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Green Corridor: Counting Carbons

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Do you know how carbon is counted? Six years ago when I took on the role as Head of Go Green at DHL eCommerce, the first thing I needed to know was where the company stood in its carbon footprint trail. The first and foremost question was: “How much carbon was being produced and emitted into the atmosphere by DHL?”. This began for me a quick education in carbon accounting and I want to share what I’ve learned with you to answer the question of how carbon counting is done.

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What I Learned from Working at 6 Fulfillment Companies in 3 Months with Channa Ranatunga

The Logistics of Logistics

What I Learned from Working at 6 Fulfillment Companies in 3 Months with Channa Ranatunga. Channa Ranatunga and Joe Lynch discuss what Channna learned from working at 6 fulfillment companies in 3 months. Channa’s company, Rabot provides tools that enable improved worker efficiency in fulfillment warehouses, so he wanted to gain firsthand experience working in fulfillment.

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Are Ocean Freight Prices Absolutely Broken?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Special thanks to Lars Jensen, CEO at Sea Intelligence Consulting and Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos Group for their input and insights for this report. S hipping containers are like scotch. It’s hard to predict what demand will be like for products like these ahead of time. Just take a look at pricing fluctuations for Suntory’s Yamazaki 12 Year Old.

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Why Supply Chain Transparency is Becoming More Dominant in 2021

All Things Supply Chain

Intro Transparency throughout the supply chain is likely to dominate in 2021 and beyond, as consumers look for brands that can build trust, provide authentic and credible products, and create…

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Searching for Sustainability: Balancing Economics and Environmental Objectives in Logistics

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The vital role of logistics and its decarbonisation in the fight against climate change is undisputed. Yet there are still concerns that environmental improvements might impair the economic efficiency of logistics. A new study by the Center for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains (CSLS) at Kühne Logistics University, in cooperation with the European Freight & Logistics Leaders’ Forum, clearly shows that environmental and economic objectives are not in conflict and often well aligned.

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LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – February 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

LogiSYM—Searching for Sustainability: Balancing Economics and Environmental Objectives in Logistics Download the latest LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine. In this edition we have several news updates, interesting & enlightening articles and contributions on people & management – topics which are most crucial to the development of the Supply Chain Industry across regions as well as globally.

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Procurement vs. Purchasing: What’s the Difference?

Logistics Bureau

The best way to understand the difference between procurement and purchasing in a business is to consider the process involved in buying a car, says Logistics Bureau’s procurement specialist, Trent Morris. Procurement First, Purchasing Follows. Procurement: If you’re going to buy a new car, you usually decide what you want before you step out into the street.

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Supply Chain Automation Helps Selling Food Online!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Get Our EBOOK HERE. Selling food online article and permission to publish here provided by Rickey Corbin. The COVID-19 crisis has left an everlasting impact on the lives of people all around the world. It has devastated a lot of industries in its wake – but none of these have been as badly affected as the food service industry.

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Food Industry Trends for 2021

Unleashed

From the continuing impact of the global pandemic to the ever-increasing importance of ‘transparency technology’ and sustainable practices, the food industry has its work cut out for it in 2021. It’s become even more important that businesses navigate multiple supply chains with food manufacturing software. So if you have a thirst for knowledge, here’s all you need to know about food industry trends for 2021.

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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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8 of the Best Cryptocurrencies for Investing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Cryptocurrencies Beyond Bitcoin! Get Our EBook here. Best cryptocurrencies for investing article and permission to publish here provided by Dean Miller. Last year was chaos for everyone, leaving turmoil to state economies. And as we embrace what the future has to offer, many are optimistic, particularly about increasing their financial likelihood.

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5 Ways to Get Closer to Your Customers With Demand Sensing

ThroughPut

What if your current data could tell you which perishables would be in high demand in the next one month? What if you could stock just enough inventory to meet customer demand over the next quarter? What if you can plan the OTIF (On-time, in-full) deliveries effectively to enhance customer experience for all your stores at once? Demand Sensing can help you achieve the above effortlessly, by simply using your existing demand and supply data and without any additional fancy interventions.

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New Challenges to Operational Efficiencies Because of COVID Protocols

USC Consulting Group

We’re all aware of the fact that COVID-19 has changed life as we know it in this country (and the world). Because of this pandemic, there is a new level of complexity in everything we do. Whether it’s having to mask up, sanitize grocery cart handles, and remember not to touch your face before washing your hands just to shop for your family’s dinner, or running your business’s operations safely by instituting new protocols designed to keep your workers healthy, COVID has i

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Preparing to seize the post-pandemic opportunity

Proxima

Observations from European Vice President – Edward Winterschladen. It would be a vast understatement to say that 2021 has been challenging so far for British business. The national lockdown and Brexit have been a double whammy for many. That said it has also shown the incredible resilience of our country’s companies that they have been able to adjust the ways they operate in such difficult circumstances.

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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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EazyStock’s Connector to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is live on AppSource 

EazyStock

EazyStock, a leading ERP add-on for inventory management and replenishment, has recently launched its pre-built connector for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The tool is now available on Microsoft AppSource for instant download. . The connector seamlessly connects EazyStock to Dynamics 365 Business Central, helping businesses automate demand forecasting, inventory classification and replenishment.

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o9 Solutions Partners with Industry Leaders to Support Executives Succeed in their Digital Transformation Journeys

o9 Solutions

DALLAS – February 15, 2021 – o9 Solutions, the leading AI-powered Integrated Business Planning ( IBP ) platform, has announced the addition of former leaders from Avon and Lekkerland to its AIM10x Executive Council. Digitally transforming processes within large enterprises is a notoriously challenging undertaking. It requires commitment, a solid strategy, the right technology, and outstanding leadership to inspire employees to invest in the process.

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4 Key Capabilities of S&OP for your Supply Chain

DynaSys

S&OP is a powerful tool. As noted in the Advantages of S&OP article , the key capabilities of S&OP provide numerous capabilities. And those capabilities reach far and wide within an organization. Here are the 4 key capabilities of S&OP: 1. Executive Decision Support. Firstly, an S&OP plan promotes organizational transparency across the entire supply chain.

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Get Engaged with Blue Yonder Special Interest Groups

BlueYonder

One of our Blue Yonder Core Values is Teamwork. Teamwork is defined as: ”The collaborative work done by many with each doing a part to achieve a common goal.” At Blue Yonder we define it simply as: We candidly and respectfully collaborate. Blue Yonder’s Special Interest Group (SIG) communities are a great example of this Core Value. . Blue Yonder SIG Communities connect over 1,400 companies and 4,900 members worldwide in meetings and online communities.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Ultimate Guide To Technologies That Are Transforming Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Technology can have a significant impact on supply chains, but supply chain digitization still lags behind digitization of other areas of business across many industries. According to research from McKinsey & Company, the supply chain dimension has the lowest level of digitization (43%) compared to other dimensions, including products and services, marketing and distribution channels, business processes, and new entrants at the ecosystem level.

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Supply Chain News on Penetration of Drones for Parcel Delivery will Take Long Time, New Study Finds

Supply Chain Digest

Press Touts Study Predictions, but Reality is a Forecast of Slow Growth

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2021 Freight Focus: Taking the uncertainty out of volatile times

DAT Solutions

Resourcefulness is hard to measure and a difficult skill set to teach, but people who manage transportation or run trucks for a living have it in spades. They are exceptional problem solvers.

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Washington’s Birthday 2021

Enterra Insights

It’s not often you hear someone discuss the “wisdom” of the members of Congress — certainly not in recent memory. As the two parties have been increasingly infiltrated by fringe politicians, common sense, let alone wisdom, seems to have evaporated like the morning dew when touched by the rising sun. However, back in 1968, Congress decided Americans needed a few more three-day weekends and, on 28 June, passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act (the act was updated in 1971).

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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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U.S. Energy Crisis Deepens With 5 Million in the Dark

Supply Chain Brain

The energy crisis that crippled Texas’s power system and sent prices soaring to record levels is deepening with at least 5 million people across the U.S. taking turns being plunged into darkness to avoid a total collapse of their grids.

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Transforming to a Customer-Driven Digital Supply Chain

ToolsGroup

This blog was originally published on [link]. Building a customer-focused, digitally enabled supply chain comes with its challenges, but the benefits make the effort worthwhile. According to a survey from the Digital Supply Chain Institute (DSCI), the design of and transformation to a digital supply chain with the customer in mind, can reduce procurement costs for all purchases of goods and services by 20% and reduce supply chain process costs by 50%.

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Ownership costs totally transparent with cloud WMS

SnapFulfil

Calculating the total cost of ownership (TCO) for business software can be as daunting as the name suggests – but fortunately when it comes to cloud WMS the math is simple.

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Watch: Are We Taking the Right Approach to the Vaccine Rollout?

Supply Chain Brain

Sylvie Thompson, vice president-transformation with NTT Data Services, proposes a “Starbucks-instead-of-stadium” approach to distributing and administering the COVID-19 vaccine.

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CADDi Receives 2023 Top Tech Startup Award by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive

The 2023 Top Tech Startup Awards by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive spotlights the top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.

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Happening Now: Video shows scope of West Coast port congestion

West Coast and California Logistics

In our new segment, “Happening Now,” we share timely industry articles to keep our readers up to speed on important logistics news. Congestion issues at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are still creating a mess for trans-Pacific importers. Check out this Freight Waves article , which includes a flyover video of ships anchored within San Pedro Bay.

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Oracle’s Point of View on Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Jeff Stiles is the VP Solutions Marketing at Oracle. Oracle is a sponsor of ARC’s Supply Chain Forum. One of the sessions at our forum involves an Oracle customer. Executives from HarbisonWalker International are talking about how their broad implementation of Oracle Cloud applications allowed them to unleash continuous innovation. Jeff and I discussed the concept of continuous innovation.

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Increasing your MFT operational efficiency

Axway

Many organizations that we speak to are in the process of modernizing their way of working. They are looking to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency and business agility.