Fri.Nov 01, 2019

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The Digital Supply Chain: Why Modifying Supply Chain Software May Cause More Headache Than Benefits

GlobalTranz

The modification of a WMS has become something of a standard concept when selecting and implementing supply chain system technologies, but it may lead to increased costs when implementing or upgrading your system. According to BusinessWire, 80 percent of supply chain executives expect the digital supply chain to dominate the industry within the next five years, and the.read More.

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If You Could Solve These Common Challenges in Procurement

EC Sourcing Group

If you could solve some or all these common procurement challenges how much better would life be for you and your team? Lack of visibility. Complicated onboarding or purchase processes that “motivates” rogue spend. Solutions that are sitting on the shelf because they are so difficult and inefficient to use – your staff prefers using Excel because they understand it…even if it takes a lot longer.

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Quantum Computing: The Adults are Arguing

Enterra Insights

Many people credit Professor Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, for conceiving the notion of a quantum computer. Physicist Joseph John Fernandez notes, “In a [1981] lecture titled Simulating Physics with Computers, Professor Feynman talked about why physicists need computers, and what they require of these devices. … Feynman asked the following question: can a classical, universal computer simulate any physical system?

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What are the Five Key Business Processes for Supplier Master Data Management?

HICX Solutions

In order to deploy a successful centralized operational supplier master data management solution (that’s a mouthful) – which means covering 100% of all data and not just the 20 most important attributes – there are just five business processes you need to pay attention to. If you cover all of these five business processes and agree them, then you can say bye bye to updating any type of vendor / supplier / third party information in your ERP / P2P solution.

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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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6 River Systems

Maintaining proper inventory levels is critical if you want to keep your customer satisfaction rates high. But it’s challenging when you’re using manual or outdated processes. The average American retailer has an inventory accuracy rate of 63%. And another 34% of businesses ship orders late due to out-of-stock issues. The answer to these problems?

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From Reactive to Predictive Planning

Vanguard Software

A Practical Guide to Supply Chain Planning Maturity.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 26 – November 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

It looked like the Houston Astros were finally going to end the bizarre pattern of World Series games this fall. And by that, I mean the home team would finally win a game. But the visiting Washington Nationals had other ideas, and for the first time ever, the visiting team won every game of a World Series. With a two-run lead in the seventh inning, the Astros were 8 outs away from winning their second […].

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 1, 2019)

Talking Logistics

If a computer is telling you one thing, but your eyes, experience, and gut are telling you something else, trust yourself more than the computer. I wrote those words in March 2014 in response to a great in-depth article in the Wall Street Journal about Oracle Team USA’s incredible come-from-behind victory in The America’s Cup. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 1, 2019).

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How to Buy a Transportation Management System (TMS)

Kuebix

In today’s market, shipping is one of the biggest expenses for any shipper, growing at a rate of over 5% per year, depending on the lane. There are many variables that go into freight costs, including mode, service level and carrier. Manually trying to lower freight spend can be challenging, not to mention extremely time-consuming. Leveraging […].

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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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How to Perfect Your Ecommerce Holiday Advertising This Season

ShipBob

If you play your cards right, your business’ digital marketing strategy can help ensure a successful holiday shopping season this year. Putting in a little bit of work now can result in more sales over the coming months than you ever could have expected. . Consider the topics covered in this article when you start devising your holiday game plan. The holiday season is a goldmine for ecommerce shops.

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Why Include a Freight Broker in Your Logistics RFP?

Zipline Logistics

Requesting transportation bids through a logistics request for proposal (RFP) is a common and recurring practice for organizations that have high volume orders that ship on recurring freight lanes. Some shippers invite transportation bids to be submitted once per year. Others ask for the process to be completed quarterly. Either way you approach your logistics RFP, the logic is the same.

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap Up from 10/25/19-10/31/19

All Things Supply Chain

Amazon unveils free grocery delivery Amazon has announced that it will offer its Amazon Fresh service to prime customers for free.

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Why Your TMS Should Go Beyond Your Logistics Department

Freightview

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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 Improve Your ERP Quoting And Pricing Results

IQMS

By improving ERP quoting and pricing management for every dealer, distributor, and reseller they sell-through manufacturers can get more than their fair share of channel sales and margins. It’s possible to expand earnings by 50% on slight increases in volume when pricing is consistent channel-wide. McKinsey’s latest research on the topic, Pricing: Distributors’ Most Powerful Value-Creation Lever, shows how the highest performing distributors use pricing to create value.

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Overcoming Inventory Challenges with Cloud Software

Unleashed

Effectively managing inventory is key to the success of companies in the business of selling goods. Without accurate and efficient inventory management, a business can experience delays in order processing, overstocking or understocking and more. These things end in customer dissatisfaction , and ultimately the demise of the business. Traditional inventory management methods carry out inventory management with manual, time-and-labour-intensive processes.