Wed.Jul 17, 2019

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What’s the Difference between Business Intelligence and ERP?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

How does BI differ from ERP? ERP systems essentially integrate all the disparate functions within your business and overcome the so-called ‘silo mentality’ by creating a single, centralized data architecture. The ERP software collects, stores and manages data relating to business activities. The principal output of ERP software is business efficiency and cost-savings.

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What To Do With An Old Warehouse Management System

Lucas

Buying a new warehouse management system to replace an existing ERP, host, or legacy WMS is not always the best way to improve warehouse operations. The example of Baptist Health South Florida shows why. The operations team at Baptist Health South Florida faced a dilemma. The inventory management system provided by their ERP was more than adequate, but they needed better warehouse management tools to improve efficiency, accuracy and customer service.

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3 Most Common Freight Forwarding Scams (and How to Avoid Them)!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What’s the Difference Between a Freight Forwarder and a Customs Broker? Article and infographic originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Victor at [link]. As most transportation of cargo and goods, whether in international waters or air space, involves multiple transit destinations and ports, logistics can be a complicated industry.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Business

Enterra Insights

The digital age is quickly becoming the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Why? Because so much data is being generated, only AI systems can analyze all that data in a timely fashion and businesses are beginning to reap rewards from the insights they are gleaning. Pundits have both lauded and decried AI’s pervasiveness. Just how pervasive AI has become in the business world is a matter of conjecture.

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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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Preparing Your Supply Chains for Hurricane Season

Kuebix

If you live or work anywhere along the eastern seaboard of the United States, you know the panicked feeling when you hear on the news that a major hurricane is approaching. Even if you believe that the hurricane won’t hit your town, hurricanes are unpredictable by nature. Grocery stores run low on stock as people […]. The post Preparing Your Supply Chains for Hurricane Season appeared first on Kuebix.

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Probabilities in Business Forecasting

Vanguard Software

Forecast errors can haunt planners years into the future, when even small discrepancies between forecasts and actuals can cost companies significant amounts.

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Finding Balance

BlueYonder

Nannette Dayton, senior director, global deal architecture at JDA, brings a wealth of knowledge to this week’s Wednesday’s for Women. An associate on her second stint with JDA, Nannette shares her affinity for working cross-functionally, her key to work-life balance and her personal definition of success. With a great appreciation for her roots and mentors, Nannette has been able to instill wisdom in her children, direct reports and customers through the belief that we must honor where we came

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3 Use cases how companies benefit from Smart Logistics Data

SupplyOn

Smart Logistics Data helps you to anticipate potential risks and proactively take countermeasures to ensure a smooth production process as well as high production quality and supply reliability Transport damages to goods, delays in delivery, poor delivery reliability: These are three typical use cases in which Smart Logistics Data helps to identify and counter risks well in advance.

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Finding Balance

BlueYonder

Nannette Dayton, senior director, global deal architecture at JDA, brings a wealth of knowledge to this week’s Wednesday’s for Women. An associate on her second stint with JDA, Nannette shares her affinity for working cross-functionally, her key to work-life balance and her personal definition of success. With a great appreciation for her roots and mentors, Nannette has been able to instill wisdom in her children, direct reports and customers through the belief that we must honor where we came

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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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New Product Introduction and Product Lifecycle Management: End-to-End Supply Chain Benefits of NPI/PLM Optimization

Maine Pointe

In the third of their four-part series of blogs examining the importance of New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) optimization to the end-to-end supply chain and operations ecosystem , Simon Knowles and Dorothea Grimes-Farrow consider why close alignment of NPI and PLM is a critical element in turning an organization's products, services and supply chain into a competitive weapon.

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Four Transportation Management Trends to Watch

Logistics Viewpoints

The Transportation Management System market continues to grow at an impressive rate. I’ll get to the main factors that are driving this growth in another article, but the main reason is the robust ROI attributed to a TMS. Companies buy a TMS to achieve freight savings which can be attributed to simulation and network design, load consolidation and lower cost mode selections, and multi-stop route optimization.

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How Is Direct-to-Consumer Shipping Changing?

GlobalTranz

Technology has changed the business world as we know it in many ways. One noticeable transformation is the way consumers shop, not just in terms of buying goods but also the research process, order fulfillment and continued support — and that’s changing direct-to-consumer shipping. Most purchases start with online research, whether that includes watching videos.read More.

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Volumes are up in 2019, but not rates. Here's why.

DAT Solutions

Although rates have dropped considerably from record levels in 2018, spot market freight volume — actual loads moved — was higher in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period last year.

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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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Amazon Forcing Retailers to Offer More Shipping Options

Supply Chain 24/7

A new survey of 3,000 digital consumers and 800 online merchants conducted by ecommerce platform BigCommerce indicates that more than half of online shoppers have stopped shopping with retailers due to a negative shipping experience.

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ShipChain and GTX Corp Launch Global NFC Blockchain Shipment Tracking Solution

Shipchain

New partnership will track temperature-sensitive shipments using energy-efficient NFC smart tags. LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA July 17, 2019 – Blockchain-based logistics ShipChain and GTX Corp (OTCQB: GTXO) , a global tech leader offering a suite of GPS and NFC tracking location-based services, today announced a new partnership for a new global NFC blockchain shipment tracking solution.

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Amazon Brokerage and Uber Freight: Why 3PLs and Brokers Need to Innovate

Talking Logistics

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Freight Brokerage 'Booking Structures': Opportunities to Streamline Your Operations

Parade

Different ‘booking structures', their pros and cons, and what role technology can play in your strategy.

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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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BigCommerce | Shipping, Delivered: Best Practices & Expectations for 2019

Supply Chain 24/7

In this new survey of 3,000 digital consumers and 800 online merchants conducted by ecommerce platform BigCommerce, we detail how shipping impacts your customer’s experience, and how Amazon is forcing retailers to offer more shipping options.

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Why contract management is so difficult to get right in the public sector

Proxima

In 2015, the National Audit Office (NAO) found ‘systematic weaknesses’ throughout Government Commercial as it relates to ongoing management of contracts. The NAO report ‘Transforming government’s contract management’ stated a lot remains to be done – including instituting widespread changes in the culture of the civil service and its capability to procure and manage commercial contracts.

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Should Your Business Clean up Bad Data to Help Inventory Management?

Unleashed

When you’re an inventory manager or a business owner, you know that it’s important to have a strong grasp on what’s happening in your warehouse. We know you work hard to keep everything going in the right direction — you implement new policies to track inventory stock, optimise the warehouse layout for shipments, and keep records of sales to predict future inventory orders.

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Despite Everything, Shipping is Still Bullish

Intelligent Audit

This Spring, there had been considerable concern in the United States regarding the resiliency of the shipping industry’s meteoric success, particularly in the United States. That fear was triggered by a negative jobs report in which hiring slowed considerably. Other factors globally, such as a trade war with China and instability of the European Union furthered the uncertainty.

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

How can businesses gain a competitive edge in an era marked by relentless competition and economic fluctuations? The secret is mastering strategic cost management strategies. This GEP bulletin, "Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability," breaks this down into clear, actionable steps. Discover how these strategies can boost your enterprise's financial health, helping not only to keep up but to excel in today's market.

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Digital Network Platforms: Transformation Is a Journey

Supply Chain Brain

How do companies manage the arduous journey of end-to-end digital transformation, while keeping the business operating?

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RELEX Solutions to Provide AutoZone with Forecasting and Replenishment

RELEX Solutions

Read PDF. RELEX Solutions, provider of unified retail planning solutions, today announced a new partnership with AutoZone , the largest retailer and a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States. RELEX will provide forecasting and replenishment solutions to AutoZone’s Distribution Centers. The partnership will help AutoZone enhance its inventory position and forecast accuracy, while implementing best practices.

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Freight Brokerage 'Booking Structures': Opportunities to Streamline Your Operations

Parade

Every freight brokerage uses one— or a combination of— four main booking structures: 1) Outbound region, 2) Inbound region, 3) ‘Carrier manager' model, and 4) ‘Free for All.' While you might have a combination of two such as ‘Free for All' and ‘carrier managers,' you won't have a mix of outbound, carrier manager, and the ‘Free for All.’. Each ‘booking structure' has several pros and cons, and each model can benefit from leveraging technology to increase bookings, reduce grunt-work, and strengthe

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How Parade Secures and Protects Your Freight Brokerage’s Data

Parade

Freight brokerages who want to benefit from technology solutions like Parade must first be willing to give their technology partners access to data about their carriers and load opportunities. Doing so can help freight brokerages. However, in sharing your data with a third party, there are concerns about 1) How they will use your data, and 2) Who they will share your data with.

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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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How Parade Secures and Protects Your Freight Brokerage’s Data

Parade

Freight brokerages who want to benefit from technology solutions like Parade must first be willing to give their technology partners access to data about their carriers and load opportunities. Doing so can help freight brokerages automate unnecessary grunt-work, streamline operations, and scale carrier engagement. However, in sharing your data with a third party, there are concerns about 1) How they will use your data, and 2) Who they will share your data with.