Wed.Sep 15, 2021

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Demand for Cost-Effectiveness Challenges Life Sciences Supply Chains

Logility

Life sciences digital supply chain planning will help the industry meet growing challenges more efficiently and effectively. When ranking supply chains that impact people’s daily lives the most, healthcare products usually pop up in the top three, behind food and water. The life sciences industry has managed to deliver critical advancements on a global scale, including vaccines to combat pandemics and a wealth of other drugs, treatments, medical devices, and over-the-counter cures that imp

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Mobile Warehouse Robotics: Flexible Automation Enables Resilient Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this month, I wrote an article about the diverse range of mobile warehouse robotics solutions available in the market today. Although the solutions vary greatly, they’re alike in the ability to offer greater flexibility than many of the traditional automation alternatives. The ability to adapt automation to changing requirements is increasingly important to warehouse operators due in large part to the rapid and unpredictable change that has been occurring in recent years (even prior to C

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Carbon Capture for Semi-Trucks with Paul Gross

The Logistics of Logistics

Carbon Capture for Semi-Trucks with Paul Gross. Paul Gross and Joe Lynch discuss carbon capture for semi-trucks. Paul is the co-founder and the CEO of Remora , a company that is building a device that captures the carbon emissions from a semi-truck. About Paul Gross. Paul Gross is the co-founder and CEO at Remora. While at Yale, he conducted experimental research that uncovered solutions to collective action problems like political polarization and the climate crisis.

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Google Cloud Brings End-to-End Visibility to Supply Chains With New Supply Chain Twin Solution

Supply Chain Brain

Google Cloud, a suite of cloud computing services, announced the launch of Supply Chain Twin, a purpose-built industry solution that lets companies build a digital twin — a virtual representation of their physical supply chain — by orchestrating data from disparate sources to get a more complete view of suppliers, inventories and other information.

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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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How to reconcile your retail forecasts with your partners’ supply plans

Alloy

Note: in this article, we’ll be referring to your forecasts as forecasts and your retailers’ forecasts as supply plans. With supply chain headaches and inflation driving down brand loyalty, it’s more important than ever to make sure your retailers are effectively allocating your inventory. Even if you’re a category leader, your buyer is likely relying on a machine learning-generated supply plan and can be managing upwards of 50+ other suppliers just like you.

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National Coding Awareness Week needs to be about more than ‘just coding’

IT Supply Chain

By Dr Lars Rossen (pictured). CTO, Micro Focus. The post National Coding Awareness Week needs to be about more than ‘just coding’ appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Three Approaches for Supply Chain Network Design Planning

CHAINalytics

The post Three Approaches for Supply Chain Network Design Planning appeared first on Chainalytics.

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TrueCommerce Acquires DiCentral

Supply Chain Brain

TrueCommerce Inc., a global cloud provider of supply chain and trading partner connectivity, integration and omnichannel solutions, announced that it has acquired DiCentral Corp., a global B2B and API solutions provider.

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What Are the Potential Savings From Freight Invoice Audits?

Intelligent Audit

Discovering billing mistakes through leveraged data from freight audits helps shippers identify cost-cutting opportunities through accurate invoicing and payment processing. Freight audit savings might arise from recouping costs due to overbilling, service guarantee failures, or simply using the wrong carrier for each load. Procurement improvements can boost efficiency and visibility.

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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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Diversity and Inclusion Makes Me a Better Leader

BlueYonder

Today’s DIVE In blog is an inspiring conversation with an accomplished female leader: Silke Gray Head of Global Customs, Export and Export Control at Hilti Group. With 30+ years’ experience in a male dominated industry she has encountered many different leaders and leadership styles, and one particular female leader who inspired Silke on her journey.

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My 5 years experience as Field marketing manager in Supply Chain planning

DynaSys

Who does not remember their first day at a new company? Mine was five years ago at QAD DynaSys, and I am still as excited to come to work as I was on my very first day. I joined the company as a Marketing Specialist to promote QAD DynaSys’ Digital Supply Chain Planning (DSCP) solutions on the French market. Let me tell you about five of my best experiences working at QAD DynaSys!

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on The 8 Steps to Radical Manufacturing Quality

Supply Chain Digest

It Seems So Simple, but not Many Use this Process

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Supply Chain Resilience 2021

SCM Research

In association with The Times, Raconteur has recently published a very insightful report, entitled Supply Chain Resilience 2021. It covers many interesting stories. For example, the report urges us to rethink just-in-time ordering, because “the global semiconductor shortage has highlighted the pitfalls of procuring parts right at the moment they’re needed”.

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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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Is There a Future for Smart Cities?

Enterra Insights

Futurists and science fiction writers spend a lot of time thinking about what future urban environments are going to look like. Futurists are generally optimistic, while science fiction writers often portray dark, dysfunctional urban environments. No one can say for sure what the future of the world’s metropolises will look like — only that the majority of the world’s population will live in them.

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How Sustainable Procurement Leaders are Delivering Results Today

ivalua

The post How Sustainable Procurement Leaders are Delivering Results Today appeared first on Ivalua.

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Happening Now: Will Vaccine Mandate Keep Drivers Away?

West Coast and California Logistics

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal , trucking companies are concerned that the new federal vaccination and testing mandate which seeks to curb the spread of COVID-19 may keep drivers away from available trucking positions.

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Tesla Co-Founder Aims to Build an Entire U.S. Battery Industry

Supply Chain Brain

Redwood Materials Inc., the battery recycling company created by Tesla Inc. co-founder J.B. Straubel, has been keeping a big secret: It isn’t really a recycling company.

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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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Mr. Open Banking discusses the acceleration of open banking on the Big Fintech podcast

Axway

Do people know what open banking is? And what should they know about the accelerating trend poised to redefine the US banking landscape? Axway’s own “Mr.

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Shipping Insiders Caution Against New Capacity as Prices Surge

Supply Chain Brain

Shipowners and financiers should avoid sinking money into new container vessels despite a global crunch because record orders have driven up prices, according to industry insiders.

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“Shop Early, Ship Early” | Encouraging Early Holiday Shopping

iDrive Logistics

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—nothing, because it wasn’t delivered on time. Jokes aside, there is a reason why retailers and carriers both encourage holiday shopping earlier and earlier each year. Shoppers are buying more, and carriers are straining to keep up with the extreme package volume. FedEx alone delivered 3 billion packages throughout the 2020 holiday.

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BlockApps Launches ‘TraceCarbon,’ A Net Zero Blockchain Network for Emissions Compliance

Supply Chain Brain

BlockApps, an enterprise blockchain platform provider, has launched its newest offering, the net zero TraceCarbon blockchain enterprise network.

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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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The Direct-to-Consumer Model: Why Brands are Driving Towards it?

Vinculum

COVID-19 forced physical stores to close, making online retail an increasingly essential alternative. In addition to the pandemic, the direct-to-consumer model further contributes to retail’s shift to the internet. The technological revolution has undoubtedly made it possible to cut out the middle man from the distribution chain in previously impossible ways.

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Walmart Teams With Ford, Argo to Launch Driverless Delivery Service

Supply Chain Brain

Walmart is teaming up with Ford and self-driving startup Argo AI to launch a driverless delivery service in three U.S. cities.

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The Four Pillars of an Effective Distributed Order Management System

EnVista

Retail is moving faster than ever before, with ecommerce sales swiftly climbing across multiple sales channels. As consumers continue to leverage sales channels outside of brick-and-mortar stores to purchase products, blending physical and digital commerce is becoming even more paramount to creating a positive customer experience and a sustained competitive advantage.

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How Brokers and Shippers Can Work Together to Ensure Success

Supply Chain Brain

To freight brokerages and shippers alike, nothing is more important to success than good relationships.

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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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Cold Chain Logistics: How End-to-End Visibility Creates a More Efficient, Proactive Cold Chain

Tive

Cold chain logistics is a topic the general public might not give much thought to, yet it’s something that unquestionably has a major impact on societies all around the globe. As such, cold chain logistics service providers must have the tools and technologies needed to provide efficient, proactive freight management to ensure the integrity of cold shipments.

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Obscure Firm’s 1,219% Rise Shows Profit, Pain of Chip Crunch

Supply Chain Brain

The semiconductor squeeze is turning low-profile companies like Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp. into star players.

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Difference between Two Way and Three-Way Match Invoice

ProcurePort

Invoice matching is the process of checking invoices from your suppliers against other documents such as a purchase order to verify the amounts and descriptions of items billed match. It’s an important measure to take to minimize opportunities for fraud or human errors. In large organizations that have tens or hundreds of suppliers, the invoice […].