Tue.Jul 12, 2016

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A Different Solution to the Supply Chain Talent Shortage

ToolsGroup

“78% of respondents to Gartner’s most recent Chief Supply Chain Officer Survey identify talent as the No. 1 long-term supply chain risk”. There is a lot of documented evidence of a shortage in supply chain talent. Why is it happening? Planning is becoming increasingly complex; not only due to the increasing demand and supply chain complexity, but also due to the wide range of new data sources such as channel data, retail data and even web data - nearly all of which wasn’t available years ago.

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Warehouse Cost Savings: 5 Key Areas of Focus and 13 Practical Objectives

GlobalTranz

A Director of Operations, Warehouse Director or Manager, or even the Director of Supply Chain or Logistics, are always in the pursuit of continuous improvement as well as warehouse cost savings in both time and money. With the myriad of tasks and personell, a director or manager must oversee, how on earth are they to get everything done? Well, it starts with focusing on the areas and objectives that can meet your desired outcomes.

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It’s Time for Supply Chain 2.0! 4 Characteristics to Watch For

Kinaxis

by Meranda Powers The right product, in the right place, at the right time. This age-old challenge of supply chain is now more difficult to address than ever before. Globalization, market volatility, demanding consumers, vast amounts of data—it’s no wonder past strategies are failing to solve today’s realities. With complexity growing exponentially, supply chains and their associated capabilities need to start evolving now.

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3 Ways to Measure the ROI on a Pop-up Distribution Center

Logistics Viewpoints

Holiday peak season. New product launches. Flash sales. Does the mere mention of these make you anxious? In a supply chain, the balancing act of supply and demand can be tricky and at times costly. Forecasting, previously accepted as an art, now demands near science in order to succeed in today’s dynamic retail environment. However, your supply chain can only prepare for and react to the volumes based on the resources readily available within a […].

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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 State of the Industry: A Mid-year Look at Transportation and the Economy

Talking Logistics

At Transplace’s recent Shipper Symposium, a diverse group of shippers, logistics experts and analysts came together to discuss the latest industry trends and obstacles faced by supply chain and transportation professionals, and identify strategies for addressing these issues and improving operations. During the event, we had the opportunity to examine how the transportation world is shifting and what it all means to attendees’ business strategy.

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Supply Chain News on APICS Announces New Certification Program in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution

Supply Chain Digest

Move Comes After APICS Acquired American Society of Transportation and Logistics in 2015

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Can Digital Enterprise Laggards Catch Up?

Enterra Insights

Many analysts believe that in order for a business to survive and thrive in the information age, it must transform its … Continued. The post Can Digital Enterprise Laggards Catch Up? appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Green Supply Chain News on Kroger Ups the Ante with Latest Sustainability Report, Goals

Supply Chain Digest

Kroger has Emerged as Another Sustainability Leader

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54% of Drivers Are Detained 3 to 4 Hours Per Stop

DAT Solutions

Most drivers spend 3 to 4 hours waiting to get loaded or unloaded. That’s according to a DAT survey of 257 carriers and owner-operators, with 54% of them saying that's the average amount of time they spend at a shipper’s dock. You don’t have to crunch a lot of numbers to figure out how that’s bad for business. The graph above shows responses from 257 carriers surveyed.

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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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M.Video’s success with behavioral clustering for built-in appliances

RELEX Solutions

Leading electronic retailer sees significant inventory savings with a more customer focused approach to clustering. Below you can find highlights from a case study exploring how M.Video, largest Russian consumer electronics retail chain, has achieved significant inventory savings while becoming more customer focused using Galleria’s behavioral clustering software.

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Xiaomi's Success in India Could Impact the Global Supply Chain

Elementum

India is becoming a battleground for market share among smartphone makers — and success will come down to supply chain. Growth Strategy. India is the world’s second-largest—and fastest growing—smartphone market in the world. Only China has more smartphone users, but growth is slowing. China saw a measly 2.5% growth of shipments in 2015, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).

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A Core Carrier +1 (CC+1) Strategy: The Best of Both Worlds?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The majority of capacity in today’s truckload marketplace comes from a fragmented base of carriers. Handling so many carrier relationships internally can be cost prohibitive. It doesn’t make sense to manage 50 relationships when you’re shipping in only a few lanes. It’s kind of a double-edged sword though because without a lot of carrier relationships, it might be hard to get capacity when you need it.

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Park it: Choose a Customer

Tailwind

Our local grocery store is very progressive. Beyond the legislated places for Handicapped Parking, they also have designated – Parent Parking – spots. When I have the time I like to confront people who park in these spots to see if they are following the rules. I like to ask people: “Excuse me sir, I see that you parked in a ‘Parent Parking Only’ space –Can I see a picture of your kids, or perhaps your grandkids?”.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.