Fri.Nov 10, 2017

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A Recap of Cerasis’ Week at Fabtech 2017

GlobalTranz

Fabtech 2017 is North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event. This year, Fabtech was at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL from November 6th through the 9th. The event covered more than 750,000 net square feet and hosted over 50,000 attendees and 1,700 exhibiting companies. This year, Cerasis attended Fabtech and met with several world-class suppliers, saw the latest industry products and developments, and found the tools that manufacturers can use to improve pro

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This Week in Logistics News (November 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

What are sidewalks made out of? If you said cement, you would be wrong; sidewalks are typically made out of concrete. Yes, there is a difference between cement and concrete, even though many people (including me, I admit) use the terms interchangeably. Cement is one of the raw materials that goes into making concrete, which is the finished product. I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week.

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Global Logistics and Trade Programs: An Update on GSP and C-TPAT

TMC

Updates and adjustments to global trade programs have been capturing headlines and creating uncertainty for several months. Even with NAFTA negotiations moving into 2018, there are still other possible global trade updates on the horizon that shippers should keep an eye on. Here’s a brief check-in on two important global trade programs that are on the cusp of potential change.

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Chainalytics Helps Fortune 500 Company Save Millions with Supply Chain Network Design Project

CHAINalytics

Following a Recent Acquisition, Chainalytics Creates an Optimal Supply Chain Network for a Leading Building Materials Manufacturer CHALLENGE When a Fortune 500 construction materials firm acquired a large, global competitor, it inherited an overlapping mix of product lines. It also needed to address a welter of different transportation, sourcing and order fulfillment approaches and strategies … The post Chainalytics Helps Fortune 500 Company Save Millions with Supply Chain Network Design P

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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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Dissecting the iPhone X Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

On the eve of Apple’s most important iPhone launch in recent years, the iPhone’s supply chain shortages and delivery delays continue to make headlines. With worldwide iPhone X pre-orders expected to top 40 million units, Apple is projected to only have 20 million iPhone units available to customers in the coming months. Making matters worse, the shortages […].

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Global Logistics and Trade Programs: An Update on GSP and C-TPAT

TMC

Updates and adjustments to global trade programs have been capturing headlines and creating uncertainty for several months. Even with NAFTA negotiations moving into 2018, there are still other possible global trade updates on the horizon that shippers should keep an eye on. Here’s a brief check-in on two important global trade programs that are on the cusp of potential change.

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Apply Yourself to Everything You Do

BlueYonder

After spending some time with Donna Williams, it’s clear that once she puts her mind to something, she succeeds. She’s an enterprise solution architect and a U.S. veteran, having served eight years in the U.S. Navy. Donna joined the military in her 20s after deciding that she wanted to serve her country. That decision resulted in two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea and a series of amazing experiences.

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Global Logistics and Trade Programs: An Update on GSP and C-TPAT

TMC

Updates and adjustments to global trade programs have been capturing headlines and creating uncertainty for several months. Even with NAFTA negotiations moving into 2018, there are still other possible global trade updates on the horizon that shippers should keep an eye on. Here’s a brief check-in on two important global trade programs that are on the cusp of potential change.

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Apply Yourself to Everything You Do

BlueYonder

After spending some time with Donna Williams, it’s clear that once she puts her mind to something, she succeeds. She’s an enterprise solution architect and a U.S. veteran, having served eight years in the U.S. Navy. Donna joined the military in her 20s after deciding that she wanted to serve her country. That decision resulted in two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea and a series of amazing experiences.

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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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Part 2: Cost Widens the Gap—What Stands In the Way of Meeting Customer Demands

FLEXE

What motivates shoppers to make a purchase? What stands in the way of retailers making the right improvements to meet customer demands? Cost. The problem is two-fold. Whether it’s a customer considering a product on your website or a retailer considering a new B2B solution, the considerations are fundamentally the same. No matter what—when making a purchase—cost is one of the biggest motivators for closing the sale.

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Veterans Day 2017

Enterra Insights

Although tomorrow is officially America’s Veterans Day, many people will enjoy a day off today since the holiday falls on … Continued. The post Veterans Day 2017 appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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How Blockchain Can Transform Your Supply Chain Ecosystem

Oracle SCM

Oracle has recently introduced "Blockchain as a Service" in the cloud, a distributed ledger technology that enables secure transactions such that no single third-party controls the action. Blockchain can disrupt the complex and time-consuming process of business-to-business (B2B) transactions with an alternative that is transparent, verifiable, and tamper-proof, via distributed computing resources in tandem with global public cloud infrastructure.

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Alibaba Singles' Day Sales Hit $8.6 Billion in First Hour

Material Handling & Logistics

Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma is using this year’s event as a testing ground for his plans to revamp China’s $4 trillion traditional retail sector with technology. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. kicked off its annual Singles’ Day shopping bonanza, logging $8.6 billion in sales within the first hour. Shoppers from at least 192 countries and regions swarmed the e-commerce giant to scoop up discounted lobster, iPhones and refrigerators.

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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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Brexit Continues to Create Confusion for EU and UK Firms

APICS

European Union businesses expect to contract less with U.K. suppliers and more with suppliers in their own market after Brexit. Earlier this week, The Guardian reported that British exporters could lose billions of pounds in business once Brexit is finalized.

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Minding Your Own Falcon Business

Tailwind

I know, I know… it’s a cheesy, headline-grabbing title for a blog. But now that you found yourself here, you might as well stay for a bit… Most of you may know by now that I am an ardent bird lover. Not sure why, it may be the fact that t sometimes when I dream, I dream about flying. We have a professional psychologist who works with us. She works with us, not ‘on’ us.

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Alibaba Singles' Day Racks Up $1 Billion in Sales in 2 Minutes

Material Handling & Logistics

Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma is using this year’s event as a testing ground for his plans to revamp China’s $4 trillion traditional retail sector with technology. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. kicked off its annual Singles’ Day shopping bonanza, logging $1 billion in gross merchandise volume within the first two minutes. Shoppers from at least 192 countries and regions swarmed the e-commerce giant to scoop up discounted lobster, iPhones and refrigerators.