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26 warehouse pros reveal the most important factors to consider when moving to an automated warehouse

6 River Systems

The world of logistics is increasingly driven by technology , with artificial intelligence, big data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and automation among the biggest logistics trends today. As warehouses embrace technology to optimize the supply chain and reduce fulfillment costs , many companies are considering making the move to an automated warehouse.

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Never Ending Journey of a Private Label Manufacturer

Logility

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. A few years ago I saw the Off-Broadway musical, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. This simple but hilarious musical follows couples through stages of their relationship from dating, to marriage, to raising children and into the twilight years. The final scene highlights that an underlying feature of successful relationships is change.

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Ferrari Group April 2019 Research Report

Kinaxis

Supply chain management teams are expected to face higher levels of uncertainty until 2021. This Ferrari Group report describes potential threats to your supply chain and how concurrent planning can prepare you to address these challenges.

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Last Mile Shipping Success Requires a Holistic Approach

Talking Logistics

Crowdsourcing apps, same-day delivery, and ecommerce trends continue to impact last mile delivery expectations. With this ever-changing landscape, cost-effective management of the last mile has become a challenge that needs a broader view. Last mile home deliveries were once considered special handling services because they were infrequent and required special considerations to deliver a product to a consumer’s home.

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From Basic to Brilliant: Early Optimization of Material and Transport Planning

Explore how a global manufacturing organization steadily advanced its supply chain maturity – starting with basic transportation management and evolving towards a fully integrated, optimization-driven planning approach. Get an inside look at a multi-year 4PL collaboration journey, culminating in the implementation of 4flow TORO to unlock the full potential of early optimization in material and transportation planning.

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Getting Confused about Supply Chain Planning?

Enterra Insights

We all know planning is important. Benjamin Franklin once declared, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” While that concept seems straight forward, supply chain planners are faced with a constellation of articles talking about sales & operations (S&OP) planning, demand planning, integrated business planning, periodic planning, continuous planning, concurrent planning, and the list goes on.

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Webinar – Navigating Retail Deductions: A Simplified Approach

SupplyPike

Retail deductions seem to be the dreaded tasks for suppliers. They’re extremely time-consuming. It can feel like you need detective level skills to get all of the information together in order to just start the dispute process. Through customer interviews and interaction, we’ve found that suppliers could be losing as much as 10% of revenue to retail deductions.

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Hey Procurement! It’s Time to SELL!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Could the CPO Be Replaced by the Chief Value Officer? The Procurement, or Purchasing, function is considered by many to be a necessary but non-strategic part of any organization. Study after study shows that this is a common view held amongst Executives and peer functions alike. This is not to say that they believe Procurement doesn’t play a role, but rather that they don’t view Procurement as playing a critical r

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SupplyPike at NWA Startup Weekend

SupplyPike

It might sound cliché, but at SupplyPike our greatest assets are our people. From April 5th-7th, several members of the SupplyPike family participated in and placed in the top spots alongside some of the high powered teams in the area at Startup Weekend, an event aimed at entrepreneurs that partners with Techstars and Google for Startups. Participants at the kickoff meeting.

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The Difference Between a B2B and B2C Supply Chain

Unleashed

Supply chains are a fundamental part of how businesses operate; they are key players in getting a product to another user. However, the user can be very different when it comes to doing business. The two most common transactions are business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) when it comes to selling goods and services. In B2C, the goods and services are sold to a consumer who is the end-user of the product.

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End High Turnover: Discover Stability with Remote-Insourcing

High turnover isn't just inconvenient—it's costly. U.S. logistics businesses lose thousands in training, productivity, and morale every year, with an average quit rate exceeding 27%. Remote-Insourcing changes this reality. Remote-Insourcing seamlessly integrates dedicated, remote professionals into your team, significantly reducing turnover to under 4%.

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[PODCAST] How Freight Shippers Can Effectively Ship Parcel & Go “Omni-Modal”

GlobalTranz

Hello and welcome back to another episode of “The Freight Project Podcast!” On today’s “The Freight Project Podcast” episode, we welcome Bob Liva, Channel Sales Manager at Cerasis partner, Pierbridge, whose Transtream technology powers the parcel management aspect & the ability for freight shippers to compare LTL to Parcel rates and vice versa, in real.read More.

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SupplyPike at NWA Startup Weekend

SupplyPike

It might sound cliché, but at SupplyPike our greatest assets are our people. From April 5th-7th, several members of the SupplyPike family participated in and placed in the top spots alongside some of the high powered teams in the area at Startup Weekend, an event aimed at entrepreneurs that partners with Techstars and Google for Startups. Participants at the kickoff meeting.

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International Trade SAP S/4 HANA1709/1809

Bristlecone

Now more than ever, businesses are operating on a global scale. Thanks to changes and improvements in technology, companies are participating in international trade of capital, goods, and services across borders and territories. Given the shift towards a globalist economy, companies must seamlessly navigate the complexities to optimize the supply chain while remaining compliant.

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Webinar – Navigating Retail Deductions: A Simplified Approach

SupplyPike

Retail deductions seem to be the dreaded tasks for suppliers. They’re extremely time-consuming. It can feel like you need detective level skills to get all of the information together in order to just start the dispute process. Through customer interviews and interaction, we’ve found that suppliers could be losing as much as 10% of revenue to retail deductions.

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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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Come See Tive at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2019

Tive

The Tive team is excited to announce that we will be returning to the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, AZ.

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Survey: Do You Need A Supply Chain Upgrade?

SupplyPike

Does Your Supply Chain Need An Upgrade? Finding it hard to identify the root causes of your deductions? Is your On Time percentage not where it needs to be? Are you loosing money on because of In Full numbers are low? Take our survey to see where your supply chain stands and if SupplyPike is a good fit for you. The post Survey: Do You Need A Supply Chain Upgrade?

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Taking Your Supply Chain to the Next Level at the QAD DynaSys Customer Conference 2019

DynaSys

Still not registered for The QAD DynaSys Customer Conference 2019? What are you waiting for? The QAD DynaSys Customer Conference ‘19 is going to be a great event that should not be missed! This year’s QAD DynaSys Customer Conference will take place June 13-14 in Bordeaux, city of wine and history, and is already promising to be an excellent event! You might be wondering why?

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Survey- Do You Need A Supply Chain Upgrade?

SupplyPike

The post Survey- Do You Need A Supply Chain Upgrade? appeared first on SupplyPike - Supply Chain Simplified.

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Supply Chain Resilience Checklist

Strengthen your operations with the Supply Chain Resilience Checklist. This practical, easy-to-use tool helps your organization prepare for disruptions and ensure long-term continuity in an unpredictable world. Why Download: Identify and assess critical supply chain risks Ask the right questions to evaluate vendor preparedness Implement effective strategies to reduce vulnerabilities Improve communication, transparency, and coordination across your network What You’ll Learn: How to evaluate and m

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The Effect of Consumer Delivery Demands on Shippers and How Retail Compliance Programs Can Help

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Retailers are keenly aware that failure to keep pace with industry change is not an option, as evidenced by continued store closings and retail bankruptcies. They also know that brilliant store designs and seamless mobile experiences count for nothing if they are unable to move the products their customers have ordered to their preferred destinations in excellent condition as quickly as possible.

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Inbound Freight TMS & Integration: How Shippers Gain Max Efficiency

GlobalTranz

Inbound freight management remains an afterthought for most shippers, but the average company spends more than 40 percent of its annual freight budget on inbound freight, reports the Aberdeen Group via Logistics Management. That’s between 3.6 and 5.2 percent of total annual sales. Unfortunately, these costs are often the result of poor visibility and lost.read More.

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The Effect of Consumer Delivery Demands on Shippers and How Retail Compliance Programs Can Help

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Retailers are keenly aware that failure to keep pace with industry change is not an option, as evidenced by continued store closings and retail bankruptcies. They also know that brilliant store designs and seamless mobile experiences count for nothing if they are unable to move the products their customers have ordered to their preferred destinations in excellent condition as quickly as possible.

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4 reasons flatbed should bounce back soon

DAT Solutions

After a strong first quarter, flatbed freight has slowed in April. It's been a wet month throughout the country, and there's been a slowdown in oil production in the Permian Basin in West Texas. There are, however, a number of reasons to be optimistic about the flatbed market, and as you can see in the Hot Market Map, some markets are already recovering.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Machine Learning in Finance – How to Get Started

QAD

Machine learning has seemingly unlimited potential to make your Finance department more efficient and effective. But it can be daunting to consider making the changes required to take full advantage of the technology. Our second featured Explore article is prepared by our friends at Prophix. Prophix develops innovative Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software that automates critical financial processes such as budgeting, planning, consolidation and reporting — improving a company’s profit

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IMAGINE SUMMIT 2019 is coming to Australia and Singapore

Axway

IMAGINE SUMMIT APAC 2019 is coming to Singapore and Australia!

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Six Tips for Optimizing Packaging in a Complex Retail Environment

Supply Chain Brain

Over the past decade, the retail industry has undergone a drastic makeover.

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6 River Systems named a ‘leader’ in IDC MarketScape report

6 River Systems

Just four years since launching its solution, collaborative mobile robotics provider 6 River Systems (6RS) has been positioned as a “leader” in IDC’s first-ever assessment of the autonomous mobile robot market for order fulfillment. 6 River Systems is named a ‘leader’ among autonomous mobile robot vendors. The report, titled “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Autonomous Mobile Robots for Order Fulfillment 2019 Vendor Assessment” positions vendors as participants, contenders, major players a

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The AI Race Isn’t Just About Tech Superiority – Its the Supply Chain, Stupid!

The race to dominate AI is no longer about who has the smartest algorithms — it's about who can build and scale faster. Behind every AI breakthrough lies a battle for resources: data centers, compute hardware, power, and telecom infrastructure. And right now, even tech giants are hitting a wall. Our latest white paper reveals the six critical supply chain elements that are increasingly separating AI leaders from the rest.

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Learn How You Can Support Your Clients at Accountex London

Unleashed

Accountex London is a free 2-day conference and expo designed to help accountants and bookkeepers keep up to date with the latest happenings in the industry and empower them in their careers. No other UK even brings together the biggest brands, industry leaders and cutting-edge technology. Meet big businesses like Xero and Sage, and discover new innovative companies.

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Highlights and surprises from the 2019 TIA Conference

DAT Solutions

Did you miss out on this year’s TIA Capital Ideas Conference and Expo ? As usual, this year’s event was packed with expert insights and educational sessions for freight brokers and 3PLs. The Learning Center is always a major highlight of the conference, and representatives from DAT offered several sessions. You can download the presentation slides for each one below.

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Perioperative Analytics: Exploratory Data Analysis in the OR (Part 3 of 4)

Tecsys

After having painstakingly gone through all the legal, procedural, and data engineering pain points that… The post Perioperative Analytics: Exploratory Data Analysis in the OR (Part 3 of 4) appeared first on Tecsys.