Tue.May 21, 2024

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7 Proven Dock Scheduling Strategies for Seamless Logistics

C3 Solutions

Efficient dock scheduling has become essential to supply chain management and logistics. It has gained popularity because it provides excellent convenience to all stakeholders, including dock operators, warehouse managers, and carriers.

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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2016, we finished a study on continuous improvement. When I started this research project, I was busy. The survey was one of many, and I found the project relatively nondescript, bordering on boring. One of my lessons learned in completing survey-based research over the past twelve years, is that projects are full of surprises. The hypothesis that seems so right are often wrong, and surprises lay in each nook and cranny.

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A Marriage of Inconvenience? Service Level Agreements (SLA)

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

If you do not specifically agree on what is expected between two parties before you start a relationship then anything and everything but success is likely.

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ToolsGroup Exhibiting and Franke Speaking at Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium/XPO™, June 10-12, in Barcelona 

ToolsGroup

Discover Franke’s Success Story in Implementing Cutting-Edge Digital Supply Chain Technology for a Robust S&OP Process BARCELONA and BOSTON – May 21, 2024 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is thrilled to announce its participation at the upcoming Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, June 10-12.

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Tail Inventory: The Silent Cost Driver You Shouldn't Ignore

Learn how centralizing slow-moving SKUs can help reduce fulfillment costs by $300M+ while boosting fulfillment efficiency.

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National Maritime Day 2024: America Still Depends on Ocean Trade

Enterra Insights

Tomorrow (May 22) is National Maritime Day. The staff at the Maritime Administration (MARAD) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) reports, “[In 1933], Congress declared National Maritime Day to commemorate the American steamship Savannah’s [1819] voyage from the United States to England, marking the first successful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean with steam propulsion.”[1] The staff at Days of the Year adds, “National Maritime Day is not necessarily about the ocean

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Resilinc’s Disruption Vulnerability Index (DVI) Predicts Supplier Risk Exposure

Resilinc

Learn how Resilinc’s Disruption Vulnerability Index (DVI) rewards resilient suppliers and penalizes risky suppliers. Do you know who your most risky suppliers are? They’re not your Tier-1 suppliers. 85% of supply chain disruptions occur in the indirect supply chain. When a disruption strikes in these hidden tiers, it takes a long time for the news to go up the chain.

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Embracing Change: The Internal Shift to Decision-Centric Planning 

ToolsGroup

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the need for flexibility and rapid response has never been more critical. Companies that cling to outdated, rigid planning methods risk falling behind. In the first two blogs of this series, we explored the foundational concepts of decision-centric planning and how it can revolutionize supply chain management, addressing real-world challenges with agility and responsiveness.

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Tired Truck Drivers: A Ticking Time Bomb

IT Supply Chain

By Claire Lloyd (pictured) Content Writer The post Tired Truck Drivers: A Ticking Time Bomb appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Automotive Supply Chain Management Lessons for Life Sciences

QAD

Transitioning from Automotive to Life Sciences In a recent episode of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast, Carrie Uhl, a seasoned supply chain executive, shares her journey from being the Vice President of Purchasing at the world’s fourth largest automotive supplier, to her move to medtech, and now in her current role as Chief Purchasing Officer at Danaher, a global life sciences and diagnostics organization.

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.

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Common Complications That Arise in Truck Accident Cases in Los Angeles

IT Supply Chain

By Dwight J. Lawrence (pictured) Content Writer The post Common Complications That Arise in Truck Accident Cases in Los Angeles appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Do Plastic Pallets Have a Place in 2024?

Supply Chain Brain

By understanding the use cases best suited for each pallet material type, supply chain practitioners can make significant strides in sustainability while ensuring efficiency.

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Top 5 IT Supply Chain Trends in 2024

IT Supply Chain

By John Hall (pictured) Customs Specialist The post Top 5 IT Supply Chain Trends in 2024 appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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What the Economic Outlook Means for Demand Planning

Arkieva

Forecast as accurately as possible, even in uncertain economic conditions. Review demand planning strategies that can help you navigate hazy market conditions. What the Economic Outlook Means for Demand Planning was first posted on May 21, 2024 at 8:28 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Fleets of the Future: Data analytics for OEMs

IT Supply Chain

By Alan Glazier (pictured) Commercial Director, One Nexus Group The post Fleets of the Future: Data analytics for OEMs appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How Brave Books Manages Its Fulfillment with Stord E-Commerce Software

Stord

Exposition: Managing Your Orders By Hand When brands scale, oftentimes the supporting infrastructure is an afterthought - growth and delivering for the customer is rightfully front of mind. But as brands quickly scale, they add new tools on top of legacy systems, taking protocols that were effective when shipping 50 orders per month and bolting on other systems hoping they can all work seamlessly together when they hit hundreds of orders per day.

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How are shippers and carriers implementing AI?

IT Supply Chain

By Jonah McIntire (pictured) Chief Platform Officer at Transporeon, A Trimble Company The post How are shippers and carriers implementing AI? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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20 Essential Financial & Operational KPIs for Manufacturing Businesses

Silvon Software

Performance tracking using metrics and KPIs can often be perplexing for many organizations. KPIs generally track longer-term company goals and are typically more financial or strategic in nature, such as increasing revenue by a certain percentage within a specified period. Operational metrics, on the other hand, measure the progress of various actions implemented to achieve those goals over a shorter timeframe.

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How Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform

Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.

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May 21, 2024 Update

Freightos

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. More Resources Home May 21, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Reinventing Supply Chain Management at Hannover Messe

BlueYonder

More than 120,000 visitors descended on Hannover Messe in April, as leaders from the electronics, automotive, industrial, aerospace, and energy sectors came together to educate, inspire and connect for higher performance and improved sustainability. The theme this year was “Energizing a Sustainable Industry,” and much of that “energy” over the course of the five-day event could be found at the Microsoft stand.

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Top 10 Reasons to Work with an Asset-Based Full Truckload Carrier

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

To be successful in today’s dynamic business world, creating an effective supply chain that supports your business and customers is essential. At the heart of supply chain management lies transportation, and choosing the right partner can make all the difference. Enter asset-based truckload carriers , a critical component of modern supply chains that offer many benefits for businesses looking to streamline their logistics operations.

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Launch of Federal Reserve New Supply Availability Indexes

Supply Chain Matters

The Federal Reserve Bank Of New York has announced that the bank will bolster its data reports to track the state of supply chains. Supply Chain Matters readers may recall that this site provides monthly and quarterly highlights of the state of production global production and supply chain activity in respect to global and regional PMI reporting. Our latest was highlights from April reporting.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Crisp partners with Weather Trends, empowering CPGs with actionable weather intelligence

crisp

Revolutionize your sales and supply chain planning with new weather-driven retail insights. You might figure that sunscreen sales rise when UV levels do, or that hearty soups sell through when the weather is frightful – but did you know that just a 1ºF temperature increase can boost strawberry sales by 8% ? These inextricable links between weather patterns and consumer behavior are why Weather Trends International compiles granular, historical weather data and forecasts from across the globe, re

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ThroughPut.AI and Inteligistics Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform Agriculture and Fresh Produce Supply Chains

ThroughPut

The Partnership focuses on driving maximum optimization of both the supply chain and interwoven cold chain to improve sales, profit margins, output, safety, and traceability. PALO ALTO, CA, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc. , the industrial AI supply chain Decision Intelligence pioneer, and Inteligistics , the leading digital visibility solutions provider for perishable supply chains, today announced a strategic technology alliance to accelerate profitability for the sales of perisha

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French Shipping Giant Expects Slump in Cargo Rates

Supply Chain Brain

With the windfall that came as a result of soaring cargo rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMA CGM and others ordered vessels that are now entering service.

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20 Trailblazing Mompreneurs Redefining Business

Loginext

Meet 20 trailblazing mompreneurs who are redefining business across various industries. From technology to beauty, these inspiring women balance the demands of raising children with running successful enterprises. Learn how they achieve extraordinary success through innovation, leadership, and resilience, proving that motherhood and entrepreneurship can go hand in hand.

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Procurement Is Navigating a Tech Tsunami (and It’s Upending How You Work)

Procurement is in the middle of a tech tsunami. And if it feels like the old playbooks aren’t working anymore, that’s because they aren’t. Agentic AI. Autonomous procurement. Unified source-to-pay ecosystems. These innovations are converging and transforming how procurement teams operate. The GEP 2025 Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report breaks it all down.

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Watch: What's Right — and Wrong — With Robotics

Supply Chain Brain

Bringing technology into a warehouse — especially robotics — is no simple task. Kim Losey, chief growth officer with Rapid Robotics, discusses the right way to introduce innovation.

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Maximize Technology ROI with your Transportation Management System

MercuryGate

When your Transportation Management System (TMS) is optimized, it can dramatically improve the way goods move from suppliers to customers. This efficiency level is critical for thriving and resiliency in any market conditions. Whether you are kicking the tires on a new TMS or looking to get more out of your current solution, conducting a technology ROI analysis can uncover insights into the strategic benefits of TMS investments and further drive return on your investment.

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Philippines Seeks Asia Logistics Hub Status, Banking on U.S. Ties

Supply Chain Brain

President Marcos said the Philippines is seeking greater participation in global value chains and increased foreign direct investments to sustain economic growth.