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Forwarder / Broker Benchmark: Challenging Times for Logistics Intermediaries

Logistics Viewpoints

Forwarders and brokers are a critical part of international supply chains. They operate in incredibly competitive markets that can be characterized by tight margins and highly influenced by regulatory change. This past spring, we conducted a benchmark study with over 100 forwarders and brokers to evaluate how macroeconomic changes were impacting them, the strategies and tactics they were using to be successful and the importance of technology to their business.

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Citations of Excellence Awards 2016

SCM Research

Each year, Emerald awards certificates to highly cited papers, hereby also taking into account the content of the papers ( see my previous post ). I identified five Citations of Excellence winners related to SCM this year: (1) Technology Designed to Combat Fakes in the Global Supply Chain by Li; (2) The Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freight Transport by Pooling Supply Chains by Pan, Ballot & Fontane; (3) Ensuring Supply Chain Resilience: Development and Implementation of an Asse

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Preparing for a Future with Driverless Trucks

Talking Logistics

Live Episode: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 12:00 pm. There has been a lot of discussion about driverless cars and trucks over the past couple of years. But there’s also been a lot of developments, both on the technology front as well as the lobbying and regulatory front. What have been some of the most interesting developments and accomplishments so far?

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IoT in Supply Chain: Is the Hype Real?

River Logic

I think we all know the answer to this one.YES, the hype is real. Over the past decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved from a concept relevant only to technology enthusiasts to something that is permeating every aspect of our society. According to Gartner , 5.5 million new devices will be connected every day in 2016, and the world will have over 20 billion connected devices by 2020!

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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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G20 Summit: Supply Chains Disrupted For Clear Blue Skies

Elementum

In preparation for the upcoming G20 summit in China this September, the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau (SEPB) issued an order for an estimated 1,000 factories within a 300-km radius of Shanghai to cut down production. This measure was enacted to minimize pollution before the arrival of world leaders for the event. So how will this impact global supply chains?

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Beyond the Supply Chain Maturity Model Buzz

Arkieva

Supply Chain Maturity Model: Journey, Agents of Change, Real Optimization, & Community Intelligence. What is the Supply Chain “Maturity Model” Buzz? Aside from the terms big data and analytics , the most common buzz word in supply chain solutions is “Maturity Model”. As a 40+ year veteran of campaigns to bring better analytics to bear on key organizational decisions, my immediate reaction was: another buzz word with more hype than substance glossing over or ignoring a rich set o

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G20 Summit: Supply Chains Disrupted For Clear Blue Skies

Elementum

In preparation for the upcoming G20 summit in China this September, the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau (SEPB) issued an order for an estimated 1,000 factories within a 300-km radius of Shanghai to cut down production. This measure was enacted to minimize pollution before the arrival of world leaders for the event. So how will this impact global supply chains?

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C3's Top 5 Must-Reads on Yard Management

C3 Solutions

Welcome to C3 Solutions' Top Must-Reads series - Volume 2. This is the second of a 6 blogs series featuring C3's selection of our top must-reads on various supply chain hot topics: Cloud Supply Chain Systems, The Internet of Things , Chain of Responsibility, Becoming a Shipper of Choice, Yard Management and Dock Scheduling. Our wish is to provide our readers with valuable insights and educative content to assist them in addressing their operational challenges and help them prepare for the future

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Three Ways Government Can Champion IoT-Wired Supply Chains

TMC

The Internet of Things (IoT) is rewiring supply chains, yet we are only at the beginning of this journey. As innovation gains speed, there are broad supply chain issues that governments need to address in order to take full advantage of the incredible opportunities that lie ahead. Last week’s post discussed the urgent need for governments to work cross-functionally to keep pace with the growth of IoT innovations.

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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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Second Thoughts on Second Sourcing

MIT Supply Chain

Not keeping all of your eggs in one supply basket is an appealing strategy to increase supply chain resilience. But it’s not always effective. Aero engine maker Pratt & Whitney has doubled up suppliers in an effort to avoid interruptions to the production of its new turbofan engine. But according to a recent Wall Street […].

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What is “push” and “pull” distribution?” – Part 18

APICS

In the previous blog we introduced the DRP grid. It was stated that the advantage of DRP is that it not only generates planned DOs when demand exceeds supply, it also places these planned DOs in the requirements row of supplying facilities.

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Learn. Supply Chain Leadership Forum 2016.

Tompkins Blog

We are less than two months away from the premium Tompkins International Supply Chain Leadership Forum 2016 (SCLF).

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of July 14, 2016

Supply Chain Digest

Amazon Prime Day Drives Record Sales,US Distribution Space Being Leased is Soaring, Diesel Prices Expected to Stay Low in 2017, Container Volumes Out of China are Really Slumping

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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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Do You Have a Large Small-Package/ Parcel Spend? Why a Small Package Outside Negotiator Will Help You Save Big Bucks.

GlobalTranz

Many businesses have a tendency to hastily go through small package contract negotiation processes. Unfortunately, many of these entities to end to have a large small package or parcel spend, but a small package outside negotiator can help save significant revenue. Rather than simply taking small package contract negotiation at face value, shippers need to understand why a small package contract negotiator is vital to reducing spend and what best practices can further savings in both the short-t

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Where the Robots are Coming

Supply Chain Digest

McKinsey Takes a Deep Dive on What Jobs Can be Automated

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Super Ships: The Biggest Ships in the World (Part 1)

The Network Effect

Imagine laying the Empire State Building on its side, and then floating it out to sea Picture the Empire State Building, that’ll give you an idea of the awe-inspiring size of a modern day super ship. Keeping tabs on the biggest ship is no easy task. Not only are super ships being built at an […]. The post Super Ships: The Biggest Ships in the World (Part 1) appeared first on The Network Effect.

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1H 2016 in Supply Chain in Numbers and Charts

Supply Chain Digest

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Supply Chain Words

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Small Data, Big Insights

The Network Effect

Lowes Foods, a family-owned grocery chain with stores located throughout North and South Carolina, is one of the region’s largest retailers, but in the late 2000’s they had a problem. Declining revenues, triggered by the onslaught of ultra-competitors like Walmart and Amazon threatened the very existence of this 100-or-so retail chain, and unless something was […].

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Cognitive Process Automation™: Eliminating Drudgery

Enterra Insights

Drudgery is defined as hard, menial, or dull work. No one wakes up in the morning anxious to get to … Continued. The post Cognitive Process Automation™: Eliminating Drudgery appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Schumacher Triples Throughput in Existing DCs, Gains a Scalable Solution for Continued Growth

Supply Chain 24/7

Schumacher Electric, is the world’s foremost manufacturer of battery chargers and has built a thriving business by selling its products to large retailers such as Walmart, Napa, Advance Auto Parts and Pep Boys as well as the world’s leading multinational equipment manufacturers.

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Who owns S&OP? by Accenture Strategy Guest Blogger

Kinaxis

by Steven J. Puricelli Last month, I launched a new blog series on sales and operations planning (S&OP). In that introductory post, I outlined a number of important topics that I plan to explore throughout the summer. Building upon the last post about foundational elements behind S&OP, I want to consider a question I get all the time from executives: “who really owns, or should own S&OP”?

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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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Schumacher Triples Throughput in Existing DCs, Gains a Scalable Solution for Continued Growth

Supply Chain 24/7

Schumacher Electric, is the world’s foremost manufacturer of battery chargers and has built a thriving business by selling its products to large retailers such as Walmart, Napa, Advance Auto Parts and Pep Boys as well as the world’s leading multinational equipment manufacturers.

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Do Regular Freight RFPs Really Reduce Costs?

Consumer Goods Logistics

After 15+ years in the 3PL and trucking industry, I still find it interesting that some shippers shop out their lanes every single year in an effort to save money. But do these regular freight RFPs (requests for proposal) really reduce costs? I have my doubts.