NFI Industries
MAY 15, 2018
An up-and-coming delivery avenue that has sparked an interest in not only the supply chain industry, but also the general public, is the use of drones in last-mile delivery. Even though this idea has become a popular concept, it is not currently deployed in the United States and is only in testing stages. 1 The U.S. Read More.
ToolsGroup
MAY 15, 2018
Here is the scenario. The C Suite says it wants “digital transformation". Your company has an older supply chain planning (SCP) system of record (SOR) like SAP APO that was developed in the 1990s. You may have added some best-of-breed add-ons for specialized applications such as multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO). But it’s clear that this platform is not getting you what you want: a “next generation”, “low touch”, and “not stapled together” planning platform.
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Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 15, 2018
Additive manufacturing has certainly gotten a lot of press over the years. In the supply chain space, the idea that inventory costs could be slashed by committing to additive manufacturing has been touted. In manufacturing, a common idea is that additive manufacturing can create more sustainable products by not lathing away materials that are wasted.
Kinaxis
MAY 15, 2018
by Mike McAllister Register. Meet. Greet. That’s always a solid day one at any conference. If you’re lucky (and not too jet lagged), you’ll sneak in an early session or two, and you might even find time for cocktail that evening. To add a bit of extra zing to day one at this year’s Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, AZ, Kinaxis announced the launch of the Self-Healing Supply Chain to improve supply chain performance and keep it operating in top health,
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
Elementum
MAY 15, 2018
As the true determiner of whether a business sinks or floats, supply chain needs a workforce composed of smart, talented people. But why is it so hard to attract the best of the best to a career in supply chain? “We’re like Rodney Dangerfield—we don’t get no respect,” says Professor Yossi Sheffi, a Professor of Supply Chain Management at MIT. He, like a number of supply chain professionals, laments the fact that the term “supply chain” doesn’t do a great job of suggesting the complex work involv
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
CHAINalytics
MAY 15, 2018
By Rob Kaszubowski on May 15, 2018 The growing popularity of clamp-truck handling in supply chain operations can reduce labor and help accelerate product distribution, but it can also apply extreme horizontal forces on your products’ packaging. Is your packaging designed for clamp handling? As supply chains continue to evolve and with many consumers now … The post Is your packaging prepared for clamp handling?
Supply Chain 24/7
MAY 15, 2018
In this white paper, we chart the evolution of the control tower as a means to embrace and extract value from all this complexity and discuss how to select and implement the right control tower for your supply chain business.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 15, 2018
One of the people expressed bafflement that it’s taken so long for the government to ask for the data. It’s just 10 months until the country formally quits the European Union, and Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet — and indeed her Conservative Party — is still procrastinating on what kind of customs arrangements to pursue post-divorce. The course the government decides on will determine what burden exporters face, and whether it’s still viable for them to trade with the EU and with third coun
CH Robinson Transportfolio
MAY 15, 2018
3 Benefits of LCL Shipping | Transportfolio. One way global shippers can deal with tight transit times and fast changes in demand is to keep a lot more inventory on hand. But there is another way. You can use less than container load (LCL), which enables you to ship more frequently and still lower inventory costs. How does this work? It’s easiest to see some of the advantages of LCL by comparing the service to full container load (FCL) shipping.
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.
DAT Solutions
MAY 15, 2018
After getting off to a hot start in May, van trends took a slight dip last week in terms of truck load s and rates. That's still coming from an elevated level, though. Volumes are as strong as they've been all year, and capacity is tight across the southern half of the country. The Midwest and Northeast quieted down, but freight levels are building in California, which has the potential to lift rates nationwide.
GlobalTranz
MAY 15, 2018
Editor’s Note: Today’s blog is from Geoff Whiting who writes for ERP Focus and Explore WMS. In this blog Geoff shows us 3 major benefits of supply chain visibility for your business. Your phone can link to your bank account, social media, photo library, diet tracker that you turned off a year ago, and share information between most of those apps.
DAT Solutions
MAY 15, 2018
Reefer load counts and rates continued to climb last week, boosted by produce markets across the country. Last week was the fifth in a row for rising volumes, and prices continued to surge out of the Southeast. DAT load boards provides the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions.
TradeGecko
MAY 15, 2018
This is the third installment in our SME series about how to successfully expand your eCommerce business into multiple international markets. We take you through all the main steps, so you know where to start and how to make sure you’re breaking into the right markets.
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CHAINalytics
MAY 15, 2018
| By Mike Hane | Senior Director, Transportation | Chainalytics | I’ve written a couple times on transportation procurement in a rising market, and with the current state of the market, I figured it was time to revisit the topic and provide an updated perspective. In the U.S., truckload rates have increased in many lanes … The post Truckload Bids in a Rising Freight Market; What to do?
Supply Chain Collaborator
MAY 15, 2018
Version 5.15 Contains Numerous Important Updates to Functionality within the Transportation Logistics Automation Platform Favored by Growing Numbers of High Volume Shippers. May 17, 2018 – Fair Lawn, NJ – UltraShipTMS development teams have set June 26, 2018 as the release date for the next platform update of their award-winning logistics automation solution for high volume shippers in North America. .
AIT SureShip
MAY 15, 2018
Ready to go! Whatever process you have taken, you have finally arrived at the point where your company is going to start the journey of selecting and implementing a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) application. You have strong executive leadership and buy-in, now what? There’s a common phrase that states, “you only get out what you put into it”.
Freight Plus
MAY 15, 2018
Slow shippers are getting pushed out by capacity crunched carriers. With 280,000 less drivers than it needs and ELD enforcement cutting into operating time, the pressure is on for trucking firms to drop loads as quickly as possible.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Supply Chain 24/7
MAY 15, 2018
With at least 30% of products ordered online being returned and shoppers wanting free return shipping, it's clear that a well-managed returns policy will attract new customers and boost loyalty, but how to achieve it is another matter.
Freight Plus
MAY 15, 2018
Slow shippers are getting pushed out by capacity crunched carriers. With 280,000 less drivers than it needs and ELD enforcement cutting into operating time, the pressure is on for trucking firms to drop loads as quickly as possible. "If a shipper in our network is a serial abuser of detention, we will not take their freight," said Drew McElroy, chief executive officer of Transfix to.
APICS
MAY 15, 2018
Key performance indicators (KPIs) help organizations measure progress against a goal. The APICS Dictionary defines a KPI as “a financial or nonfinancial measure, either tactical or strategic, that is linked to specific strategic goals and objectives.
Enterra Insights
MAY 15, 2018
As you grow older, there is a tendency to yearn for a simpler life and time. The source of this longing is undoubtedly the accelerating pace of change. It’s hard to keep up when the amount of data (which some people equate with knowledge) is being generated at unprecedented rates. David Russell Schilling reports, “Buckminster Fuller created the ‘Knowledge Doubling Curve’; he noticed that until 1900 human knowledge doubled approximately every century.
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Exapro Hub
MAY 15, 2018
Sanding is a technological process that consists in manual or mechanized processing of a solid material: glass, metal, granite, wood and much more. For many years, the wood was treated in a similar way, which was used for building a house or solving other problems. Sanding machine for wood has a special design, which you can create with your own hands or purchase from a manufacturer that specializes in the production of such equipment.
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