Tue.Sep 28, 2021

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The Counter to Constant Supply Chain Volatility Is Pervasive Visibility and Industry Collaboration

Logistics Viewpoints

For more than a year, global supply chains have been buffeted by one major disruption after another. The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. The impact? Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , r

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Logility Partners with Visus to Further Enhance Digital Offerings

Logility

Customers to benefit from web and mobile technology to help drive value. ATLANTA – September 28, 2021 – Logility, Inc., a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, has partnered with Visus LLC to support analytics customers and their digital transformation journeys. The partnership leverages digital solutions using web and mobile technology to help drive value.

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Customer Experience and Technology

Enterra Insights

The pandemic has increased the importance of customer service and customer experience. In a previous article, I wrote, “As we struggle to find a way out of the pandemic, companies can help by ensuring their customer experience efforts include the human touch.”[1] In that article, I quoted Valerie Nechay, a Marketing Technology and customer experience (CX) observer at Iflexion, who believes companies with the right perspective about customer experience will be the winners in the post-

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How Shippers Can Combat the Effects of the Trucking Shortage

C3 Solutions

Over the last decade, the trucking industry has seen an unprecedented shortage in the availability of truck drivers throughout the industry. Logistics technology and innovative tools have made a difference in how shippers deal with disruptions and deviations. The driver shortage has a tremendous impact on the national economy as more than half of all freight shipped in the U.S. travels over the highways.

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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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Last Mile Innovation with Emma Cosgrove

The Logistics of Logistics

Last Mile Innovation with Emma Cosgrove . Emma Cosgrove and Joe Lynch discuss last mile innovation. Emma is a Senior Reporter on the transportation desk at Business Insider , a global news and lifestyle publication with hundreds of journalists in London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Singapore and beyond. About Emma Cosgrove. Emma Cosgrove is a Senior Reporter on Business Insider ‘s transportation team.

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Enchange Supply Chain House - Supply Chain Evaluation

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

The Enchange Supply Chain House ; the one-stop shop for the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence.

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Watch: No Relief This Year for the Global Supply Crisis

Supply Chain Brain

Patrick Penfield, a professor of practice in supply chain management and director of executive education at the Syracuse University Whitman School of Management, offers a view into supply chain congestion, delays and pricing for the remainder of this year.

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Say It Ain’t So — Now There’s a Coffee Supply Chain Shortage?

BlueYonder

This blog was written by Bryant Miller, Corporate Communications, with insights from Jim Hull, Senior Industries Strategy Director at Blue Yonder. I could handle the toilet paper shortage — I wanted a bidet anyway. No chicken wings? Bring on the thighs. Eighteen months to wait for a new sofa? Eh, my old one is just fine. But you’ll have to pry the coffee from my cold dead hands before I accept any substitutes for my precious life juice.

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How to effectively control your transport costs.

ModusLink Corporation

Introduction. It is no secret that transport costs have been rising across all different modalities. Carriers must enforce measures such as peak surcharges, and records are being broken in terms of transport costs throughput. Inflation puts immense pressure on many businesses and forces them to reevaluate their current transport operations. The reasoning for the increase in costs is multivariate and can be accounted to phenomena such as the increase in fuel prices, the increase in demand for tra

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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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How Data-Driven Quality in the Supply Chain Can Improve Your Bottomline

Supply Chain Brain

Amid ongoing market uncertainty, organizations must develop a new quality management strategy based on data and collaboration.

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Guest blog: With the Truck Driver Shortage, How Many More Drivers will be Enough?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

A note from Steve Raetz, C.H. Robinson Director of Research and Market Intelligence: The truck driver shortage is top of mind for many as supply chain disruptions continue, port backlogs persist, and the gap between inventory supply and sales demand widens. This begs the question: Even if the industry gets more truck drivers, just how much is enough to relieve the strain on trucking capacity?

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Four Ways Mobile Apps Are Advancing Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

Supply chain digitization can’t be fully realized without a mobile component.

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The Right KPIs to Use

Logistics Bureau

We are happy to suggest specific Supply Chain and Logistics key performance indicators (KPIs), but it’s helpful to show you how to pick your own KPIs. Think carefully about the outcome or ‘objective’ you are trying to achieve. Then consider the functions, activities and tasks that support that outcome. Those might be the best things to measure.

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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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Three uncomfortable truths about post-pandemic supply chains - and how to adapt

Supply Chain 24/7

COVID-19 hasn't just disrupted supply chains, it has exposed some long-term weaknesses. But companies can fight back by becoming more digitized, flexible and local.

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What Are Strategic Suppliers?

EC Sourcing Group

What Are Strategic Suppliers? In the world of procurement management , one thing that’s a given is working with suppliers. One of the most important sourcing and procurement techniques is working with strategic suppliers and ensuring that you have a good relationship and understanding with this supplier base because this has a lot to do with the importance of quality in supply chain management.

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Collaboration is key to combatting cyber risk

Proxima

2021 has seen several high profile corporate cyber-attacks on businesses. Whilst these are a relatively new threat to businesses around the globe, these major attacks can represent value destruction for a company with the ripple effect being felt across the supply chain. Whether it’s a pause in business activity or a negative impact on reputation, the repercussions can be felt for months to come.

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Nearly two-thirds of businesses are neglecting supplier communications

HICX Solutions

Almost two-thirds (64%) of enterprises don’t have strong communication channels in place with suppliers, according to a new survey by HICX. This comes at a time when supplier relationships should be more important than ever. The Supplier Experience Survey provides insights from a hundred of the most senior procurement professionals from global billion-dollar organisations, including more than 30 respondents from enterprises with an annual turnover of more than $10 billion.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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Strategic Transportation Spend Management: How FAP + Historical Data = Actionable Insights

Intelligent Audit

With an abundance of data available and innovative methods at the manager’s fingertips to analyze and apply said data, it is easier than ever to collect, analyze, and utilize it. Shippers regularly spend up to 10 percent of gross expenses on transportation spend management and related shipping expenses. Aside from labor costs and freight payments , transportation and logistics management—including paying carriers and sending freight—can eat up budgets and add to fees.

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Delivering efficiency and performance with digital procurement software

Eyvo

by Bhargavi Nake. Managing procurement processes and supply chains can be strenuous for many organizations. But, this could be because of too much organizational complexity or little or no spend transparency. All of this usually results from siloed data and manual processes. Resilient supply chains and efficient eProcurement software are what make the recent trends in procurement complete.

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Aukus Reveals What’s Wrong with Global Supply Chains

Demand Driven Technologies

What is the relationship between submarines and the global supply chain? Don’t worry, it doesn’t have to do with underwater container ships, and Elon Musk hasn’t floated the idea of a silk road via an underwater Hyperloop. Well, not yet, I guess. But what is it about? We have recently seen in the press the. Read more. Source.

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Five Must-Have Tech Capabilities For Final-Mile Exception Management

MercuryGate

Of all the phases involved in a supply chain network and the number of steps it takes to move a package from Point A to Point B, the final-mile delivery process is one of the most critical. Disruptions within the final leg of delivery are often the most frustrating for customers and among the most […]. The post Five Must-Have Tech Capabilities For Final-Mile Exception Management 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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Supply Chain News on VDC on Using Tablets on Fork Trucks vs Tradition RF Terminals

Supply Chain Digest

Ruggedize Tablets Seem Cheaper to Start, but there are Other Factors

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FMCG Essentials to Improve Distributor Sales & RtM Execution

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Our step-by-step approach to drive and develop FMCG distributor performance is an eight-module programme that we call the Distributor Partner (DP) Development Programme.

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VIDEO: Can low-cost fulfillment automation deliver a solid ROI?

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Every fulfillment company wants to reduce costs. One of the most talked about ways to accomplish this is with fulfillment automation in the warehouse. While this may sound good, many companies are wary of the hefty price tag that accompanies many types of automation.

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Teamwork at Tecsys and a Culture of Community Service

Tecsys

It’s been nearly two years since we’ve gathered at the Tecsys offices, but the camaraderie… The post Teamwork at Tecsys and a Culture of Community Service appeared first on Tecsys.

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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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Surviving to thriving: The digital transformation of SMBs

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

As a result of the pandemic, SMBs are investing increasingly more time and money in their digital transformation efforts. While some implemented digital capabilities for the first time as a matter of survival, others accelerated their journey to cloud adoption in order to remain nimble in light of ongoing disruption.

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Honeywell Introduces New Robotic Technology to Help Warehouses Boost Productivity and Reduce Injuries

Supply Chain Brain

Honeywell International Inc., a manufacturing and technology company, announced its latest innovation in robotic technology designed to help warehouses and distribution centers automate the manual process of unloading pallets, reducing the operational risks of potential injuries and labor shortages.

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Gartner research reveals growth for smart robots in retail

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

A recent Gartner report details that ‘Retailers are scaling up smart robots to support flexibility and labour optimisation in physical stores for unified commerce execution’.