Logility

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Stricter regulations and changing market conditions mean ensuring supplier sustainability is a crucial step in building more resilient, sustainable supply chains. In December 2020, the US Customs and Border Protection issued a detention order on cotton products sourced from some parts of China. It marked the sixth such enforcement order from the U.S. import authority in the space of three months against goods made by forced labor from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

I recently attended a webinar on need to decarbonize the air transport industry – a very urgent priority ! Pierpaolo Cazzola, International Transport Forum (ITF), an inter-governmental think tank, presented the organization’s recent findings and recommendations, ahead of the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) conferences. The “Decarbonizing Air Transport” report shows a tough road ahead for cutting emissions in the airline industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Home delivery strategy, tactics and performance is one of the most hotly-debated areas of logistics. The pandemic has increased the importance of home delivery, but also decreased the quality of home delivery performance. As logistics professionals, we can dive into the data to understand how we are performing operationally and rationalize the results against all of the last-mile challenges every retailer has been facing, but what do consumers actually think?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Singapore 12th August 2021: Recognising the heightened focus on overall supply chain performance due to increased disruption and challenges, shippers, manufacturers and beneficial cargo owners (BCO’s), are increasingly faced with soaring freights rates and what they, correctly or otherwise, perceive to be sub-standard or inferior service. Additionally, many companies today are placing an increased focus and significance in assessing the wherewithal of a Logistics Service Provider by their sustai

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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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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Over the past few years, but especially since the pandemic, companies have learned that “the way we have always done it” is not going to work anymore. This is particularly true when it comes to reverse logistics and returns management, which I’ve called the migraine headache of e-commerce. Why is transforming returns management more important. Read more How an RMS Helps Optimize E-commerce Returns Management.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Revolutions, especially those that succeed, are generally big deals. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (aka Industry 4.0) is no different. According to a manifesto from the World Economic Forum (WEF), “The Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a fundamental change in the way we live, work, and relate to one another. It is a new chapter in human development, enabled by extraordinary technology advances commensurate with those of the first, second, and third industrial revolutions.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Developments. The halal industry is a fast-growing industry. According to the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2020-2021 a USD 2.4 trillion industry by 2024 , consisting of not only food, but also cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, modest fashion, media & creation, and Muslim friendly travel. Halal is not static, but is going through an evolution from a (1) Muslim company (purely based on the trust between buyer and seller); (2) halal product (ingredients are compliant and production proc

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As demand continues to shift to the omnichannel and e-commerce, supply chain strategies must proactively recognize any disruptions that threaten to undermine on-time and in-full (OTIF) order requirements.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The sixth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in August 2021 once again stressed the importance and urgency of decarbonising all sectors of the economy. While many sectors can already report decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, logistics continues to be seen as a hard-to-abate sector given its current growth rates and its persistent dependence on fossil fuels.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Commitments from shippers and cargo owners to move toward around-the-clock unloading at the docks in Los Angeles are a first step to addressing a national supply chain backlog.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

De-Carbonising Road Freight Operations: BRIDGING THE KNOW-DO GAP Download the latest LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine. In this edition we have several news updates, interesting & enlightening articles and contributions on people & management – topics which are most crucial to the development of the Supply Chain Industry across regions as well as globally.

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West Coast and California Logistics

OCTOBER 14, 2021

A 3PL provider that performs integrated services is kind of like a puppeteer that controls three or more puppets at the same time. When those “puppets” include drayage, warehousing and final delivery services, you can leverage the 3PL to dramatically improve your port-to-retail-shelf cycle time. In this article, we’ll tell you why food companies would benefit from such an integrated 3PL for food services.

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crisp

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Gareth Davies joins Crisp as Chief Product Officer, leading product innovation to broaden secure data collaboration across the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What Exactly Is Reverse Logistics? Preventing refund fraud article and permission to publish here provided by Carol Trehearn. Managing a supply chain can be strenuous enough without having to worry about the integrity of refund requests. Refund fraud is a very real threat to retailers, and it can put a great deal of tension on the customer-to-business relationship.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Truck driver retention is important for a healthy fleet, but hard schedules and bad working conditions can cause high turnover. In fact, the yearly turnover rate for major truckload carriers increased to 92% in 2020, while it increased to 74% for smaller freight carriers. Although COVID-19 had an impact on these figures, the industry already had significant turnover rates for a variety of reasons.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! Challenges facing Supply Chain Executives article and permission to publish here provided by Melody Williams. The COVID-19 pandemic has been nothing short of a Black Swan event for the world economy—namely the many supply chains that power it.

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IT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 14, 2021

By Chris Jones (pictured). Executive VP, Industry & Services, Descartes Systems Group. The post The Damage of Delivery Failure & Getting Deliveries Back on Track appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 14, 2021

High-speed and fast-scale urbanization has overtaken even its most optimistic estimates. By United Nations estimates, the world will have 43 megacities with populations exceeding 10 million by the year 2030. To build these megacities, rapid mobilization of building materials across the construction industry will create an exponential demand for high-grade cement.

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IT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 14, 2021

By Dr Paul Rivers (pictured). CEO, Guidance Automation. The post Survive & Thrive During Peak Retail with Automation appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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o9 Solutions

OCTOBER 14, 2021

DALLAS, Oct. 14, 2021 — o9 Solutions Inc. , a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, reported a 97% increase in Q3 2021 bookings, which translates into an almost three-fold increase in year-to-date bookings compared to the same period in 2020. These results show o9’s continued strong growth momentum. .

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Aioneers

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Supply chain optimization is crucial in an increasingly globalized competitive world where margins are under constant pressure. In the recent decade, most of the attention in supply chain design has been on maximizing resource utilization, offshoring to lower-cost regions, outsourcing non-value added operations, implementing just-in-time systems, and investing in communication technologies.

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Logistics Middle East

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Advancer team recognised for delivering superior performance of project management practices, superior organisational results, and positive impacts on society. The post Trane Technologies’ Thermo King Advancer awarded Project Excellence Award from the Project Management Institute appeared first on Logistics Middle East.

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MercuryGate

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Determining the best way to approach the modern supply chain is carefully interweaving with contactless digital options. For years, supply chain professionals have been gradually moving toward a more unified digital strategy from drayage service through final-mile management, and everything has some sort of digital twin. Those strategies are now under the microscope for added […].

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Kanban Logistics

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Despite a slower September, intermodal rail transport volumes have increased significantly in 2021 as many shippers take advantage of this cost-effective mode of transport. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the current state of intermodal rail and tell you how a third-party logistics (3PL) provider can support companies that take advantage of this mode of transport.

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Supply Chain Digest

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Now the Whole World getting a Supply Chain Education

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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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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

OCTOBER 14, 2021

When outsourcing fulfillment services, you want your partner to be an extension of your own team. Is that your experience? Is your provider’s customer service team available to address your issues and answer your questions – fast? Ideally, the answer should always be ‘yes.’ In reality, it depends on the partner you’ve chosen.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 14, 2021

When a fashion industry sustainability group called out China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims, the idea was to nudge Beijing toward human-rights reforms while cleaning up a troubled corner of the $60 billion global cotton business. Western brands have learned the hard way that things don’t work that way in China.

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Tecsys

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Here are seven reasons why any retailer should not consider building their own order management system. The post 7 Reasons NOT to Build a Retail OMS appeared first on Tecsys.

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