Enterra Insights

AUGUST 20, 2018

The dustbin of history is filled with failed businesses. Executives running those businesses didn’t intend for them to fail. Businesses want to survive. Like biological species, adaptability and resilience are the key to survival. In a 1963 speech given to participants at the convention of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Leon C. Megginson, a Louisiana State University business professor, stated, “It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2018

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published last week , “Competing on Customer Experience: The Driving Force Behind Supply Chain Innovation.” The research, produced by Adelante SCM and presented by BluJay Solutions (a Talking Logistics sponsor), was conducted to explore the links between supply chain management innovation, customer experience, technology adoption, and company performance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 20, 2018

LLamasoft has developed a maturity model related to supply chain design solutions. As a leading supplier of supply chain design solutions, this is a natural extension for them. Developing a maturity model, however, is not for the faint of heart. The model explicity ties ROI from a design project to the maturity level. The post A Maturity Model for Supply Chain Design appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 20, 2018

If you are a new Vietnamese business operator in search of logistics services, a foreign company considering entering the Vietnamese market, or a multinational logistics enterprise thinking about cashing in on the country’s economic growth, it’s a good idea to know a little at least, about the current state of play in the Vietnamese logistics sector.

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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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My Office Apps

AUGUST 20, 2018

3 Ways the Right Software Can Streamline Your Supply Chain Processes Supply chain management can be a very complex task due to the volatile nature of the many factors you may need to deal with. This probably will never change so you need to learn how to adapt and quickly react to changing environments. Thirty-two percent of organizations claim that processing end customer demand along with coping with unexpected supply issues account for some of the biggest risks in the supply chain!

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SCM Research

AUGUST 20, 2018

All successful business models provide a solution for a problem. Let us identify such a “problem” in academia: As university teachers we all know that grading students’ essays can be a tedious and time-consuming endeavor. If that is the problem, a solution could be to let software grade the essays. Five years ago, my immediate reaction would have been that this could never work.

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TradeGecko

AUGUST 20, 2018

Cost price analysis is a fine art. After all, getting your prices right is key to covering your costs, staying competitive, creating a value perception for customers, and, ultimately, making a profit.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 20, 2018

In all three modes, the DAT ® Trucking Freight Barometers are continuing to demonstrate three basic trends: Demand that exceeds capacity by a wide enough margin to drive spot and contract prices higher. Seasonally weaker demand, as is normal during July and August. There is less freight to be moved. Have no fear. Demand for trucking will pick up again in September and continue to be strong through the end of the year.

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synchrono

AUGUST 20, 2018

Bottlenecks and constraints are two terms that are often used interchangeably in Demand-Driven Manufacturing as well as in discussions on Lean Manufacturing and flow. It’s easy to use one term when you actually mean the other. However, since these two limiters on throughput need to be addressed differently, it’s important to understand the distinction.

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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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Elementum

AUGUST 20, 2018

The world’s appetite is changing, and the agriculture industry is struggling to keep up. Can technology help? According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world will need to produce 70% more food in 2050 than it did in 2006 to feed the world's population of 9 billion. That means that production in the developing countries would need to almost double.

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TradeGecko

AUGUST 20, 2018

Cost price analysis is a fine art. After all, getting your prices right is key to covering your costs, staying competitive, creating a value perception for customers, and, ultimately, making a profit.

How To 60

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2018

Data analytics can be applied to virtually any supply chain process, and analytics hold great value in managing retail supply chains. Retail supply chains have the added complications of needing to offer both in-store and online customer experiences, and they must continue to try to beat Amazonian prices. Defining retail needs is not an easy process, but data is king and can help companies sift through the needs and wants of customers, reports Arthur Zaczkiewicz of WWD.

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Supply Chain 24/7

AUGUST 20, 2018

A new paper from Synchrono®, the leader in modern demand-driven manufacturing software and synchronization technologies, explains how bottlenecks and constraints are different – and should be addressed differently.

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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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Zipline Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2018

What are retail vendor chargebacks? Chargeback penalties or fees are issued by retailers when vendors fall out of compliance. Being non-compliant could mean a multitude of things, but the most common reasons are tied to mislabeling, early/late delivery, and incomplete orders. Read more about the top reasons for vendor chargebacks here. Chargebacks can sometimes be […].

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EcoVadis

AUGUST 20, 2018

There’s no escape – new regulations and consumer demands are increasingly putting pressure on businesses to be more transparent about how they are addressing environmental, social and ethical concerns. As a result, more and more companies include sustainability clauses in contracts with their trading partners. But are these clauses effective? Our recent study conducted in partnership with Affectio Mutandi , leading consultants in Legal, CSR, Corporate & Public Affairs, surveyed more than 560

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