Tue.Jun 23, 2020

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Adopting Digital Payments: 3 Reasons For Supply Chain Companies

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: Today’s article is from Sydney Wess with Clutch who gives us 3 reasons supply chain companies should be adopting digital payment options. Amid the global COVID-19 crisis, more and more consumers are seeking out methods of contactless, cashless payment. This isn’t surprising, especially given the recent suggestion from the World Health Organization (WHO).read More.

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Where Should Supply Chain Time Be Spent After the Pandemic?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted every aspect of our lives and the global economy. From shortages of toilet paper to personal protective equipment (PPE) to lockdowns of businesses and channels of every form, Supply Chain has been at the epicentre of this disruption and it has consumed all Supply Chain time.

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Freight Customer Experience: 5 Reasons Why 3PLs & Shippers Are Improving the Customer Experience

MercuryGate

The customer experience is more important than ever. Each aspect of the supply chain is subject to the scrutiny of customer service levels. Poor customer service experiences will naturally result in decreased profitability, increase trouble for the brand, and problems maintaining competitive advantage. Furthermore, in the age of social media any negative experience — regardless […].

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AI This. Not So Fast.

Supply Chain Shaman

Grounded during this pandemic, and unable to interact with clients in person, I try to write 3,000 words a day. Morning after morning, fueled by good black coffee, I type away. I share insights, based on research, for the supply chain leader. I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes.

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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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Navigating the Challenges of Cross-Border Trade

Logistics Viewpoints

U.S. companies that conduct significant volumes of cross-border manufacturing and trade with Mexico have had to contend with a variety of challenges since 2019, including tariff threats, the impact of COVID-19 on the supply chain and the subsequent challenges of restarting idled manufacturing, and the forthcoming implementation of the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

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Data – the Fifth Element of Automotive Supplier Market Disruption

QAD

Today, most organizations understand the four main areas of technology disruption impacting the automotive industry; electrification, autonomous vehicles, connectivity, and shared mobility (also known as ACES ). Today, I am going to introduce the fifth element of disruption – data monetization – and explain the impact that it will have on the supplier model.

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Digital Transformation in Post-pandemic Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected lives and businesses in a multitude of ways. Almost every major media outlet, at some point during the crisis, has published a story about why or how supply chains are going to change in a post-pandemic world. Dave Evans ( @makrdave ), co-founder and CEO of Fictiv, agrees supply chains are going to change. He even suggests how supply chains will transform. “As we move from reeling to reflecting on the disruptions we’ve seen to the world of manufacturing a

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Root Cause Analysis: A Guide to Making Corrective Actions

USC Consulting Group

One of the most effective methods of analyzing operational breakdowns is to conduct a Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Some of the data needed in order to drive the analysis includes all of the unplanned failure work orders, which component required repair for each work order, and how long each work order took to complete. This analysis can be conducted on each individual piece of equipment, an entire fleet of the same type of equipment, an entire fleet of the same piece of equipment purchased in the

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Supply Chain Dashboards – Key Metrics For Manufacturers

Silvon Software

As I mentioned in my previous post, Sales Dashboards – 16 Metrics for Manufacturers , a strategy for measuring business performance should also incorporate metrics that focus on the supply chain and other operational areas of the enterprise. Supply chain metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) are sometimes a bit tougher to compile than sales metrics.

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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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Five Ways Automated Lifecycle Management Can Shape Up Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

A contract lifecycle management system can help enterprises improve daily productivity and manage supplier risk amid the pandemic.

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Adapting Pharmaceutical Companies’ Distribution and Supply Networks

Jaggaer

Pharmaceutical companies have complex supply chains that are often not optimized to their full potential. Pharmaceutical materials must be closely monitored as they go through the pipeline, bringing a unique set of challenges. From source materials to distribution, the supply network must be carefully streamlined to produce the best results possible.

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Supply Chain Strategy Guide in 6 Easy Steps – No Excuses

Logistics Bureau

Hello! I spend a lot of time helping companies with their Supply Chain Strategy and this is an outline of the approach I use. I’m always surprised how many businesses don’t have this essential planning document prepared! So here are the SIX easy steps to Supply Chain: Review Supply Chain Structure & Performance. Review Business Strategy.

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Data – the Fifth Element of Automotive Supplier Market Disruption

QAD

Today, most organizations understand the four main areas of technology disruption impacting the automotive industry; electrification, autonomous vehicles, connectivity, and shared mobility (also known as ACES ). I am now going to introduce the fifth element of disruption – data monetization – and explain the impact that it will have on the supplier model.

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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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Webinar: Digital Supplier Network: Turn Supplier Collaboration into Competitive Advantage – Tuesday, July 28, 10 am PT

Bristlecone

The SAP Digital Supplier Network is a supplier portal for SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC customers that provides a natively integrated connection between your ERP and suppliers. Digital Supplier Network supports digital transformation by eliminating manual processes to minimize paper and time-consuming supplier inquiries – and enables process automation and compliance that can generate $1M in savings per $500M in spend.

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My Office Apps, Inc. Announces Meals On Wheels San Francisco Selects Kechie™ ERP

My Office Apps

My Office Apps, Inc. Announces Meals On Wheels San Francisco Selects Kechie ERP To Expand Meal Production For Homebound Seniors. SANTA ANA, Calif. , June 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — My Office Apps , Inc. (MOA), an industry leader in business improvement software, today announced that Meals on Wheels San Francisco (MOWSF), a provider of nutritious meals and professional social work services, is streamlining inventory management and meal production with Kechie ERP to manage the supply chain i

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What’s Driving the Future of Ground Transportation

American Global Logistics

Current events are reshaping global supply chains with speed and force. Changes to ground transportation, likewise, are whipsawing shippers and carriers. Supply and demand have seesawed triggering instability in ground transportation operations. Cargo capacity, driver shortages, and technology are in flux. That makes for continued uncertainty and volatility in the future.

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Globalization in Retreat – COVID-19

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The world-wide economy recovering from the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be less globalized. Governments, including many longtime advocates of global trade, are using the crisis to erect barriers to commerce and bring manufacturing home, the WSJ’s Jacob M. Schlesinger writes, while companies are reassessing far-flung production networks that have proven vulnerable to disruption.

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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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Kinaxis to acquire AI-based retail and CPG demand planning provider, Rubikloud

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Kinaxis Inc. an authority in driving agility for fast, confident decision-making in an unpredictable world, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Toronto-based Rubikloud, a disruptive, emerging provider of AI solutions that automate supply chain prescriptive analytics and decision-making in the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries.

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Apple to Save $75-$100 per Mac Computer By Making Their Own Processors

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Apple Inc. is upending a supply chain at the core of consumer electronics. The company is ditching Intel Corp. technology that rejuvenated the Mac computer over the past 15 years, the WSJ’s Tripp Mickle reports, in a split aimed at tightening the tech giant’s control over its products, customers and software developers. Apple will begin jettisoning Intel processors from its Macs later this year in favor of more efficient integrated chips designed by its own silicon engineers.

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Retail shipments boost van rates

DAT Solutions

Spot market demand for dry van truckload shipments picked up steam again last week, with retail freight leading to tighter capacity and higher rates as we head into the Fourth of July.

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COVID-19 – US Surge in Warehouse Demand

Operations and Supply Chain Management

A short-term surge in warehouse demand could signal long-term changes in supply chain strategies. Industrial real-estate activity jumped 43% from April 15 to May 14 following a steep decline in the previous 30-day period, the WSJ Logistics Report’s Jennifer Smith writes, a shift that CBRE says came as retailers and their suppliers ramped e-commerce operations amid the upheaval from coronavirus lockdowns.

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.

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Supply Chain News on Why Does Setup Time Reduction Matter So Much with Lean

Supply Chain Digest

Dramatic Improvements Can Often be Achieved

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COVID-19 And Peak Shipping Season:  What to Expect

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

The latest online shopping news is in, and let’s just say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. According to Adobe Analytics’ latest Digital Economy Index Report , eCommerce shoppers purchased $82.5 billion worth of products in May, which is more than they bought online during the entire 2019 holiday shopping season. Meanwhile, a leading logistics analyst recently observed that UPS, Fed Ex, and the USPS are as busy right now as they usually are in December.

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Supply Chain News on Who Says DSD is Dead. Mondelez is Doubling Down on Out of Favor Model

Supply Chain Digest

Snack Foods Giant Says DSD Execution Increasing Market Share

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Why Manufacturers and Distributors Need a CRM System Geared to Fit Their Needs

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Increasingly, companies of all sizes are looking at CRM (customer relationship management) software to assist in their customer interactions. Manufacturers and distributors are no longer just waiting for customers to contact them with what they want. Instead, they are now forecasting and planning what will be in demand in the coming months using technology that helps […].

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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.

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Purchase Price Variance (PPV) – It is Really Simple

Xeeva

No matter the industry, managing spending is always a fundamental focus for any executive team, and nothing impacts spend as much as variation in the purchase price of goods and services. Purchase price variance (PPV) is one of the key metrics – arguably the most important metric – used by procurement teams to measure the […]. The post Purchase Price Variance (PPV) – It is Really Simple appeared first on Xeeva.

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Demand Planning Against COVID-19 – Best Practices

DynaSys

This is the last of this series of three articles related to the impact of COVID – 19 on demand planning. After an interesting introduction , the second article talked about the impact of COVID-19 for demand planners. This third article focuses on proposing a set of best practices that planners can carry out to improve forecast accuracy in moments of great uncertainty.

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IMAGINE SUMMIT 2020 Presentations

Axway

IMAGINE SUMMIT is just around the corner. The virtual sessions will offer valuable answers to help update the roadmap on your digital business journey. Our speakers are ready to provide exciting perspectives on how to further drive innovation and collaboration.