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How Does Industrial Espionage Affect Global Supply Chains

All Things Supply Chain

Industrial espionage is not a new concept.

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The Power of Workplace Appreciation!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Boost Employee Engagement in Supply Chain! GET our EBOOK HERE. Workplace appreciation article and permission to publish here provided by Grant Kamperschroer. Let us conduct a survey: how happy would you say your employees are? Do they like their work? Do you believe they feel recognized and appreciated for their work?

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Strategic Procurement: 4 Tactics for Economic Recovery in 2021

ivalua

In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt. Procurement’s value became evident, as did the importance of the supplier relationships they had built.

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Black Friday: Keeping up with record eCommerce demand

IT Supply Chain

By Oliver Guy (pictured). Senior Director of Industry Solutions, Software AG. The post Black Friday: Keeping up with record eCommerce demand appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Paris 2021 – EN – David L Loseby

ivalua

David L Loseby CPO, ADVISOR, AUTHOR & SPEAKER. – Professional Qualifications; MCIOB (Chartered), FCMI, FAPM, FCIPS Chartered, MIoD, FRSA. – CIPS Global Board of Trustees (elect 1st November 2018). – Co-Editor/Author for UMIST MSc Pharmaceutical Engineering. – Currently studying for a PhD at University of East Anglia (UK) in Behavioural Science. – Author – Soft skills for hard business, Cambridge Academic Press. – Studied @ Michigan Business School – MEP.

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Protecting the Global Supply Chain With Borderless Data

Supply Chain Brain

This approach to security will protect data inside and outside an organization’s central systems, both on the move and at rest.

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Brand Innovation Drives Consumer Engagement

IT Supply Chain

By Lee Metters (pictured). Group Business Development Director at Domino. The post Brand Innovation Drives Consumer Engagement appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Hope for the high-street: over 60% of online shoppers will return

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Recent research conducted by YouGov on behalf of Manhattan Associates (supply chain and omnichannel commerce experts), shows that the fate of the Great British high street is not as bleak as some might have thought.

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Big benefits from small parts picking in pallet racking

IT Supply Chain

By Edward Hutchison (pictured). Managing Director of BITO Storage Systems. The post Big benefits from small parts picking in pallet racking appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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From Heartbreak To This

Talking Logistics

Sometime in the future — I don’t know how far, maybe 10 years, 20 years, 30 years from now — there will be something great in the world, something that will bring great benefits to humanity, and we’ll look back and say, “If it wasn’t for the COVID-19 pandemic and everything the world went through. Read more From Heartbreak To This. The post From Heartbreak To This appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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How the internet will cope with Black Friday

IT Supply Chain

By Tom Homer (pictured). SVP Europe at GTT. The post How the internet will cope with Black Friday appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Getting Personal without Getting Creepy while Marketing

Enterra Insights

In many ways, consumers have been captive audiences during the coronavirus lockdowns. As PwC analysts Derek Baker and Matt Egol ( @mattegol ) observe, “COVID-19 has forced us to reinvent how we mark special occasions, in ways that are hyperlocal — many so local that they don’t even extend past our front door. These trends are likely to persist well beyond the reopening of the economy, as safety concerns linger, companies take a fresh look at their workforce strategy and allow employees to

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Truckload Freight Procurement: 5 Ways to Build Meaningful Density in Your Carrier Network

MercuryGate

There was a time when the capacity crunch dominated the headlines in 2018. Then, in […]. The post Truckload Freight Procurement: 5 Ways to Build Meaningful Density in Your Carrier Network appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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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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How Will U.S. Trade Policy Change Under the Biden Administration?

Supply Chain Brain

Expect to see some major changes in the United States’ relations with its trading partners in 2021, especially China.

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Strengthen Your Purchase Order Requisition Process

ProcurePort

“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” This phase is both literal and metaphorical. In reality, if one link breaks in the chain; it’s no longer doing its job and fails the system. The same applies metaphorically to businesses, relationships, friendships, teams of all sorts, and the purchase order requisition process. That’s […]. The post Strengthen Your Purchase Order Requisition Process appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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IATA Launches New Exchange for Offsets Trading

Supply Chain Brain

The International Air Transport Association has recently launched the Aviation Carbon Exchange (ACE), a new tool to help airlines meet their climate commitments. ACE is the first centralized, real-time marketplace that is integrated with the IATA Clearing House for the settlement of funds on trades in carbon offsets.

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Does your B2B/EDI team need to embrace API integration?

Axway

Many predicted that EDI and the integrations used to move these document exchanges between businesses would be dead by now. So why is it that they are still thriving?

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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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Swissterminal Announces New Barge Service to Rotterdam and Antwerp

Supply Chain Brain

Swissterminal AG, a Switzerland-based integrated logistics provider, and DP World have announced the introduction of a regular barge service from Basel-Kleinhüningen and Basel-Birsfelden to various deepsea terminals at the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.

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Does your B2B/EDI team need to embrace API integration?

Axway

Many predicted that EDI and the integrations used to move these document exchanges between businesses would be dead by now. So why is it that they are still thriving?

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PCS Software acquires transportation management system, UltraShipTMS

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

PCS Software (PCS), the transportation management platform provider for the inland trucking industry, has acquired UltraShipTMS.

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Steps to deploy API Manager image to AWS Fargate

Axway

This guide reports the steps to build an API Manager image in a Docker environment , as well as how to deploy it to AWS Fargate. Assumptions.

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

How can businesses gain a competitive edge in an era marked by relentless competition and economic fluctuations? The secret is mastering strategic cost management strategies. This GEP bulletin, "Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability," breaks this down into clear, actionable steps. Discover how these strategies can boost your enterprise's financial health, helping not only to keep up but to excel in today's market.

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Covid-19 Impacts to Infrastructure: What Needs To Be Done

American Global Logistics

Our roads, bridges, and ports are crumbling. And Covid-19 has accelerated our nation’s deteriorating infrastructure. During the Great Depression, the U.S. government spent 4.2% of GDP on infrastructure. Today, the government only spends 2.5% of GDP on infrastructure. That’s a huge disparity. As an industry insider, you know, infrastructure is indispensable to logistics.

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Warehouse and DC News – November 2020

Lucas

Walmart Establishes Multi-Channel Fulfillment Centers to Prepare for the Holidays A cornerstone of Walmart’s ecommerce strategy has been to create ecom fulfillment facilities separate from its traditional regional DCs that serve it’s 11,500 stores. It. Keep Reading. The post Warehouse and DC News – November 2020 appeared first on Work Execution Software Solutions.

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21 logistics experts share the most important ingredients in developing an effective logistics strategy

6 River Systems

There are several elements in an effective logistics strategy, with the ultimate goal of identifying the most cost-effective service levels and developing plans and processes that enable the company to operate as close to those optimal service levels as possible. Logistics is one component of the overall supply chain and is impacted by supply chain changes.

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A breath away from Brexit: What every shipper needs to know

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Regardless of whether a deal is going to be sealed with the European Union, one thing is certain: January 1, 2021 will prominently shift the waters for businesses that trade overseas, once the United Kingdom leaves the European Union’s Single Market and Customs Union. At C.H. Robinson, we stay close to our customers as we continue to prepare them for the new reality post-Brexit.

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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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Insight of Product Information Management by markets and verticals

Vinculum

Every business requires data storage to keep a track. In the early 90s, ERP was in common practice but with time it became laborious to store all the product information like taxonomies, attributes, and digital assets. Simultaneously the market was opting for the multi-channel way during which PIM came into existence providing centralized repositories and allowing them to receive enriched product information faster.