Wed.Feb 12, 2020

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Freight Economy 2020: Are We Headed for a Recession in Freight or a Boom?

GlobalTranz

Shippers around the globe continue to express concerns for the state of the freight economy 2020 industry. Experts disagree on whether we are heading for a recession or a boom. The reality is simple; organizations that can roll with the changes and adapt supply chain processes will evolve and experience productive years. Unfortunately, those that.read More.

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Separate Demand Signals from ‘Market Noise’

Logility

Multivariate Demand Signal Management isolates actual demand signals from inconsistent market activity and improve forecast quality. Multivariate Demand Signal Management (MDSM) brings order to the chaotic flood of structured and unstructured market data a business generates and consumes, revealing complex patterns and helping planners separate actionable demand signals from “market noise and nonsense”.

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Fast, Free Shipping: The Cornerstone Of Customer Delivery Expectations

Convey

[This blog is part of a four-part series. Using SurveyMonkey, we surveyed 2,000 shoppers […]. The post Fast, Free Shipping: The Cornerstone Of Customer Delivery Expectations appeared first on Convey.

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Coronavirus and the Automotive and Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week, the death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus rose to over 1,000 people, invoking memories of the 2003 SARS outbreak. While the human aspect of this outbreak is clearly the biggest story, the virus is causing major disruptions in global supply chains as well. As my colleague Steve Banker pointed out yesterday, the global high-tech supply chain has been hit particularly hard.

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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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Embracing Adversity

BlueYonder

Claudia Behnke brings a story of perseverance and determination to today’s Wednesdays for Women blog. A contract specialist at Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software, Inc.), Claudia dives head first into adversity without fear of failure and doesn’t take “no” for an answer. Having lived in two different countries by the time she was 10, Claudia learned from a young age that the unknown doesn’t always have to be scary.

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Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS)! . Why have so few companies adopted a TMS (Transportation Management System) solution? There are tremendous benefits but there are obstacles, real or perceived, that get in the way. I believe that the benefits far outweigh the obstacles but the obstacles often do not have anything to do with the benefits.

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Embracing Adversity

BlueYonder

Claudia Behnke brings a story of perseverance and determination to today’s Wednesdays for Women blog. A contract specialist at Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software, Inc.), Claudia dives head first into adversity without fear of failure and doesn’t take “no” for an answer. Having lived in two different countries by the time she was 10, Claudia learned from a young age that the unknown doesn’t always have to be scary.

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Think Outside the Spreadsheet and Forecast Fearlessly

crisp

The demand forecast is the key driver of food supply chain operations from field to fork. Forecast accuracy impacts shareholder value, as well as the amount of food that is wasted on the complex journey to the kitchen table. While suppliers across the food supply chain are losing revenue due to inaccurate and time-consuming demand forecasting processes, many are reluctant to try new approaches, fearing the possibility of difficult or costly implementation.

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Procurement Goals – How Do These Match Up to Your List?

EC Sourcing Group

A surprising number of companies have similar goals for their procurement and supply chain. I often find that many procurement professionals are surprised to learn that their issues are not unique. There are unique aspects for each company but far more similarities in the issues and related goals. Here are the most common goals that have been shared with me: Eliminate manual intake and purchasing processes.

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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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Cons of traditional warehouse picking equipment

6 River Systems

Recent advancements in robotic technology have seen a marked drop in the use of traditional warehouse order picking equipment in order fulfillment operations. Instead of human associates traveling through product aisles to identify SKUs and retrieve them for sorting/packaging, robots are now getting involved in the picking process. Despite the benefits that automation and robotics bring to supply chain operations, some facilities still use traditional warehouse picking equipment.

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Coronavirus: A Lesson in Supply Chain Risk

Maine Pointe

Simon Knowles, CMO, Maine Pointe, and Neil Willings, Head of Supplier Risk, SGS, discuss what the Coronavirus outbreak can teach CEOs about the precarious nature of global supply chains.

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6 best practices to improve warehouse operations

6 River Systems

Businesses are constantly on the lookout for ways to improve productivity, increase revenues, reduce cost and deliver better products/services to customers. One way to achieve all this is by optimizing warehouse operations. There are many best practices that can help you improve warehouse operations. In this post, we’ll take a look at a few key best practices that can help improve warehouse efficiency. 1.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Feb. 13, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

Oil and Other Commodity Prices Falling on Virus Fears, Truck Maker Scania Claims Positioning Breakhrough, Wells Fargo on 2020 GDP Forecast, Warehouse and Delivery Jobs Keep Growiing

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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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How Will The Coronavirus Impact General Motors?

Resilinc

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A Practical Look at Bringing Innovative Digital and Virtual Twin Technology to Airports

DELMIA Quintiq

Virtual Twin technology is already an imperative for many industries and delivering value and return. Airports should evolve beyond Geographic Information System (GIS) from analytic to holistic decision making. As an early technology pioneer, Jerry implemented a GIS system in Orlando International Airport. The technology was just emerging on the scene and the value propositions were aspirational at best.

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Supply Chain News on After Tough Half Year Plus, FedEx Finally Heeds Calls to Merge Some Last Mile Ground and Express Deliveries

Supply Chain Digest

Express Driver Says often Saw Ground Deliveries when Dropping Off Express Packages at Same House

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Competing on Carrier Experience

Talking Logistics

In transportation and logistics service provider world, we often talk about rates and capacity. But competing on carrier and driver experience is starting to emerge as a differentiator in the industry. What does providing an enhanced carrier experience mean? How does technology help in this effort? What attributes or capabilities will separate the leaders from.

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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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Q4 load volumes drop to a 2-year low for mid-sized freight brokers

DAT Solutions

For small and mid-sized brokerages, quarterly load volumes were lower than they had been in more than two years, based on benchmark data from DAT Broker TMS. Spot market rates remained low, which was a mixed blessing, as it reduced revenues as well as costs. At least gross margins held up, at an average of 15.8% for the benchmark group.

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Kuebix Receives a Supply & Demand Chain Executive Green Supply Chain Award

Kuebix

We’re excited to announce that Kuebix, a Trimble Company has been selected by Supply & Demand Chain Executive as a recipient of an SDCE Green Supply Chain Award! The Green Supply Chain Award recognizes companies making green or sustainability a core part of their supply chain strategy, and are working to achieve measurable sustainability goals […].

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Why freight brokers should be concerned about AB5

DAT Solutions

California's new AB5 law governing contract work also affects freight brokerages who use outside agents — people who perform the same duties as a broker but work off site and are considered independent contractors. And California isn't the only state trying to reclassify contractors as employees. .

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Taking your warehouse inventory further with RFID

SCJunction

The modern competitive environment requires redesigning of functionality for warehouses to deliver the desired results and sustain their presence in their industry. In this context, a well-defined WMS plays a significant role in perfect performance.

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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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The Essential Guide to HighJump Elevate 2020

Veridian Solutions

It is almost time for Elevate, HighJump’s annual user conference. HighJump Elevate 2020 takes place March 2nd through the 5th, 2020 in Orlando, Florida at the Orlando World Center Marriott. Pricing is $1,299 per registrant. The conference brings together supply chain professionals providing network opportunities and for professionals to augment the jobs by taking in educational topics not only around both the capabilities HighJump provides with their suite of technologies, but also to learn from

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Access Control Systems: The Power to Secure what’s Yours

My Office Apps

Access Control Systems: The Power to Secure what’s Yours. A critical element in securing your business is controlling access to your business space. While cyber security tends to be top of mind for many businesses, controlling who enters – or has access to your business – is the first line of defense against intruders, thieves and even potential employee misconduct.

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What is e-Procurement? Your Procurement Guide

ProcurePort

Procuring supplies is one of the most vital functions in business. Finding the right suppliers and, of course, the right prices is of utmost importance to a firm’s success. e-Procurement is the way of the future – here’s what you need to know about it. What Is e-Procurement? e-Procurement is an essential development in digital […]. The post What is e-Procurement?

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How Finance, IT, and Commercial can work together for success

Proxima

It seems like we have been talking about The Cloud for an eternity. But what is it, and is it real or just the next buzz before we move on? According to Statistica, it is here to stay. The worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow to $236 billion in 2020, up from $182.4 billion in 2018; almost 30% in two years. If you are not in the Cloud yet, or your’e still wondering what Cloud is all about, in simple terms, it is an agile, flexible, and scalable solution for organizati

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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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Claritum to Open Warwickshire Office

Claritum

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (Feb 11, 2020) – Claritum, a provider of cloud-based spend management solutions, is delighted to announce that, in line with the growth strategy, the company will be opening an office at the Warwick Science Park. This will be a central base for international sales teams and an additional Research and Development base, where we can work in the proximity of Warwick Universities AI and Data Science departments.

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New Seamless Integration of Tailwind TMS and QuickBooks Desktop

Tailwind

Click here to book a Tailwind TMS Tour and learn how Tailwind with QuickBooks can work for your business. February 13, 2020 – Tailwind Transportation Software , the leading freight, trucking and transportation management software brand in the software-as-a-service market, is pleased to announce a new integration of QuickBooks Desktop available for Tailwind Enterprise TMS users.

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Claritum to Open Warwickshire Office

Claritum

Bath, UK (Feb 11, 2020) – Claritum, a provider of cloud-based spend management solutions, is delighted to announce that, in line with the growth strategy, the company will be opening an office at the Warwick Science Park. This will be a central base for international sales teams and an additional Research and Development base, where we can work in the proximity of Warwick Universities AI and Data Science departments.