Wed.Aug 16, 2017

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Dealing with Inventory Shrink

Enterra Insights

Inventory shrink remains a problem for every retailer. How big of a problem? A year ago Joel Griffin (@SecInfoWatch) reported, … Continued. The post Dealing with Inventory Shrink appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Optimization Puzzle: Who’s Guilty? Dormouse, March Hare or Mad Hatter?

Arkieva

In my role as the Director of Analytics, I enjoy working with the Arkieva team and our clients, in building optimization models which help organizations make intelligent decisions with regards to meeting demand, capacity allocation, inventory levels, factory schedules, forecasting, and cancer research. These models are built using a variety of mathematical methods including Boolean […] Optimization Puzzle: Who’s Guilty?

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

China aims to extend its logistics reach from the Pacific to the Atlantic through its One Belt, One Road initiative. Like the country itself, China’s ambitions are massive. The sheer size of the country’s “One Belt, One Road” logistics initiative, for instance, calls into question the true objective of the regional infrastructure plan. Announced in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the plan would link China’s Silk Road Economic Belt Project in Central Asia—which was aimed at connecting with

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Life Sciences Industry Inventory Optimization Health Check

Logility

Over the last 100 years the average lifespan has doubled from 35 years to more than 70 years mostly due to advances in medicine and medical devices. In fact, experts predict that babies being born in developed countries today could have an average life expectancy approaching 100 years. Not many will argue against the benefits of advanced healthcare, but many believe we can get there at a lower cost.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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How to Benchmark?

Logistics Bureau

Well, I asked Steven Thacker one of our benchmarking management experts, exactly that question! I hope his answers help you. What is Benchmarking? Benchmarking is essentially comparing; comparing one against another. When we compare different levels of sophistication and performance in supply chains, we can identify particular levels that we think are important to achieve, or that represent typical performance levels for supply chains as a whole.

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Hospital Supply Chain KPIs

Logistics Bureau

I had the privilege today to speak at a Healthcare Supply Chain Conference. I promised delegates that I would share some further information on my topic of ‘Does your Hospital Supply Chain Stack up’ The focus of the presentation was really to encourage people to look at their Supply Chains from a different perspective, but we also looked at some KPIs and ‘opportunity’ areas.

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A Look at your Food and Beverage Supply Chain

Supply Chain 24/7

How some of the world's biggest names in food production take control of their supply chains—and transform their business.

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Forklift Safety Tips: Top 20 Tips Part 2 (11 thru 20)

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: Today's blog is a continuation of yesterday's blog where Mikeala Della from Atlantic Training shows us the top 20 Forklift Safety Tips. Here's the last 10 Forklift Safety Tips. 11. Keep Clear of the Mast. To start the list of forklift safety tips, let's start with the obvious: . Do not authorize anyone to stand or walk under the load or forklift machinery – The load can fall causing injury or death.

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Global Supply Chain News onTrump Orders Review of Chinese Intellectual Property Practices, While China Fires Back

Supply Chain Digest

US Claims China Policies Cost US Companies 600 Billion DollarAnnually from Theft and Forced Handover of IP

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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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Freight Abounds, but Rates Return to July Levels

DAT Solutions

We expected the sizzling hot freight market to cool off a little, and it did. An 8% drop in load posts on DAT load boards last week pushed load-to-truck ratios down, and average rates also declined a few cents per mile for all equipment types. It looked like a big deal when compared to record highs of the previous two weeks, but we're back where we were in July.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on New Technologies to Drive More Granular Profit per Hour Metric in Manufacturing

Supply Chain Digest

Tools Available to Allow Manufacturers to Greatly Reduce to Reduce Production Variability, McKinsey Says

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Broker Bond: Special Rate for DAT Customers

DAT Solutions

Is your broker bond coming up for renewal on October 1? You're not alone. According to Adam Green of Integro Insurance Brokers, around 90% of his freight broker customers renew their bond on October 1 because that was the date the minimum bond requirement increased from $10,000 to $75,000 four years ago. They start calling him about renewal at this time of year.

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Inventory Management Trends: Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain 24/7

Retailers are rethinking their inventory strategies, and are targeting their sales approach to keep inventory levels flat or slightly down, and while other corporations such as Walmart and Target are cutting back on their inventory, they have moved products to shelves in faster time.

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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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Returning to Work: A Story of Confidence Found

BlueYonder

Like many women, Jenny Bullard stepped away from the workplace to focus on family when her children were born. When she returned, the world had changed and she found herself asking whether she was up to the task. Armed with a can-do attitude and flexible mindset, she not only got the job done, but her responsibilities kept growing, and so did her career!

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Apptricity Inventory Management

Supply Chain 24/7

From receiving through consumption, easily maintain all aspects of your inventory and get detailed information regarding tracking, counting and reconciling throughout the lifecycle.

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Is the “Gig Economy” Coming to Trucking Workforce?

GTG Technology Group

Gig Economy Freight Service Apps and Jobs. The “gig economy” trend of employment is growing. People are spending more time looking for freelance or short-term work instead of long term employment with a company. In the trucking industry, gig work technology allows owner-operators to contract freight loads independently of brokers. In many ways, owner-operators have always been gig workers.

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Fidget Spinner Trucking

Tailwind

“Thanks for calling Fidget Spinner Trucking – how can I help you?”. “Um… ah… I was wanting to move a piece of construction equipment and need to get a quote from you guys.”. “Okay… what are you trying to move?”. “It’s a backhoe, and I need to get it over to a work-site near Frankfurt. Do you guys do flat decks?”. “Oh… just a minute – you are the third customer this morning who phoned in wanting some heavy equipment moved – we only have one flat deck trailer left so I am g

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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What Does It Take to Shut Down a Supply Chain?

Material Handling & Logistics

All it takes is just one glitch to bring a supply chain to its knees. It’s been six months now since President Trump took office, so how’s your supply chain doing? Chances are, you probably haven’t even noticed any major changes one way or the other to the flow of goods into and out of your business, but don’t assume that the status quo will stay that way for the foreseeable future.