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All I Want in My Easter Basket is a Supply Chain Planning System of Record

Logility

Supply chain professionals are asked on a daily basis for what can seem like miracles: improve customer service and reduce costs, do more with less. There are only so many hours in a day and only so many days in a week! Working long hours over extended periods leads to diminished productivity and value delivered. So what’s the answer? Look at the process enabling tools.

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Blockchain and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Blockchain technology has stirred a lot of interest over the past year and a new study from eft indicates that … Continued. The post Blockchain and the Supply Chain appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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3 Reasons Why Corporate IT Leaders Should Learn to Love Cloud TMS Solutions

Supply Chain Collaborator

Corporate IT departments are where TMS purchasing initiatives often go to die. Transportation leadership is always an enthusiastic champion of a cloud TMS implementation; inherently understanding the benefits of these solutions. Executives and finance leaders are also more receptive – the former convinced by the promise of improved competitive advantage, the latter by the easy ROI and potential boost to bottom line growth.

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3 Behind-the-Scenes Solutions to Boost Warehouse Efficiency

RFgen

A variety of behind-the-scenes technologies come together in modern warehouses. The image of a smoothly running warehouse may look like a highly standardized, efficient environment. People are taking the optimal route to get to assets. Vehicles are moving safely around the facility carrying pallets and heavy items. Every action has a purpose, and each activity is coordinated relative to everything else that is going on.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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New White Paper - The Rise Of The Digital Yard

PINC

Thanks to advancements in technology including cloud computing, internet of things (IoT), drones, and mobile, yard visibility and management are now reaching new heights as the picture of the “Digital Yard” comes into very clear focus. No longer relegated to using clipboards, spreadsheets, and manual systems to manage their yard assets, companies are asking themselves questions like: How can we better leverage today’s advanced technologies to run our yards even more efficiently?

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Transparent Tuesday: Getting Creative with Supply Chain Transparency

All Things Supply Chain

After just over a year, it’s time to revisit Transparent Tuesday, a blog series created in 2013 which revolves around all things transparency and its lasting impact on the supply…

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4 Tips to Reduce Food Waste in Your Hospitality Supply Chain

AFFLINK

Food waste across the hospitality supply chain is quickly becoming a global crisis. According to the U.S. Food and Agriculture Organization, 1.3 billion tons of food produced is wasted each year. Food loss is not only damaging to the bottom line; it’s also bad for the planet. The FAO estimates that food waste has a significant impact on climate change, contributing 3.6 gigatons of CO2 per year.

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Stores Closing at a Record Pace as Amazon Chews Up Retailers

Material Handling & Logistics

Bloomberg. More than 10% of U.S. retail space, or nearly 1 billion square feet, may need to be closed, converted to other uses or renegotiated for lower rent in coming years. read more.

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Coffee Stockout & Other Supply Tragedies

Tecsys

Holding inventory is a way of life. Everybody carries inventory of some kind. In my home, the central supply location is the kitchen. In supply chain speak, my kitchen is a multi-bin facility designed to optimize labour and storage. I also have a separate supply location for specialty items which require refrigeration. This would be the products that fall into the dairy and meat category.

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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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Building A Demand Planning Group: Roles and Skillsets to Consider – Part 3 of 4

BlueYonder

Welcome back to Part 3 in this series. Once you’ve decided your company will create a demand planning group and have determined what processes your organization will support , you can decide how to structure and staff it. As discussed in Part 2, there may be other functions combined with demand planning in your group. The following are the critical roles we see needed to support a robust demand planning process: Forecasting analytics: This role requires a lot of day-to-day analysis of the forec

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Supply Chain News on Best of ProMat 2017 Day 1 Individual Clips

Supply Chain Digest

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore and Materials Handling Editor Cliff Holste with Individual Reviews of Top New Solutions they Discovered on Day 1 in Chicago

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Building A Demand Planning Group: Roles and Skillsets to Consider

BlueYonder

Welcome back to Part 3 in this series. Once you’ve decided your company will create a demand planning group and have determined what processes your organization will support , you can decide how to structure and staff it. As discussed in Part 2, there may be other functions combined with demand planning in your group. The following are the critical roles we see needed to support a robust demand planning process: Forecasting analytics: This role requires a lot of day-to-day analysis of the forec

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Reducing Costs in Shipping with a Focus on Inbound Logistics Strategy

GlobalTranz

Shippers often forget about the possible savings through an effective inbound logistics strategy. Unfortunately, this disconnect could be costing tens of thousands of dollars and eating away at your bottom line. In addition, managing vendors and inbound logistics can feel like a lot of work for little gain, yet the possible savings by implementing an inbound logistics program can add up through these key ways.

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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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RELEX Solutions to Showcase First Cloud-Based Collaborative Planogram Solution at RBTE, Europe’s Fastest Growing Annual Retail Event

RELEX Solutions

Read PDF. One Stop Stores will present how RELEX’s innovative technology supports its customer-centric strategy. RELEX, a leading provider of integrated retail and supply chain planning solutions, brings together all aspects of retail planning through the continuous analysis of real-time data, from the shop floor all the way back up through the supply chain driving increased sales, less inventory and reduced spoilage.

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Supply Chain News on the Role of Procurement in Corporate Digital Transformation

Supply Chain Digest

Hackett Group Identifies Four Key Ways Procurement can Get in the Digital

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Freight Index Update: 9 April 2017 (W14)

Freightos

Freightos Freight Index Update. Week 14 2017 (April 3-9). By Noam Fraenkel, VP Data & Analytics, Freightos. Rates are looking up. Last Sunday’s Freightos Index kicked off with little to no signs of a GRI, with three core lanes showing no movement, and two (China – US West Coast and Europe – US) heading down. But by the middle of last week, China-US (West Coast) rates had climbed significantly.

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The importance of customer service for end-to-end supply chains

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Supply chain rigidity could be costing you billions. Getting the right product to the right people at the right time – that’s at the heart of what demand and supply planning is all about. But as anyone who works in supply chain knows, it’s a lot easier said than done. Forecasts are wrong more often than they’re right, and shifting consumer priorities means your supply chain has to be able to react to change and shift directions in seconds.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Freight Index Update: April 2017 (W14)

Freightos

Freightos Freight Index Update. Week 14 2017 (April 3-9). By Noam Fraenkel, VP Data & Analytics, Freightos. Thing Rates are looking up. Last Sunday’s Freightos Index kicked off with little to no signs of a GRI, with three core lanes showing no movement, and two (China – US West Coast and Europe – US) down in April. But by the middle of last week, China-US (West Coast) rates had climbed significantly.

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Blind bookings: Do you know where you are going to?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Qing Li (HKUST) and Christopher Tang (UCLA). As we played the classic pops on Pandora during our nostalgic moments over the holiday season, Diana Ross’ 1976 Oscar winning song “Do you know where you are going to?” reminds us of an intriguing selling strategy that airlines have been using over the last few years. This strategy is called “blind booking” and is intended to sell unsold tickets at low prices (e.g., 33 euros one-way on Eurowings airlines) without telling the passengers about the actu

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Cross-border e-commerce a launchpad for retailers: Q&A with Charles Brewer

DELMIA Quintiq

To say cross-border e-commerce is taking off like a rocket would be an understatement. With a growth rate of about 25% per annum and a market size expected to reach $1 trillion by 2020, the opportunities are tremendous. We asked DHL eCommerce CEO Charles Brewer to share some insights into the booming trend of cross-border e-commerce. With over 32 years of industry experience, covering multiple global regions and disciplines across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas and Africa, Charles is a prove

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Blind bookings: Do you know where you are going to?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Qing Li (HKUST) and Christopher Tang (UCLA). As we played the classic pops on Pandora during our nostalgic moments over the holiday season, Diana Ross’ 1976 Oscar winning song “Do you know where you are going to?” reminds us of an intriguing selling strategy that airlines have been using over the last few years. This strategy is called “blind booking” and is intended to sell unsold tickets at low prices (e.g., 33 euros one-way on Eurowings airlines) without telling the passengers about the actu

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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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How Pharma Giants are Creating Value in Procurement

EcoVadis

Conferences. You either love them or endure them. Sometimes it can seem like a trying experience. Trying to absorb as much information as possible. Trying to meet new people and share ideas. Trying hard not to overdo the hospitality. Trying to get the best out of the money you’ve invested to be there. I’ve been to many conferences over the years and I can honestly say that this was a great event.