Mon.Nov 08, 2021

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How Data Drives Supplier Experience, Digitization & Transformation

HICX Solutions

The growth of best-of-breed solutions is providing exciting new opportunities for Procurement, unlocking best-in-class experiences for users and, in turn, driving digitization and transformation. This provides the ability to create usable data that can be used to automate more processes, add transparency and make the supplier experience better than ever.

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ToolsGroup Acquires Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management Business

ToolsGroup

Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management business was formerly known as JustEnough Software. Combined company gives retailers a powerful new technology arsenal to efficiently improve product availability under constrained supply and outperform the competition. Acquisition coincides with significant new growth investment from Accel-KKR. BOSTON (Nov 8, 2021) – ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management b

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The New World Of Warehousing with Matt Fain

The Logistics of Logistics

The New World Of Warehousing with Matt Fain. Matt Fain and Joe Lynch discuss the new world of warehousing. Matt is the Co-Founder and CEO of popcapacity , which is dedicated to simplifying the process for sourcing warehouse space. About Matt Fain. Matt Fain is the Co-Founder and CEO of popcapcity , which provides a cloud-based platform that enables shippers and suppliers to seamlessly connect.

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Inside Next Generation Supply Chains

The Network Effect

The post Inside Next Generation Supply Chains appeared first on The Network Effect.

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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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Taking More Direct Control of Your Supply Chain

Talking Logistics

Back in March 2014, I wrote the following in Keeping Control: What 3PLs Must Convince Their Customers: For many years, companies viewed logistics as a cost center, a “non-core” business function that made more sense for a third party to manage. Logistics professionals, as well as analysts and consultants, always hated this “cost center’ characterization, Read more Taking More Direct Control of Your Supply Chain.

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Customs Duty De Minimis Thresholds: A Guide for SMEs

Unleashed

De minimis is an important concept for anyone who deals with international shipping. According to this principle, items below a certain value are not subject to customs duties, and sometimes other taxes as well. If you’re in the business of eCommerce, this can enable you to sell goods up to a certain value threshold before they attract duties or tax – which can have a significant impact on your business.

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Is There a Solution to the Supply Chain Worker Shortage?

Supply Chain Brain

When federal unemployment benefits ran out in September, the thinking went, the resumes would come flowing in. So much for that theory.

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How to Cut Costs on Company Vehicles!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 8 Ways to Use Technology in Your Small Business! Company vehicles article and permission to publish here provided by Carol Trehearn. A company car can speak volumes about an organization and who they are as a brand, yet unfortunately, small businesses cannot always stretch their budget far enough to accommodate their employees’ transportation needs.

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Oracle Fusion SCM Analytics Helps Organizations Build Resilient Supply Chains with Improved Visibility

Supply Chain Brain

Oracle Corporation, a provider of integrated cloud applications and platform services, announced a new cloud analytics solution that gives Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain and Manufacturing (SCM) customers the insights needed to detect, understand and resolve issues faster throughout the supply chain.

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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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RGD Unicorn – Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Gorillas use of Solvoyo's platform simplifies and even automates many of the planning and execution steps required to successfully meet customer demand. The post RGD Unicorn – Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Planning appeared first on Solvoyo.

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Turbocharged U.S. Consumer Plays Key Role in Supply Chain Snarls

Supply Chain Brain

Amid all the hand-wringing over global supply chain snarls and how they’re fanning inflation, little attention in the U.S. is being paid to the demand side of the economy.

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Turvo & Freightwaves F3 Virtual Experience Event

Turvo

Click here to learn more. Starting tomorrow! The F3 Virtual Experience will be hosted this week by FreightWaves. The event is November 9-11 and will cover logistics topics across all modalities: trucking, air, ocean, and rail. The event is free and open to anyone as a place to share experiences, ideas, and learn about the latest innovations propelling the future of logistics.

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How to Select the Right KPIs for Supply Chain Benchmarking

Logistics Bureau

Well, not just for benchmarking, but also for maximum visibility of your supply chain and logistics performance. That’s what key performance indicators offer, but only if you select and use the right ones for your business. “How hard can that be?” I hear you ask. But perhaps surprisingly, in our work, we come across a substantial number of businesses that struggle with KPI selection and use.

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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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? 3 FAST OPERATING BUSINESS MODELS ?

DocShipper Sourcing

When you are planning to start a business importing product from China, the first thing you need to do is define what your business model is going to be. Many ask us for advice on the type of business that can be set up between Asia and target markets. We're not the typical guru you … The post ? 3 FAST OPERATING BUSINESS MODELS ? appeared first on ?

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Empowering Time-Sensitive Home Healthcare Services With Robust Logistics Software

Locus

If there was one industry that was turned inside-out during the pandemic, it was healthcare. No other service, trade or profession has been stretched to its limits the way healthcare systems have been. The coronavirus crisis saw hospitals overflowing with patients, a severe shortage in medical supplies, and a rising death toll with no end in sight. This immense pressure sustained over many months has forced the healthcare industry to thoroughly reexamine their systems and functioning.

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Why analytics is a dead end

Aioneers

With the advancement and widespread use of the Internet, there has been an astronomical increase in both the number of data sources and the amount of data generated from each source.

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An Ultimate Guide To Inbound And Outbound Logistics With AI

ThroughPut

The economic disruption due to the pandemic highlighted pre-existing loopholes in global supply chains. Lack of digital connectivity made it hard to tie together global operations for supply chains, including inbound and outbound logistics. In the wake of Covid-19, supply chain managers are updating their supply chain operations to cater to elevated demand, availability of global vendors, and updated customer data.

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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.

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The Top Hurdles to Implementing Supply Chain Visibility – And How to Make the Leap

MPO Multi Party Orchestration

Various polls taken by supply chain stakeholders from 2020 to the present moment – including our own – all point to a similar reality. Visibility is still a significant concern for organizations and is absolutely fundamental to a high performing supply chain. This comes as no surprise as disruption continues to affect the cost-to-serve on razor thin margins, and lack of timely insight impacts operational efficiency, OTIF delivery, and customer satisfaction.

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Hy-Vee Reimagines the Future of Grocery

Enterra Insights

“The future of food retailing is on display,” writes Marian Zboraj, Digital Editor of Progressive Grocer.[1] This future vision, she reports, can be found “in the outskirts of Des Moines, Iowa, where Hy-Vee opened a long-awaited concept store in which the innovative grocer showcased numerous firsts.” The new store answers one of the big questions raised as a result of the pandemic: Will in-store dining options return?

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The Top Hurdles to Implementing Supply Chain Visibility – And How to Make the Leap

MPO Multi Party Orchestration

Various polls taken by supply chain stakeholders from 2020 to the present moment – including our own – all point to a similar reality. Visibility is still a significant concern for organizations and is absolutely fundamental to a high performing supply chain. This comes as no surprise as disruption continues to affect the cost-to-serve on razor thin margins, and lack of timely insight impacts operational efficiency, OTIF delivery, and customer satisfaction.

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How to spot voids and protect distribution with Crisp

crisp

It’s often said that “the best offense is a good defense.” While it isn’t typically referenced in this context, the theory actually applies perfectly to retail sales. CPG brands often focus on gaining new retail customers — and while it is important to gain distribution (offense), what can really make or break a CPG business is how you retain those stores and ensure they’re performing (defense).

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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Locus Robotics Unveils New Mezzanine Management Capabilities to Optimize Multi-Level Fulfillment

Supply Chain Brain

Locus Robotics Inc., a provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, announced enhancements to its mezzanine management capability.

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How the pandemic has changed the supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Two predictions have come true during the pandemic. In a 2015 TED talk, Bill Gates warned about the spread of a potential virus and that organizations and governments were not prepared for it. A year before, in 2014, a Harvard Business Review article pointed out that supply chains were becoming increasingly global and complex and consequently more at risk than before.

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Walmart Introduces Driverless Delivery Vans for Online Orders In Arkansas

Supply Chain Brain

At the moment, the future of transportation is at the Walmart on Regional Airport Boulevard in Bentonville, Ark.

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Amplify Central Agent Status Change Notifier

Axway

Amplify Central agents provide a powerful and seamless means to synchronize APIs in your API Gateways, whether they be the Axway Amplify API Gateway or those from Azure, AWS or Istio, into your Amplify Central Environments, and ultimately the Amplify …

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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What is drop and hook trucking? | PLS Logistics Services

PLS Logistics

The shipping industry has noticed that most of the companies use preloaded containers. So, this makes us assume that drop and hook would be a hit with shippers and carriers? But what is drop and hook, and what are the advantages?

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How one leading Australian bank harnessed real-time insights to speed up payments and nurture client loyalty with Axway

Axway

A nationwide initiative to simplify and speed up payments put one leading retail bank under increased pressure to deliver fast and seamless payment services. Its complex, heterogeneous payment processing infrastructure made it difficult to meet service-level objectives.

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DTC: What is it, and how can it benefit your brand!

Vinculum

Direct-to-Consumer has changed the market purchasing and establishes strong relationships with the consumers directly. The best of DTC is that it helps gain customer experience and attracts the mindset of the consumers. DTC makes a massive revenue from its sales strategy. It’s pretty challenging to set up a DTC brand. Around $100 is the expenditure for starting a DTC business, like buying the domain and getting a subscription to access the website and its functions.