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What do a YouTube video and Operational Intelligence have in common?

Axway

In 2011, DoSomething.org, a non-profit organization, posted a video on YouTube featuring celebrities asking young people to donate used sports equipment to youth in need. That video was viewed by 1.5 million people. Success, you might think?

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5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming the Business Landscape

The Network Effect

Artificial intelligence (AI) is here, it’s powerful and it’s growing. While the transformation is taking longer than some predicted, the. The post 5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming the Business Landscape appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Can Supply Chains Prepare for a Recession?

Material Handling & Logistics

"Good times are dangerous: Business managers are under constant pressure to bend the rules, be flexible and agree to policies during good times that will cause great pain and suffering when the economy goes south,” according to a study from MIT Center for Logistics

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How to Maximize WMS to Increase E-Commerce ROI

GlobalTranz

A key issue that comes to the forefront of any discussion on handling e-commerce demand will always involve warehouse management system (WMS) or other supply chain system upgrades. System upgrades are a terrific way to enhance productivity, increase efficiency, and provide real benefits to workers and stakeholders. Unfortunately, merely implementing a WMS itself is not.read More.

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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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Enabling the Network Effect in Transportation Management [eBook]

Kuebix

According to Adrian Gonzalez, President of Adelante, SCM, Supply Chain Operating Networks are the business equivalent of LinkedIn and Facebook. These cloud-based networks can enable companies to embrace collaboration and realize huge efficiencies. But Supply Chain Operating Networks are few and far between. One of the reasons for this absence is because the majority of […].

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Supply Chain Cybercriminals Get Creative

APICS

As supply chains become longer, more dependent and extraordinarily complex, cybercriminals are finding alarmingly innovative ways to attack them — and these strikes often trickle down to business partners, processes, information technology (IT) and equipment. Taylor Armerding writes in a recent Forbes article that attackers are increasingly aiming to leverage the relationships among supply chain stakeholders in order to breach every facet of the primary victim’s network.

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Client Case Study Video Interview

Eyvo

Client Case Study Video Interview with Lucid Motors, Menlo Park, CA. We recently went to visit one of our clients in the local San Francisco Bay area here in California called Lucid Motors. Lucid are creating a brand-new electric vehicle which will be years ahead of the competition and as we saw with our own eyes highly advanced and very beautiful to look at.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for April 25, 2019

Supply Chain Digest

Google Parent Gets Jump on Amazon on Drones, UPS Spending Big on Parcel Network, Elon Musk Says Autonomous Taxis Here Soon, Kohls Cozies Up to Amazon

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Mitch Weseley in JOC: Uncovering TMS Differences when Everyone Claims to Offer a TMS

3GTMS

Mitch Weseley in JOC: Uncovering TMS Differences when Everyone Claims to Offer a TMS The adoption rate of TMSs has been on the rise in the last several years, thanks in part to an increase in the types of systems and price ranges that make them more affordable for small and mid-sized 3PLs, shippers, brokers […]. The post Mitch Weseley in JOC: Uncovering TMS Differences when Everyone Claims to Offer a TMS appeared first on 3GTMS.

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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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Supply Chain Comment on Trip Report for ProMat 2019 in Chicago

Supply Chain Digest

Top Three New Solutions, plus Best of the Rest

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This Week in Logistics News (April 15-19, 2019)

Talking Logistics

It’s Good Friday and the beginning of Passover, so I’ll keep it short today. This week’s supply chain and logistics news was dominated by investment news, including Sumeru Equity Partners’ investment in 3Gtms (a Talking Logistics sponsor). As I wrote back in October, when it comes to transportation management systems (TMS), there is always something new to talk about.

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The Purpose of Marketing

Enterra Insights

What’s the purpose of marketing? You might think that question has an easy answer. It doesn’t. What started me thinking about this subject was an article by Tim Burke ( @ t1mburke ), CEO of Affinio, in which he asked, “At the end of the day, what does any advertiser want out of a campaign?” His answer, “It’s simple: to change consumer behavior.”[1] That’s probably not how I would have answered the question; so I started looking at what others have written about the purpose of marketing.

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3 Ways to Ensure your Sourcing Policy Streamlines and Optimizes Procurement

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Procurement is often overlooked and undervalued, yet it impacts every facet of a business. Procurement and supplier relationships have an important role to play when it comes to ensuring manufacturers and distributors meet their strategic goals. Fortunately, strategic sourcing policies for procurement can provide the ultimate competitive advantage. It’s time to streamline the procurement process, harnessing […].

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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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Making Smarter Merchandising Decisions with Better Inventory Management

Unleashed

Selecting the appropriate types and quantities of merchandise for your business can be a real challenge, especially as your business begins to grow. Managing your inventory well can help take the guesswork out of purchasing decisions, and lead to more profitability and less wastage. In this article, we explore how business owners and inventory managers can make informed purchasing decisions with the right strategies.

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Solving the Manufacturing Workforce Crisis

Rootstock

In spite of growing optimism in global manufacturing about revenue growth, the industry is facing a labor shortage. In their recent quarterly economic survey, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) predicts a shortfall of almost eight million workers by 2030, bringing with it potential revenue losses as high as $600 billion.

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Spring Clean Your Fulfillment Services Program

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Spring is a time of renewal; a time to start fresh. While you’re spring cleaning, keep in mind that this is also a great time for you and your fulfillment services company to take stock of your marketing and sales collateral.

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3 Ways to Make Sense of Circular Economy

EcoVadis

Consumers across the world are becoming increasingly sensitive to issues surrounding plastic pollution. Initiatives calling for reduced use of plastic or cleaning out the oceans are becoming more and more common, while manufacturers are pledging to use more recyclable packing and popular supermarket chains are committing to put a stop to all non-recyclable plastic.

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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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Happy Easter & Happy Spring!

Freightera

Happy Easter & Happy Spring!! Enjoy the long weekend with family and friends! # EasterWeekend. The post Happy Easter & Happy Spring! appeared first on Freightera Blog.

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