Tue.Feb 09, 2021

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COVID-19, Manufacturing, and What to Expect in 2021

River Logic

In 2020, manufacturing took a huge hit as a result of the constraints around COVID-19. In April 2020, year-on-year output dropped by nearly 20%. Since then, there's been a dramatic recovery, although November 2020 figures are still 3.7% lower than those from November 2019. On the other hand, the October and November 2020 Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is higher than any time since 2018, indicating a pent-up demand for manufacturing.

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Taking a Big Picture View of Supply Chain Networks

Logistics Viewpoints

I recently read a thought-provoking report with several predictions about the future of supply chain technology. As I read through it, I was struck by a glaring dichotomy: Supply chain organizations are expected to double down on artificial intelligence, advanced analytics and various digital supply chain technologies — and yet the report predicts that “through 2023, less than 5% [emphasis mine] of control-tower-like deployments will fulfill their end-to-end potential.”.

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Jason Traff and the Shipwell Story

The Logistics of Logistics

Jason Traff and the Shipwell Story. Joe Lynch and Jason Traff discuss Jason’s entrepreneurial journey and the Shipwell. Jason is the Co-founder of Shipwell, a cloud-based transportation management software company. About Jason Traff. Jason Traff is the President and Co-founder of Shipwell , a cloud-based TMS solution based in Austin, TX that is transforming the supply chain industry by replacing opaque and manual processes through a tech-enabled, fully connected logistics ecosystem with more tha

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Ivalua NOW 2021 to Showcase How Procurement Can Help Restore Growth and Ensure Business Resilience

ivalua

Ivalua NOW 2021 – Premier event for Procurement & Supply Chain practitioners will showcase latest spend management innovations and extensive line-up of industry leaders . Redwood City, CA. Febrary 9, 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the agenda for its marquee event series, Ivalua NOW 2021, which brings thousands of procurement, supply chain and finance leaders together each year.

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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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sust[AI]nability

Enterra Insights

Climate change is becoming a hot topic (pun intended) in many corporate boardrooms. Companies are beginning to understand the negative impacts climate change can wreak on their business. They are also beginning to understand how their reputation can be negatively affected if they fail to do their part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change.

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10 Global Food Processing Industry Trends for 2021

Unleashed

Everything is changing. The way we eat, technology, people’s expectations — the knock-on effect of this is revolutionising much of the food industry, from the ingredients we buy to the food manufacturing software we use. So what are the food processing trends to watch out for in 2021? 1. Safety standards in a post-Covid-19 world. People need to eat, and that’s made food processing an essential industry around the world despite the pandemic.

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IMPORTANCE OF A CLOUD-BASED E-PROCUREMENT SOLUTION

Eyvo

Implementing a cloud-based eProcurement software is a good investment. Here’s why! by Bhargavi Nake. It is easy for organizations to get confused and come to the wrong conclusion about the implementation of a digital procurement solution. The truth is, with the rise in globalization, there is a rise in global supply chains. In these evolving times, we think that an eProcurement solution makes more sense than ever.

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Up and running, fast

IT Supply Chain

By Neil Ballinger (pictured). Head of EMEA, EU Automation. The post Up and running, fast appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How to Optimize Your Warehouse for Supply Chain Distribution Strategies

Tecsys

The line between distributors and retailers is blurry. Imagine a distributor that imports goods in… The post How to Optimize Your Warehouse for Supply Chain Distribution Strategies appeared first on Tecsys.

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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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Accelerating digital transformation in manufacturing to ensure business resilience

IT Supply Chain

By Thomas Leeson (pictured). Industry Marketing Strategist at OpenText. The post Accelerating digital transformation in manufacturing to ensure business resilience appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Digitization

Logistics Bureau

What is it all about? What are some of the trends? Suuchi Ramesh , Founder and CEO of Suuchi Inc., is back to share her insights. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne. Email: robyrne@logisticsbureau.com. Phone: +61 417 417 307.

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Accelerating digital transformation in manufacturing to ensure business resiliency

IT Supply Chain

By Thomas Leeson (pictured). Industry Marketing Strategist at OpenText. The post Accelerating digital transformation in manufacturing to ensure business resiliency appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Innovation 2021 Outlook

NFI

Supply Chain Innovation 2021 Outlook Featuring Jimmy Shafer, SVP Integrated Design and Solutions at NFI What do you think will be in store for the logistics industry as a whole in 2021? Asset sharing, and sharing in general, of data and information is going to be at the forefront. Traditionally, that’s not something that has… Continue reading Supply Chain Innovation 2021 Outlook.

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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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Webinar: SAP S/4HANA – Empower Your Supply Chain

Bristlecone

SAP’s next-generation ERP, S/4HANA, is the core of the intelligent enterprise. SAP S/4HANA harnesses the power of in-memory computing and artificial intelligence to integrate and streamline core business functions and deliver real-time insights. This webinar sheds some light on SAP S/4HANA, including key benefits, new features in the latest release and future roadmap.

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How to Optimize Your eSourcing Award Strategy

EC Sourcing Group

How to Optimize Your eSourcing Award Strategy. Sourcing is one of the most important foundations of procurement—if you’re not able to find the right suppliers you need and source goods from them, procurement cannot occur, and the entire supply chain, in essence, crumbles apart. Before the Internet, sourcing was one of the most arduous and lengthy processes of procurement.

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Analytics in Transportation: Why Analyzing and Applying Data Drives Effective Supply Chain Decisions

Intelligent Audit

Digital shipping automation and transportation analytics – these terms get thrown around a lot lately within the transportation industry. But what do they really mean, and how can they help improve performance within the supply chain? According to Gartner, “How to Take Advantage of Advanced Analytics in Transportation,” Bart De Muynck, August 27, 2020 , “Transportation leaders need to gather, analyze and apply data to drive effective supply chain decisions that in turn, will help manage co

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5 Key Benefits of S&OP for your Supply Chain

DynaSys

The Advantages of S&OP article notes that, when corporations embrace S&OP as a business framework, the S&OP process provides multiple benefits that extend throughout the entire organization. Here are the 5 key benefits of S&OP: . 1. Improve Business Alignment. First of all, each business unit has a distinct set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

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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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Beyond the Magic Quadrant: MESCBNs vs Supply Chain Platforms

Requis

In this article: Why Gartner’s term for supply chain platforms is problematic. Supply chains are, by definition, multienterprise. A simple definition removes the barrier to entry and promotes adoption. The term works against Gartner’s image as a thought leader. Supply chain management is a wildly complex undertaking. It’s so complex that practitioners are petrified of changing how they do things, in case they make a million-dollar mistake that ends their career.

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Using Logistics Data to Improve CPG Supply Chain Performance

Zipline Logistics

Logistics data has taken a front seat at forward-thinking CPG brands due to its ability to drive impactful and profitability-focused decisions in all facets of the supply chain. As the business world further integrates advanced tech in the automated realm, logistics data will only become more important to CPG brands aiming to improve their transportation performance while reducing costs.

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AMA with GEODIS: COVID-19, Carrier Networks, Customer Experience and How Retailers Can Adapt in 2021

Convey

The post AMA with GEODIS: COVID-19, Carrier Networks, Customer Experience and How Retailers Can Adapt in 2021 appeared first on Convey.

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Four Reasons Long-Term Partnerships Are Superior to Transactional Relationships

American Global Logistics

Long-term partnerships aren’t new. But the value they deliver is more pronounced than ever. As supply chain management has evolved, the need for long-term partnerships has grown. The increase in complexity, the increase in competition, the increase in teaming and the rise of pivotal trends are reshaping logistics. All together they’re creating a more challenging […].

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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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Consumer demand is shifting to small brands. Are you ready?

3AG Systems

A recent McKinsey report about the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry shows that larger brands are faltering while smaller brands are becoming the new growth engines. Large CPG brands, which represented 50 percent of total industry revenues in 2016, accounted for only 25 percent of value growth between 2016 and 2020. Meanwhile, smaller brands, which contributed just over 30 percent of 2016 revenues, provided 45 percent of value growth in the same period.

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Where Has All the Ocean Capacity Gone and How Will We Get It Back?

Talking Logistics

Look out over the waters surrounding the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which combined for a throughput of more than 17.3 million TEUs in 2020, and the cargo capacity problem is obvious. The long line of vessels sitting in the water, waiting to unburden their bellies of ocean containers is an ongoing story. Read more Where Has All the Ocean Capacity Gone and How Will We Get It Back?

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Amer 2021 – Manulife – Agenda

ivalua

Francois Pilon. Vice President, North America Procurement. Breakout Session. Achieving quick-wins while driving a broad, global digital transformation. Driving a successful digital transformation takes time, especially in a large, global organization. Yet value and a significant ROI can be achieved quickly without hindering the broader transformation with the right approach.

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The Importance of Order Fulfillment in Direct Selling Success

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Type the phrase “direct selling tips” into your favorite search engine and you’ll find a ton of articles on choosing the right product line, how to get started, how to boost sales and so on. What you won’t find is a ton of articles on order fulfillment – that underappreciated function that puts your products into your customers’ hands.

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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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Paris 2021 – EN – Vitold Horodecki

ivalua

Vitold Horodecki Chief Procurement Officer. Vitold is the Capgemini Americas Chief Procurement Officer, responsible for all categories: IT and Telco, External Resources, Training, Professional services, Travel and meetings. Previously, Vitold was the Capgemini Travel Director hosted within the Global Procurement organization. Before, amongst other roles at HP, he has managed the worldwide hotel and card programs.

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Seegrid Introduces Palion Autonomous Mobile Robot Product Line

Supply Chain Brain

Seegrid Corporation, a provider of autonomous mobile robots for material handling, recently introduced the Seegrid Palion AMR product family, the company’s newest line of mobile robots that provide automated material flow.

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Paris 2021 – FR – Vitold Horodecki

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Vitold Horodecki Chief Procurement Officer. Vitold est le directeur des achats de Capgemini Americas, responsable de toutes les catégories : Informatique et télécommunications, Ressources externes, Formation, Services professionnels, Voyages et réunions. Auparavant, Vitold était le directeur des voyages de Capgemini au sein de l’organisation Global Procurement.

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