Tue.Feb 25, 2020

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In Pursuit of the Cognitive Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

In many digital transformation-focused discussions, the “enterprise” and the “supply chain” are separate conversations. Separating the discussions is a mistake. Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights, insists, “The supply chain IS Business, not a department within a business.”[1] In other words, the enterprise and its supply chain must transform in lockstep.

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How Blockchain Can Reduce Food Fraud

Shipchain

Food fraud has been a global problem for what feels like forever. It first came about as an attempt from dishonest individuals to make a profit, and since then has only increased in prevalence as lower-cost alternatives continue to be passed off as their high-value counterparts. Food fraud has now become a pressing issue in global supply chains, and it needs to be addressed as soon as possible. .

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Freight Pricing 2020 Trends: What Should Shippers Know?

GlobalTranz

Freight pricing continues to change across the globe. According to Darren Dodson of Material Handling & Logistics, the state of e-commerce will drive the majority of freight rate changes as more than 8.6 billion packages will make their way to U.S. customers in 2020. Traditional demands of the supply chain market, including increased visibility, better.read More.

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Manufacturing ERP Plays a Key Role for Sustainability

QAD

Sustainability has become increasingly important in recent years and is now a vital component of many organizations’ social, economic and environmental efforts. As an example, look no further than Microsoft’s announcement to be carbon negative by 2030 and their commitment of $1 billion towards a climate innovation fund. Other recent examples include Mercedes-Benz’s pilot project for using blockchain to track CO2 emissions and Perrier’s program winners for developing sustainable and circular pack

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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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Achieving your TMS investment goals means leaving the “happy path”

CHAINalytics

Transportation Management Systems (TMS) can be transformative tools. If correctly selected and implemented properly, a TMS can deliver 5% to 10% a year in freight savings and related efficiencies, according to many estimates. That’s the exciting part. The not-as-exciting, though essential, part comes in deciding how to develop and implement such a system.

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An excellent panorama for Supply Chain Analytics

Prophetic Technology

Nowadays, managers are mainly concerned about providing new products on-time and within an already-specified margin. Margins are getting stretched whilst customer’s demands and expectancies keep growing.

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Supply Chain Analytics

o9 Solutions

Analytics Driven Control Tower to Align Supply Chain Policies to Business Strategies and Market Needs. Top Reasons Organizations are Upgrading their Supply Chain Analytics Capabilities. Ability to answer real demand and supply change what-ifs. Increase productivity, automation and speed in the supply chain planning process. Move from unit centric to financially smart supply chain planning.

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Supply Chain professionals with the right skills

Prophetic Technology

The potential Supply Chain ( SC ) professional will need to acquire the essential skills of tomorrow, so greatly differing from today; the skills focusing on the SC, in particular, are recognised to be crucial for a better-functioning of the SC professional of the future.

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Commercial planning (Revenue)

o9 Solutions

Improve Alignment of Top Down Sales Plans with Bottom Up Go-to-Market Strategies, Resources and Initiatives. Top Reasons Organizations are Upgrading their Revenue Planning Capabilities. Handling omni-channel, multi-region, large product portfolio complexity. Enabling multiple models for top down sales plan target setting. Making baseline + growth driver based bottom up sales planning simpler.

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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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Warehouse Management in the Retail Industry

Vinculum

Over the years, the eCommerce landscape is undergoing a paradigm shift. And, as eCommerce retailers, you need to up your efforts to cater to the evolving changes. The retail space is experiencing substantial changes, lately, that can be attributed to the breakthrough technological advancements and innovations. The evolving customer expectation is another major change that today’s retailers are still getting used to.

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Risk Chain – Gain Full Visibility And Mitigate Supply Chain Risk

Gravity Supply Chain

Graham Parker, CEO Gravity Supply Chain Solutions, discusses the impact of Coronavirus, COVID-19, on global supply chains. In an interview conducted by BBC World News. The post Risk Chain – Gain Full Visibility And Mitigate Supply Chain Risk appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.

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Master the Continuous Improvement Process with the USC Playbook (video)

USC Consulting Group

Score operational excellence in your business by embracing the continuous improvement process. Here’s the story… The Ice Kings are struggling. They’ve lost 6 of their last 7 games. Last season, they went to the playoffs. What’s wrong? Enter Coach USC, who takes a page from the USC Playbook – Embracing Continuous Improvement.

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Flash PMI shows fastest growth rate in 10 months despite supply chains hit hard

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The UK Flash PMI has revealed manufacturing output has grown at the fastest rate in ten months, hitting 52.8 up from January’s 50.1, despite emerging signs of supply chain disruption from the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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[PODCAST] Shipping Rates for 2020: What does the Crystal Ball Say?

GlobalTranz

Listen to “Shipping Rates for 2020:L What does the Crystal Ball Say?” on Spreaker. Freight Resources to Download A Guide to Maximize the Use of TMS Download White Paper Inbound Freight Costs: How Gaining Visibility Achieves Bottom Line Savings Download White Paper 2020 Strategic Freight Management Trends Download White Paper How to Realize The Substantial.read More.

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Supply Chain News on Planned Bronx Logistics Center to be Multi Story, Provide Direct Rail Service

Supply Chain Digest

There will be Truck Ramps on First Three Floors, CSX Rail Spur from Nearby Yard

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DAT adds automated 'Book Now' options to load board

DAT Solutions

DAT's Book Now feature, currently being refined in a pilot program, will allow carriers using DAT load boards to search for freight and lock in the rate with the click of a button on their mobile or desktop device.

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Supply Chain New on Time to Make Time in Lean

Supply Chain Digest

Lean is a Time Based Strategy, Expert Says

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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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Four Predictions About Field Service in 2020

Supply Chain Brain

Transformational technologies can enable new revenue models that make field-service organizations stickier and more intimate with customers.

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Rail intermodal faces an uphill battle in 2020

DAT Solutions

With the U.S. economy still doing well, why be glum about rail intermodal? There are four reasons for concern in 2020.

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Jones Logistics Goes Digital, Automates Freight Matching and Booking on Key Lanes

Parade

Hattiesburg, MS // Jones Logistics has announced they have built a custom integration to their existing toolstack which fully automates their carrier sales process. Now a ‘digital brokerage’, Jones can execute loads without any manual touches from their carrier sales team thanks to a custom configuration they developed using their logistics automation platform (Parade) and their TMS.

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It’s Only Natural: What You Need to Know about Fulfillment of Natural Products

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

As more Americans adopt healthier lifestyles, it’s a great time to be selling organic or natural products. According to the Organic Trade Association, annual U.S. sales of the former have now broken $50 billion , while the growth rate of these sales is outpacing general product sales by a ratio of nearly 3 to 1.

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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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Jones Logistics Goes Digital, Automates Freight Matching and Booking on Key Lanes

Parade

Hattiesburg, MS // Jones Logistics has announced they have built a custom integration to their existing toolstack which fully automates their carrier sales process. Now a ‘digital brokerage’, Jones can execute loads without any manual touches from their carrier sales team thanks to a custom configuration they developed using their logistics automation platform (Parade) and their TMS.

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Shrewd Retailers Think Outside the Big Box

Tecsys

Please enjoy this republication of a RETHINK Retail article. In his opening keynote for NRF’s Big… The post Shrewd Retailers Think Outside the Big Box appeared first on Tecsys.

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Customer Story | Linehaul Logistics

Parade

Artificial Intelligence in Missoula, Montana Greg Brown, VP Operations LineHaul Logistics Brown discusses what makes LineHaul Logistics unique, and why Parad.

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How to Evaluate Freight Audit Companies

EnVista

Getting the Most From a Transportation Audit and Visibility Partner. How can you get the most out of a transportation audit and visibility provider? In this Q&A with Michael Falls, Client Services Director at enVista, discover what you can ask of freight audit companies to make sure they go above and beyond to exceed your expectations.

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Embedded Analytics: A Force Multiplier for Business

The possibilities for embedded analytics to drive real value for businesses, end users, and society are as fascinating as they are limitless. No matter the industry, brand after brand is finding that analytics can be the solution to a multitude of business challenges. Go deep with five insightsoftware customers as they share the details of their analytics journeys and discuss the transformative power of data.

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Customer Story | Linehaul Logistics

Parade

[link] Artificial Intelligence in Missoula, Montana. Greg Brown, VP Operations. LineHaul Logistics Brown discusses what makes LineHaul Logistics unique, and why Parade was the perfect partner to help them leverage automation for their brokerage.

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Part Designation in Your BOM & Why It's Important to the RFQ Process

Dragon Innovation

When choosing a factory or contract manufacturer to produce your product, one may go through the Request for Quote ( RFQ ) process. During this process you are creating uniform documents to help factories identify what goes into your product via your Bill of Materials ( BOM ). As we know BOMs come in all shapes and sizes, but the one thing that a lot of people miss are more detailed instructions on how each part should be quoted.

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Customer Story | Linehaul Logistics

Parade

[link] Artificial Intelligence in Missoula, Montana. Greg Brown, VP Operations. LineHaul Logistics Brown discusses what makes LineHaul Logistics unique, and why Parade was the perfect partner to help them leverage automation for their brokerage.

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