GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2017

The United States aerospace manufacturing industry is a highly competitive one. This is thanks in part to our unraveled supply chain, linking subsections like maintenance and repair with metalworking and avionics. These factors make aerospace manufacturing companies highly valued partners, even internationally. Although the aerospace industry employs countless hundreds of thousands of workers, robots are still necessary to complete many tasks.

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 20, 2017

One of my tenants for good parenting is to understand that your child is likely moving at a much faster pace of emotion and intelligence than you did; and the continual challenge is to be out front of the issues and trends at least enough to be prepared to guide, counsel and nurture them as they move through each stage of life. We played with cap guns and toy soldiers – kids now play with HALO and wield Link’s sword in an all-to-realistic fantasy world of “Legend of Zelda.

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The Network Effect

APRIL 20, 2017

An interesting article by Greg Brady in Supply and Demand Chain Executive delves into the true costs of ERP. This. The post The True Cost of ERP appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 20, 2017

Consumers are increasingly using the digital path to purchase when they buy things. To be honest, the so-called digital path … Continued. The post Mobile and IoT Driving Consumers’ Digital Path to Purchase appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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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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Logility

APRIL 20, 2017

Unless you happen to be one of the nearly 6 million people employed in the Wholesale Distribution Industry the impact and value of wholesale distribution goes mostly unnoticed by the average consumer. The fact is, the Wholesale Distribution Industry accounts for more than $5.5 trillion in global trade. In the United States alone, wholesale/distributor sales equal approximately $3.2 trillion , which also accounts for roughly 7% of private industry GDP since 1987.

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RFgen

APRIL 20, 2017

Greater visibility into metrics such as travel time can pay dividends in warehouse settings. Emerging connected technologies, ranging from Internet of Things sensors to IP-enabled vehicles and fleet tracking systems, are coming together to transform the entire transportation industry. As these solutions drive innovation, organizations have an opportunity to revisit how they measure and evaluate travel time across their supply chains in order to optimize operations.

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Longbow Advantage

APRIL 20, 2017

If you keep up with the latest supply chain trends, I’m sure you know the importance of Supply Chain Analytics. What you don’t know is, you’re doing it wrong.

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RFgen

APRIL 20, 2017

Greater visibility into metrics such as travel time can pay dividends in warehouse settings. Emerging connected technologies, ranging from Internet of Things sensors to IP-enabled vehicles and fleet tracking systems, are coming together to transform the entire transportation industry. As these solutions drive innovation, organizations have an opportunity to revisit how they measure and evaluate travel time across their supply chains in order to optimize operations.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 20, 2017

Whether your systems have been moved to a centralized architecture yet or not, part one of this blog series discussed how centralizing your WMS system can improve efficiency and lower costs. Part 2 of will explore how managed services are transforming the approach to best in case WMS deployments in the cloud. Outsourcing Scale and Efficiency Through Managed Services.

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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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EcoVadis

APRIL 20, 2017

In its much-awaited decision on March 23, the French constitutional council has given a green light to the “ Duty of Care ” law ( Devoir de Vigilance ) although they stated that there remain some provisions to the French constitution. The major points of the law, requiring French companies with at least 5 000 employees , including in their French direct or indirect subsidiaries (or 10 000 employees in their direct or indirect subsidiaries worldwide) to develop a diligence plan (“ plan de vigila

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BlueYonder

APRIL 20, 2017

Whether your systems have been moved to a centralized architecture yet or not, part one of this blog series discussed how centralizing your WMS system can improve efficiency and lower costs. Part 2 of will explore how managed services are transforming the approach to best in case WMS deployments in the cloud. Outsourcing Scale and Efficiency Through Managed Services.

Optimization Software 40

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FLEXE

APRIL 20, 2017

We know it’s only April, and we’ve only just started the second quarter of 2017, but for the supply chain the planning has already begun. Q4 is just around the corner. Are you prepared to manage the demands of your busiest season? ‘Tis the season to start thinking about the holidays and your end-of-year strategy. Even though it’s only April, Q4 planning is upon us.

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RELEX Solutions

APRIL 20, 2017

With any new market a retailer has to understand how the supply chain will evolve and differ from their usual operation. It is unlikely that a retailer will be opening a large numbers of stores from the outset when moving into a new territory so it could be that they look at a relatively slow start in terms of volume. If this is the case then they will need to decide whether they will look into third party operations locally to handle their products and manage the physical supply chain until the

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FLEXE

APRIL 20, 2017

We know it’s only April, and we’ve only just started the second quarter of 2017, but for the supply chain the planning has already begun. Q4 is just around the corner. Are you prepared to manage the demands of your busiest season? ‘Tis the season to start thinking about the holidays and your end-of-year strategy. Even though it’s only April, Q4 planning is upon us.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2017

Celeste Catano, Global Product Manager Customs Management at BluJay Solutions , addresses the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: How has customs management changed over the years? What are some of the challenges and potential issues companies face today? Are you seeing companies looking to bring customs management in-house?

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ModusLink Corporation

APRIL 20, 2017

Back in 1989 a group of French geographers known as RECLUS developed a geographical concept of an area stretching from North West England over The Netherlands, Belgium, Southern Germany, a very small part of Northern France and Switzerland up to Northern Italy. They called it banane bleue: the Blue Banana. This series of continuous urban […]. The post Servicing the Blue Banana from a Small Dutch Village, Part 1 appeared first on ModusLink Global Solutions.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 20, 2017

DAT's customer support team is a finalist in the 2017 ICMI Global Contact Center Awards Program. DAT is one of four finalists in the Best Small Contact Center category, for centers with 75 or fewer customer service agents. Winners will be announced May 23 at the annual ICMI Contact Center Conference in Orlando, Fla. The International Customer Management Institute (ICMI) is the leading provider of resources for customer management professionals and has organized the awards program for the past 12

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Consumer Goods Logistics

APRIL 20, 2017

In a recent blog post, we reviewed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the sea change that it presents to food safety in the U.S. Gone are the days of reacting to problems after they occur; the FSMA seeks to prevent them from occurring in the first place. Exactly what are these problems that the FSMA seeks to prevent?

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Supply Chain 24/7

APRIL 20, 2017

This whitepaper shares best methods on how to forecast demand accuracy.

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TMC

APRIL 20, 2017

In a Connect post published almost two years ago ( “Connecting into the Future of TMS Technology” ), I described the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) as “one of the most exciting chapters in the development of TMS technology.”. How have IoT logistics applications evolved since then? Not surprisingly, the industry’s IoT connections have proliferated.

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TMC

APRIL 20, 2017

In a Connect post published almost two years ago ( “Connecting into the Future of TMS Technology” ), I described the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) as “one of the most exciting chapters in the development of TMS technology.”. How have IoT logistics applications evolved since then? Not surprisingly, the industry’s IoT connections have proliferated.

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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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TMC

APRIL 20, 2017

In a Connect post published almost two years ago ( “Connecting into the Future of TMS Technology” ), I described the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on (TMS) as “one of the most exciting chapters in the development of TMS technology.”. How have IoT logistics applications evolved since then? Not surprisingly, the industry’s IoT connections have proliferated.

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