Tue.Mar 06, 2018

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What Is Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

Cloud. Descriptive analytics. Prescriptive analytics. Machine learning. Collaborative workflow. What if analysis. I find as I attend conferences that the word “planning” is bantered about, but few technologists dive into the details. We have lost the ability to have a discussion on the fundamentals. It drives a supply chain planning gal like me crazy.

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Supply chain agility and flexibility: The story of an IT executive

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha The coffee shop was buzzing. I was meeting my longtime friend Gagan, and we managed to find a reasonably quiet corner to settle into for what I anticipated to be a long conversation. He and I went to school together and started our supply chain careers at nearly the same time. I joined a supply chain software company while Gagan joined a large global manufacturer and quickly grew through the ranks to be the vice president of supply chain IT in his company.

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How Logistics is Adapting to Meet Evolving Customer Expectations

NFI Industries

Today, when individuals place an order online, they typically expect to receive the product almost immediately. This may seem like nothing new and comes from the traditional expectation of exchanging money for goods or services. However, the trend of customers expecting near immediate results is something much more recent altogether. With the rise of companies.

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Why IT matters to business success and effective supply chain management

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha The story of an IT executive. The coffee shop was buzzing. I was meeting my longtime friend Gagan, and we managed to find a reasonably quiet corner to settle into for what I anticipated to be a long conversation. He and I went to school together and started our supply chain careers at nearly the same time. I joined a supply chain software company while Gagan joined a large global manufacturer and quickly grew through the ranks to be the vice president of supply chain IT in h

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

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

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Xiaomi & The Supply Chain Behind the World's Highest Valued Smartphone Startup

Elementum

Xiaomi Is (Still) The Tech Startup to Watch. On April 6, 2015, the Guinness World Record for the most smartphones sold in 24 hours was broken. Setting the record at 2.1 million units was Xiaomi—the world’s third highest valued startup (following Uber and Didi Chuxiang, Uber’s Chinese equivalent). Currently valued at $46 billion with $1.4 billion in funding, Xiaomi took the Chinese smartphone market by storm in 2010 when it was founded by Chinese entrepreneur Lei Jun.

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In Case You Missed It: Best Industry Articles and Insights Last Month

ModusLink Corporation

Need help keeping up with the latest supply chain, logistics, manufacturing and e-commerce industry news? Below, you’ll find the top articles and trends from February covering various elements of these ever-evolving industries. The new year has started out strong for e-commerce employees, with warehouse, storage and delivery companies adding more than 10,000 jobs and workers […].

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5 Big Benefits of Cloud-Based Supply Chain Management Systems

C3 Solutions

This post was originally posted on Cerasis Blog and written by Adam Robinson, Markerting Manager at Cerasis.

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What Retailers Learned About the Future at RILA Supply Chain Conference 2018

BlueYonder

The 2018 RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference was a great opportunity to hear what retail leaders are focused on, and excited about, as we chart the future of our evolving industry. As we gathered in Phoenix, Ariz. for this year’s event, my JDA Software colleague Wayne Usie and I were privileged to be strategic advisors to the RILA Supply Chain Leaders Council, the bi-annual meeting of C-level and EVP-level supply chain officers.

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When Coincidence Meets Determination – An Interview with Rob O’Byrne

Logistics Bureau

In this interview series we’re introducing some of our senior staff in a little more detail. What makes them tick? What ticks them off? But also: Why do they love supply chain management so much? Today we’re talking to Rob O’Byrne. He is the Founder and Group Managing Director of Logistics Bureau. Rob is married with four grown up children and lives in Sydney. . 1.

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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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What Retailers Learned About the Future at RILA Supply Chain Conference 2018

BlueYonder

The 2018 RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference was a great opportunity to hear what retail leaders are focused on, and excited about, as we chart the future of our evolving industry. As we gathered in Phoenix, Ariz. for this year’s event, my JDA Software colleague Wayne Usie and I were privileged to be strategic advisors to the RILA Supply Chain Leaders Council, the bi-annual meeting of C-level and EVP-level supply chain officers.

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Chinese Investors Bet on Latin America for Next Tech Gold Rush

Supply Chain Brain

Noticias Aguila, which translates as News Eagle, now has 20 million users and became the No. 1 news app in Google Play’s Mexico store late last year, according to App Annie. That has come as Tang and his development team remain based in Shenzhen, the Chinese technology hub just across the border from Hong Kong. Tang, who worked for Tencent Holdings Ltd. before striking out on his own, is among an emerging group of Chinese developers and investors betting the next technology gold rush will come f

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Technology Helping Truckers & City Planners Reduce Traffic

GlobalTranz

Traffic and congestion are expensive and annoying problems for any city and its people. It seems to have been getting worse for a while , too. But city planners, government officials and pioneers in the private sector are now using technology to solve longstanding problems that affect everybody equally. The benefits to the economy could be even greater than the benefit to our collective mental health.

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Supply Chain News on Where Do Companies Stand on Supply Chain Digitization Initiatives

Supply Chain Digest

Is Digitization Really Just a Collection of Disparate Technologies

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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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How Far Will Ocean Freight Rates Fall?: Freight Rate Update W9

Freightos

How Far Will Ocean Freight Rates Fall? Freight Rate Update Wk9. By John Edmonds, Research & Marketing, Freightos. Weekly update article on the Freightos International Freight Index exploring rate trends and their driving forces. Factory production and port activity have now returned to normal in China following the New Year (CNY) shutdown. With air freight being a buoyant market, prices barely moved last week even though off-peak had begun.

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Supply Chain News on Tariffying Developments in Global Trade, as US Poised to Levy Duties on Imported Steel and Aluminum

Supply Chain Digest

Amid Tariff Furor, SCDigest Looks at Current State of US Metals Production, Jobs

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The Seven “Vs” of Big Data

Enterra Insights

“Pick a number, any number,” writes Anna Pukas. “Chances are it will be seven. Whatever your creed or culture the number seven is special. … There’s a reason why Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson and the other gunfighters in the 1960 film were magnificent and that’s because there were seven of them.”[1] There are seven colors in a rainbow and seven deadly sins.

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How to calculate handling fees on orders ?

TradeGecko

What is a Handling Fee? A handling fee is an amount charged to a customer on top of the order subtotal and shipping fees. It covers the cost of expenses related to fulfillment, such as warehouse storage cost, shipment cost, and packing cost. Handling fees are charged once per order but not to each individual product in an order.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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KPIs for Warehouse Fulfillment Operations

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Here’s an irony for you. eCommerce companies will invest huge amounts of time crafting performance metrics for fulfillment operations, but spend very little time actively monitoring and managing these key performance indicators (KPIs). When it comes to running a robust metrics program for eCommerce fulfillment, there’s a right way and a wrong way. In our latest free eBook, we cover 10 tips for setting objectives and measuring performance in fulfillment operations.

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Manufacturer Utilizes Software to Dynamically Address Inventory Demands

Supply Chain 24/7

Manufacturers looking to gain control over their inventory through Lean principles are turning toward eKanban (electronic Kanban) software solutions that can effectively plug into their current systems and environment.

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Turning the Corner

Tailwind

They left the dressing room walking 3-feet off the ground. We had just won the second hockey game of the day by a score of 7-1. It came after they had won a game earlier that morning 8-0. The Golden Bears, my group of peewee hockey players, aged 11 and 12, had just won their 4th and 5th games in a row and were now believing in themselves and in one another more than they had at any time in the season.

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How to Supercharge Your S&OP Process

Supply Chain 24/7

In this white paper, we explain how by explicitly linking decisions with the most important corporate metrics, Enterprise Optimization™ enables S&OP alignment with corporate strategy and facilitates value capture.

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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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Supply Chain as a Competitive Asset

Logistics Viewpoints

As technology evolves and demand increases, supply chain managers are facing new challenges particularly as they attempt to compete on a global level. Traditional supply chain operations utilizing an optimization engine based on a single network can no longer provide the service that businesses and consumers require. Complacent companies struggling to meet customer demands with the systems of yesterday will be left behind as forward-thinking companies grab market share.

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Product Mix Analysis: Strengthening Sales and Operations Planning with What-if Analysis

Supply Chain 24/7

This article is intended to provide guiding principles for Sales and Operations Planning S&OP managers and their partners to help them better understand which best practices are possible through what-if analyses.

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Unravelling the challenge of repeatability in 3D printed spare parts

DiManEx

by Henk Jonker Quality control 3D printing spare parts can contribute significantly to supply chain optimization. So far, companies that are adopting 3D printing for spares are doing so at small scales. This is due to a number of things, including a perceived lack of technological maturity, poor standardization and lack of expertise. Perhaps the most important barrier is the qualification of AM-produced parts.

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Sourcemap travels to Dhaka to launch massive digital mapping of Bangladeshi garment factories

Sourcemap

The Sourcemap team travelled to Dhaka, Bangladesh last month to kick off the door-to-door census of every garment factory in the country: a Digital Ready-Made Factory Map of Bangladesh. Local data collectors equipped with mobile apps have begun to amass thousands of GPS-linked data points collected on the ground from factory owners, workers and organizations.

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Mastering Order Management: Backorders & Out-of-Stock Inventory

The unfortunate truth is that you will always have low stock and backorder issues with your supply chain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared to handle them. This brief video explores some of the primary drivers of inventory issues – and how modern technology and best practices can mitigate these issues and ensure a superb customer experience.