GlobalTranz
MAY 4, 2018
The wrong retail inventory management strategy increases carrying costs and makes it impossible to stay competitive. Common obstacles encountered when it comes to effective inventory management include having poor visibility into fast-moving versus slow-moving product, extensive travel times between bin locations, and lost revenue due to poor labor productivity.
Talking Logistics
MAY 4, 2018
Joely Callaway (Vice President, Product Management, Customs Content) and Brendan MacCahill (Senior Vice President, Trade Data Content) at Descartes Systems Group discuss the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: What are some of the biggest global trade developments that have taken place over the past few months ? Why should supply chain and logistics executives pay attention to these developments?
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The Network Effect
MAY 4, 2018
Control Towers offer many benefits to companies managing complex supply chains. They can provide the basics like visibility across suppliers, The post The Supply Chain Control Tower Quiz appeared first on The Network Effect.
BlueYonder
MAY 4, 2018
It’s far too easy to get so caught up in headlines about the so-called “retail apocalypse” that we forget to see the successes in retail today. From new cutting-edge technologies that reduce fulfillment times and maximize revenue, to new ways of leveraging data that can personalize and promote like never before, these are exciting times to be a retailer.
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
The Network Effect
MAY 4, 2018
With many companies implementing control towers, why do so few deliver on the promise of end-to-end visibility and control? This. The post Why Do Control Tower Implementations Fail? appeared first on The Network Effect.
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Supply Chain Brain
MAY 4, 2018
Brands have always played a dominant role in the consumer marketplace. Merchandisers are constantly striving to build emotional connections with consumers through compelling brand identities. The task today is more challenging than ever, given the dominance of social media and that e-commerce behemoth, Amazon.com. On this episode, we talk with Deb Gabor, chief executive officer of Sol Marketing , a specialist in brand identification, marketing and maintenance.
BlueYonder
MAY 4, 2018
Friday in 5 – news from around the supply chain landscape, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: JCPenney brings Black Friday back early; Anheuser-Busch will invest in hydrogen-powered trucks; Amazon wants to make sure the clothes you buy fit perfectly; a new robot delivery service may be coming to a campus near you; and an online marketplace could disrupt the way landlords fill empty store spaces.
Supply Chain Digest
MAY 4, 2018
There are Many Forces at Work, but True Collaboration May Allow Some Retailers and Manufacturers to Survive, even Prosper
BlueYonder
MAY 4, 2018
Friday in 5 – news from around the supply chain landscape, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: JCPenney brings Black Friday back early; Anheuser-Busch will invest in hydrogen-powered trucks; Amazon wants to make sure the clothes you buy fit perfectly; a new robot delivery service may be coming to a campus near you; and an online marketplace could disrupt the way landlords fill empty store spaces.
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.
River Logic
MAY 4, 2018
River Logic’s strength is in prescriptive analytics-based optimization. The company has over 1,100 person-years of experience in building 100’s of models that solve complex business problems across dozens of industries. Two years ago River Logic made the decision to move to Microsoft Azure , which significantly helped the company maintain a modern architecture that is quickly scalable.
Enterra Insights
MAY 4, 2018
People continue to flock to cities looking for work and a better way of life. This migration from rural to urban areas is stressing cities like never before and making the wise use of limited resources an imperative. Rabbil Sikdar ( @rabbil_sikdar ) reports an IDC study predicts, “Smart cities are set to become the norm by 2025.”[1] Considering all the obstacles facing metropolitan areas, the IDC prediction sounds overly optimistic unless by “norm” the authors mean a majo
DAT Solutions
MAY 4, 2018
My advice to anyone getting their motor carrier authority would be to create a relationship with a CPA. I have been using the same CPA to do my taxes since the first year of getting my authority. My first-year profit and loss numbers were a clear sign that a major mechanical failure could have taken me out of business, and I am sure my CPA thought the same thing.
APICS
MAY 4, 2018
Blockchain has been touted as the cure-all for everything from financial fraud to voting, but this week Wired magazine’s Maryn McKenna suggested that blockchain could help prevent E. coli. How? Consider that two weeks ago, the earliest signs of an outbreak of the disease surfaced in New Jersey.
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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.
DAT Solutions
MAY 4, 2018
A national carrier hiring standard moved a step closer to reality, as the House of Representatives included it in an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act. The Act should head to the U.S. Senate for consideration in late May or early June. The hiring standard, which would set guidelines for brokers and shippers who hire carriers, has long been a legislative priority for the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), a trade organization made up of freig
3PL Insights
MAY 4, 2018
When two businesses partner together, this brings about a variety of benefits (and risks, of course). Merging with a 3PL, specifically, can help a company with scaling, expanding geographic reach and footprint, and help with growth in certain industries. The time is right for merging with a 3PL, as the economy improves and interest rates remain low.
Synovos
MAY 4, 2018
Planning for the disruption and technological advances that will change your company and change your industry segment is never easy. When it comes to automation and AI, this report from SDDigest examines how ready 25 countries are for the new era. It’s all based on a new index from The Economist magazine. (See What Countries are Most Ready for Robots and AI?
Exapro Hub
MAY 4, 2018
We’re a web-focused team, powered up by 22 great talents, from 10 nationalities, making it fun to trade used machinery. Our people are our best assets, so we are always looking for talented and creative people to make everyone succeed. View all job offers. Currently we are looking for. Digital Marketing Specialist. the Digital Marketing Specialist to keep on improving our websites.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Talking Logistics
MAY 4, 2018
I heard this trivia question on the radio this morning when I drove my son to school: This product was invented in Pittsburgh, PA fifty years ago and it consists of seven parts working together. According to a 2007 report, one of these products is sold every 17 seconds in the U.S. – or around 550 million every year. What is it? I share the answer below.
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