Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Our guinea pig Cow died this morning. The kids named him Cow when he was born. He was a tiny little thing when he was born, smaller than the palm of your hand. I guess the kids envisioned him growing up big like his father Otis, but Cow ended up being the runt in the family, but with a cool, post punk hairstyle. The kids said their goodbyes this morning before going to school.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Earlier this week, SpaceX launched a rocket into outer space. Attached to the Falcon Heavy rocket, launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, was a 2008 Tesla Roadster, with a dummy at the wheel named “Starman.” The goal was to launch the car into space and into an orbit around the sun that would bring it close to Mars, Well, the mission was mostly successful, as the rocket took off and initially went into the planned orbit. […].
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Material Handling & Logistics
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Supply chain and finance departments need to work more closely and adopt costing practices that are progressive and focused on informing internal decisions. Supply chain professionals aren’t getting the cost information that they need according to a recent survey from APICS and the Institute of Management Accountants. In the study, " Working Together to Enhance Supply Chain Managment with Better Costing Practices. " upper management supply chain professionals were asked to assess the impact of
BlueYonder
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
On Monday, February 12 at 6pm, JDA Labs is hosting a special meet-up on studies in gameful interaction design and games user research. The featured speaker is Dr. Lennart Nacke, Director of the HCI Games Group, the Associate Director for Graduate Studies on Stratford Campus and an Associate Professor for Human-Computer Interaction and Game Design at the University of Waterloo.
Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller
As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe
3rdwave
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new focus of supply chain possibilities. AI holds the promise of creating unlimited capability to optimize product flows, financial controls, and decision support across the supply chain.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
It’s unfair and inaccurate to think of augmented reality as a weaker form of virtual reality. A.R. is itself a valuable tool in the worlds of logistics and manufacturing, among other business sectors. And it’s poised to explode in the very near future. Upskill , creator of an A.R. software program, believes (and hopes) that the technology will be “everywhere” in the coming year.
GlobalTranz
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Everyone wants to grow their business right? It is only natural and the first response to this question is often an investment in sales or marketing to generate net new customers. But it costs five to twenty-five times more to generate a net new customer than it does to keep an existing one, depending on the industry. So, to grow, the question should be, how do you create a competitive advantage and hold onto your current customers?
SCM Research
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Several journals have already reacted to the p value debate. For example, an ASQ essay provides suggestions that not only every editor should read. Another example are the policies published by SMJ : SMJ “will no longer accept papers for publication that report or refer to cut-off levels of statistical significance (p-values)” Instead, “authors should report either standard errors or exact p-values (without asterisks) or both, and should interpret these values appropriately in
TradeGecko
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
As we move quickly into 2018, we are seeing more and more B2B sellers investing in eCommerce technology so that they can provide the same easy ordering and frictionless customer experience that online retailers enjoy.
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.
Loginext
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
We recently integrated with Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana, and Siri. Now, the manager can simply relax and instruct their personal assistant to fetch the information for them. Almost anyone can use the personal assistant without any hassle. It doesn’t matter if they are tech-savvy.
EcoVadis
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
A few weeks into 2018, with the end-of-year frenzy well enough behind us, it is a good time to reflect on the past twelve months, review major developments and milestones, and see where they have taken us. Exponential Progress. In short, 2017 was the tenth consecutive year of exponential progress and a spectacular 12 months for the company. We increased our efforts to improve sustainability in global supply chains, and our network expanded massively as we onboarded more than 8,000 new suppliers.
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