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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Supply chain management is a multi-faceted process with many stakeholders and even more moving parts. New technology aims to make the supply chain more efficient, yet investing in the wrong technology further complicates productivity while hindering profitability. Effective supply chain management offers numerous benefits for companies, so overcoming challenges to keep things running smoothly is a top priority for supply chain professionals.

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What is Geofencing? And How Does it Work?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. You are Connected Everywhere! Why aren’t you Connecting your Supply Chain? Article, and permission to publish here, provided by Olivia Andres at Radar. Geofencing is a buzzy mobile app capability that’s been around for at least a decade; however, developers are only now seeing the full potential of geofencing for building a great user-first experience.

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How Dock Scheduling Software Improves Capacity Woes

C3 Solutions

The capacity crunch is a significant issue for shippers of all sizes and throughout all industries. As Amazon marches forward and HOS regulations take hold, the ability to secure trucking space will present new challenges in supply chain management. While different tactics exist to leverage all available capacity, one area is often overlooked—dock management.

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Two-Man-Deliveries — Improving Customer Service and Saving Money with Multi-Stop Route Planning Software

Paragon

The post Two-Man-Deliveries — Improving Customer Service and Saving Money with Multi-Stop Route Planning Software appeared first on Paragon Routing.

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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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Why I Love Supply Chain Management

Logility

It’s my opinion that most look back on their career and realize they never could have predicted where they would end up. For instance, my best subject areas in high school were instrumental music, math and science. When it came time to determine what I should study in college I chose engineering even though I had a full tuition scholarship to pursue a degree in jazz performance.

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Blockchain has Potential

Enterra Insights

The word “potential” is often viewed as a positive characteristic. The dictionary defines potential this way: “having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.” What often goes unspoken is the fact that something having potential means there may not be much to crow about at the present. Potential refers to a future state rather than the present state.

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An Adaptive UX is Imperative for Manufacturing ERP Selection

QAD

The ways in which an enterprise software solution looks, feels and works for a user is increasingly crucial. Now that users have been influenced by their consumer experiences with innovative and digital technology, expectations have increased for their business software to provide a similar user experience (UX). Smartphone apps, online banking, flight purchase, shopping websites and so many other experiences are designed with intuitive and easy-to-learn user interface to improve user experiences

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We’re hiring! Join us as Product Owner

DiManEx

Do you want to be part of an innovative scale-up that uses high quality 3D printing to significantly change and improve the supply chains of the world’s biggest corporations? Then, apply to join our team! Using semantic search, large volume data extraction and supply chain analysis in combination with 3D printing capabilities, our unique algorithm-based service makes supply chains dramatically more efficient.

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Understanding the Need for Supply Chain Visibility in Industry 4.0

Bristlecone

By: Deepak Ghodke, VP, Bristlecone Labs. Here’s a scenario: You, the Chief Supply Chain Officer, just received a call from your flagship store in Ohio saying they are running short of inventory. You call your supplier in Dallas, who mumbles something about the shipment being delayed. Meanwhile, your customers start tweeting angrily about your organization.

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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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Attracting Logistics Talent in a Rapidly Evolving Industry, ShipChain Welcomes Mark Coady to Expand Biz Dev Operations

Shipchain

Logistics talent is amid a battle. Traditional logistics workers, including truckers, warehouse workers, load planners, and freight brokers, have become viewed as unstable and “dirty” by new generations. . At the same time, major companies continue to focus on attracting fresh, new talent to deploy the latest technologies and services. As Amazon continues to lowball other logistics service providers, the supply chain talent war will reach critical mass.

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What Retailers Forget in Omnichannel

Veridian Solutions

Omnichannel is a hard-sell. According to Applause.com , the biggest challenges in omnichannel supply chains derived from a simple problem. Companies overlook how customers perceive improvements and actions within blended supply chains. More importantly, as few as 33% of retailers have accurate visibility into customer experiences, which might result from an inability to track customer purchases at brick-and-mortar stores, and more.

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Supply Chain weekly wrap-up: 7/19/2019 – 7/25/2019

All Things Supply Chain

Lyft makes data public to support the development of self-driving vehicles “Autonomous vehicles are expected to dramatically redefine the future of transportation”, but right now a future where autonomous vehicles…

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The Value that Procurement Centres of Excellence Bring to Organisations

HICX Solutions

Spend Matters defines a Procurement Centre of Excellence as “an internal entity that performs internally facing knowledge-based services on a one-to-many basis to procurement (and to broader stakeholders) in order to drive scale, repeatability, and best practice.” Gartner , meanwhile, offers this Procurement Centre of Excellence definition, describing it as “a permanent, primarily full-time team of experts focused on attaining and sustaining world-class performance and value

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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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An Interview with Richard McDuffie, KANE’s New Chief Operating Officer

Consumer Goods Logistics

KANE’s new Chief Operating Officer is Richard McDuffie, a 30-year logistics industry veteran with a strong track record of driving operational excellence in logistics across the retail, manufacturing and 3PL industries. We recently sat down with Richard to discuss some of the changes he has seen in the industry over the years and what the future might hold.

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A Modern Approach to Training for a Modern Workforce

Supply Chain Brain

Safety and efficiency: It’s a constant balancing act for manufacturers and the supply chain.

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Mitch Weseley’s Take on the Most Compelling Tech Trends of 2019

3GTMS

Mitch Weseley’s Take on the Most Compelling Tech Trends of 2019 Our founder and CEO, Mitch Weseley, is widely regarded as the “father as of the TMS industry.” With more than 30 years in the industry, he has a unique perspective on the position of transportation management software today and where it’s headed. Mitch recently […]. The post Mitch Weseley’s Take on the Most Compelling Tech Trends of 2019 appeared first on 3GTMS.

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[WHITE PAPER] A Guide to Maximize the Use of TMS

GlobalTranz

Fill out the Form Below to Get a Free Copy of the White Paper to Your Inbox! Cerasis is excited to announce the release of an all new, exclusive, & educational resource “The Trends that Will Forever Shape Manufacturing in 2018 & Beyond” white paper! This is a must read for those shippers looking to.read More. The post [WHITE PAPER] A Guide to Maximize the Use of TMS appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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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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Use Technology to Engage Young Workers in the Manufacturing Labor Force

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

A common challenge for many manufacturers is finding and retaining skilled labor. Many businesses are facing the retirement of older employees, and higher turnover in their workforce. At the same time, some manufacturers lament that younger workers don’t have the same skill sets as the earlier generations, or that they’re just not that interested in the […].

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Ensuring Successful Product Development of Intelligent Sensing Systems for Autonomous Vehicles

Arena Solutions

I have had the privilege to be involved in change management and quality for the past 30 years. I’ve used Arena PLM for the past 17 years and with that benefited from its evolution into a world class tool that has allowed me to provide excellent support to my employers. Working on AEye’s cutting-edge technology product in a relatively new industry creates a set of unique challenges.

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Navigating the network to digital transformation

Axway

Ever thought about traveling around in a recreational vehicle (RV)? The concept is great! An entire apartment containerized with all its dependencies in-house, allowing you to seamlessly lift and shift it wherever you need.

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Why Experience Matters for Drayage Drivers

West Coast and California Logistics

Drayage is technically just another transportation service. A driver picks up a load and then delivers it. With port drayage, however, this simple process becomes much more complex. Navigating seaport terminals is a tricky business on a good day and can become extremely difficult as rules change from terminal-to-terminal, or even hour-to-hour. To navigate the ports effectively – and avoid wasting time and money – shippers need to ensure the drayage carriers they work with have a roster of experi

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Four Ways You're Wasting Your Print Budget

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

This is the third in a series of blogs based on Amware’s new eBook titled “Your Marketing Fulfillment Program Sucks: 7 Ways Poor Literature Management and Distribution Practices Undermine Your Marketing Results.”. Have you ever bought something and found it still new in the box a year or more later? If you’re like me, you probably put it away in a closet and forgot about it until it was too late to return it.

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Trust in Salesforce and Rootstock!

Rootstock

Nothing is more important than the security of your data and applications. Businesses running software in the cloud must be able to trust their cloud platform to keep their data and applications safe. With technology advancing at a record pace, the threats from hackers have also advanced. It’s a constant battle to protect your data, and do-it-yourself security measures simply cannot do the job.

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Male Mental Health: Why it Matters in the Workplace

Supply Chain 24/7

This white paper will explore why male mental health is a critical issue in traditionally male-dominated industrial environments around the world and the steps organizations can take to address these issues.

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The Tech Foundations Every Retailer Needs

Repl Group

The message to retailers is clear: digital transformation is key to future success. As familiar names disappear from the UK high street, the race to keep up with both employee and consumer demands has never been more challenging. . Artificial intelligence, machine learning, voice tech, mobile check-out, multi-channel integration, personalisation. The opportunities can be overwhelming.

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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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Zooming in on Data Integration in Procurement

Jaggaer

Procurement is central to the profitability of organizations in all industry sectors. Given the value that procurement delivers, you would think that the function is ripe for digital transformation. But the reality is rather different. Why is this? Our 2019 Digital Procurement Survey, Di gital Transformation in Procurement: How Close Are We? provides some answers.

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Infrequent Updates to Inventory Planning Parameters Costs Time, Money, and Hurts Service

The Smart Software

Inventory planning parameters such as safety stock levels, reorder points, Min/Max settings, lead times, order quantities, and DDMRP buffers directly impact inventory spending and ability to meet customer demand. Ensuring that these inputs are optimized regularly will dramatically improve customer service levels and will reduce the amount of unnecessary inventory spending.

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5 tips for a better container loading plan

I.C.E. Transport

Filling a container is like assembling a 3D puzzle. Put the pieces together just right, and you win a prize: lower freight costs. That’s because ocean carriers charge for transportation by the container. If you pay $3,000 to ship a 40-ft. box, that price stays the same whether you fill the box with 20 pallets of cargo or 25. The more product you fit in, the less you pay per unit.

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