Tue.Dec 20, 2016

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Supply Chain Planning with Microsoft Dynamics AX

ToolsGroup

Microsoft Dynamics AX is a powerful mid-market ERP platform with the capacity for medium-size companies to expand and transform their businesses. But growth poses supply chain planning (SCP) challenges. Expanding your business creates increasingly complex demand forecasting and you are challenged to service an e xtended product line and customer base.

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McDonald’s “Secret Sauce” for Supply Chain Success

Supply Chain 24/7

Is there a “secret sauce” for consistent supply chain success? McDonald’s, which is consistently ranked in the top echelon of supply chains by Gartner, thinks so, the fast food leader stays atop of the marketplace with a “system” where suppliers and McDonald’s “share the pie.

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2016 Supply Chain Industry Year In Review

NFI Industries

2016 was a memorable year in the supply chain. Factors like elections, ocean alliances, trade agreements, technologies, and demand have all affected the evolution of the logistics industry. NFI’s executive team shared insight into the top trends this past year. William Mahoney, Senior Vice President Warehousing Warehouse vacancies saw much improvement during the calendar year.

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Six Tips for Developing an Effective Center of Excellence

CHAINalytics

By Jonathan Whitaker | Principal, Managed Analytics Services | Chainalytics If your business is undergoing significant business change, has fluctuating levels of complexity or multiple independent supply chains, you know how hard it can be to achieve internal supply chain alignment across divisions. Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail, and electronics companies … The post Six Tips for Developing an Effective Center of Excellence appeared first

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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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These Are the Droids You’re Looking For: Star Wars Wisdom for Your Supply Chain

Aera Technology

Star Wars continues to deliver box office gold with its latest installment, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” surpassing $155 million over the weekend in North America. One of the most amazing things about the franchise is how well its portrayal of advanced technologies, first imagined in the 1970s, have stood the test of time. Take a look at R2-D2 which, unlike the robot taxi driver from Total Recall , is still believable.

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75 Toyota Tundras Rode Through Philly Hauling Food for Hungry

Material Handling & Logistics

Last week a convoy of 75 Toyota Tundras measuring more than five football fields in length drove through Philly, hauling pallets of food for the hungry. read more.

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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

Logistics Bureau

Despite the apparent complexities involved in supply chain management, achieving excellence really doesn’t have to be too difficult. Just review and build on our three fundamental pillars of great supply chain management. In this post, we explain what those pillars are, why they matter, and how to align them in a way that supports supply chain management excellence.

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Case Study: McDonald’s Secret Sauce for Supply Chain Success

Supply Chain 24/7

Together, McDonald’s, its owner/operators, and their suppliers have created a System to be reckoned with, a System that continues to set records after 50 years, and many have credited McDonald’s with transforming the food industry, but ask anyone at McDonald’s and they will tell you they could not do it alone.

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Merck Deploys AI For ‘Self-Driving’ Supply Chain

Aera Technology

German firm to use sensors, machine learning to automate operations for its drugs and health products.

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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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Process Automation and the Elimination of Errors

Enterra Insights

In most fields of endeavor, accuracy is a beneficial trait. The famous lawman Wyatt Earp once stated, “Fast is fine, … Continued. The post Process Automation and the Elimination of Errors appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Five Customer Rules for 3PLs To Follow

Tompkins Blog

The five rules for selecting and transitioning a new customer into your 3PL. The post Five Customer Rules for 3PLs To Follow appeared first on Tompkins International.

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How Does the Holiday Season Affect Small Package Shipping?

3PL Insights

How Does the Holiday Season Affect Small Package Shipping? For shipping businesses, the holiday season is, by far, the busiest time of year. But just how much of an affect does this busy time of year have on package shipping? Let’s take a closer look at how the holiday season affects key aspects of the shipping industry: Number of Packages Shipped.

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Lamps Plus goes live with CBX Cloud to optimise product development, sourcing, quality assurance and vendor collaboration

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

CBX Software, the Total Sourcing Management solutions provider, has announced that Lamps Plus, the largest lighting retailer in the US, successfully went live globally on CBX Cloud to manage product development, sourcing, quality assurance and vendor collaboration.

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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 Tips for Running a Successful e-Commerce Business

3PL Insights

Three Tips on How to run a successful e-commerce business. These days, e-commerce is all about offering the broadest range of merchandise and being able to deliver it as fast as possible. Certain online companies may seem to hold the monopoly on e-commerce, but small business entrepreneurs like you can be just as successful when you know how to run a successful e-commerce business.

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On Demand Webinar: The Three Biggest Mistakes Made by Trucking Companies and How to Avoid Them

Tailwind

The Three Biggest Mistakes Made by Trucking Companies and How to Avoid Them – NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND! Sign up for access to this webinar and learn about the three common mistakes made by trucking companies and how to steer around these ‘pot holes’ on your road to success! Access the Tailwind webinar here. The post On Demand Webinar: The Three Biggest Mistakes Made by Trucking Companies and How to Avoid Them appeared first on Tailwind Transportation Software.

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Myth Busting 5 Myths Regarding Industrial Facilities

GlobalTranz

Computers are costing jobs in industrial facilities… Desktop computers can’t be used in industrial settings. These are just two of the myths associated with industrial computing. In an age where computer use is crucial to the industrial sector, establishing fact from fiction will be pivotal when it comes to your industrial buying decisions… . Myth #1 - Industrial Computing is Costing Jobs.