Fri.Apr 03, 2020

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Going in Circles? It’s Good for the Environment.

Enterra Insights

With much of the world’s economy on hold as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak, a lot of attention is being paid to economic matters. One of the few advantages of the economic slowdown has been a noticeable decrease in air pollution. Since the novel coronavirus affects pulmonary systems, cleaner air helps. Many companies were contemplating how to become more sustainable before the outbreak and, hopefully, they will continue to pursue sustainability when things get normalized.

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How COVID-19 Will Change Supply Chains For Good

ToolsGroup

As the COVID-19 outbreak progresses, I’ve been watching the effects on supply chains and the impact of true demand (N95 masks) versus hyped demand (toilet paper). Both examples are currently seeing stock-outs, but the toilet paper shortage is more of a logistics issue than a physical supply problem. N95 masks have both a physical quantity limitation (12 million in the national stockpile) and a logistical problem: there are over 6,000 hospitals in the US.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: How Supply Chain Technology Aids in Risk Management

GlobalTranz

All businesses face risks, and your business is only as strong as the weakest link. A failure on the part of any supplier or other supply chain partner could result in cascading problems across your business, and supply chain. However, today’s supply chain technology can help manage vendor relationships, improve payment protocols, overcome geographic challenges,read More.

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Join Our Virtual ICON/DEVCON Event for Supply Chain Strategies to Manage During Crises

BlueYonder

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the need for more resilient and agile supply chains has never been greater. With unprecedented shortages, challenges, risks and disruptions affecting the delivery of goods within the global supply chain, everyone needs greater visibility, control, and assurance. And supply chains have never been more mission critical.

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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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Email Security Tips You Need to know

Freight Plus

As a supply chain professional you are at a higher risk for an attack than most in your organization due to the number of contacts you have every day. However, an attack isn’t like the movies and you’d be surprised at the simplicity of it. Luckily, if you know what to watch out for you’ll be safer than most and that’s what Jen is going to provide. In this episode, Jennifer Vidette Cannon, Senior Editor for Marketing Land, explains the current environment of email security and how you can stay sa

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Chinese Factories Recovering but Global Supply Chains Still in Shock

Logistics Bureau

It had been hoped that global trade would quickly bounce back once China’s production lines began rolling again, but that was when economists naively believed the Coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19, could largely be contained within the boundaries of the Asian giant. But the virus quickly jumped borders, spanned continents, and brought much of the world to an economic standstill.

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Email Security Tips You Need to know

Freight Plus

As a supply chain professional you are at a higher risk for an attack than most in your organization due to the number of contacts you have every day. However, an attack isn’t like the movies and you’d be surprised at the simplicity of it. Luckily, if you know what to watch out for you’ll be safer than most and that’s what Jen is going to provide. In this episode, Jennifer Vidette Cannon, Senior Editor for Marketing Land, explains the current environment of email security and how you can stay sa

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COVID-19: Where are we now & what does the future hold?

Proxima

Observations from EVP, Europe – Ed Winterschladen on Friday 3rd April. At Proxima, we have a long history of working with global companies to help them solve their procurement challenges. We’ve seen everything from bull markets to deep recessions – but it’s hard to remember a period that comes anywhere near close to how extraordinary the past weeks have been.

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Exciting New Additions to AIM10x Executive Network

o9 Solutions

Today we announce three new additions to the AIM10x Executive Network. This network, which is part of the broader ‘AIM10x’ initiative sponsored by o9 Solutions, has the goal of creating a network of change agents driving digital transformation in organizations. The AIM10x Executive Network brings together visionary leaders who have built significant operating experience at some of the world’s largest companies.

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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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REEFKNOT INVESTMENTS Look At The Macro-Economic Impact On Supply Chains

Gravity Supply Chain

REEFKNOT INVESTMENT’s ‘Survey of macro-economic impact to Supply Chains’ considers the impact of macroeconomic developments on supply chain strategies.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 28 – April 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

The coronavirus pandemic has moved non-essentials employees to their home offices for the last few weeks and for the foreseeable future. This has dramatically increased the popularity of virtual conferencing app Zoom, as employees, students, and friends look to remain connected in this time of isolation. Just how popular has the app become? Currently, it is the most popular Apple and Android app in the world, and its stock price has more than doubled since […].

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 3, 2020)

Talking Logistics

A couple of years ago, I noticed that Andy Clarke, former CFO at C.H. Robinson and a past member of our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure cycling team, would title many of his rides on Strava with song lyrics. I thought it was a cool thing to do, so I started doing the same. Here. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 3, 2020). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 3, 2020) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Premier, Resilinc launch online exchange to track medical supply during COVID-19 crisis

Resilinc

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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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Should truck drivers be fined for using emergency off-ramps?

DAT Solutions

Truck drivers who find themselves going too fast on a mountain road will be looking for the emergency off-ramp. Those ramps slope upward, making it easier to slow down and regain control of the truck. The driver faces another danger at the off-ramp, however. State authorities may issue fines for using those ramps, which could damage the driver's safety record, and possibly shortening his or her career.

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 27/03/20 – 02/04/20

All Things Supply Chain

Mercedes F1 engineers help make a breathing aid for coronavirus patients Formula One engine manufacturer, Mercedes, has partnered up with clinicians and university engineers in London to design a breathing…

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CFO 4.0 – Manufacturing & Cybercrime – Assessing your Financial Risk

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Sometimes it takes an unfortunate occurrence, initiated by malicious actors, to drive home the realization that we operate our businesses under the predatory gaze of thieves. For me, despite years of experience in risk identification, mitigation, and transference, that defining event came several weeks ago, when I found an email in my in-box from one of our […].

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Adapting Fast When Manufacturing Demand Shifts: Lessons From Core Technology

IQMS

Leveraging DELMIAWORKS manufacturing ERP system, Core Technology Molding Corporation reallocates manufacturing resources to meet the spike in manufacturing demand for medical testing kits in the wake of COVID-19. Core Technology Molding Corporation is a custom injection molding manufacturer based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Today, Core Technology differentiates its business by combining the DELMIAworks ERP system’s real-time process monitoring , manufacturing execution system (MES) , and ware

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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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Feel Good Friday: Lending a Helping Hand, Literally

Freight Center

Let’s be honest here. We could all use a bit of a helping hand nowadays. With our minds going in a million different directions and often feeling a bit stressed out (thanks for nothing COVID-19!), we must remember how we can also take care of others who need help now more than ever. On this Feel Good Friday, we searched the web and found a story about two New York City college students who went all out in an endeavor to help the less fortunate and people in need.

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10 Strategies for Working in the Cloud and at Home

crisp

The corona virus is raging among the world's economies. ‘Flattening the curve’ is saving our health, but nearly everyone’s life has suddenly been cast up into the cloud. On Wednesday this week we had dinner with a couple of friends in New York. We were in Miami. Yesterday, my 10-year old son had karate training with his friends and today, Friday, is finally Friday game-time with friends.

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Top 5 Ways Demand Sensing Can Turn Insights Into Action

Vanguard Software

Demand Sensing is the ability to pick up on trends immediately, giving you the ability to rapidly analyze demand data and decide how and when to act.

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The Secret to Carbon Neutrality Is in Your Dumpster

Supply Chain Brain

Efforts to achieve carbon neutrality are everywhere you look.

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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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TGIF! Stay Well, Stay Safe, Have Some Fun! Our Ideas for Newly Remote Teams

Freightera

Happy Friday! If you’re quarantining, the distinction between days of the week may blur. Would you please do yourself a favor and remember that today is #TGIF. Here is what we’ve been up to. 1. Tomorrow at Freightera we are having our first ever PJ Party! Zoom PJ Party with all the kids and pets included. There will be no work or world problems in it, but a good discussion: movies, music, places we travel, family, funny stuff and our goals and accomplishments.

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Why Inventory Revaluation Is Your Next Important Task

Unleashed

All product-based businesses need to track the value of their inventory – and this goes double in a period of dramatic upheaval. The value of your inventory has likely changed thanks to the Covid-19 crisis, and you should consider revaluing it before you make any major business decisions. To help you understand the importance of tracking this metric we’ll illustrate several ways the value of your stock can change.

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What ChainPoint can do for the textile industry

ChainPoint

The textile supply chain is long and complex, spanning multiple countries and type of companies such as farmers, ginners, traders, spinners, importers, garment manufacturers and retailers. In order to get insight into a supply chain of such complexity itis vital to onboard and assess suppliers, verify their compliance with standards and gather information regarding one segment, line and season in one single place.