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Passion for supply chain management given industry recognition

Kinaxis

by Melissa Clow Frequent Kinaxis blogger Madhav Durbha was recently honored as a Supply & Demand Chain Executive ‘ Pro to know ’. We are thrilled that his contributions to the industry were recognized. Madhav’s experience and educational background show his passion and enthusiasm for supply chain and the role it plays in making the world a better place.

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How to Protect Your Carrier Assets During Capacity Crunch

Talking Logistics

Having available capacity means more than having enough trucks, rail or steamship carrier assets to manage your business. Rather, it’s about winning the ongoing competition between shippers and third party logistics (3PLs) providers to secure those assets in order to maintain supply chain velocity. With capacity in a constant state of flux, it’s critical that shippers and 3PLs maximize efficiencies and assist carriers in maximizing the utilization of available assets.

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Targeted Marketing to Millennials: Inform don’t Pander Them

Enterra Insights

I have heard people state that we live in a world in which everyone wants instant gratification. Some marketers may … Continued. The post Targeted Marketing to Millennials: Inform don’t Pander Them appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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How to Enhance Sustainable Supply Chain Efforts through Transparency

Material Handling & Logistics

"No longer can supplier issues like child labor utilization, product contamination, sweatshop factory conditions, polluted waterways, or toxic spills be ignored, (to name just a few types of concerns that have been showcased in recent years) be ignored by major manufactures or remain hidden from the broader public," says University of Tennessee study. 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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5 Steps for a Successful Global TMS Implementation

TMC

How can global shippers most efficiently distribute products to an extremely diverse, multinational customer base? Delivering exceptional service levels, regardless of where products are sourced and manufactured, or how buyers choose to purchase products is a constant challenge. To accomplish it, many turn to global logistics solutions that blend transportation management system (TMS) technology with supply chain expertise.

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5 Steps for a Successful Global TMS Implementation

TMC

How can global shippers most efficiently distribute products to an extremely diverse, multinational customer base? Delivering exceptional service levels, regardless of where products are sourced and manufactured, or how buyers choose to purchase products is a constant challenge. To accomplish it, many turn to global logistics solutions that blend transportation management system (TMS) technology with supply chain expertise.

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Three Continents – One Degree

MIT Supply Chain

The MIT Global SCALE (Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence) Network has launched the MIT-Zaragoza-Ningbo Master of Engineering in Logistics and Supply Chain Management program, or 3C Master’s Program, that gives students a unique opportunity to complete their studies in three continents: Asia, Europe, and North America. The 10-month 3C program was created jointly by three […].

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Technology’s Role in Managing the Evolution of the Customer-Centric Supply Chain

RELEX Solutions

Having an effective supply chain has always been key to retail success. Whether you call it micro-merchandising or the customer-centric supply chain, the challenge has traditionally been to quickly identify trends or activity in a store that is outperforming the norm, and rapidly roll this out to all stores with similar attributes and customer behaviours.

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[Infographic] Omnichannel Focus: The Growth Of Online Retail & eCommerce

GlobalTranz

We’ve all read about the growth of online retail as shippers look towards the omnichannel delivery of products to customers in order to stay competitive. But the rate at which it continues to grow is interesting. Even in the last couple of years, the number of people shopping online has continued to rise. For example, even since 2014 online retail sales have seen good improvement.

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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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5 Tips For Carriers Thinking of Adding a Brokerage

DAT Solutions

As VP of Sales for DAT's transportation management software for freight brokers, I talk to a lot people who want to start up a freight brokerage business. One of the most common calls I field is from carriers who want to add a brokerage to their carrier business. Often they have overflow freight and, to keep their shipper customers happy, they want the ability to broker loads to other carriers when they're out of capacity.

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The Complete Package

CHAINalytics

By Susan K. Lacefield March 2, 2017 When companies go to solve a packaging problem—like figuring out how to keep their boxes from getting crushed in transit—they often focus on just one aspect of their packaging. They can get a better, more complete answer by looking at the entire unit load. It’s a mistake a lot … The post The Complete Package appeared first on Chainalytics.

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DHL Expands Green Urban Delivery with City Hub for Cargo Bicycles

Supply Chain 24/7

The City Hub is a customized trailer which can carry up to four containers for the DHL Cubicycle, a customized cargo bicycle which can carry a container with a load of up to 125 kg.

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Our Newest Whitepaper: Retail 2017 Trend Report

Tompkins Blog

By Nancy Marino Senior Vice President, Tompkins International Chief Development Officer, The MonarchFx Alliance As the department store channel shrinks, and more brands fight for less space, our opinion is that brands will need to be more creative, flexible, and diversified in their approaches. We believe the following trends are where retail is heading in.

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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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The hunt for reliability in logistics

Shipsy

The current e-commerce ecosystem in India is characterized by fierce competition. Players in this ecosystem have taken note of the competitive advantage that a technology enabled, efficient supply chain can provide. In many cases, the logistics service provider is the only physical interaction that the company has with its customer. In other words, service levels of the LSP are directly related to the service levels of the e-commerce companies To get high service levels at reasonable costs is wh