GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The freight industry of today is evolving rapidly. It is no longer bound by the traditional constraints of the economy, and Amazon is gearing up to begin expanding to be the best of the global freight shipping providers. As a result, your company needs to think about these freight shipping trends and how you can prepare to respond to them as soon as possible. 8 Freight Shipping Trends Shippers Must Know for 2017. 1.

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NFI Industries

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

From California to New Jersey, North America produces some of the best wines in the world with popularity increasing year-over-year. Americans now consume the most wine in the world and consumption is forecasted to increase by 2 percent between 2015 and 2019 1. As the consumption of wine and popularity increases, the supply chain to move. Read More.

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Tompkins Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

By: Tompkins International Staff Join us at the Tompkins International Supply Chain Leadership Forum 2017 (SCLF). We have another exciting addition to this year’s SCLF being held on May 8th through May 10th in Durham, NC: our sponsors! You will have the chance to connect, share, and learn from our sponsors and their executive. The post Sponsors of the 2017 Tompkins Supply Chain Leadership Forum appeared first on Tompkins International.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

At company holiday parties, you can’t avoid talking business, so I took the opportunity this year to socialize a transportation management system (TMS) question among our implementation team – many of whom have 20, 30, or even more than 40 TMS implementations under their belt across all the major vendors in existence. The question was “What makes a successful TMS project?”.

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The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Innovation is at the heart of many kinds of success. For supply chain management, innovation means making a business more efficient by improving the way inventory and logistics are handled. There are currently supply chain management tools for supply chain professionals looking to improve the function of their business. 1. Use Predictive Analytics and Machine-Learning.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Freightquote: A Killer Combo of Talent and Technology | Transportfolio. There is a lot happening in today’s world of ecommerce and the Internet of Things (IoT) that relate to the transportation industry, but it takes more than just data and technology to be a best in class organization. Successful companies in today’s marketplace are backed by supply chain professionals who understand how to move freight.

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Cost of Manufacturing Regulations is Very High, NAM CEO Says, Wendys Replacing Employees with Kiosks, Many Years Since the US has Seen 3 Percent Economic Growth, Jersey Warehouse Marker Red Hot

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RELEX Solutions

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Read PDF. WHSmith Travel aims to increase availability and better manage waste through improved stock forecasting and replenishment with RELEX Solutions. WHSmith Travel has selected RELEX Solutions, one of the fastest growing providers of integrated retail and supply chain planning solutions, to improve demand forecasting and replenishment in order to increase availability and reduce wastage of its fresh and chilled foods.

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Factory Visits, Emphasis on Three Big Ticket Policy Items, which are Regulatory and Tax Reform, Infrastructure

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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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RELEX Solutions

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Read PDF. RELEX Solutions, a leading provider of integrated retail and supply chain planning solutions worldwide, today announced that Michael Falck, President of RELEX Solutions U.S., was named a 2017 Provider Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive. Mr. Falck, a respected authority on retail supply chain planning, started out in science-based, supply chain research at Helsinki University of Technology, the European university that pioneered postgraduate research in the field.

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Another Good Conference from RILA, as OmniChannel, Talent Management Dominate the Discussion

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SCM Research

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

My students tend to use their laptops in classes. I have forwarded this very interesting article by Mueller & Oppenheimer (2014) to them. It was published in one of the most influential journals in psychology and contains good arguments to stop this practice. First, the authors summarize existing research that finds that laptops serve as distractions.

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3GTMS

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

You can’t avoid talking business at company parties, so I recently took the opportunity to informally survey my colleagues on the question “What makes a successful TMS project?”. There were the expected answers about the quality of the solution, goals of the client, environment and fit. But the most surprising and repeated answer was the quality of the super user.

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Rate Increases Mixed, from 1.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Machine learning is one of the current buzzwords frequently found in articles about the future of business. Other terms with … Continued. The post Machine Learning and Your Business Future appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

At the beginning of the year, DAT Pricing Analyst Mark Montague declared that the freight recession was over. A month later, others analysts from around the industry started to come to the same conclusion. Since then, we've been in the middle of what's traditionally been the slow season for freight. The steady decline in van and reefer rates over the course of several weeks left a lot of people wondering whether or not the freight recession really was over.

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Quantified Freight

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Everything. It’s everything. Gone are the days of “cover the floor and shut the door.” The carriers have been upping their game since 2008 by hanging their “fricking lasers” from the rafters of their barns. No longer does an LTL pricing analyst look over a bid request and utter the words “meh…I see a lot of class 50 on here…that’s probably like 45 PCF freight.

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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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Tailwind

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It’s quite hard to grab a handful of it. It slips from your hands and runs through your fingers as you bring it up to your mouth to take a sip. It seems incongruous to have grabbed such a big handful, only to find that by the time it reaches its destination there is hardly anything left. You can’t take a big gulp. You just get a few sips. And you remain thirsty.

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Quantified Freight

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Everything. It’s everything. Gone are the days of “cover the floor and shut the door.” The carriers have been upping their game since 2008 by hanging their “fricking lasers” from the rafters of their barns. No longer does an LTL pricing analyst look over a bid request and utter the words “meh…I see a lot of class 50 on here…that’s probably like 45 PCF freight.

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FLEXE

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

<p>Seasonal inventory peaks. Expanding to new markets. Product launches. Sometimes you need more warehouse space. But that doesn’t mean you should have to source space and invest in long-term leases. That would be expensive, tie up valuable capital, and leave you with more space than you need. </p> <p>Instead, with on-demand warehousing from FLEXE, you gain a network of vetted professional warehouse providers nationwide that have room for your inventory.

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Target Gets Tough with Vendors on Chemicals, while Lululemon Profits from Vendor Tagging, Item Level RFID

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Despite Growing Popularity, Variety of Factors Make Audits Ineffective Tools in Reaching Claimed Goals

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