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5 Ways to Make Your Manufacturing Plant More Sustainable in the Age of COVID-19

DELMIA Quintiq

While most people are homebound during the COVID-19 situation, many are still on the frontlines. Essential workers don’t just include hospital staff. This classification extends to the manufacturing facilities and personnel keeping us fed and supplied. These individuals are ultimately helping to turn the tide in the global pandemic. Doing more with less is more critical in manufacturing than ever.

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The Bullwhip Effect and How to Prevent It

SupplyPike

Learn about: What the “bullwhip effect” is How it affects your supply chain How to prevent it. What will happen if a person who is holding a long whip gives it a little jolt at the handgrip? A motion will be initiated in the area near the handgrip. This motion will keep on increasing as we go towards the other end of the whip, with it being minimal at the handgrip.

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Digital Transformation in the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Digitalization is accelerating the pace of business and transforming global supply chains. In a freewheeling discussion at the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, I spoke with Richard Howells, Vice President Marketing Digital Supply Chain at SAP about the trends, customer expectations, the challenges, and imperatives of digital transformation in the supply chain.

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Final Mile Differentiation: M&As to Increase Demand for Better Last Mile Service

GlobalTranz

Organizations across the globe continue to rethink their supply chain strategies, and as a result, more mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the way in which supply chains handle final mile logistics. For some, an acquisition offers the opportunity to enter the final mile space and deliver more e-commerce packages, but others may experience losses in.read More.

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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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Uncertain Times Call for Strong Leaders: A Q&A with Dawn Tiura

ivalua

This article was originally posted on the SIG blog. If you’re interested in reading more on leadership in sourcing, the future of work or just want to learn more about SIG, feel free to subscribe at sig.org/subscribe. Business today isn’t business as usual, as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts organizations and supply chains across the globe. And in uncertain times such as these, leaders in every industry and business function must step up.

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Recession-Proof Businesses and Products: Staying Afloat During Economic Downturn

ShipBob

Recessions bring hard times. It’s painful to think back to the last recession and financial crisis, which wasn’t that long ago, with all of the damage it caused. Now, we’re on the verge of another recession. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a worldwide economic downturn practically overnight, causing small businesses and established companies to be at risk of shutting down, even permanently.

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Additional FedEx Surcharges Announced for APAC

Intelligent Audit

As the COVID-19 pandemic developed, global shipping has seen disruptions across the board. As a result, many carriers have instituted additional surcharges and overall changes in order to cope. Back in early April, FedEx announced additional surcharges to a variety of services due to COVID-19. Starting at the end of May, they will increase some of those surcharges.

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Strategic Pricing for Fashion Retailers in Times of Uncertainty

BlueYonder

As fashion retailers are reopening around the globe and getting back to business, the need for more strategic pricing capabilities to improve the bottom line is becoming a clear need versus a want. After dealing with several months of uncertainty, the importance of technology to alleviate the disruptive effects on the supply chain and adapt to changing customer buying patterns has never been clearer.

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Machine Vision system (the eye of the machine)

Prophetic Technology

How does Machine Vision work? Software and hardware combined work to make MV systems possible. The purpose of all its capabilities is to grant machines the power of vision aiming to imitate human sight. But devices need to go through the process of acquiring, analysing and understanding images.

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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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Gartner announces rankings of the 2020 Supply Chain Top 25

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Gartner, Inc. has released the results from its annual Supply Chain Top 25, identifying supply chain leaders and highlighting their best practices.

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Sustainable Packaging! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Reduction Strategy. Article and permission to publish here provided by Andrea Martin. Sustainable packaging is the type of packaging that reduces its environmental footprint over time. In simple words, sustainable packaging is entirely for the businesses to reflect these values for the sake of the environment as well as for their brand.

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Cerner teams with Hospital IQ to expand predictive analytics for reopening

Resilinc

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ToolsGroup Launches AI-Powered Promotions Planning

ToolsGroup

Promo Planning software reduces risk and helps improve performance of CPG and retail promotions BOSTON (May 21, 2020) ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, today announced the launch of its promotion planning software, Promo Planning, which simplifies and streamlines promotion optimization for retail and consumer products (CPG) companies.

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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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Adaptation is Critical (Takeaways from Manhattan Momentum Connect 2020)

Talking Logistics

“Adaptation is critical,” said Eddie Capel, Manhattan Associates’ CEO, in his opening comments yesterday at Manhattan Momentum Connect 2020. He was referring to companies and their supply chains, especially in light of the challenges and disruptions caused by COVID-19. But Manhattan Associates, like others in the industry, has also had to adapt to current realities, Read more Adaptation is Critical (Takeaways from Manhattan Momentum Connect 2020).

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Should I start selling B2B using Amazon Business?

TradeGecko

If you’ve ever tried buying anything online- be it homeware, hardware, kitchenware or any other type of “ware” chances are your search results included items listed on online retail giant Amazon.

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The Supply Chain Line and the Virus for May 22, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

All the News Across Public Health, the Economy and the Supply Chain

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9 Xero tips & tricks to get the most out of your account

TradeGecko

Xero is a global leader in cloud-based accounting solutions. With over a million subscribers using their platform, Xero is the accounting software of choice for many small and medium sized businesses globally.

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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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Fit For Purpose Technology – Delivering Value and Driving High Adoption in a S2C Implementation

ivalua

The post Fit For Purpose Technology – Delivering Value and Driving High Adoption in a S2C Implementation appeared first on Ivalua.

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Quickbooks best practices: 9 hacks to get it right

TradeGecko

With 35 years of experience to its name QuickBooks is still dominating the game when it comes to providing accounting solutions to small and medium sized businesses across the globe.

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Turning Your Supply Chain Into a Competitive Advantage

ivalua

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How COVID-19 Is Impacting Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Supply Chain Brain

Out of the coronavirus pandemic will emerge a new digital society status quo — one that will accelerate major technological advances that are already underway.

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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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Removing Barriers To Small Business Participation In Government Markets

ivalua

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Print on Demand: An Earth-Friendly Printing Strategy

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Decades ago, futurists predicted that widespread use of computers would usher in a paperless society. They were wrong. In this digital age, businesses still use some 21 million tons of paper each year, and 50 percent of all business waste is paper.

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Pioneering An Innovative Approach to Forecast and Planned Procurement

ivalua

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Veoneer Focuses on Growing their Business with QAD

QAD

Today’s cars are undergoing changes as dramatic as anything in their century-plus history. Electrification is coming, hand-in-hand with autonomous driving capabilities. Automakers are developing some of these capabilities themselves but others, especially in the self-driving realm, are being pushed by companies like Veoneer. Spun off from auto parts giant Autoliv in 2018, Veoneer is a leader in both passive and active safety technology.

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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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Rolls-Royce Deploys New Procurement Strategies to Foster Growth

ivalua

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Veoneer Focuses on Growing their Business with QAD

QAD

Today’s cars are undergoing changes as dramatic as anything in their century-plus history. Electrification is coming, hand-in-hand with autonomous driving capabilities. Automakers are developing some of these capabilities themselves but others, especially in the self-driving realm, are being pushed by companies like Veoneer. Spun off from auto parts giant Autoliv in 2018, Veoneer is a leader in both passive and active safety technology.

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Procurement 4.0 – What Are The Basics To Make It Happen?

ivalua

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