Fri.Jun 22, 2018

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Supply Chain?s Future

APICS

The future of business and the overhaul of supply chain management currently is limited by legacy technologies, but soon will be transformed by digital technology.

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3 Ways a TMS Platform Offsets Inflated Shipping Costs

Supply Chain Collaborator

“Companies Spent a Record $1.5 TRILLION on Shipping Costs in 2017” blares the headline from the Wall Street Journal Logistics Report article. Up a whopping 6.2% from the year before, shippers have been absorbing the costs of rising interest rates and labor costs, higher fuel costs, and soon, high tariffs on imported goods. The pace of cost increases is unsustainable.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 18-22, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Earlier this month, I retired my old headshot photo and starting using a new one. Today, I’m temporarily replacing it with this drawing of me that my daughter — the one heading to college this fall — drew way back when she was 2 years old. Remarkably, although 16 years have gone by, I look exactly the same. Shifting gears, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: CVS Adds Home Delivery With Help From Post Office (WSJ – sub. req’d).

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How to Conduct a ?Health Check? on Your Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Global supply chains are subject to countless varieties of risk, in the form of geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty, ever-changing regulations and a host of other issues related to globalization. So it’s useful to have a means of determining just how healthy this amalgamation of relationships is, particularly as it relates to one’s supplier base.

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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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The Enterprise Journey to Blockchain (Part 3)

The Network Effect

In the Enterprise Journey to Blockchain Part 1 we looked at the differences between the world of traditional business technology. The post The Enterprise Journey to Blockchain (Part 3) appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Trade War? Keep an Eye on Transport Stocks, Says Broughton

DAT Solutions

Will today's tariffs lead to a full-blown trade war? Not so fast, says Donald Broughton, managing partner at Broughton Capital, in an interview on CNBC this morning. Broughton, a longtime financial analyst who focuses on the transportation sector, considers those transport stocks to be the most accurate bellwether of economic change. While semiconductors and auto manufacturing will be affected by tariffs, the earliest clues to a changing trade environment can be found in freight flows.

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Manufacturing and Technology in the Age of Personalization

Rootstock

According to Gartner , manufacturers are under increasing pressure from all sides: from executives who want market differentiation and a higher return on investment; from customers who have high expectations and more power than ever before; and from new technologies with increasingly complex requirements.

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Many Companies on the Yellow Brick Road to the Digital Supply Chain remain in Munchkin Country

Enterra Insights

In the movie the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her companions are told the answers they seek are found in the Emerald City. To get there, all they need to do is follow the yellow brick road. The road begins in the land of the Munchkins then heads out into forests and fields before ending at the doors of the Emerald City. Many companies seem to think there is a yellow brick road that will lead them through transformation processes directly to a digital supply chain.

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What?s The Big Deal? Why Shipping Heavy Items Is ?Weigh? Harder Than It Seems

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

If you’ve ever lived with teenagers, the expression “Bigger children, bigger problems” requires no explanation. It essentially means that even though looking after small kids may seem work-intensive, it’s often kids’ bigger and older years that are the most complex. Do a little wordsmithing and you could also be describing how things work in eCommerce, because as items increase in size, so do their fulfillment challenges.

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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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Feeling blue? Its time to heat up your Cold Chain Solutions with MAVES

MAVES

Over 40 years ago, our first client was a Private Refrigerated Warehouse (PRW). So we understand your daily challenges can include: locating your client’s products in the variable temperature controlled environment, management of of code dated products, provision of flawlessly detailed product activity records and retention and availability of any data supporting the movement of the goods through your company’s position in the Cold Chain.

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Trade War Cheat Sheet

Freight Plus

Listen to our podcast Consulting Logistics presented by Aborn & Co. Want to learn more about Shipper of Choice? Contact a trusted advisor at Aborn & Co. today to schedule a complimentary consultation.

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Preventative Maintenance Helps with Budgets and Peace of Mind

Synovos

Just picture a data center, as this piece from ReliabilityWeb.com points out. Various equipment is running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. While lots of trouble-shooting is done when new equipment is in start-up and commissioning mode, is anyone looking at warranties? Is anyone planning maintenance needs for the next 12 months? Having a preventative maintenance program in place helps in several ways: It reduces down time, protects the safety of data and people, and helps managers accurately for

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Trade War Cheat Sheet

Freight Plus

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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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Online Retailers Can Be Forced to Collect Tax, High Court Rules

Material Handling & Logistics

“Retailers have been waiting for this day for more than two decades,” said Matthew Shay, CEO of the National Retail Federation. “This ruling clears the way for a fair and level playing field where all retailers compete under the same sales tax rules whether they sell merchandise online, in-store or both.”. The U.S. Supreme Court freed states and local governments to start collecting billions of dollars in new sales taxes from online retailers, overturning a ruling that had made much of the inter