Fri.Sep 21, 2018

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Real Benefits from Digital Twins

APICS

The evolution and convergence of sensors, cloud services, big data and machine learning are enabling predictive maintenance — which helps determine when maintenance is needed — through the use of digital twins.

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Omnichannel Logistics Leaders: Top 5 Inventory Insights

Supply Chain 24/7

Based on data collected from nearly 100 companies actively engaged in retail, manufacturing and logistics services, this research paper has provided several valuable insights ranging from current challenges & best practices, characteristics of companies considered high performers, and opportunities for improvement from companies lower on the omnichannel performance curve.

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WMS and eCommerce: How to Use Supply Chain Technology to a Competitive Advantage

GlobalTranz

eCommerce is growing faster than ever, and everyone is working to find the latest and greatest way to overcome their competitors. The application of supply chain technology is essential to maintaining a competitive advantage in the height of eCommerce growth. Warehouse Managers need to understand the challenges of maintaining a competitive advantage, how technology can help, and a few best practices in leveraging technology.

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Avon Calls on E2open for Better Supply Chain Performance

E2open

Avon has a widely distributed supplier and sales base, short product lifecycles, and a constant flow of changing promotions that influence demand. Learn why Avon chose to work with E2open to develop a supply chain solution specifically for its unique business model. Learn more > The post Avon Calls on E2open for Better Supply Chain Performance appeared first on E2open | Demand.

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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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Industry Study looks at Inventory Management as a Critical Function within Omni-Channel Logistics

Supply Chain 24/7

LEGACY Supply Chain Services and Adrian Gonzalez, president of Adelante SCM, have released the findings from their 2018 research study on inventory management trends within omni-channel logistics, and it's extremely interesting.

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Supply Chain Technology Leaders vs Laggards

Supply Chain Digest

Guest First Thoughts Columnist Rich Sherman Says there are Very Different Mind Sets

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Achieving End-to-End Visibility in Your Outsourced Supply Chain

E2open

To run today’s supply chains requires a new paradigm, one that extends what ERP has done for the company within its four walls to the new reality of the multi-enterprise supply chain. This new paradigm is called a Supply Chain Operating Network. In this white paper, learn how to achieve end-to-end visibility in your outsourced supply chain. The post Achieving End-to-End Visibility in Your Outsourced Supply Chain appeared first on E2open | Demand.

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4 Ways Optimizing Warehouse Picking Can Help Save Time & Money

Tecsys

At its essence, efficient warehouse picking is about fulfilling customer orders via your warehouse management system (WMS) with the least amount of material handling and labor output. It’s an important task to optimize as more than 50 percent of a DC’s labor force is typically involved in picking. Many organizations today overlook easy ways to make warehouse picking more efficient and less costly.

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2016 Forecasting Benchmark Study: Highlights

E2open

E2open’s 2016 Forecasting Benchmark Study is an in-depth analysis of demand planning performance and the benefits realized by industry leaders from sensing demand. In this white paper, see highlights of the analysis and findings. The post 2016 Forecasting Benchmark Study: Highlights appeared first on E2open | Demand. Supply. Delivered.

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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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Predicting Retail Success

Repl Group

REPL’s Executive Chairman Mike Callender, recently wrote an article for Digitalisation World discussing how Machine Learning helps accurately forecast demand. Talking all things accuracy, AI and machine learning, he offers useful insights into the potential of retail technology during turbulent times. Read the full article here. The post Predicting Retail Success appeared first on REPL Group.

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Integrated Business Planning: Powering Agility in a Volatile World

E2open

Economic, political and environmental challenges combined with the growing complexity of global operations have made Integrated Business Planning (IBP) a top corporate priority. In the most volatile business climates the potential is tremendous for this process that aligns sales, operations, finance and other functional areas of the organization into a single line of sight, from plan to performance to profit.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 17-21, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Another Friday, another flight home from a conference. This time I’ll be returning from enVista’s FUEL 2018 conference where I am giving a keynote presentation this morning on Defining Your Own Logistics Competitive Weapon. Stay tuned for my takeaways from the conference in a future post. In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Volvo Trucks presents future transport solution with autonomous electric vehicles.

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Machine Learning: Going Mainstream But Not There Yet

Enterra Insights

A couple of years ago, business consultant Ronald van Loon ( @Ronald_vanLoon ) predicted machine learning would soon go mainstream. He wrote, “First there was big data — extremely large data sets that made it possible to use data analytics to reveal patterns and trends, allowing businesses to improve customer relations and production efficiency.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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US Consumer Comfort Rises to New 17-Year High

Material Handling & Logistics

Rising confidence shows Americans growing more upbeat amid one of the best job markets in decades and should support household spending, the largest component of the economy. On brighter views of the economy, personal finances and the buying climate, U.S. consumer sentiment advanced last week to a fresh 17-year high, the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index showed on Sept. 20.