Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
You’ve probably heard the phrase “Too much of a good thing,” which the Grammarist defines as “an excessive amount that becomes overwhelming or harmful, rather than helpful or pleasurable.” The phrase popped into my head the other night as I helped myself to another serving of ice cream. In case you’re wondering, you can’t have. Read more The post Can You Have Too Much Supply Chain Visibility?
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
It’s human nature to want to start a new year with new goals—the ever-present new year’s resolutions. Typically, we make it at least one month into the new year before we have to revise our plans. However, it’s only early February 2024, and we already have several major disruptions impacting supply chains. As Alan Amling at the University of Tennessee put it, “2024 is riddled with uncertainty.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
The Logistics of Logistics
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Bill Thayer and Joe Lynch discuss channel free logistics. Bill is the Founder and CEO, of Fillogic a l ogistics-as-a-service platform for retail that converts underutilized space at retail centers into tech-enabled, micro distribution hubs. About Bill Thayer Bill Thayer is the Founder and CEO, of Fillogic a logistics-as-a-service platform for retail that converts underutilized space at retail centers into tech-enabled, micro distribution hubs.
IT Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
By David Jinks M.I.L.T. (pictured) Head of Consumer Research, ParcelHero The post Watch out for Presidents’ Day: it’s the US holiday only 30% of British businesses plan for. appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Advertisement
Strengthen your operations with the Supply Chain Resilience Checklist. This practical, easy-to-use tool helps your organization prepare for disruptions and ensure long-term continuity in an unpredictable world. Why Download: Identify and assess critical supply chain risks Ask the right questions to evaluate vendor preparedness Implement effective strategies to reduce vulnerabilities Improve communication, transparency, and coordination across your network What You’ll Learn: How to evaluate and m
ThroughPut
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Business success depends on decisions – decisions that range from target market selection to vendor engagement, production and sales targets, logistics routes, and even talent hiring. However, decision making is plagued with challenges, and to make things worse, complex and critical decisions are often made by people with severely inadequate information, time, or experience.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The company said that these updates to Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management will help customers increase visibility, reduce costs and automate regulatory compliances.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
In Part 1 , we covered three key areas of enterprise security that have the greatest risk potential — the diverse IT environment, the threat landscape, and human error. There are some specific threat areas that manufacturers need to manage. They also need to know how to protect their ERP systems which are critical for a business to run effectively. Threats in the manufacturing environment The adoption of smart manufacturing, while being critical for many companies who want to stay competitive, a
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Getting a thoroughly broad view of supply chain operations gives a supply chain professional a career boost because it makes him or her more useful to the company.
Supply Chain Matters
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Our prior published update was on January 19 th. As we have noted in this thread of updates, to a further extent, shipments from Asia eastward that traverse the Panama Canal are an important added backdrop to ocean transport disruption impacts.
Advertiser: GEP
“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.
SCMDOJO
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
At first, looking at this title, you might think – ha? How is marketing connected to my supply chain? But the truth is that more than you think. The supply chain of your business has many components. And marketing might be one of the most essential ones if you want to create a sustainable and successful company in the long run. That’s why you need to understand the relationship between supply chain and marketing and align them if you hope to maintain a competitive edge in the fast-paced world.
Unleashed
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Finished goods inventory are products that have been through the manufacturing process and are now ready for sale. Managing finished goods and tracking the costs associated with each of them are essential aspects of manufacturing accounting and stock control. This article breaks down how finished goods are calculated and some key inventory management methods for tracking them as they move through your business.
Supply Chain Matters
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The Supply Chain Matters blog features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Technology. This column serves as a news capsule of specific developments occurring in the supply chain technology sector. Our prior full edition of this column was published on January 19 t h. In this week’s edition, we include developments or announcements involving: Blue Yonder and flexis Logility EV parcel van producer Arrival Amazon’s Industrial Innovation Fund Oracle’s Fusion Supply Cloud Supply Cha
Savant Events
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Around the world, nearly 50 million people are trapped in modern slavery, including 19.9 million people in forced labour in private enterprises or in state-run companies. Millions more people are in other forms of workplace exploitation, including an estimated 1 in 10 of all children alive today. In response, national governments, state and regional governments and the EU have legislated to hold organisations to account for exploitation in their operations and supply chains.
Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
Supply Chain Digest
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Leverages Machine Learning, Massive Data Integration
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Dimerco said that ocean shippers in the APAC region should anticipate rates to increase for vessels going to the U.S. and Europe.
Supply Chain Digest
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Show us your Supply Chain Wit
Demand Driven Technologies
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The graph below shows the production orders created for a line of strategic finished products in an aeronautics plant. These are production orders, not planned orders. Each bar represents one day. Blue bars are production orders released to production: the workshop has the right to work on them. The gray bars are orders created, but.
Advertiser: GEP
Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.
Tecsys
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The transformative power of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) in modern warehousing cannot be overstated. These systems are not merely tools but foundational elements that dictate the efficiency and success of warehouse operations. This concept is reinforced by the latest findings in the Nucleus Research WMS Technology Value Matrix 2023. The report sheds light on the critical function of advanced WMS solutions in managing complex warehouse tasks such as inventory management and order processing
Precoro
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
No matter what industry you work in, informed means armed. In fact, a data-driven dashboard can serve as a convenient, single source of truth to help companies take advantage of information at their fingertips, according to McKinsey. By analyzing specific indicators, you can receive valuable insights and find particular trends that can help you improve business operations overall.
Supply Chain Digest
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The Metal Shavings in the Label Glue
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Retail return fraud has grown rampant in recent years, stealing retailers’ hard-earned profits, damaging brands’ reputations, and burdening honest consumers with higher prices.
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
Saleswarp
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The brand-new WaveBatcher+ gives you unparalleled control and visibility of your warehouse and fulfillment operations! WaveBatcher+ allows you to automate the organization and scheduling of multichannel orders with the ability to simultaneously support multiple picking and batch strategies. Watch as we sit with one of the Senior Developers of WaveBatcher+, Annika, to get a look at our newest innovative solution.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said that the U.S. is currently updating its laws, including a 150-year-old mining regulation, to ensure the “sustainable and efficient” extraction of critical minerals.
Cognira
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Cognira continues its growth in 2023 February 14, 2024 Press Release Home The company achieved 166% ARR growth, 53% workforce increase and opened new offices around the Globe. Cognira , the premier leader in enterprise Promotion Management solutions for retailers , announced that it achieved a 166% increase in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in 2023, compared to the previous year.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The federal government asked about shortages of generic drugs and whether groups that purchase quantities in bulk are contributing to the problem.
Advertiser: GEP
Procurement is in the middle of a tech tsunami. And if it feels like the old playbooks aren’t working anymore, that’s because they aren’t. Agentic AI. Autonomous procurement. Unified source-to-pay ecosystems. These innovations are converging and transforming how procurement teams operate. The GEP 2025 Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report breaks it all down.
All Things Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Marketing is the art of the four “Ps”: Product, promotion, pricing, and placing. Another overlooked “P” falls under the umbrella of “Product”: Packaging.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Uber and Lyft drivers are holding daylong strikes in Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, Orlando, Austin, Newark and several other cities.
BlueYonder
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
World Cancer Day takes place every year on Feb. 4. It is a day to come together to honor those that have been impacted by cancer and to spread awareness. Blue Yonder associate Patrick Humphreys shares his story and why the day is important to him. Please share a little bit about yourself and role at Blue Yonder: Last month I celebrated five years at Blue Yonder!
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
296 
Let's personalize your content