Enterra Insights
MARCH 7, 2017
Supply chain risk management is a complicated subject because the number of things potentially affecting operations is almost limitless. As … Continued. The post Supply Chain Risk Management in the 21st Century appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
Talking Logistics
MARCH 7, 2017
When you consider the increasing complexity of the automotive supply chain, collaboration continues to play an important role. The challenge is to manage a very large network of different and globally-dispersed suppliers, forwarders and other logistics providers. Due to the large number of trading partners and systems, the potential for collaboration is great, but there are specific requirements to enable cross-company cooperation: Easy integration of participants and systems.
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NFI Industries
MARCH 7, 2017
Maintaining a fleet can be quite an expense for many shippers utilizing a private transportation model. From purchasing assets to regular maintenance and repairs, expenses to remain operating can quickly add up. It’s important for companies to be proactive with their maintenance to reduce risk, and downtime while improving safety. In some cases, shippers may.
Talking Logistics
MARCH 7, 2017
Supply chain management software offers a lot of optimization opportunities, but most of those cost savings are realized through micro-optimization. What is the difference between micro-optimization and macro-optimization? What are the limitations or drawbacks to micro-optimization? Is macro-optimization the right approach in every case or does micro-optimization still have a role.
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
Arkieva
MARCH 7, 2017
From discussions on enabling advanced business processes and improving supply chain visibility, to supply chain technology trends, the SAPInsider SCM 2017 in Orlando Florida, is set to be a fun learning and networking experience for supply chain professionals using SAP systems. To make the most out the SAPInsider SCM 2017 event, it’s imperative that event attendees plan to attend both product driven and strategy sessions that come with practical applications on how to improve current supply chai
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BlueYonder
MARCH 7, 2017
The supply chain control tower is a concept that borrows heavily from air traffic control towers. As you know, airport control towers have visibility into all airborne traffic, and help prioritize aircraft for landing or take-off. This concept has been used to underscore the point that a similar type of control tower is needed to manage your supply chain as well.
RELEX Solutions
MARCH 7, 2017
Read PDF. By winning the category “Best Enterprise Solution”, Europris demonstrates increased efficiency in its supply chain with RELEX Solutions. On Monday 6th March evening Europris and RELEX proudly received the award “Best Enterprise Solution” during the retail technology awards Europe (reta) 2017 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Forty international companies competed, and by winning, Europris and RELEX are following the footsteps of companies like Lidl, Zalando and Douglas.
GlobalTranz
MARCH 7, 2017
As Maurice Conti has said in one of his presentations , we have arrived to the augmented era, in which Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing gains a new role. Until now all our tools were passive: we told them what to do and they did it. But the future holds a new era where artificial intelligence in manufacturing will come up with its own designs, its own ideas, its own products.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 7, 2017
Value from IoT in Manufacturing Still Evolving, but Spending and Investment Continues On
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.
SCM Research
MARCH 7, 2017
I recently found an interesting report: Value of Air Cargo: Air Transport and Global Value Chains , published by Developing Trade Consultants. The authors write: “ Global Value Chains (GVCs) represent a new trade and development paradigm. They enable countries to specialize in narrowly defined tasks, such as component production, research and development, or assembly.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 7, 2017
Insight into Why the Claimed Procurement Savings Never Seem to Hit the Bottom Line
DAT Solutions
MARCH 7, 2017
A number of trucking publications have reported this week that the more restrictive hours of service restart rules—put in place in July 2013 and suspended in December 2014—will be permanently eliminated. Those rules required that a truck driver's restart must include two rest periods between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. and that the restart could only be used once per week.
CHAINalytics
MARCH 7, 2017
By Mike Hane | Senior Director, Transportation | Chainalytics We hear it all the time: Companies are wary of putting out a truckload bid in a rising freight market like the one ahead in 2017. They don’t want to risk getting hit with a potential increase. While we’re still seeing savings in the bids we’re … The post Wary of Putting Out a Truckload Bid?
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DAT Solutions
MARCH 7, 2017
Last week, we said that if spot market volumes kept climbing, then rates were going to go up finally. Well, load posts soared at the end of February and beginning of March, and rates finally responded. The national average for van rates was up 4¢, and 56 of the top 100 van lanes paid better, versus the 30 that had declines. The rest stayed put.
Supply Chain Collaborator
MARCH 7, 2017
UltraShipTMS Users Can Opt to Enable Secure Digital Document Capture and Storage for Bills of Lading and other Logistics Docs. February 23, 2017 – Fair Lawn, NJ – Keeping with the core ethic of delivering value beyond the typical confines of the transportation department, UltraShipTMS is proud to announce the latest new partnership agreement with document management software provider, Microdea. .
CH Robinson Transportfolio
MARCH 7, 2017
Decrease Truckload Costs by Cutting Dwell Times | Transportfolio. Just how long are you making drivers wait to load and unload? Like it or not, loading and unloading time eats into a truckload driver’s hours of service. So it should be no surprise that dwell time is one of the leading variables that could affect your truckload rates. Research indicates that after two hours of drivers waiting, you can expect truckload rates to increase accordingly.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 7, 2017
System, As with Others, Using Active RFID Tags to Monitor Attendance, Movement, Location of Employees
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 7, 2017
Today I attended the SAP Insider Conference. The theme? Digital transformation. The storyline of the event goes like this: Do you have the business problem of complexity, personalization, and globalization requiring faster time to market? (Complete with nice videos and shutterstock pictures.). The answer? Digital transformation. How? SAP S4/HANA delivers on the goal of digital transformation.
3PL Insights
MARCH 7, 2017
President Donald Trump has already caused a stir during his first month in office, with controversial executive orders affecting healthcare, trade and immigration. But what does the head of state and his new government have planned for the defense budget? 2017 financial year. The spending for the current financial year was set by previous President Barack Obama.
3PL Insights
MARCH 7, 2017
President Donald Trump has already caused a stir during his first month in office, with controversial executive orders affecting healthcare, trade and immigration. But what does the head of state and his new government have planned for the defense budget? 2017 financial year. The spending for the current financial year was set by previous President Barack Obama.
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