Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

City planners around the world are wrestling with how to untangle traffic snarls in inner cities. Their goal is to make cities cleaner and more livable. The picture often painted of the smart city of the future is one featuring clean air and uncrowded streets — thanks to convenient mass transit and an increased number of pedestrian malls. For example, urban planners in Charlotte, NC, have “designated a 60-acre, 50-square block area as a place for modern, urban redesign, dubbed the North Tr

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

E-commerce growth has become part of the record books. According to Eric Rice of Supply Chain 24/7, e-commerce growth in 2017 grew faster than it has since 2011. E-commerce grew 49 percent, moving from 10 percent of total retail sales to 13 percent. Unfortunately, e-commerce shipping practices, although different from traditional retail shipping, still fall short.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

“Disruptive technology doesn’t sneak up on anybody; it’s nearly always loudly heralded long before its victims fall prey to it.”. That is one of the observations that Thornton A. May, a futurist and author of The New Know: Innovation Powered by Analytics , makes after researching why market leaders sometimes fall prey to disruptive technology. Similarly, Steve Faktor, author of Econovation and CEO of IdeaFaktory, writes in Forbes: “Sadly, just as many [corporate failures are] suicides, caused by

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TradeGecko

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Willing to think outside the litter box? If so you’ll discover what’s known as the subscription economy- a beautiful place where products and services never before imagined as being prime subscription candidates are providing high-growth eCommerce brands with predictable recurring revenue.

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Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Supply Chain Digital Transformation offers a wealth of new strategic, financial, and time saving opportunities. Transportation management systems, blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), automation, autonomous vehicles, 3D printing, and wearables are just some of the exciting new tools that companies can build upon. However, new tech means new challenges.

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Supply Chain Digital Transformation offers a wealth of new strategic, financial, and time saving opportunities. Transportation management systems, blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), automation, autonomous vehicles, 3D printing, and wearables are just some of the exciting new tools that companies can build upon. However, new tech means new challenges.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Online retail is accounting for an ever-larger part of total retail sales. Consumers armed with smartphones now expect increased choice, convenience, and price savings by buying online. If enterprises are to provide such advantages, their logistics must be organised to match. ‘Born digital’ companies like Amazon and Alibaba started with a green field.

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RELEX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Earlier in September, RELEX organized its annual Grocery Forum in Stockholm, Sweden. The event gathered senior representatives from 15 of the biggest grocery retailers across Europe, many of them leaders in their own markets, with a combined revenue amounting to over €190bn. The two-day gathering sparked dynamic discussions around unified retail planning, breaking out of existing silos to optimize operations end-to-end, and the technologies needed to support them.

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Insights Solutions Global

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

How do you review RFI responses received from potential suppliers? What factors do you take into account to make sure that you land on the ideal supplier? Here are some guidelines that would definitely help.

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Robots are a cornerstone of a smart factory, automating a wide range of manufacturing tasks that are monotonous, physically straining, or even hazardous. However, real-world robotics deployments have not lived up to the revolutionary potential the industrial sector had originally envisioned. Robot implementations are typically confined to specific applications, carry high costs, and are time-consuming.

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RELEX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Why Category Management Should Always Start with Behavioral Clustering. Resources » Whitepapers. Author: Peter Davison, RELEX Solutions, Solutions Consultant. Clustering is a method companies use to reap the benefits of a centralized approach to retail planning while responding to variations in consumer behavior. Clusters of stores or categories/departments within stores are identified to enable retail units with similar behaviors to be managed together.

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3rdwave

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

International transportation has many traps that add to the total cost of an imported product.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

A freight audit is the process of examining, adjusting and verifying freight bills for accuracy. While auditing your invoices for accessorial charges and supplier penalties is just a portion of the entire auditing process, it is an important step to take when looking to lower your transportation spend. There are often repeat offenses that you […].

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Insights Solutions Global

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

How do you review RFI responses received from potential suppliers? What factors do you take into account to make sure that you land on the ideal supplier? Here are some guidelines that would definitely help. The post Project Management | How to Review RFI Responses appeared first on Insight Solutions Global.

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Learn how centralizing slow-moving SKUs can help reduce fulfillment costs by $300M+ while boosting fulfillment efficiency.

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Exapro Hub

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

B2B companies (business to business) such as manufacturing and industrial companies tend to think that the Web is only for B2C companies (business to consumer) that sell online. Few of them see a real opportunity to include […]. The post Why is the web essential for sellers and buyers of used machinery? appeared first on Exapro Hub.

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Supply Chain Digest

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Mixing of the New Fuels from Different Refiners will be Especially High Risk

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

A majority of consumers in new survey said they’re concerned about their online and in-store shopping history, such as transaction history and online searches, being used to provide better, more personalized service. As retailers across the globe struggle with demands for both personalization and convenience, balanced with consumer skepticism on data privacy, JDA Software, Inc., and Centiro explored consumer trends in key markets in its 2018 Global Consumer Survey, released on Sept. 12.

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