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Procurement Technology – What it can and can’t replace in a Manufacturer’s Journey Towards Supply Chain Resilience and Agility

ivalua

A review of the key elements in supplier management for manufacturers and how Source-to-Pay procurement technology can support the journey towards supply chain resilience and agility in times of crisis. As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, procurement organizations around the world are scrambling to react. There are many supply chain management lessons to learn from the Covid-19 crisis.

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Returning Food and Beverage Manufacturing to a New Normal

QAD

This article was co-written by Cathy Fisher , founder and president at Quistem , a global expert in quality management systems. COVID-19 has disrupted manufacturing operations worldwide. The automotive industry was shut down and many other manufacturing sectors have been severely impacted. The food and beverage industry is no exception as manufacturers have been impacted in a number of areas.

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Editor’s Choice: Retailers: Is Your Transportation Strategy Ready for Peak Season?

Logistics Viewpoints

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Choice” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. This week, Logitsyx Technologies asks if retailers are ready for peak season. Peak season is always stressful for the retail industry, but the COVID-19 pandemic could create more issues than usual.

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How Automation is Providing Businesses with a Way to Move Forward

Kuebix

The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically altered the traditional business model. Companies looking to resume business are searching for ways to operate at a normal pace while maintaining new standards regarding cleanliness and social distancing. While wide-scale automation has always seemed like an inevitable part of the future, the pandemic is undoubtedly accelerating the push.

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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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Returning Food and Beverage Manufacturing to a New Normal

QAD

This article was co-written by Cathy Fisher , founder and president at Quistem , a global expert in quality management systems. COVID-19 has disrupted manufacturing operations worldwide. The automotive industry was shut down and many other manufacturing sectors have been severely impacted. The food and beverage industry is no exception as manufacturers have been impacted in a number of areas.

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FedEx Follows UPS in Adding New Peak Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

COVID-19 continues to have far-reaching consequences for shippers. Throughout the pandemic, carriers have been adding and changing surcharges to cope with the disruptions to their networks. Last week, UPS announced a significant surcharge increase – not only for shipments to and from Asia but for domestic ones as well. This week, FedEx followed suit with similarly drastic surcharge increases that are sure to impact shippers of all sizes.

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The Future of Supply Chain: 10 Trends to Watch for 2020 & the Decade Ahead

Elementum

A decade ago, supply chain was a very different function than the one we know today. Only 32% of businesses had deployed planning software, Amazon Prime was still in its infancy and there were no supply chain cloud solutions in existence - including our own, here at Elementum. In the years since, supply chain has shifted from being seen as the back-office stepchild it once was, to a strategic lever of business growth.

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Backorders and Their Effect on Supply Chain

SupplyPike

Learn about: The benefits of backorders The challenges of backorder processing The best ways to manage backorders in retail. Successful suppliers can still sell their products to customers even if they don’t have the inventory. To do so, they use backorders. Backordering is the process of giving your customers the facility of placing orders even when you have insufficient stock.

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The Supply Chain Can’t Stop: Dealing with Not-So-Temporary Process Changes

Elementum

Settle in to “work from home” for the long haul. 3 of the 4 timelines for life returning to pre-pandemic normal, warn that shelter-in-place is likely to continue for more than three months, as covered by The Atlantic. Couple that with the immense strain being imposed on supply chain already due to lean manufacturing and just-in-time principles. “Our supply chains are failing, and production is slow to respond.

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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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Track Products Within A Container through Shipsy

Shipsy

Shipsy’s Container Tracking software automatically tracks container movements across 40+ shipping lines. Now, you can add products inside a container and track the movement at a product level too! The platform is now enabled to add shipments and send updates through APIs! This ensures complete automation and real time sync with your ERP. Maintain Product Master Product codes along with description can be maintained in the setup section of the tool.

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Inventory Optimization 101 – Smart & Effective Inventory Management

ThroughPut

What is Inventory Optimization? Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. It includes the practice of having the right levels of inventory to meet your target service levels while keeping a minimum amount of capital locked for inventory.

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Supply Chain Automation: How a TMS Maximizes Resources by Automating Processes

MercuryGate

Automation is not a new supply chain buzzword. According to Matt Leonard of Supply Chain Dive, approximately one-third of supply chain professionals are actively involved in the use of supply chain automation technologies. However, the use of supply chain automation consultancy services is increasing. Such increases allude to a growing demand for automation, but again, […].

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Inventory Optimization 101 – Smart & Effective Inventory Management

ThroughPut

What is Inventory Optimization? Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. It includes the practice of having the right levels of inventory to meet your target service levels while keeping a minimum amount of capital locked for inventory.

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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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Top 10 Last Mile Transparency Concerns Solved

GlobalTranz

Gaining better last mile transparency is essential for shippers to succeed in the Post COVID-19 world. More transparency can help companies overcome shrinking profit margins by reducing waste and ensure positive customer experiences. As explained by Freight Waves, “Expectations have raised over the years, and the biggest bridge that has to be crossed now is.read More.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for June 4, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

Amazon Ends Hazard Pay for FC Workers, Nikola with New Sales Model for Its Hydrogen Trucks, May PMI Shows Big but Stable Decline in US Manufacturing, Renewables Exceed Coal Share for First Time

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June 22, 2020 / 11:00 AM ESTAchieving Resilience in the Manufacturing Supply Chain – Research & Learnings from Leading Manufacturers

ivalua

The post June 22, 2020 / 11:00 AM EST<br>Achieving Resilience in the Manufacturing Supply Chain – Research & Learnings from Leading Manufacturers appeared first on Ivalua.

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The Gartner Top 25 Supply Chains Part 2

Supply Chain Digest

Other Changes to Methodology were Considered, while Gilmore has Other Questions

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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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When: 06/23/2020 Mitigating Supply Chain Risk and Building a Resilient Enterprise 3pm UAE time

ivalua

The post When: 06/23/2020 <br>Mitigating Supply Chain Risk and Building a Resilient Enterprise <br> 3pm UAE time appeared first on Ivalua.

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The Advantages of YMS Automation

C3 Solutions

As organizations around the world seek to increase the use of automation and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their production facilities, there is a clear pursuit of replacing repetitive tasks performed by people, with computerization and robotics. At the start of each year during my time working as the head of several large UK parcel distribution facilities, I would regularly be confronted with a seemingly unassailable challenge: “How do I remove costs while maintaining productivity

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5 Challenges to Expanding into Europe with Joe Paris

The Logistics of Logistics

The post 5 Challenges to Expanding into Europe with Joe Paris appeared first on The Logistics of Logistics.

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There’s Something Happening Here (With Truck Drivers, Logistics Planning)

Supply Chain Collaborator

There are striking similarities between today’s civil unrest and the late 1960s when Buffalo Springfield wrote the iconic song, “ For What It’s Worth ” referenced in the title of this post. For good or for ill, truck drivers seem to always play an integral role during these challenging times, serving as a flash point for the consciousness of America.

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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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VIDEO: DAT iQ Market Update shows freight markets rebounding

DAT Solutions

This week, DAT Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo speaks with Chris Caplice; Chief Scientist at Chainalytics, Executive Director of Center for Transportation and Logistics, and Senior Research Scientist at MIT. Chris will be transitioning to DAT as part of the recent FMIC acquisition. Watch Ken and Chris discuss further in this interview.

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Should I start selling B2B using Amazon Business?

TradeGecko

If you’ve ever tried buying anything online- be it homeware, hardware, kitchenware or any other type of “ware” chances are your search results included items listed on online retail giant Amazon.

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Track Products Within A Container through Shipsy

Shipsy

Shipsy’s Container Tracking software automatically tracks container movements across 40+ shipping lines. Now, you can add products inside a container and track the movement at a product level too! The platform is now enabled to add shipments and send updates through APIs! This ensures complete automation and real time sync with your ERP. Maintain Product Master Product codes along with description can be maintained in the setup section of the tool.

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Five Reasons the Virus E-Commerce Surge Is Here to Stay

Supply Chain Brain

One of the byproducts of the coronavirus pandemic has been a remarkable surge in e-commerce volumes, and it could be the new normal.

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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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D365 Developer Series: Extending Full-Text

EnVista

How to extend existing search criteria for full-text search within Retail and Commerce. Microsoft D ynamics 365 has built in full-text search functionality when searching for customers , products , and prospects. D ynamics 365 builds full-text indexes over a large volume of the text data, which contains vital words and locations, and results in faster search.

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What Is Curbside Pickup and Delivery?

Freight Center

Because freight shipping can get a bit complex, understanding the basics of the process helps you ship smarter and with less headaches. There are many moving parts to freight shipping. For example, there is the “standard” that happens with all freight, then there are add on special services as well as the option to purchase additional insurance coverage and more.

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Partner Summit Virtual Tour!

Axway

This year, our Partner Summit is going on a virtual tour region by region! Now more than ever, it’s important for Axway to emphasize the value and importance of our partnerships globally. Partner Summit Virtual Tour.

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