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This Week in Logistics News (May 1-5, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Athletes are in vogue at supply chain and logistics conferences this year. Last week it was Michael Phelps at the JDA FOCUS conference. This week it was Mia Hamm at the BluJay Solutions SOAR 2017 conference. And next week, it’ll be Sugar Ray Leonard at the Manhattan Associates Momentum 2017 conference. If you had to pick one of these athletes to have dinner with, who would it be?

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Manufacturing Industry Remains Piping Hot

RFgen

Production and employment is on the rise among manufacturers, new numbers show. The economy, for all intents and purposes, is back on track. Jobs are up, unemployment is down and more individuals are in the market in search of work, optimistic that they’ll finally find what they’ve been looking for. And whether their new work home is in the factory or the warehouse, the manufacturing industry in particular is riding high, with both production and employment on the rise.

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The Talk About the Death of Retail is Great Click Bait

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: The talk about retail is great click bait and if we believe these articles we’ll all be buying from Amazon.com, several analysts estimate that this year Amazon will become the largest seller of apparel in America, automation jobs will put 10,000 humans to work, Ocado, the internet-only grocer, is going under, and augmented reality lets you see if a couch you saw online

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Manufacturing Industry Remains Piping Hot

RFgen

Production and employment is on the rise among manufacturers, new numbers show. The economy, for all intents and purposes, is back on track. Jobs are up, unemployment is down and more individuals are in the market in search of work, optimistic that they’ll finally find what they’ve been looking for. And whether their new work home is in the factory or the warehouse, the manufacturing industry in particular is riding high, with both production and employment on the rise.

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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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The Talk About the Death of Retail is Great Click Bait

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: The talk about retail is great click bait and if we believe these articles we’ll all be buying from Amazon.com, several analysts estimate that this year Amazon will become the largest seller of apparel in America, automation jobs will put 10,000 humans to work, Ocado, the internet-only grocer, is going under, and augmented reality lets you see if a couch you saw online

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Innovation Requires Climbing a Mountain not Traversing a Plateau

Enterra Insights

“Differentiation should be a prime motivator of any strategy,” writes Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi, a professor of strategy at the University of … Continued. The post Innovation Requires Climbing a Mountain not Traversing a Plateau appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Demand Driven: Can We Sidestep Religious Arguments?

Supply Chain Shaman

The 2016 US presidential political contest was brutal. Emotions are still quite raw. I hated it. When emotions run high, everyone loses. Unfortunately, I think the concept of “Demand Driven” is headed down the same path. I feel the discussions are becoming religious arguments about right and wrong instead of healthy discovery (much like this picture of Tibetan monks debating).

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The Return of Catalog Sales

Logistyx

Why It’s Time To Add Catalogs Back Into Your Customer Orders Long live mail order catalogs! Even though online shopping is taking the world by storm, a growing number of retailers have discovered that they can further boost online sales through smart catalog marketing. Catalog production went into a deep decline after the 2008 recession struck, […].

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Making the Last Mile Pay

Supply Chain 24/7

This white paper examines the latest innovation in last-mile services and explores how companies can harness the opportunities, and keep customers happy, without undermining their businesses - or promising more than they can deliver.

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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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Can Sales and Procurement Ever be BFF’s?

NC State SCRC

The relationship between sales and procurement has always been a contentious one, and the idea of a friendship evolving between the two functions is laughable in the minds of many managers I’ve met with. The issue at the core of this tension is the concept of value recognition. Sales account managers accuse procurement of being purely price focused, and not recognizing the components of value.

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Redefining Final Mile Delivery in the Age of the Customer

Supply Chain 24/7

In this whitepaper, you will find key insights on how to manage delivery costs while ensuring a heightened delivery experience for your customer.

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Case One Stop: Automated Planograms For Localized Demand Give Double Digit Sales Lift

RELEX Solutions

Case One Stop: Automated planograms for localized demand give double digit sales lift. Insights » Case Studies. Introduction. One Stop is a leading UK convenience retailer. Combining everything from cereal to cider, they provide a number of services including cash machines, post offices and The National Lottery. Operating more than 700 stores across England and Wales, they currently have more than 9,000 employees.

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Case M.Video: Success with Behavioral Clustering for Built-in Appliances

RELEX Solutions

Case M.Video: Success with Behavioral Clustering for Built-in Appliances. Insights » Case Studies. Introduction. M.Video is the largest Russian consumer electronics retail chain by revenue, providing a successful service to more than 379 stores, operating in 161 cities in Russia. M.Video offers a unique store concept, providing customers with shopper friendly stores, offering the latest electronics in trend at truly great value.

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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.