerry Schwinghammer. Tomorrow’s airport cannot be achieved with yesterday’s solutions. With today’s old airport technology, the challenges will be difficult to overcome. In all the pressures an airport is experiencing it is important to see these challenges as an opportunity to significantly change for the better.

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IWD 2020 Celebrating Women in Procurement

ivalua

As we prepare to mark International Women’s Day (Wednesday, March 8th), we reached into our network of impressive female procurement executives, consultants, and thought leaders. They provided us with frank insights about the unique opportunities for impact within procurement, what we can do to make procurement a more inclusive profession, and – most importantly – why they LOVE procurement. .

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In Global Logistics, Orchestration Is the New Visibility

Supply Chain Brain

We’re all familiar with the “one-click” consumer experience. When will logistics daily work interfaces catch up?

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Top 6 Reasons to Automate Source to Pay for Oil, Gas and Energy

ivalua

The future of the Oil, Gas and Energy promises to be highly dynamic. Production and operations in the oil, gas and energy sector are typically high-cost, high-risk and capital-intensive. Effective management of safety, deep collaboration with field suppliers and engineers, and reducing supplier risk is crucial to optimizing performance. Companies will face a variety of short and long-term challenges, such as balancing the effects of downward prices, output cuts, movement of demand to alternative

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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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The Significance of Two Bills (of lading) in Freight Forwarding

20Cube Logistics

Documents are crucial for the movement of consignment from one international destination to another, whether it’s an import or an export. The documents raised in a shipment orchestrate a long chain of actions and is required to ensure a hassle-free movement of consignments. Some documents relevant to shipping will be associated with insurance, some might have financial data, a few of them might relate to official exchange.

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The True Value of ERP Channel Partners in the Age of Digitization

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Over the past decade, we’ve seen significant changes in the business ecosystem. Companies are looking outside of their traditional markets towards global markets to increase growth, capacity, and capabilities. The increased inability to find specific skill sets close to home has also seen several businesses looking beyond borders to locate the necessary talent, resulting in […].

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Two AWS tools you probably don’t know or don’t use enough

Axway

One of the most difficult challenges in managing multiple cloud instances is understanding how to keep within a budget. This is something that affects most of our customers and affects us here at Axway. Here’s the reason.

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Thursday at Modex 2020

6 River Systems

Tomorrow is the last day of Modex 2020 and by the morning, we’ll know whether our Wall-to-Wall fulfillment solution is MHI Innovation Award-nominated or -winning. Either way, it’s your last chance to see it all in one place until it’s installed in one of your warehouses (or when you schedule a site visit to see it in action inside of one of our customers’ DCs).

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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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Two AWS tools you probably don’t know or don’t use enough

Axway

One of the most difficult challenges in managing multiple cloud instances is understanding how to keep within a budget. This is something that affects most of our customers and affects us here at Axway. Here’s the reason.

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Product Data Management in eCommerce

Vinculum

Over the years, the eCommerce space has witnessed substantial and steady growth thanks to technological advancements and innovations. The evolving customer expectations regarding product viewing and purchase also have been a key driving force for the shift in the eCommerce landscape. Today’s customers have shifted their focus from brick-and-mortar stores to the easy, convenient eCommerce platforms to view/purchase products.

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Featured Customer: Nounós Creamery

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Tesla Cybertruck U.S. Factory Location Criteria

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Info from WSJ – March 10, 2020. Elon Musk announced it is looking to locate a new factory to build the company’s pickup truck and the Model Y compact sport-utility vehicle. Musk indicated that local incentives (such as tax breaks, infrastructure, and utility deals) are important in selecting the location. Other criteria include logistics costs, access to a large workforce with a wide range of talents, and quality of life.

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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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Ivalua Webcast Series, 19th – 20th March 2019

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The post Ivalua Webcast Series, 19th – 20th March 2019 appeared first on Ivalua.

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Weber Opens 5th Inland Empire Distribution Center

West Coast and California Logistics

Weber Logistics has added a 353,361-square-foot distribution center (DC) in Jurupa Valley, CA to its warehousing and distribution network. This multi-client facility, Weber’s largest, is the company’s fifth DC in Southern California’s Inland Empire region and twelfth DC within California.

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Ivalua Manufacturing Digitization eBook

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The post Ivalua Manufacturing Digitization eBook appeared first on Ivalua.

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7 Reasons to Hire on Contract for Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Hiring Mistakes in Supply Chain! (Infographic). Hire on Contract article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam White at argentus.com. Economists have done a lot of analysis on the rise of the so-called “gig economy.” More workers are using short-term contracts and other forms of employment to provide additional income to supplement or replace permanent jobs – think Uber, DoorDash, etc.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Reduce Your Inventory Costs With These Strategies

Unleashed

In any business model, cutting unnecessary costs wherever possible is always a good strategy to improve company profitability. One area in which business managers may like to remove unnecessary costs is inventory. Inventory can entail a raft of costs — known and sometimes unknown or hidden — which can really lock up a business’ cashflow. In this article, we outline strategies for cutting inventory costs, to free up your finances for other, more useful purposes.