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3 Simple (But Effective) Ways to Modernize Your Supply Chain

The Network Effect

The post 3 Simple (But Effective) Ways to Modernize Your Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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B2B Connectivity Leading The Way For Digital Supply Chains!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Preparing Business for the Digital Supply Chain! Oracle Interviews Mike Mortson! Article and permission to publish here provided by FreightPOP. There is an abundance of chatter in shipping and freight about digitizing supply chains, with reports that more spending than ever before is being poured into developing software and platforms.

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50 expert warehouse order picking tips, strategies, and best practices

6 River Systems

The efficiency of order fulfillment from warehouses has become an important focus in logistics management as customers demand quicker deliveries. In a recent survey, 69% of respondents indicated that they would be less likely to shop with a retailer again if they did not receive their delivery within two days of the promised delivery date. Speed is important, but so is the ability to plan accurately and meet commitments.

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Finding the Value in Your Control Tower

BlueYonder

Talking with supply chain leaders across the industry, it’s clear that supply chain control towers are being tasked with more and more functionality. It’s a natural evolution. After all, control towers collect and leverage large data sets from across the end-to-end supply chain. If data really is the new currency, there must be gold in those hills, right?

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Reducing Global Lead Times To Improve Customer Experience At Becton Dickinson

Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global

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How Procurement can help to drive Supplier-led innovation

ivalua

Alex Saric, Chief Marketing Officer, Ivalua. In today’s competitive business landscape, consumers demand a continuous cycle of new products and services, and the gap between each launch is shrinking. This means companies are under more pressure than ever to innovate at pace. A business’s ability to develop and launch new products that meet customer expectations quickly and profitably is critical to overall success.

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Climate Change will Drive Manufacturing Innovation

QAD

The world is getting warmer. Severe weather events are becoming more frequent and intense. Climate change pressure is building for governments, businesses and individuals to “do something.”. Manufacturing isn’t exempt from this pressure. Regardless of what laws politicians enact, customers want their purchasing dollars to go to those who behave responsibly.

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Editor’s Pick: “Ride Along” To This Customer Experience

Talking Logistics

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This post by Nicholas Ferguson from GEODIS’ blog discusses a way to evaluate customer experience in logistics.

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New research from Ivalua shows UK businesses’ cost focused approach with suppliers is blocking innovation 

ivalua

Businesses more reliant than ever on suppliers as the pace of innovation increases, but two-thirds view their relationships as primarily transactional. London, UK – December 5, 2019 – Research from Ivalua , a global leader in spend management cloud solutions , has shown that two thirds (67%) of UK businesses say innovation is being blocked by a focus on cost reduction.

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Toyota’s Biggest Problem Is Keeping Hybrid Car Models in Stock

Material Handling & Logistics

Despite an industry-wide shift towards full electrification, Toyota is experiencing a supply-chain-straining surge in demand for its RAV4 and Corolla hybrids.

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AI-Enabled Robotics Software for Manufacturing Automation: Speeding Time-to-Value

Robots are a cornerstone of a smart factory, automating a wide range of manufacturing tasks that are monotonous, physically straining, or even hazardous. However, real-world robotics deployments have not lived up to the revolutionary potential the industrial sector had originally envisioned. Robot implementations are typically confined to specific applications, carry high costs, and are time-consuming.

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Collaborate to Win: How greater collaboration will give UK organisations a competitive advantage, 26th February 2019, London

ivalua

Exclusive VIP Event for Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. In today’s challenging business landscape, companies are battling it out to stay ahead of the competition, meet increasing customer expectations and develop new products at a faster pace than ever before. As the pressure to innovate increases, procurement professionals need to be able to quickly identify areas for innovation and effectively engage internal stakeholders and suppliers on new produc

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6 Warehouse Management Best Practices For Your Supply Chain | SCJ

SCJunction

Your warehouse is the heart of your business. When it’s operating at peak productivity levels, it reduces costs, increases profits and keeps your customers delighted. Here are six things you can do to achieve operational excellence in your supply chain.

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ShipChain Wins Blockchain Innovation Award at #DataccioConnect Singapore

Shipchain

This past November, ShipChain was honored to win the Blockchain Innovation Award at #DataccioConnect Singapore. Last year, ShipChain bagged The Business IT Innovation award, which was received by Mr. John Monarch, CEO, ShipChain at #DataccioConnect Dubai. . Since then, there has been a lot of momentum, and the organization has welcomed several new partnerships.

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QAD DynaSys Announces the Release of DSCP 2019

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The latest demand and supply chain planning software features a new intuitive web planning experience, collaborative planning process controls and is powered by artificial intelligence and advanced supply chain analytics

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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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Hidden ROI you need to know - Problem Prevention

Freight Plus

Part four of a five-part series on the hidden benefits you can expect from working with a digital freight management company like Aborn & Co. Problem Prevention. As part of our sales process, we typically engage with everyone in a prospect’s operation from the warehouse or logistics manager to the CFO of the company. One question we field all the time from all departments and levels of a company is how do you handle problem shipments?

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Finding the Value in Your Control Tower

BlueYonder

Talking with supply chain leaders across the industry, it’s clear that supply chain control towers are being tasked with more and more functionality. It’s a natural evolution. After all, control towers collect and leverage large data sets from across the end-to-end supply chain. If data really is the new currency, there must be gold in those hills, right?

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Combating Slavery in Supply Chain Just Got Easier

Material Handling & Logistics

There are growing expectations for companies to identify any incidence of slavery in their operations or value chains and report on the steps they take as a result.

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Holidays Offer Unique Challenges for Cold Chain Logistics

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Over the holidays, nearly 165 million consumers across the United States will buy food and beverages to celebrate the season. Since produce and fresh ingredients are crucial for holiday meals, safely transporting these temperature-sensitive items, delivering them on time and in full, and keeping them freshly stocked on store shelves is vitally important for retailers.

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Speeding Robotics Automation with AI

The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.

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TMS Automation: How a Transportation Management Platform Empowers Shippersl

MercuryGate

The post TMS Automation: How a Transportation Management Platform Empowers Shippersl appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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The Top 3 Commodities Shipped By Truck in all 50 States

Kuebix

Have you ever been driving on the highway and wondered what kind of freight was on the truck beside you? Unless it’s a clearly defined Coca-Cola or retail branded truck, you probably have no clue. That’s why we’ve put together this list of the top ground freight commodity types shipped by truck in each of […]. The post The Top 3 Commodities Shipped By Truck in all 50 States appeared first on Kuebix.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on US Furniture Sector Tries to Make Comeback but Cannot Find Workers

Supply Chain Digest

Those US Producers which Survived the Great Recession are now Humming, but Workers Shortage Limiting Production Growth

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Savings Through Container Transport Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

The use of standardized steel shipping containers, or intermodal containers, started late in the 1940s as commercial shipping operators started employing them for ocean carrier, truck, and rail transport. It wasn’t until 2005 when the International Maritime Office (IMO) established industry standards for more consistent loading, transporting, and unloading of goods in ports throughout the world, saving time and resources.

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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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Join UltraShipTMS at the 2019 NY Produce Show

Supply Chain Collaborator

Will you be at the 2019 New York Produce Show and Conference in New York City December 10th through the 13th? We’ll be there and would love to meet you! UltraShip’s Charles Sperry will be in attendance all week and is available to meet you to share how our powerful platform for food shipping/logistics helps the largest food shippers overcome even the most complex transportation logistics challenges.

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Ivalua Now Washington DC Journey to Procurement Excellence 4-6 May, 2020

ivalua

The post Ivalua Now Washington DC<br> Journey to Procurement Excellence <br> 4-6 May, 2020 appeared first on Ivalua.

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The Digitization of Transportation

Material Handling & Logistics

DHL's adoption of a variety of technologies is keeping its strategy of digitalization transportation moving forward.

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Using Shipping Data to Meet E-Commerce Customer Demand

Supply Chain Brain

Two top components of customer experience are delivery and transparency, according to a recent report.

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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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School Superintendents Visit KANE Scranton Campus

Consumer Goods Logistics

Each month, school district superintendents from Lackawanna County in northeast Pennsylvania meet to discuss a variety of issues common to them all – things like curriculums, budget management, and security. Typically, they meet in a conference room at the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, however last month they met at KANE headquarters in Scranton, where there was one more topic on the agenda – jobs.

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How to Choose the Right Business Intelligence Tools for Your Business

Unleashed

Business intelligence tools (BI tools) help companies to extract important facts from a huge amount of unstructured data. Transforming this rich data into actionable resources to help those organisations to achieve business goals and targets by guiding timely strategic decisions. BI tools help optimise operational processes, inventory control and the overall productivity and efficiency of your organisation.

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Understanding truck weight limits for oversize shipments

I.C.E. Transport

When you ship oversize freight, the length, height and/or width of the load dictate that you’ll need special permits for truck transportation. But often, of course, an oversize load is a heavy load as well. That’s why it’s important to understand the truck weight limits that apply to oversize shipments.

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