Wed.Aug 12, 2020

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. Heavily booked and running from meeting to meeting, I was late. As I squeezed into the middle seat of a crowded conference room, I got the stare. (You know, the look of peers communicating the signal, you are late.) I struggled to manage myself as I settled in elbow-to-elbow with the group to listen to the presentation.

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Descartes Evolution 2020: Emerging Stronger

Logistics Viewpoints

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of my job quite a bit. The pandemic hit just as we were heading into our busy conference season. So instead of traveling across the country attending conferences, networking with peers, and in most cases, enjoying a bit of sunshine either by the pool or on the beach, I was attending these events from the friendly confines of my home office.

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Beyond Digital: The Physical Transformation of Supply Chain Distribution Networks

Talking Logistics

There are two sides to the supply chain transformation coin: the digital and the physical. While digital transformation has been getting the lion’s share of attention from analysts and technology companies, you cannot overlook the importance of physical transformation — that is, the importance of recognizing that your supply chain and distribution networks, which were.

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Flexible Food Distribution and Restaurant Business Models

Kuebix

Covid-19 has left restaurants and food distribution companies scrambling to stay afloat. Many are straying away from their traditional business models to keep their companies from going under. The food distribution industry is already expecting to take a $110 billion loss for a year which is a third of their 2019 revenue. The industry lost somewhere […].

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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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Machine Learning: Optimization and Community Intelligence – A Wiser Forecasting

Arkieva

Learn the importance of advanced optimization for statistics (AOS) even for simple methods such as exponential smoothing and the importance of community intelligence. Machine Learning: Optimization and Community Intelligence – A Wiser Forecasting was first posted on August 12, 2020 at 7:41 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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6 Critical Elements of Successful Supply Chain Management

SCJunction

In 2020 successful supply chain management is more critical to the economy than ever before. Following on from the core components of supply chain management, we look towards the future and how we can ensure their ability to stay supremely agile and functional, whatever the demands.

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Cargo Crime is on the Rise, Here’s Why

Shipchain

Lockdowns and border restrictions are beginning to ease up. Businesses are starting to resume their pre-COVID operations. And slowly but surely, the world seems to be moving towards a new normal. That said, in the midst of all of this instability, cargo crime is on the rise due to the current disruption in global supply chains. . Theft. The routes that goods and people typically take from Point A to Point B have been disrupted.

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How Customer-Centric Supply Chains Can Fuel Growth

Supply Chain Brain

Just 10% of companies are investing in their supply chains to meet evolving customer experience demands, according to a recent survey.

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Automated Data Collection Use Cases from the Food and Beverage Industry

RFgen

Overview. The food and beverage industry must adapt to disrupted supply chains, urgent consumer safety and unpredictable demand. Top companies such as Nestle, Kellogg’s and others have pivoted operations to meet these challenges. Warehouse automation in the form of mobile barcoding and data collection are vital technologies for survival in a pandemic climate.

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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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Virus Update: Tankers Waiting for Weeks off China Ports, Companies Step Up Distribution Automation

Supply Chain Brain

The latest supply-chain news and insights on the novel coronavirus and global response to the outbreak.

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Automated Data Collection Use Cases from the Food and Beverage Industry

RFgen

Overview. The food and beverage industry must adapt to disrupted supply chains, urgent consumer safety and unpredictable demand. Top companies such as Nestle, Kellogg’s and others have pivoted operations to meet these challenges. Warehouse automation in the form of mobile barcoding and data collection are vital technologies for survival in a pandemic climate.

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: A New Sustainability Program

Freight Plus

A New Sustainability Program with Feeding America. This week in logistics we are taking a look into an article by. Jennifer Wong. , “. A new sustainability program with Feeding America to reduce waste and rescue food from supply chains. ” published through. FreightWaves. Convoy is teaming up in a new collaboration with Feeding America. Their goal is to reroute consumable food and beverages to food banks across America instead of tossing good food in the garbage. .

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How Sourcing has Reemerged in a Covid-19 World

Jaggaer

For the first three months after Covid-19 hit, virtually every sourcing project , in every sector , was put on hold while companies tried to assess the situation and how best to deal with the epidemic. Only a few, notably grocery stores, food chains, essential retail ers , and healthcare, were in a position to push forward. Sourcing was in chaos and a topic that concerned many customers was that they were pushing back transportation tenders – and especially any planned mega ̵

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: A New Sustainability Program

Freight Plus

A New Sustainability Program with Feeding America. This week in logistics we are taking a look into an article by. Jennifer Wong. , “. A new sustainability program with Feeding America to reduce waste and rescue food from supply chains. ” published through. FreightWaves. Convoy is teaming up in a new collaboration with Feeding America. Their goal is to reroute consumable food and beverages to food banks across America instead of tossing good food in the garbage. .

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Streamline Packaging by Integrating with Product Distribution

Consumer Goods Logistics

Specific consumer products all look pretty much the same as they roll off the manufacturing line. But to satisfy the various ways retailers want to sell products and consumers want to receive them, these products are bundled, wrapped, sealed, tied and packed into dozens of different configurations for final sale. This is called secondary packaging and it’s very expensive for manufacturers to constantly adapt their production lines to create this multitude of packaging configurations.

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E-Commerce Logistics Strategies: The State of E-Commerce Logistics Heading Into Peak Season

GlobalTranz

Successful e-commerce strategies for managing the demands of peak season revolve around how well an organization understands the state of e-commerce itself and its implications for capacity. As the months passed within the COVID-19 pandemic, the trucking industry appeared to make up for its startling declines. Unfortunately, the state of e-commerce itself is presenting a.read More.

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The Virtual "War Room" Playbook for Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Countries and States are beginning the process of reopening but the disruptions caused by the Coronavirus pandemic are here to stay for the long term. The exceptions across supply chains, driven by both consumer behavior and operational challenges won't go away overnight. All businesses are struggling to respond to everything from stockouts to production delays to supplier issues.

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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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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Aug. 13, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

Nikola Motors with Huge Deal for Electric Trucks, Big New Surcharges Coming for in, FedEx Finding Robot Success for Hub Sorting, Retail Chains Pulling Out of Empty Manhattan

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Be a Supply Chain Game Changer: Resolve Delivery Issues 10x Faster

Supply Chain Brain

Supply Chain organizations that ship to retailers are all too familiar with penalties from Walmart, Amazon and Costco. Now the penalty pandemic is spreading to smaller retailers, carriers and 3PLs through accessorial fees. Delivery penalties these days can add up quickly to have a $100k to $10M impact on net revenue. This game changer playbook explores best practices of how companies like Ferrero, ABInBev & Ken's Food have found ways to mitigate penalties, drive faster resolution for OTI

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Bracing Your Supply Chain for Q4, COVID-19, and Keeping Up (Part 2)

FLEXE

4 industry experts sit down to discuss supply chain resilience and how to prepare for the Q4 peak that’s just around the corner. Watch the webinar.

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Spot rates still surging in August

DAT Solutions

While there’s evidence emerging that truckload volumes may be stabilizing, the direction of spot rates remains uncertain, with upward pressure on prices as carriers continue to reject surge volume from shippers on their contracted lanes.

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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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2020 SCM Best Paper Award Winners

SCM Research

Two of the leading operations & supply chain management journals have just announced their best paper award winners at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. The Journal of Operations Management ’s Jack Meredith Best Paper Award 2020 goes to two winning papers: Wiengarten, Fan, Pagell & Lo’s (2019) paper is titled Deviations from Aspirational Target Levels and Environmental and Safety Performance: Implications for Operations Managers Acting Irresponsibly ; and Bavafa & Terw

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Companies Outsourcing: The Challenges and Benefits of Outsourcing Reverse Logistics

GlobalTranz

Companies outsourcing reverse logistics is quickly becoming a new standard. Instead of relinquishing all controls, companies now have an opportunity to add-on reverse logistics management capabilities from within an existing transportation management system (TMS). As a result, the multi-trillion dollar problem of reverse logistics can finally be controlled.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on When it Comes to eCommerce, There is Amazon and a Bunch of Number 2s

Supply Chain Digest

Walmart has Nearly Eight Times the Share of Second Place Walmart

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REPOST: The Number One Reason Why People Buy with Steve Elwell

The Logistics of Logistics

The post REPOST: The Number One Reason Why People Buy with Steve Elwell appeared first on The Logistics of Logistics.

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

How can businesses gain a competitive edge in an era marked by relentless competition and economic fluctuations? The secret is mastering strategic cost management strategies. This GEP bulletin, "Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability," breaks this down into clear, actionable steps. Discover how these strategies can boost your enterprise's financial health, helping not only to keep up but to excel in today's market.

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Four Approaches to Manufacturing Spurred by COVID-19

Supply Chain Brain

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold around the world, it delivered a shock to the system that tested manufacturers’ ability to adapt to change.

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You Cannot Just Throw Your Data into a Blender but Your IT Can Support Data That Easily!

Axway

As we all know data is everywhere. We all have our secret ways of storing our data and using our data. I remember having three computers: one for online banking, one for work, and one for home use by anybody.

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Brits invest in high quality desk equipment as they gear up for permanent remote working

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The impact of the lockdown on the livelihoods of Brits continues to be felt across the board, with many setting up a permanent office at home as they prepare to work remotely for longer, according to new data from commerce experience firm Bloomreach.

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