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Covid19 Vaccine Logistics – 3 Essentials for Success

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Now that one of the new Covid19 vaccines (Pfizer BioNTech's mRNA vaccine) has been approved by a regulatory authority (UK's MHRA on 2 December 2020), attention turns to how to vaccinate the UK and the world.

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The Supply Chain’s Critical Role in Successful Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution

Kuebix

The creation of a Covid-19 vaccine has been on the top of everyone’s mind since the illness first began to spread. A November Gallup poll revealed that 58% of Americans would get a Covid-19 vaccine. Leading pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer have created vaccines with efficacy rates of more than 90% that will be ready […]. The post The Supply Chain’s Critical Role in Successful Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution appeared first on Kuebix.

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Procurement Rising – The Time is Now

ivalua

Procurement’s stature has grown during the COVID-19 crisis as costs, cash flow and supply continuity quickly became top boardroom priorities and homepage news. Across the world, procurement leaders have risen to the challenge. Examples abound. Honeywell successfully shifted production to N95 masks, helping keep healthcare workers safe. The city of New York adjusting normally cumbersome processes to secure new sources of supply for unprecedented numbers of ventilators.

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Government says you must continue to supply insolvent customers

IT Supply Chain

By Lindsay Ellis (pictured). Partner & Commercial Law Team Head at Wright Hassall. The post Government says you must continue to supply insolvent customers appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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AI-Enabled Robotics Software for Manufacturing Automation: Speeding Time-to-Value

Robots are a cornerstone of a smart factory, automating a wide range of manufacturing tasks that are monotonous, physically straining, or even hazardous. However, real-world robotics deployments have not lived up to the revolutionary potential the industrial sector had originally envisioned. Robot implementations are typically confined to specific applications, carry high costs, and are time-consuming.

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Retail Planning – Is It Time For A Change??

Arkieva

Isn’t the goal of a successful retailer to give the customer what they want, when they want it? And isn’t today’s customer changing their mind on what they want quicker than ever? Quick trend changes are driven by this customer and retailers must be flexible to survive. Retail Planning – Is It Time For A Change?? was first posted on December 8, 2020 at 8:01 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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The Best Two Gifts for Every Type of Supply Chain: Resilience and Agility

Supply Chain Brain

After a long year, it's time for businesses to strengthen their positions going forward.

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Planning for the unplanned

IT Supply Chain

By Neil Ballinger (pictured). Head of EMEA sales, EU Automation. The post Planning for the unplanned appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How to Achieve Patient-centric Healthcare Supply Chain Management

Tecsys

Discover the three things that need to happen in order to achieve patient-centric healthcare supply chain management at your facility. The post How to Achieve Patient-centric Healthcare Supply Chain Management appeared first on Tecsys.

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GEODIS Launches New Visibility Platform for Customers

Supply Chain Brain

GEODIS, a third-party logistics company, recently launched GEODIS Visibility, a newplatform designed to provide its customers with a 360-degree view of data across multiple facets of the supply chain.

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Tail Inventory: The Silent Cost Driver You Shouldn't Ignore

Learn how centralizing slow-moving SKUs can help reduce fulfillment costs by $300M+ while boosting fulfillment efficiency.

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4 Common 3PL Mistakes on Logistics Outsourcing Contract

Logistics Bureau

Having clear expectations is one among the four common mistakes that 3PL companies get into logistics contracts. It’s the power of the draft that is your opportunity to lay down exactly what you want and how it is going to work. Surprisingly, there are still a lot of companies that don’t have a contract! How is this possible? Find out more in this video: Related article on this topic has appeared in our Benchmarking Success site, check this out: How to Prevent Your 3PL Contract from Harming Logi

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5 Use Cases of Autonomous Logistics Management for 2021

GlobalTranz

Within the shipping and logistics industry, several processes are essential to proper operations. Autonomous logistics management is an integral part of the process and includes many use cases applied to practically any niche within the market today. With the healthy growth of e-commerce, industrial automation processes are essential. Here are five such use cases that.read More.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – Our 2020 All Stars!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Get OUR EBOOKS HERE. This is our third year of publishing interviews with great leaders. Our 2020 All Stars are leaders that have been exceptional this year, as they and people from all walks of life have been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. The interviews are generally amongst our highest viewed articles.

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FourKites’ Latest CAB Shows Supply Chain Collaboration on the Rise

FourKites

Since 2017, FourKites has convened a panel of the most involved companies within our global customer base for our Customer Advisory Board (CAB). We leverage these panel discussions to validate product ideas and guide our product roadmap, create champions and buy-in for our brand, and gather intelligence about the state of the industry. We also structure the conversations in such a way to maximize peer-to-peer collaboration between executive sponsors at our customers in order to reinforce the pow

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Speeding Robotics Automation with AI

The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.

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Personalized Fulfillment Experiences Webinar

BlueYonder

We are very excited to kick off our monthly webinar series: Personalized Fulfillment Experiences in Action. Delivering personalized experiences is a key business requirement today with customers expecting retailers to deliver the right product, at the right time, through their channel of choice. Leading retailers are implementing supply chain solutions to provide real-time, accurate and personalized speed and convenience options (buy online and pick up in store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, and shop

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Supply Chain in the Cloud Recap

Valogix

Customers will always demand more of suppliers to provide affordable products at the exact moment they want them. How can you effectively insure you have what your customers need when they need it?

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What Are the Characteristics of the Best Shipping Analytics Tools on the Market?

Intelligent Audit

Analyzing data and using automated intelligence to promote agile, data-driven decision-making are among the easiest ways to add logistics value. However, not all shipping analytics tools are created equally. As technology advances, companies must consider multiple potential features, platforms, and companies when choosing and applying shipping analytics capabilities across modes, multi-site locations, and more.

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Involuntary Sampling: An Emerging Threat to CPG Brands’ Revenues at Retailers

Zipline Logistics

Online ordering has taken center stage this year as shoppers hampered by the outbreak of COVID-19 have turned to previously available but underutilized channels to complete their purchases. As consumers look more frequently to retail grocers’ online channels, there is an emerging phenomenon that threatens to jeopardize brands’ revenue and put competitors’ products in customers’ pantries.

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.

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The Best RFP Automation Software

EC Sourcing Group

There are many steps in the supply chain and sourcing and procurement that are tedious, but they must be completed to run the business smartly and efficiently. An RFP (request for proposal) offers details about your project and asks your potential suppliers and vendors to provide their capabilities and bids so you can get goods and services to help complete your project. .

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Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest Starting Dec. 8, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

Show us your Supply Chain Wit

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Freight sales: 4 common misconceptions

DAT Solutions

Freight sales is not an easy career by any means. Sales and the "daily grind" come with many unique obstacles and challenges. However, it can be a very fulfilling career for people—especially in the freight industry.

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Supply Chain News on Amazon Releases Tools to Monitor Equipment and People in Factories and Distribution Centers

Supply Chain Digest

Amazon Invents on Low Cost Sensor, Says Manufacturing and Distribution are Under Served Sectors for Analytics

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Ivalua and Tealbook Partner to Solve The Pain Points Around Poor Supplier Information

ivalua

Offering customers a market leading source-to-pay platform coupled with powerful supplier discovery, diversity and data enrichment from Tealbook. Redwood City, CA –December 8, 2020 — Ivalua , a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions and Tealbook Inc. , the ‘Trusted Source of Supplier Data’ today announced a new partnership to provide a seamless experience between Ivalua’s Source-to-Pay Platform and Tealbook’s Supplier Intelligence Platform.

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How Digital Twins Can Help Boost Logistics Performance

Supply Chain Brain

A powerful new streaming data software technique can provide the insights needed to answer critical questions for logistics providers.

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Do You Know Your True Cost for Marketing Literature Fulfillment?

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Hey, marketers, how much do you spend each year to print brochures, flyers, catalogs, sales kits, point-of-sale materials and similar marketing collateral? Whatever the amount, I’m guessing you can come up with a pretty accurate figure on the spot. Now, what’s your annual cost to store and distribute those materials – your cost for marketing literature fulfillment ?

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Watch: Should Startups Take Outside Funding in 2021?

Supply Chain Brain

Ian Pribyl, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Pivotal Group, explains why small startups shouldn’t automatically accept money from venture capitalists and other outside investors, no matter how tempting the offer might be.

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How Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform

Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.

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Manufacturing Medical Devices: How Endoscopes are Made

QAD

It’s always fascinating to learn how products are made, and endoscopes have one of the more interesting processes as they are Class II medical devices. Although a Class II device is considered low risk, it still requires approval for the design and manufacturing process before it can be sold. US manufacturers must go through the FDA’s 501K process, and manufacturers in other countries must go through the equivalent process.

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ThinkIQ Announces Enhancements to Manufacturing SaaS Platform

Supply Chain Brain

ThinkIQ, a provider of digital manufacturing SaaS solutions, recently announced added functionality to its SaaS Manufacturing platform.

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Christmas Shipping Fun Facts

Freight Center

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for so many reasons, and one of them is freight shipping. We know what you’re thinking, “what makes freight shipping so wonderful this time of year?” Hear us out. The holidays are the busiest time for businesses and shippers everywhere, from Christmas tree farms, to Etsy shops, to online and eCommerce stores, to the classic local mom and pop store in town, everyone is shipping more than usual and that means freight is moving rapidly.