Wed.Dec 15, 2021

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Leverage the Power of Digitalization for More Sustainable Manufacturing

DELMIA Quintiq

How digitalization can help manufacturers build smart, efficient and sustainable processes. As the Paris Agreement’s carbon-neutral target draws closer, more and more manufacturers are beginning to make sustainability a business priority. Today, the manufacturing industry alone is responsible for 54 percent of the world’s energy consumption and 20 percent of carbon emissions.

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The Past 20 Months in Supply Chain: What Have We Learned?

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published this week, “Transportation Pulse Report 2022 – Building a Better Tomorrow in Transportation: On Trust, Relationships, Networks, & Sustainability.” The research, conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by Transporeon, is based on a survey of over 280 shippers, carriers, and 3PLs from around.

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ToolsGroup Signs the Microsoft Partner Pledge and Renews its Commitment to Sustainable and Inclusive Technology

ToolsGroup

Digital Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, Responsible and Ethical AI, Sustainability. Boston and Milan, 15 December 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to announce that it has joined the Microsoft Partner Pledge, an initiative with the aim of promoting a sustainable environmental future.

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Ivalua Bolsters Its ESG Commitment By Joining The United Nations Global Compact

ivalua

Massy, France, 16 December – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, has joined the United Nations (UN) Global Compact, the world’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. The way consumers, businesses and public institutions spend significantly impacts the sustainability and social agenda of supply chains globally.

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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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The Transfix Story with Drew McElroy

The Logistics of Logistics

The Transfix Story with Drew McElroy. Drew McElroy and Joe Lynch discuss the Transfix story. Drew is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Transfix , a market-leading, next-generation freight platform transforming the traditional and digital freight sector while bringing transparency, trust, and sustainability to the transportation ecosystem. About Drew McElroy.

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How to Ease the Impact of Port Congestion on Your Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

In the face of major supply chain disruptions like port congestion, there are proactive measures you can take to mitigate the risks to your supply chain, starting with multi-tier visibility.

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A Q&A with Adam Young of LogicMonitor looking at the future of AIOps in 2022

IT Supply Chain

By Adam Young (pictured). EMEA Engineering Manager, LogicMonitor. The post A Q&A with Adam Young of LogicMonitor looking at the future of AIOps in 2022 appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Digital transformation for Africa’s manufacturing and distribution CIO and CFO

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SYSPRO listens to different perspectives at two events in Kenya – one the CIO view and the other the CFO view on Digital Transformation – both November2021. Here we shared our experiences. Looking at the CIO. SYSPRO Africa first visited Mombasa Kenya at the main gathering in East Africa of CIOs – CIO 100. Hot sun directly overhead, huge humidity, white sands and a coral reef 1km offshore.

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How To Use The Days Sales of Inventory (DSI) Metric

Unleashed

Days Sales of Inventory (DSI) is a key measure to help you understand how efficient your inventory management is. Here explain what DSI is, how to use it, and why it’s crucial to track this metric in your business – whether you’re a retailer, manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor. Learn more: Inventory Accounting – A Free Video Guide for Accountants & Advisors What is Days Sales of Inventory (DSI)?

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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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The four steps to supply chain readiness

crisp

At last week’s Supply Chain Summit, Crisp’s Head of Supply Chain Barry Bradley gave brands a step-by-step guide to running a data-driven operations team. It’s an incredibly exciting time to work in the supply chain. The pace of change is increasing exponentially, and there are innovations and learnings being shared across the industry every day. One of the big catalysts for change right now is the acceleration of data and analytics in supply chain management.

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7 Ways to Overcome the Challenges of Relocating Your Manufacturing Business!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Factory Relocation Guide! Relocating your manufacturing business article and permission to publish here provided by Cristina Par. When it comes to creating a relocation strategy for your manufacturing business , you have more to worry about than happy employees. For manufacturers, it’s about covering the raw cost of materials, labor, shipping, taxes, understanding your profit margins, and much more.

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Pakistan seeks to expand shipping fleet to tackle global supply chain crisis

Logistics Middle East

Pakistan's coastline stretches over 1000 kilometres, offering a strategic location for three major ports and two days of sailing time from key destinations in Africa and the Middle East.

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Image-based abuse recognised as new offence within draft Online Safety Bill

IT Supply Chain

By Cris Pikes (pictured). CEO of Image Analyzer. The post Image-based abuse recognised as new offence within draft Online Safety Bill appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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 to Prepare for Global Logistics in 2022

CH Robinson Transportfolio

2021 was a difficult year in global logistics due to ongoing volatility. We worked alongside customers navigating the Suez Canal block, hurricanes and cyclones, port and terminal closures due to COVID-19 outbreaks, customs and trade changes, labor shortages and more. I’ve been in the industry since 1997 and I have never seen this level of continual disruption across the entire supply chain for this length of time.

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2022 trends commentary from Denodo

IT Supply Chain

By Charles Southwood (pictured). Regional VP, Denodo. The post 2022 trends commentary from Denodo appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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What is Industry 4.0 and How Has It Changed Manufacturing?

QAD

Industry 4.0 isn’t just a buzzword. The fourth industrial revolution is officially here. We’re truly in a time of significant change when it comes to how we manufacture products. The digitization of manufacturing processes have transformed production speed, cost, safety, capabilities and all-around efficiency. . The need for connectedness and access to the latest insights across an entire organization has led to a manufacturing revolution focused on interconnectivity, automation, machine learni

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Disruption of Supply Chains : how to cope with demand?

DynaSys

If the health crisis led to a collapse of nearly 25% of manufacturing production in the spring of 2020 ; it has now bounced back and returned to a level of production close to what it was before the crisis. However, this reality hides a certain disparity between concerned sectors. Thus, the production index of the manufacture of transport equipment is 24 points below what it was in February 2020 ; whereas that of the agri-food industry has returned to its pre-crisis level (+0.9) and that of the

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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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S&OP and S&OE as a Continuum – A Shift in Paradigm

Adexa

S&OP and S&OE as a Continuum – A Shift in Paradigm The conventional wisdom up to this point has been that S&OP and S&OE are two separate processes and two different types of technology are needed; and the only question is how to bridge them together. For that reason, the technology has blindly followed; offering solutions that are disjointed and do not really understand each other trying to “communicate”, “bridge” the gap or “integrate” the two solutions or the processes.

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3 Mega trends to look out for in 2022

SCJunction

The last twelve months have been another particularly tough year for business all round, not least in the retail space. The positivity that surrounded the hope of mass global vaccinations in 2021 gradually gave way to the collective realisation that the pandemic is far from over. This was then replaced in the media and public spotlight by the challenges facing global supply chains in terms of staffing, sourcing and transporting goods.

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Leveraging AI And ML To Support Decision Making And Execution

Aioneers

AI and ML are the two pillars of the digital revolution, enabling an immense productivity gain, that the corporate world is on the cusp of. Although interchangeably used, it’s important to differentiate: in a nutshell, AI or Artificial Intelligence is the concept of machines to carry out tasks smartly, whereas ML or Machine Learning refers to an application of AI to analyze data, to discover, to recommend, to forecast and to learn from large data sets.

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The Power is in Your Hands

BlueYonder

In today’s DIVE In blog, Dr. Lee-Anne Terblanche, Transformation Program Manager at Distell, shares her story along with how showing up and gearing up will bring the power back into your hands. It’s all about change – how change in our mindset and behavior will bring us forward. Did you always feel like the power was in your hands? That is such a great question, because the answer is definitely no.

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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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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Dec. 16, 2021

Supply Chain Digest

Inflation at the Wholesale Level is Soaring. Kellogg Now Hiring Replacement Workers.

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Global Gate: recycling shipping containers into artwork

Logistics Middle East

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Wee on US Freight Cost Hikes may be Slowing

Supply Chain Digest

Cass Linehaul Index Down Month Over Month, but Demand for Transport Remains Strong

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Automakers to Battle Chip Crisis for Years, Report Says

Supply Chain Brain

Carmakers like Volkswagen and General Motors should brace for the global semiconductor shortage to last beyond next year and redesign cars so they need fewer of the high-tech components, according to analysts.

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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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Rogers

ivalua

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On-Demand Warehousing Helps Retailers Prep for the Holidays

Supply Chain Brain

Short-term warehousing is one important option for helping retailers adapt to frequently changing logistical challenges.

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Opening Everything through collaboration – the API way

Axway

Collaboration is at the heart of digital innovation. Building or taking part in a digital platform economy means encouraging and enabling an ecosystem of collaboration.