Kinaxis

JULY 19, 2016

by Alexa Cheater It’s an old approach seeing a revival in the new digital age—putting the customers’ needs first. All across business, no matter the industry, size, or geographic location, the push is on to return to a more customer-centric business model. Thanks, in part, to the rise of the Internet of Things, customers are more informed than ever before, and they expect to be able to retrieve details about a person, business, or product in seconds.

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River Logic

JULY 19, 2016

This post is the second in a series on the Internet of Things (IoT), a topic we've never really focused on in past blog posts. While the first discussed the applications of IoT in supply chain management , this one will focus specifically on its applicability to healthcare. (As many of our readers know, we’re particularly interested in advanced analytics, IoT, Big Data and similar topics as they relate to expanding the healthcare industry and helping to tackle some of the many deeply ingrained p

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

Webinar: Mindmapping Real-Time Shipment Control. Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016 | 16:00 – 16:45 CET. Location: Anywhere. Organisers: ShipitSmarter and Supply Chain Media. Click here to register>> Managing shipments real-time with the aid of visibility is an important weapon to accurately deliver to demanding customers worldwide. At the same time, companies can get more grip on their pursuit of durability and efficient use of mostly outsourced transport.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 19, 2016

The Image of Trucking: How Can We Change It.Transportfolio. Editor’s note: This post originally ran on The Road , and we’re sharing it here, too, because this important topic impacts all of us. We value our carrier relationships and the important role drivers play in our industry. . Typically, as we reach this halfway point in the year, I like to discuss current, top-trending issues.

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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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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

Grandvision has grand plans. the world’s largest network of optical retail stores is far along the path from historically being supplier-led to having a strong demand driven supply chain. Rhiannon Davies, joined in 2012 to implement the new supply chain, bring about global compliance and leverage potential efficiencies to drive the strongest conditions and service to customers.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

Do you have a genuine interest in Sales and Operations Planning, combined with sound experience in the Supply Chain area and do you have a background in food, pharma or chemistry? Then Astellas has an interesting job opportunity for you! Senior Manager/Associate Director Demand & Supply. Fulltime, 40 hours, Leiden, The Netherlands. Your job as a Senior Manager/Associate Director Demand & Supply.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 19, 2016

In Cologne, Germany Plant, Workers Put Shock Absorbers in Place, and Robot Does the Rest

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Enterra Insights

JULY 19, 2016

The phrase “May you live in interesting times” is either an English blessing or a Chinese curse. You choose. Whether … Continued. The post Innovation in the Digital Age appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 19, 2016

Besides Long Waits, Drivers Treated as If They Are not Even There, DAT Survey Finds

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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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DAT Solutions

JULY 19, 2016

"Detention is killing us.". That pretty much sums up how carriers feel about driver detention, as related in a recent DAT survey of 257 carriers and 50 freight brokers. Of the carriers surveyed, 84% said detention is one of the top five problems affecting their business. By contrast, only 24% of the freight brokers agreed that detention was one of their top five problems.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 19, 2016

SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore and Doug Kimball OF jda discuss key insights from new study on supply chain digitization

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NFI Industries

JULY 19, 2016

Truck drivers spend extensive amounts of time on the road and safety is a number one priority during freight transportation. It is always important to keep up on safe driving practices and even seasoned drivers can use a refresher and reminder for the keys to safety and security. Safe Driving Tips Watch your blind spots. READ MORE.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 19, 2016

In the old days, each store knew best what inventory it needed to keep shelves stocked and customers satisfied. But with today’s product proliferation and demand complexity—including now often the need to operate as a satellite fulfillment center for orders rung up online—it’s more difficult for individual retail sites to create accurate forecasts and optimize their inventory and replenishment process.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 19, 2016

ECommerce is growing at an astonishing rate. In fact, the number of online sales rose 16.3-percent annually, reports Jeffrey B. Graves of Inbound Logistics , accounting for nearly one-half of $1 trillion by 2010. Meanwhile, the number of warehouses has not yet grown enough to accommodate the surge in order fulfillment and processing. As a result, today’s shippers need to work more efficiently and productively to stay competitive and provide customers with viable solutions.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2016

“Everybody we deal with has a different set of requirements, and if we’re going to be a successful partner with them, we’ve got to be able to meet their requirements.”. That’s how Rick Gemereth, CIO at Lionel Racing , set the stage for describing his company’s omni-channel strategy and journey in a video interview I conducted with him a few weeks ago at the Descartes’ Evolution 2016 conference (Descartes is a Talking Logistics sponsor).

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Tailwind

JULY 19, 2016

“Look… I just found a Load over by the hockey arena!”. And with those words Harold Wicks kicked his 2023 Peterbuilt into gear and drove quickly to pick up his load ahead of the four other big rigs trying to catch up with him. “That’s the third load I found this week!’ said Wicks with great enthusiasm. It wasn’t a real load though – it was something quite new to the world of trucking.

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Lucas

JULY 19, 2016

It’s common for DC employees to compete to see who can pick the fastest. Eby-Brown took that idea of friendly competition a step further and organized voice picking races at their annual family picnic. The idea of turning work into fun and games – so-called “gamification” – is one of the leading trends in software design, too.

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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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AFFLINK

JULY 19, 2016

Your indirect supply chain is a treasure trove of hidden extraneous spend. A frequent challenge with cutting the fat is figuring out where it is. Many manufacturers fail to assess their indirect supply chains because often, the well-intentioned effort to optimize the process gets redirected by the culprit that is reviewed every day, thus is easier to identify, and much easier to “fix”… the direct supply chain.

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Techgistics

JULY 19, 2016

A recent McKinsey and Co. report entitled “ Where machines could replace humans and where they can’t (yet) ” looked across industry sectors to determine which jobs could be replaced by machines based on currently demonstrated technologies: Almost one-fifth of the time spent in US workplaces involves performing physical activities or operating machinery in a predictable environment: workers carry out specific actions in well-known settings where changes are relatively easy to anticipate.

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