Thu.Feb 18, 2021

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Designing a Supply Chain Network: 5 Steps for Optimizing Profit

River Logic

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Virtual Twins, Global Operations and Sustainability

DELMIA Quintiq

I spent a total of five years in AIESEC, the world’s largest student-run organization. My last year there was as Global Chief Information Officer—I was responsible for enabling the operations of the 50,000-student organization via digital technology. It was an opportunity for me to help accelerate AIESEC’s mission of fulfilling humankind’s potential.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The Covid-19 pandemic tested the global supply chain. While prior risk management disruptions occurred and quickly established a new normal, in the COVID-19 pandemic, the only normal is constant change. Like riding a bumpy road, the supply chain leader is riding the ups and downs of changing market conditions facing greater variability day-to-day. It will not be over soon.

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Video: Dancing the Supply Chain

SCM Research

JSCM talked to me about my new paper, entitled Dancing the Supply Chain: Toward Transformative Supply Chain Management :

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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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Live Webcast: Deliver Better Business Outcomes – Managing Demand Variability

Logility

Two-Part Online Series Explores the Keys to Supply Chain Resilience. ATLANTA – February 18, 2020 – Logility, Inc., automating the digital transformation of supply chain optimization and advanced retail planning, invites you to the upcoming webcast: Deliver Better Business Outcomes – Managing Demand Variability. Featuring industry leaders Lora Cecere, founder, Supply Chain Insights, and Mac McGary, executive vice president, Logility; this two-part live webcast series will explore how to build a

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Texas Power Failures Push Chip Shortage From Bad to Worse

Supply Chain Brain

Power outages across Texas caused by historically cold weather have shut down semiconductor plants clustered around Austin, further disrupting a supply chain that has already been falling short of customer needs.

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Digitally Transforming the Automotive Supply Chain

ivalua

The post Digitally Transforming the Automotive Supply Chain appeared first on Ivalua.

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SKU Rationalization: What Is It and Why Is It Needed?

Vanguard Software

SKU rationalization is used to reduce the number of SKUs based on underperformance or duplication. Vanguard Predictive Planning™ enables organizations to have real-time visibility of sales and forecasts at the SKU level, creating a scalable, ongoing approach to SKU rationalization.

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Reasons for Bitcoin Price Fluctuations !

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What’s the Difference Between Blockchain and Supply Chain? GET our EBOOK HERE. Bitcoin price fluctuations article and permission to publish here provided by Dean Miller. Bitcoin price fluctuations are not a surprise, especially for those who are already involved in online trading.

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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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Supply Chain Planning FUTURE THINKING

Prophetic Technology

The already complicated Supply Chain Planning (SC) tool gain significant complexity due to COVID-19. Without delay, industries of all kinds started pressing for better SC demand volatility strategies and building more robust sourcing materials and goods from suppliers.

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Digitally Transforming Businesses with Robotic Process Automation

IT Supply Chain

By Dr Paul Rivers (pictured). Managing Director, Guidance Automation. The post Digitally Transforming Businesses with Robotic Process Automation appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How Intelligent Events Improve the Forecast for Pumpkins

BlueYonder

You wouldn’t know it from what you see today, but the first Jack-o’-lanterns were made from turnips. In fact, the event that we now call Halloween was based on the Celtic festival of Samhain, marking the end of summer. Villages celebrated with harvest feasts, and the bones of sacrificed animals were thrown on bonfires to help ward off bad spirits as the darkness of winter closed in.

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Supply Chain Mergers & Acquisitions 2021 Outlook

NFI

Supply Chain Mergers & Acquisitions 2021 Outlook Featuring TJ Lynch, SVP Finance and Marketing at NFI What do you think will be in store for the market in 2021? The pandemic has had a pretty significant impact on M&A during this time period and there’s a couple of things that happened. Number one, companies that… Continue reading Supply Chain Mergers & Acquisitions 2021 Outlook.

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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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Master Schedule in Supply Planning

DynaSys

The Master Schedule is part of the Roles and Responsibilities of S&OP. The Master Schedule plays in Supply Chain, a key role in the successful implementation of an S&OP plan. Both the Supply Planning and Master Scheduling functions and the S&OP plan seek to maximize the company’s profits. However, they can only achieve this objective through strategic leveraging of production capabilities.

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How To Improve Your Supply Chain Forecasting To Navigate 2021

ThroughPut

The post How To Improve Your Supply Chain Forecasting To Navigate 2021 appeared first on ThroughPut.

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Electrical Supply Distributor Supercharges its Supply Chain Execution with Tecsys and Avalon CSC

Tecsys

Electrical Supply Distributor Supercharges its Supply Chain Execution with Tecsys and Avalon CSC Operating under… The post Electrical Supply Distributor Supercharges its Supply Chain Execution with Tecsys and Avalon CSC appeared first on Tecsys.

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How To Improve Your Supply Chain Forecasting To Navigate 2021

ThroughPut

The post How To Improve Your Supply Chain Forecasting To Navigate 2021 appeared first on ThroughPut.

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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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Dynamic Route Optimization: A ‘Must Have’ in Today’s Delivery Environment

Talking Logistics

As I sit in the dark pondering what to write for this Talking Logistics post, working off the last of my laptop’s battery power after one of the biggest ice storms in the city’s history, I begin to wonder: At what point did route planning become so complex? My local utility company has deployed field. Read more Dynamic Route Optimization: A ‘Must Have’ in Today’s Delivery Environment.

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6 transportation trends to watch in 2021

DAT Solutions

Being a freight and analytics organization, we look for clues in data, especially as it relates to truckload capacity. When guaging the direction of commercial freight markets in 2021, there are some indicators that require extra scrutiny this year.

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Amazon vs Target vs Walmart with Rick Watson

The Logistics of Logistics

Amazon vs Target vs Walmart with Rick Watson. Joe Lynch and Rick Watson discuss Amazon vs Target vs Walmart and their strengths and weaknesses in the areas of ecommerce, fulfillment, distribution, and logistics. About Rick Watson. Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the ecommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com , Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

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Home purchase indicators bode well for flatbed freight

DAT Solutions

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI), which is a good indicator of demand for flatbed carriers, increased modestly in January from December.

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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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Adobe Sign

ivalua

Adobe Sign, an Adobe Document Cloud solution is a cloud-based, enterprise-class e-signature service that lets you replace paper and ink signature processes with fully automated electronic signature workflows. With it, you can easily send, sign, track, and manage signature processes using a browser or mobile device. Visit Adobe Sign’s site. The post Adobe Sign appeared first on Ivalua.

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Winter and import produce drive reefer demand

DAT Solutions

Late-season and long-lasting apples are shipping from the Grand Rapids, MI, market, where outbound capacity is tight this week.

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In 2021, a Relook a the MIT Supply Chain 2020 Project from 2004

Supply Chain Digest

Rediscovering Dr.

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Imports continue to create dry van demand

DAT Solutions

Port congestion on the West Coast in 2020 pushed import volumes farther east and closer to major population centers on the East Coast.

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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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Four Ways to Transform Recycled Waste Into Commodities Gold

Supply Chain Brain

Many businesses don’t realize that up to 40% of their trash — from post-consumer plastics such as hangers and water bottles, to metals, fibers, and even food grease — can be diverted from landfill to generate income.

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What to Expect in B2C Distribution in a Post-Pandemic World

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

The pandemic-driven eCommerce boom turned many B2C distribution operations upside down in 2020 as online sellers and omnichannel retailers tried to adjust to a massive consumer market shift toward online shopping. With vaccines rolling out and some light starting to show at the end of the coronavirus tunnel, retailers must now plan for the future of B2C fulfillment.

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Seattle Ports Offer Relief for L.A. Bottlenecks

Supply Chain Brain

The trade gateways in the U.S. Pacific Northwest are standing out for their calm relative to the congestion bedeviling ports from Los Angeles to Savannah, Georgia.

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