Mon.Oct 23, 2017

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How supply chain planners should spend their time, with cues from Chris Hadfield

Kinaxis

by Duncan Klett I was fascinated watching the key note address from Chris Hadfield at the Kinaxis user conference, Kinexions 2017. Canadians and space junkies will know him as the first Canadian to walk in space and as a commander of the International Space Station. While in space, he also did a live stream playing Space Oddity from the ISS. See his web page, [link] for more information.

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Sense, Analyze and Respond – The Supply Chain Automation Journey

Logility

I recently moved to Arizona and traded my lawnmower and snow-shovels for a salt-water pool. I think you might agree this was a very favorable trade. This is the first time I have owned a pool and it has taken some time to understand how to sense, analyze, and respond to changing water chemistry to ensure the optimal pool experience at the lowest total short and long-term operating cost.

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Current Events In Electric Trucking

Freight Plus

October 26th was supposed to be the day the world of short haul trucking got electrified. But that was before Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Irma and Tesla's entry level electric car (Model 3) experienced production delays. On October 6 th, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors & SpaceX, tweeted, "Tesla Semi unveil now Nov 16. Diverting resources to fix Model 3 bottlenecks & increase battery production for Puerto Rico & other affected areas. ".

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Why Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration is More Important Now

Supply Chain 24/7

Multi-tier supply chain visibility obstacles have been removed, leading to greater collaboration.

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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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Supply Chain News on Highlights from the 22nd Annual Third Party Logistics Study Part 2

Supply Chain Digest

Special Topics Review Includes use of Blockchain, Automation and Digitization, and Talent Management

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Supply Chain News Makers Video Series on Simon Ellis of IDC on a Framework for Supply Chain Digitization

Supply Chain Digest

Ellis Introduces his 5C Model for Digital Transformation

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The Transportation Market: Are We Heading Into Unprecedented Territory?

Talking Logistics

Mike Finn, VP of Transportation at Kenco Group , addresses the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: What are you seeing and hearing in the transportation market from the shippers and carriers you work with? Are the effects of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the transportation market still lingering today. How will the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate impact capacity and productivity?

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The Intelligent Internet of Things

Enterra Insights

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been heralded as the future of business and has been criticized for some glaring … Continued. The post The Intelligent Internet of Things appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Current Events In Electric Trucking

Freight Plus

October 26th was supposed to be the day the world of short haul trucking got electrified. But that was before Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Irma and Tesla’s entry level electric car (Model 3) experienced production delays.

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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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Top 15 Biggest 3PLs in the US - 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

While the growth in the third-party logistics market has slowed somewhat, 90% of the major companies in the U.S. are now using at least one 3PL in their operations. The total U.S. third-party logistics market has grown to become a $166.8 billion industry, according to market research firm Armstrong & Associates. Although the market has somewhat slowed, that still represents a 3.5% increase over the previous year.

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Aborn & Co. consults leading US based food distributor to reduce annual LTL freight costs by 20%

Freight Plus

Within 60 days of the project start date, we had new pricing terms implemented that beat our benchmark, reducing the client's overall freight cost by 20%. The total project cost was recovered within two months of shipping at lower rates. Client Profile. The client is a US based food distributor with private equity investments from multiple top tier firms.

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Stuck in Traffic: Dealing With The High Cost of Congestion

Talking Logistics

According to research released earlier this year by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), traffic congestion on the U.S. National Highway System (NHS) added over $63.4 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2015. Here are some additional details from the press release: Utilizing a variety of data sources including its unique truck GPS database, ATRI calculated delay on the NHS totaling more than 996 million hours of lost productivity, which equates to 362,243 c

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Aborn & Co. consults leading US based food distributor to reduce annual LTL freight costs by 20%

Freight Plus

Within 60 days of the project start date, we had new pricing terms implemented that beat our benchmark, reducing the client’s overall freight cost by 20%. The total project cost was recovered within two months of shipping at lower rates.

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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.