Mon.Dec 11, 2017

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Supply Chain Trends to Watch in 2018

Logistics Viewpoints

There are several key supply chain trends to watch in 2018. Omnichannel Revenue Management The retail supply chain has been going through a massive transformation. Traditional brick and mortar retailers seek to leverage their stores to better compete against Amazon and other ecommerce retailers. ARC’s Chris Cunnane does an annual survey omnichannel retail in conjunction with DC Velocity.

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Intelligent Trade Promotion Optimization

Enterra Insights

Trade promotion is considered a necessary evil in the consumer packaged goods arena. There is a constant tug-of-war between the … Continued. The post Intelligent Trade Promotion Optimization appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Our salute to the best advancements in supply chain technology, processes and labor management from 2017. With all the natural disasters, political posturings and sexual harassment revelations dominating the news cycle of the past year, we sure could use some good news, and that’s exactly what we’ve got for you—the 2017 MH&L Innovation Awards. This is our annual salute to the best in people, processes and technology within the supply chain arena.

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ModusLink Launches Financial Management Services to help Brands Tackle Global Growth

ModusLink Corporation

ModusLink officially launched its Financial Management Services offering this month, which ensures secure transactions, regulatory compliance and fraud protection to make it simpler and safer for companies eager to expand globally. This is one of many solutions in a suite of digital supply chain functionalities — bringing together entitlement management and financial management services, online […].

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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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Chainalytics Receives 2017 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Green Supply Chain Award

CHAINalytics

Atlanta, GA (December 11, 2017)—Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the executive’s user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, has selected Chainalytics as a recipient of an SDCE Green Supply Chain Award for 2017. “We feel honored to be recognized for this award involving recent project work with our client,” said Chainalytics Senior Packaging … The post Chainalytics Receives 2017 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Green Supply Chain Award appeared first on Chain

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Retailers Take Stock as they Restock for the Holidays

Material Handling & Logistics

Traffic at the major U.S. retail container ports in 2017 should close the year up more than 6% over 2016. Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports are expected to increase 1.5% this month over the same time last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and consulting firm Hackett Associates.

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Healthcare Utilization Management: Solving the Mystery of the Missing Inventory

NC State SCRC

I recently had a chance to interview a supply chain director from a mid-sized hospital in New York state, that was very insightful in helping me to think about the challenge around inventory management. The supply chain officer described the approach that was needed to think about standardization, but also about a concept called “UTILIZATION”, a term I had never encountered before in my 30 years in supply chain management.

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Take the 11th Annual Gartner and SCDigest Survey, Get Valuable Research

Supply Chain Digest

Choice of two Research Notes in what has become one of the most important supply chain studies

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Looking Back at Previous Capacity Crunches & How Shippers Responded

GlobalTranz

Some of the tightest of the previous capacity crunches have occurred within the last two decades. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, capacity hit a breaking point. The same held true after Superstorm Sandy and the unyielding winter of 2014, reports Lawrence J. Gross of the Journal of Commerce (JOC). Also, the driver short has continually grown worse for the last eight years, and it is expected to continue through 2026, asserts Iris Kuo of Trucks.com.

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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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Turn your culture into a mental wellbeing oasis

Enterra Insights

Culture. Turn your culture into a mental wellbeing oasis.

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Green Supply Chain News on CEOs of DowDupont, Unilever and Walmart Talk to the Harvard Business Review about Sustainability

Supply Chain Digest

Totally New Business Models Needed, Unilever CEO Polman Says

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TMS Doesn’t Exist in a Vaccuum: Driving Growth and Flexibility with Integration

Talking Logistics

I am at a swim meet to watch my son compete. It’s a beautiful pool, with plenty of seating for the parents to watch and cheer, and the temperature inside the building is not too hot or too cold. But there’s one thing missing: there’s no public WiFi (and no cellular connectivity either). It doesn’t matter if you have the latest iPhone X or Samsung Galaxy smartphone; they’re both as useful as small brick in here, which is actually a good thing because we should all be focused on our kids in the po

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How to run a wholesale business online

TradeGecko

In the past, running a wholesale business might be limited to print catalogs, cold-calling or door-to-door sales, and data entry into spreadsheets. Now there are alternatives to managing your business and getting your products out there, such as starting a B2B eCommerce store.

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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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FAQ: What is the Difference Between Pull Manufacturing and Demand-Driven Manufacturing?

synchrono

I often talk about pull manufacturing and Demand-Driven Manufacturing as though they are one and the same. That’s because, in my mind, they are. However, after reading through a couple of online articles this afternoon, it’s clear not everyone sees it that way. In fact, some of the various ways pull manufacturing is described on the Internet can be a bit confusing.

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Retail Jobs Jumped Nearly 13,000 in November

Supply Chain 24/7

Retail industry employment increased by an unusually high 12,900 jobs in November over October, according to the National Retail Federation.

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The Uberization of Trucking Part 1: Overview

Freight Plus

For decades city-dwellers all faced the same headache when it came to haling a cab. Taxis were limited, drivers were unreliable, costs were expensive, and even getting a ride usually came down to whomever was willing to make the biggest scene on the sidewalk. Enter Uber and ride-sharing.

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The IIoT Can Push Organizations Toward Warehouse Automation

RFgen

The IIoT is transforming warehouse operations. The industrial internet of things (IIoT) is gaining momentum quickly across manufacturing, logistics and the supply chain. The IIoT is rising to such a degree that the technology is changing perceptions around how warehouses can function. According to Manufacturing Global, the IIoT can help businesses turn their warehouses into value-creation centers , taking areas of operations that were long regarded as cost centers and using them to gain competit

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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 Uberization of Trucking Part 1: Overview

Freight Plus

For decades city-dwellers all faced the same headache when it came to haling a cab. Taxis were limited, drivers were unreliable, costs were expensive, and even getting a ride usually came down to whomever was willing to make the biggest scene on the sidewalk. Enter Uber and ride-sharing. The market was ripe for disruption and a simple concept with an intuitive and reliable app-based interface was able to spread across the world almost overnight.

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The IIoT Can Push Organizations Toward Warehouse Automation

RFgen

The IIoT is transforming warehouse operations. The industrial internet of things (IIoT) is gaining momentum quickly across manufacturing, logistics and the supply chain. The IIoT is rising to such a degree that the technology is changing perceptions around how warehouses can function. According to Manufacturing Global, the IIoT can help businesses turn their warehouses into value-creation centers , taking areas of operations that were long regarded as cost centers and using them to gain competit

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FMCG Food Waste: Supply chain speed and agility v inventory.

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Hooray! Many supermarket chains now sell imperfect or misshapen fruit and vegetables at a discount. As you may know I am a big fan of buying this type of food as taste has nothing to do with shape based on my massive culinary knowledge. Whether my potatoes are knobbly, or my parsnips look like Donald Trump, I simply don’t care.