Mon.Dec 02, 2019

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Retail Shipping Perfection is a Costly Reality

Zipline Logistics

One of the most consistent ways to find savings in transportation is through flexibility. But in the world of retail transportation, very few shippers have the ability to be flexible with their deliveries. Being perfect isn’t possible 100% of the time. However, as the retail industry evolves and changes to meet the demands for the modern consumer, that is exactly what retailers look for from their suppliers.

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AI Will Empower Leaders, Not Replace Them

ThroughPut

AI Will Empower Leaders, Not Replace Them. By Brad Anderson. Originally Published December 2, 2019 in rewrite.com. We tend to associate artificial intelligence with efficiency, focusing on all the work it can save. What gets a lot less discussion is how AI can empower. Take leadership as an example. Good leadership depends on making the right decisions at the right time.

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Wave planning, waveless fulfilment, and order streaming: an overview

SCJunction

Wave planning and simultaneous use of waveless technologies can have an immense impact on your efficiency, productivity, profitability, and customer service levels. The omnichannel environment puts pressure on your distribution, supply, and fulfilment processes, so a quick and flexible process is a must.

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How to excel in last mile delivery

DELMIA Quintiq

Sixty-one percent of consumers said the availability of same-day delivery would make them more loyal to a retailer, yet only one percent would be willing to pay for full delivery costs. Retailers are currently charging customers only 80 percent of the overall delivery costs, which happens to be the most expensive part of the retail supply chain. The last mile is also the one part of the supply chain with the most potential for error.

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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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Blockchain in Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

Over the past couple of years, no other technology has generated so much hype, and so much confusion, as blockchain. Why is there so much interest in blockchain? Where are we today with blockchain adoption in supply chain management? Will blockchain replace or coexist with existing network-based platforms? Those are some of the key questions. Read more Blockchain in Supply Chain Management.

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It's Time to Modernize Order Fulfillment

Softeon

Order fulfillment is the ultimate goal of supply chain management, and there are a lot of steps involved in meeting that goal. If you want to modernize your order fulfillment and develop a process that keeps up with brutal demands, you need distributed order management (DOM) software. It’s a key piece of supply chain and warehouse management, and it improves your fulfillment on two fronts.

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Mind the Gap: Closing the Hunger Gap in a World of Food Waste

BlueYonder

It’s that time of year again. As we’ve entered the season of thanks and giving back, it creates a moment of pause of what is it that we are truly appreciative for, and how can we spread more cheer amongst those around us. Growing up in an Italian household, food is how we show love, support, and care. It’s part of the culture of my family that when someone is sad or upset, the answer is to feed them.

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3 Things You Need To Do To Take Your Company Global

ThroughPut

3 Things You Need To Do To Take Your Company Global. By Rhett Power. Originally Published December 2, 2019 in Inc.com. With November’s Global Entrepreneurship Week in the rear-view mirror, it’s a good time to consider your startup’s footprint and seek out ways you can leverage international relationships. Historically, international expansion has been a difficult and complicated proposition that remained out of reach for all but the biggest businesses.

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Mind the Gap: Closing the Hunger Gap in a World of Food Waste

BlueYonder

It’s that time of year again. As we’ve entered the season of thanks and giving back, it creates a moment of pause of what is it that we are truly appreciative for, and how can we spread more cheer amongst those around us. Growing up in an Italian household, food is how we show love, support, and care. It’s part of the culture of my family that when someone is sad or upset, the answer is to feed them.

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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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Software vs. Agency: Why using tech is the best method for transparency

Provenance

“With Software-as-a-Service, the brands who work with us benefit from our latest innovations so they can focus on building trust through transparency.” – Jessi Baker, CEO & Founder at Provenance. With sustainability and ethics rising to the forefront of shopper expectations, some brands are starting to align values and strategy accordingly. Whilst others take a tactical, short term approach, focussing on big budget, one-off campaigns that end up subject to accusations of greenwashing. .

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Top Winter Freight Shipping Tips

Freight Center

Winter freight shipping always tests the strength of the logistics industry and e-commerce. Between unpredictable winter storms and the holiday push, supply chains everywhere face challenges to meet deadlines and satisfy customer demands. Optimize your logistics performance by putting a plan in place to ensure peak performance during the winter months.

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Peak Season Fulfillment: Strategies to Handle the Surge

Veridian Solutions

Peak season fulfillment is a topic that strikes both fear and hope into the minds of supply chain leaders. It can boost profitability and provide a jolt of efficiency. On the other hand, inadequate peak season fulfillment can write the epithet on a company’s tombstone. Instead of waking to a real Christmas horror, ensure your supply chain is capable of handling peak season demands by understanding the problem with poor peak season planning, how the right strategies build optimization, and

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How to excel in last mile delivery

DELMIA Quintiq

Sixty-one percent of consumers said the availability of same-day delivery would make them more loyal to a retailer, yet only one percent would be willing to pay for full delivery costs. Retailers are currently charging customers only 80 percent of the overall delivery costs, which happens to be the most expensive part of the retail supply chain. The last mile is also the one part of the supply chain with the most potential for error.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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It’s Time to Stop Playing It Safe: Moving from Incrementalism to Transformation (XI)

MPO Multi Party Orchestration

We began the series by stating that simply good isn’t good enough. That in today’s competitive climate, which requires companies to innovate, expand their service or product portfolios, and contemplate what’s next at a faster pace than ever before, satisfaction with incremental gains is a setback. Most companies put off digital transformations because they see the cost as overhead, an expense to avoid, and not a necessity for future survival.

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Moving Ahead: Why Driver-Less Trucks Are Closer Than We Think

4WL Consulting

With regulations putting ever-growing burdens on the modern trucker, logistics is moving sideways instead of pushing back. While self-driving cars are a frequent subject of debate in the news, consumer demand for faster shipping and lower prices have made self-driving trucks a very appealing solution for moving goods across the country and, eventually, across the world.

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Freight Invoice Accounting: How to Lower Freight Costs with Auditing

GlobalTranz

Companies across the globe suffer from a shipping problem; they underestimate their true shipping costs. This problem is severe, contributing to 35% higher freight spend. Such charges lead to higher costs for UPS/FedEx invoices, not to mention destroy profit margins. At the same time, the major carriers have made their rates public and easy-to-access, so.read More.

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Finding Alternatives to Sourcing in China Can be Difficult

Logistics Viewpoints

In early November, the Northeast Cargo Symposium had a series of presentations and panels focused on how trade disputes are affecting companies that source from abroad. One session was called “Alternatives to Trading with China.” The key conclusions were that diversification from sourcing with China was already occurring before the trade war began, that in certain industries the transition will be very difficult, and that trading with other nations presents challenges in figuring out just [̷

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Moving Ahead: Why Driver-Less Trucks Are Closer Than We Think

4WL Consulting

With regulations putting ever-growing burdens on the modern trucker, logistics is moving sideways instead of pushing back. While self-driving cars are a frequent subject of debate in the news, consumer demand for faster shipping and lower prices have made self-driving trucks a very appealing solution for moving goods across the country and, eventually, across the world.

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Global Supply Chain News on Growing Number of Container Ship Fires Blamed on Cargo Issues

Supply Chain Digest

Misdeclaration and Poor Packing are Key Factors, New Analysis Says

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Can the ‘Smart’ Factory Revive U.S. Manufacturing Productivity?

Supply Chain Brain

A recent study touts the “smart” factory as a magic bullet that can solve any number of manufacturers’ problems, from low productivity growth to uncompetitive operations.

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Van rates rise during shortened work week

DAT Solutions

Thanksgiving week was short but intense. Rates rose sharply on loads that were picked up, to entice drivers who may have had to spend Thanksgiving on the road.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Who’s Catching the Holiday Shopping Fever?

Enterra Insights

In some locales it might be turning cold outside, but holiday shopping is heating up. People often catch the holiday shopping fever in the days following Thanksgiving. Lisa Rowan reports, “The National Retail Federation expects holiday retail sales to total between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion this year. … That total would be an increase of 3.8% to 4.2% over 2018’s retail sales during November and December.”[1] In a statement accompanying release of the holiday sales

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Accelerating Procurement Transformation, Procurement Leaders Webinar

ivalua

The post Accelerating Procurement Transformation, Procurement Leaders Webinar appeared first on Ivalua.

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Interview AIFE: APIs the fundamental basis for transformation (Article in French)

Axway

The Agency for State Financial Computing ( AIFE in French) is attached to the Ministry of Public Action and Accounts and is an inter-ministerial body.

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Skills of Great Sourcing Professionals

EC Sourcing Group

In the sprit of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, I thought I would share the nice things leaders have told me about their staff. What are the skills that define great sourcing professionals? Critical Thinking and Problem Solving – Understanding the importance of the product or service to the overall success of the organization is essential.

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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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XPO expands collaborative robots to scale for peak

6 River Systems

The Cyber Monday frenzy is under way. All of those peak simulations and picking drills are being put to the test. There’s a buzz around the 6 River Systems’ office as we monitor rates and system health across our customer’s warehouses. This peak season the 6 River Systems solution is being used in 4 countries to pick, sort and pack holiday orders. To support a tenfold or more surge in orders, some of our retail and logistics customers ramped up automation in the run up to peak.

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Black Friday Sales Jump on Gains in Job, Wage Growth

Material Handling & Logistics

The trade war with China has had little impact on consumers, besides in the appliance sector as most retailers took steps to mitigate the impact of tariffs.

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Setting Good Business Goals: The impact on your business

Unleashed

If a business is small and just starting out, it may seem unnecessary to think about and define the goals at all. Small family-run businesses, for example, may feel they are trucking along just fine, with a small inventory to manage, a small consumer base and a manageable level of demand. A business may not necessarily be working towards exponential growth and profitability, for example, but goals are important for non-financial reasons as well.