Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Blog post created by Adam Robinson and originally published on [link]. Check out 6 Major Delivery Logistics Trends! Shippers face many challenges in successfully delivering products to end-users, and last mile logistics will be a core focus of change in the coming months. Consumer demands and expectations are rising, and up to 25 percent of consumers are willing to pay extra for same-day delivery.

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SCM Research

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The Guardian has just published an interesting opinion piece by van der Kolk, titled Business Education Helps Create a Culture where the Profit Justifies the Means. Herein, the author, who is a university teacher of accounting, writes: “We need to see a much stronger integration of ethical considerations into business education. This is how managers make real-life business decisions.

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CHAINalytics

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Forecasting market demand and the subsequent materials supply required to fulfill that demand remains incredibly challenging for supply chain professionals despite advances in data analytics and the wide variety of technology solutions designed to support supply chain planning processes. No matter how efficient the organization, forecasting demand remains one of the most difficult components of … The post Developing the Necessary Skills for Successful Demand Planning appeared first on Chai

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In early October 2018, the average retail price for diel rose 7.2 cents, reports Transport Topics, and oil costs are expected to continue to increase. This represents the seventh consecutive weekly spike in diesel costs, and global economies allude to a future of rising prices. For shippers, the pattern will emerge to drive higher LTL fuel surcharges, as well as a host of other accessorial charges that relate to the impact of added fuel costs.

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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 Collaborator

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

There are three absolutely critical reasons to finally implement a new logistics IT solution (or to replace the inferior one you already have) in 2019. Whether your organization would benefit most from a TMS, a powerful optimizer , fleet management tools, freight settlement solutions , advanced dock-door scheduling tools or even a yard management system, there are three nearly certain dynamics we’ll experience in 2019 that you won’t want to address without solid supply chain solutions at your

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Blog post originally published by Argentus at [link] and permission to publish here provided by [link]. Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. This week saw one of the year’s most highly-anticipated releases in the Supply Chain industry: the Institute of Supply Management (ISM)’s annual salary survey.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Prior to the industrial revolution, inventory control was all but not existent. Sure, some merchants and shopkeepers would count their stock numbers at the end of each day to determine what had been sold. Or perhaps they wrote down all sales and deducted the transactions from the inventory quantities they presumed they had. Either way, the process was time-consuming and prone to many inaccuracies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Check out Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet? In going door to door trying to sell a Freight Management service, as well as in my experience working in companies, I have had the opportunity to see a variety of ways in which companies, large and small, were managing their Freight and Logistics spend.

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Tecsys

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Health systems looking to control costs while strengthening patient care often struggle to bring lasting change to hospital supply chains with complex requirements. The post 3 Myths about Point-of-Use Inventory Management Systems appeared first on Tecsys.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Check out Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value! Suppliers are an intrinsic part of the Supply Chain. It does not matter what business you are in, what products you make, distribute and sell, or what part of the world you are in. And it doesn’t matter where in the Supply Chain you are.

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Supply Chain 24/7

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

As stated by Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, the UK’s withdrawal agreement from the European Union has been approved, now the question is does Brexit represent a supply chain risk to be mitigated, or a supply chain opportunity to be exploited?

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Convey

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Black Friday Approaches At the headquarters of Sally’s Shoe Superstore, Sally, the CEO, stands […]. The post The Saga of WISMO: WISMO Trounces Black Friday Shipments appeared first on Convey.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Check out 5 E-Commerce Order Fulfillment Choices! The fast growing E-Commerce channel makes it an attractive avenue for most companies to participate in. The tremendous amount of investment required to participate in online product sales requires explicit decision making as to how a company is going to fulfill those orders.

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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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Veridian Solutions

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Sudden surges in warehouse demand result from increased access to retailers. The internet and mobile technology give customers the ability to become one with their shopping experiences, including e-commerce purchases and in-store experiences. The ability of a company to guarantee customer happiness lies in effective, efficient fulfillment, and the easiest way to reduce spend revolves around lowering travel time.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Posted on kencogroup.com by Kristi Montgomery. Permission to publish here provided by Greg Boring at Kenco Group. Check out The Digital Supply Chain (SC 4.0) Overview! What You Need to Know! (Video). Innovation is a team effort requiring collaboration and buy-in from all levels within an organization, and it’s especially true when it comes to bringing innovation to the supply chain.

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FLEXE

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

From in-store VR technology to flexible delivery options, legacy retailers are adopting more cutting-edge solutions to bring end-to-end structural flexibility to their supply chain and improve customer experiences. Thanksgiving. Black Friday. Cyber Monday. If we haven’t already, most of us will spend more time shopping over the course of the next few weeks than we do all year.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Blog post originally created and published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at [link] . Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! My girlfriend and I have a dog, named Charlie. He’s only one and a half years old and is already, now, rather well trained.

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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

From New Business Models to Interest in WMS in the Cloud, the Top Factors Driving Strong WMS Adoption

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Check out To DC Or Not To DC? That is the Warehousing Design Question! Network optimization is a critical issue across all Supply Chains. In Manufacturing, Distribution, Logistics and Retail the effectiveness of your network will make the difference between success and failure. There are many environmental factors that must be taken in to account in order to define and optimize your network.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

When it comes to holiday shopping, most people immediately think of gifts and decorations. But what would the holidays be without special meals and festive parties? Enjoying food throughout the holiday season is one tradition that has successfully passed from generation to generation. The latest generation celebrating this tradition is Generation Y (aka millennials — people born between 1977–1994) whose members are also the current darlings of marketers.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Once upon a time, Black Friday marked the end of the retail freight season. Those days are gone. E-commerce has disrupted that traditional freight schedule. While brick and mortar stores still need to stock shelves before Black Friday, the online activity that fuels a larger and larger portion of truck load demand every year will continue right up until Christmas and even on into the first week or two of January, when people are cashing in their gift cards or sending returns.

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The unfortunate truth is that you will always have low stock and backorder issues with your supply chain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared to handle them. This brief video explores some of the primary drivers of inventory issues – and how modern technology and best practices can mitigate these issues and ensure a superb customer experience.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Christopher Tang. Local restaurants are struggling to get customers to eat in. To capture those office workers and consumers who are too busy to eat out or take out, many restaurants are partnering with food-ordering and delivery startups such as Grubhub (US), Deliverloo (UK), and Ele.me (China). These startups can connect local restaurants with diners by posting restaurant menus online for diners to place their orders to be picked up and delivered by independent contractors.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Knowing your assets' cost is knowing your assets' value. Since freight can account for a substantial portion of total cost of goods, it should go without saying that freight accruals and their actuals need to be accurate. This means not just knowing the final invoice cost, but making sure those costs are as low as possible before your PO is even generated.

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TradeGecko

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Selling on eBay in 1998: Photographing vintage finds on a mannequin, auctioning them off to the highest bidder, and make a few hundred bucks per month.

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TPSynergy

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

????. ucc128label. As part of EDI messages, most of the time, large retail customers like Amazon or Walmart will insist on sending the shipments with cartons affixed with the UCC-128 Shipping labels. These labels have a set of predefined information that are printed in both bar coded and human readable format. Essential information to be printed on a UCC-128 labels are.

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Seebo

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Being a significant expense of any manufacturing company (commonly between 10% to 15% of total operating costs), maintenance has long been the focus of production efficiency efforts. The post What’s So Smart About Intelligent Maintenance Systems? appeared first on Seebo Blog.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A rapidly changing market demographic is driving growth in an ever-expanding digital economy, with more business buying decisions now taking place online. The experience of the B2C shopper now sets the standard for B2B eCommerce and represents a major strategic opportunity for businesses selling to other business. Therefore, it is necessary to look at the contrasts between B2C order fulfilment and B2B order fulfilment so that businesses can effectively meet B2B customer expectations.

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Insights Solutions Global

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Supposed you've selected several suppliers for your products and you receive a bunch of samples of cables, how can you make sure they're of good quality? In this post we introduce some standard cable test for you.

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