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Lead Generation for Supply Chain: 5 Ways to Get Prospects!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 4 Challenges in Starting and Sustaining a SIOP (S&OP) Business Process! Get Our EBook here. Lead generation article and permission to publish here provided by Kseniia Burko. Interested in finding a dependable source of warm and high-quality leads to fuel your sales pipeline?

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Import Bans from China Grow in US and UK

Logility

On January 13, 2021 the United States Customs and Border Protection expanded the blanket Withhold Release Order (WRO) initially issued on December 2, 2020 and will detain all shipments containing cotton and cotton products originating from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and now includes tomato products. This potentially affects cotton products from countries other than China that use Chinese cotton inputs such as cotton fabric.

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Rethinking Fulfillment with Guy Courtin

The Logistics of Logistics

Rethinking Fulfillment with Guy Courtin. Guy Courtin and Joe Lynch discuss rethinking fulfillment in an era of explosive growth in ecommerce and fulfillment services. Guy and the team at 6 River Systems are making fulfillment faster and easier with a combination of collaborative robots, artificial intelligence, and operational expertise. About Guy Courtin.

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 01/08/2020 – 01/14/2020

All Things Supply Chain

Port of Los Angeles Struggles with the Domino Effect of Congested Ports Due to global supply chain issues caused by COVID-19, the Port of Los Angeles is becoming congested.

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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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Reaching new heights in the warehouse

IT Supply Chain

By Alexander Baal (pictured). Director of Sales Operations, Jungheinrich UK. The post Reaching new heights in the warehouse appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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This 6RS Customer Was Recognized for Innovation and Leadership in Fulfillment

6 River Systems

Among the 10 companies honored in 2020 for utilizing technologies that will shape tomorrow’s supply chains, NextGen has recognized 6 River Systems customer NFI with the 2020 NextGen Supply Chain Award. The industry-leading supply chain provider partnered with 6 River Systems to bring flexible automation to one of their distribution centers in Indiana, increasing productivity when fulfilling orders for their customers’ consumers.

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Purchase Order Accruals in SAP S/4HANA

Bristlecone

Venkata S. Palle, Principal, Global Practices, DiSC Execution, Bristlecone. Organizations procure a wide variety of consumables, goods and services to run their day-to-day operations. On delivery, invoicing and payment for the products or services rendered can pose quite a challenge. Some of the challenges arise from invoices being delayed or if advances had been paid – for example, insurance payments and subscriptions.

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Asset Management: Supply Chain’s Next Big Thing

Requis

In this article: Asset management is the foundation of supply chain, just like supply chain is the foundation of business. Asset records are the lynchpin of digital transformation. When collected on one platform, asset record information will enable aggregate business intelligence that will serve all players. Until recently, supply chain had been famous for being the invisible business function.

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Episode 109 - SCU30: Supply Chain under 30 with Frank Li at FreightPlus

Freight Plus

#SCU30 is where we talk with professionals under the age of thirty currently working the supply chain. In this episode, Frank Li, Data Analyst at FreightPlus, joins the show to talk about his fascinating journey to the supply chain. From being born in China, to working for the NBA and college basketball in data analytics, this episode is a can't miss.

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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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The 5 step guide to a winning cross border commerce strategy

Vinculum

Introducing your products to new markets comes with major challenges. Having a defined, detailed, and tested entry strategy is key in order for cross border commerce to be successful. The logistics of expanding your shipping are of course very important and shipping will be an important part of your strategy. The focus of this article is how to build a clear and well thought out strategy in terms of getting people to buy your products in other countries.

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Wetter.com and Tesisquare collaborate for weather-driven supply chain efficiency

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The collaboration between wetter.com and Tesisquare offers B2X supply chain digital solutions with weather data, expertise and forecasting algorithms.

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New Global Visibility App Sees Delays Before They Happen

Supply Chain Brain

Organizations can’t manage what they can’t see, but a new application from supply chain software provider E2open is offering clarity.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 15, 2021)

Talking Logistics

Last summer, my oldest daughter exited her teen years by turning 20. Today, my youngest daughter turns 13 (the boys in the middle are 15 and 18). It’s true: one day they’re babies, sleeping on your chest, then you blink and they’re all grown up. I look up to them. Literally, they’re all taller than. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 15, 2021).

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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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Paris 2021 – EN – Taid Qazi

ivalua

Taid Qazi CPO. Taid (41) graduated in 2006 with a M.Sc. in “International Marketing and Management” from Copenhagen Business School. He has 13 years of sourcing/procurement experience within the financial industry. Taid spent the last 3 years as Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) in Danske Bank, headquartered in Copenhagen (Denmark). In addition to his CPO role, Taid was recently appointed to also head Danske Bank’s Group Real Estate and Facility Management.

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Is There Only One Type of Smart City?

Enterra Insights

A number of articles have been written about what makes a city smart. In one such article, Freda Miklin ( @famiklin ) wrote, “A ‘smart city’ is one in which advanced technology is leveraged to strategically meet the needs of its citizens. It is an environment in which government and business come together to create solutions to current and future challenges using high level analysis and applying cutting-edge technological tools.”[1] Although I don’t disagree with Miklin’s definition, smart citie

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Stretch Procurement – FR

ivalua

www.stretch.se. Stretch Procurement aide les entreprises à augmenter leur contribution dans les achats. Stretch Procurement existe depuis 15 ans et offre des services de conseils en solutions aux entreprises de premier plan mondial et à la majorité des entreprises nordiques. Stretch Procurement est impatient de vous amener vers la réussite avec la solution Ivalua.

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VIDEO: How do you stay healthy on the road?

DAT Solutions

Hear from truck drivers about the tips and tricks they use to stay healthy while out on the road.

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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Stretch Procurement – EN

ivalua

www.stretch.se. About Stretch Procurement Stretch helps companies to increase the contribution from procurement. We have been around for 15 years, providing world class solution consulting and business advisory services to the majority of the Nordic companies. We look forward to make you succeed with Ivalua! The post Stretch Procurement – EN appeared first on Ivalua.

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Podcast | Why We Need to Ramp Up Recycling of Old Tech

Supply Chain Brain

The failure of consumers to recycle their personal devices could lead to shortages of the precious metals needed to build new products.

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How to Succeed at Virtual Trade Shows

crisp

Trade shows have always been an important way for growing food and beverage brands to network with retail buyers. But due to the pandemic, this year’s events have moved into the virtual realm. The Specialty Food Association kicks off Specialty Food LIVE! on January 19th in lieu of the Fancy Food Show, and NRF 2021 is currently underway in a virtual format.

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Here Are the Major Parts of Biden's $1.9 Trillion Relief Plan

Supply Chain Brain

The plan includes a wave of new spending, including more direct payments to households, an expansion of jobless benefits, more money for state and local governments and an expansion of vaccinations and virus-testing programs.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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What makes brands stand out to retailers

Alloy

Quite simply, data-driven insights and recommendations. Sales growth, customer service and many other aspects matter too, but using data and analytics is one of the best and easiest ways to get the attention of today’s data-driven retailers. But then again, it’s not really that simple. We talk to a lot of brands who spend weeks carefully analyzing their data, identifying insights, and preparing a case for increasing orders, only to meet with their buyer and have their ideas ignored.

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There are more benefits than a positive ROI to adding a TMS to your workflow

Freightview

Many companies fall into an in-between space within their shipping processes. They ship enough to have direct rates but not enough to justify a pricey transportation or freight management system. Freightview occupies that sweet spot in the market.

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2020 Logistics Real Estate Year in Review

NFI

2020 Logistics Real Estate Year in Review Featuring Michael Landsburg , Chief Development Officer How would you summarize the last year in logistics real estate? Real estate markets saw dramatic impacts over the course of this past year, some positive, some negative. We came into this year on good economic footing with good growth.

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Average Inventory Formula | How to calculate average inventory?

EMERGE App

Whether you run a multinational or a micro-enterprise , you agree with me that a healthy inventory is a crucial ingredient of business success. Management of costs, sales, or even relationships all depend on it. So if you can keep a crisp inventory, there will be fewer hurdles for your business. . But what if my closing or opening inventories are not conclusive?

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.

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Post-Holiday Survey: Consumer Patience and Flexibility on Delivery Comes with the Expectation of Transparency

Convey

The post Post-Holiday Survey: Consumer Patience and Flexibility on Delivery Comes with the Expectation of Transparency appeared first on Convey.

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New MERICS China Forecast Survey: Stability and self-reliance in China, entrenched competition with the US and a mixed bag for EU-China relations

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

How will Chinese domestic politics evolve in the year of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 100th anniversary? Which issues are keeping Beijing up at night, and which new trends will define Sino-European relations going forward? To shed some light on these issues, MERICS conducted a survey of some 170 European China experts and roughly 1,000 members of the wider international public in December and early January.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

It’s that time of year again: Girl Scout Cookie season. Although, in recent years, the season has really been extended to a year-round event as you can buy them online. But there is still the initial rush when consumers can buy them from their local troop. Of course, the coronavirus pandemic is shifting things as it is doubtful Girl Scouts will be going door-to-door or setting up outside of shopping centers this year.