Mon.Dec 06, 2021

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The Best Explanation for the Supply Chain Crisis Yet

Logistics Viewpoints

Ed Ryan, CEO of Descartes. The Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) reported stellar results once again last Wednesday (December 1st). Descartes is a software-as-a-service provider of logistics solutions. In some logistics application areas, like global trade compliance , they are a market leader. In the call with financial analysts to discuss the third quarter results, Descartes’ CEO Ed Ryan spoke.

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From First Mile to Final Mile: Gearing Up for the 2021 Holiday Season

Talking Logistics

Will supply chain problems cancel Christmas this year? That’s what many recent headlines would lead you to believe. But while those headlines are mostly hyperbole, the fact is there are unprecedented supply chain challenges this year. The intricate and interconnected processes involved in global supply chain management, from the first mile at the country of.

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Solving The Port Problem with Lauren Beagen

The Logistics of Logistics

Solving The Port Problem with Lauren Beagen. Lauren Beagen and Joe Lynch discuss solving the port problem. Lauren is a seasoned maritime attorney and the founder of Squall Strategies , a boutique maritime consulting and legal solutions company and offers a wide range of consulting services to serve a variety of businesses and clients. About Lauren Beagen .

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How Liteboxer Kept Moving Product With a Knocked-Out Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

What better way to work off the anxieties of the pandemic than an at-home boxing workout? Yet the company that’s capitalizing on that urge has had to deal with its own set of frustrations in getting product to market.

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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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Top 3 Cryptocurrency Cloud Mining Sites!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Understanding the Bitcoin Mining Process! Cryptocurrency cloud mining sites article and permission to publish here provided by John Gaarg. Cryptocurrency mining (sp. minería de criptomonedas, fr. minage de cryptomonnaie) has gained tremendous popularity over the last few years. This trend is especially vivid with cryptocurrency cloud mining, where cryptocurrency cloud mining sites offer their services associated with leased h

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Reaction to the Product Security & Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bil

IT Supply Chain

By Keith Glancey (pictured). Director of Technology Western Europe, Infoblox. The post Reaction to the Product Security & Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bil appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Yellen Says Supply Chain Shift May Need Protectionist-Like Steps

Supply Chain Brain

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that U.S. reliance on foreign supply chains has proved a vulnerability and that the country needs to produce more critical goods domestically in order to protect both its economic and national security.

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The Spar attack is the first cyber incident of the season, but definitely will not be the last

IT Supply Chain

By Mike Campfield (pictured). VP of Global Security Programs, ExtraHop. The post The Spar attack is the first cyber incident of the season, but definitely will not be the last appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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The World's Relentless Demand for Chips Turns Deadly in Malaysia

Supply Chain Brain

The tragedy in Muar shows the little-understood human cost of keeping supply chains running in a pandemic.

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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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3 Major Misconceptions Around Starting A Business

IT Supply Chain

By Jessica Sweet (pictured). Content Writer at makeLifeSweeter.com. The post 3 Major Misconceptions Around Starting A Business appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Why Containerised Freight Shipping is Daunting for SMEs

Logistics Bureau

It has never been easier, in general, for smaller companies to trade in international markets than it is today. However, freight shipping is the one activity that presents significant barriers to overseas-market entry, as you may have discovered if your business is starting to look across international borders for its next step in expansion. In this brief post, we’re going to set out some of the critical containerised-freight shipping challenges for small to medium-sized companies.

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Automakers gain more control over their semiconductor supply chains with new sourcing strategies

Resilinc

Three of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers—Ford, GM, and Hyundai—have recently announced plans to gain more control over the semiconductor supply chains through partnering and vertical integration. Of the three companies, Ford and GM have announced specific plans, with each taking different approaches. But all three—and likely other large automakers who are considering such sourcing strategies—share at least one common goal: to avoid the production cutbacks and lost revenues that hav

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How to Get Defense Contracts if You’re an Aspiring Manufacturer

IT Supply Chain

By Eric Power (pictured). Director of Strategic Initiatives, Beryllium. The post How to Get Defense Contracts if You’re an Aspiring Manufacturer appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Supply Chain Mapping – Why and How?

SupplyShift

In the wake of supply chain disruptions and global shortages, businesses are quickly recognizing the need for greater visibility over their supply network, from documenting the origin of material components to tracking shipments. To gain this kind of transparency, businesses must create a global map of their supply network, right down to the source.

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Small Events in Execution has Large Impact on the global Supply Chain

Adexa

Perceived Small Events in Manufacturing Execution can have a Large Impact on the global Supply Chain Imagine if you left home only 1 minute earlier than you intended to catch the train to work. You ran into an old friend you had not seen since your high school days. As a result, you get together and he gives you a job at his start up which will then make you a billionaire 2 years later!

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Best of RFID

AB&R

A Roundup of the Best RFID Content. This past year has been a challenging one for supply chains. If it taught us anything, it is that automation is essential to keeping up in today’s digital-first world. As a result, an increasing number of companies are accelerating their investment in automation including technologies like RFID. There is so much information about RFID out there, that you might wonder where you should start.

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Retailers take control of parts of their supply chain

Cathy Roberson

Are you, as a shipper, struggling with high freight costs? Delays? Perhaps buying a logistics company may help ease some of these pains. American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) has become the latest poster child of this trend after recently acquiring last-mile startup AirTerra and e-fulfillment provider Quiet Logistics. “Our total delivery leverage, digital delivery leveraged as a percent of sales, delivery dollars are down, and our packages are getting to customers 10% to 15% faster… and cl

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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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Supply Chain Mapping – Why and How?

SupplyShift

In the wake of supply chain disruptions and global shortages, businesses are quickly recognizing the need for greater visibility over their supply network, from documenting the origin of material components to tracking shipments. To gain this kind of transparency, businesses must create a global map of their supply network, right down to the source.

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Turvo Partners with KeepTruckin to Bring You End to End Fleet Management Solutions

Turvo

Leading logistics and supply chain collaboration service Turvo is excited to announce a new partnership with leading fleet management and technology solution provider KeepTruckin. This multifaceted partnership merges Turvo’s digital applications with KeepTruckin’s fleet management software and Smart Load Board, to streamline and improve operations for both carriers and brokers.

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[LogiNext 2021: The Year in Review] Client Wins, Maldives, NY Times Square and more!

Loginext

LogiNext 2021: The Year in Review – Client Wins, Maldives, Times Square and more! 2021 has been a momentous year in many different ways. With the pandemic changing lives in ways one never imagined, the use of technology became all-pervasive and businesses have had to go through a massive digital transformation to meet the […].

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Light at the End of the Tunnel: Supply Chains Emerge Stronger, Smarter, Faster

American Global Logistics

With peak season almost over, the sky hasn’t fallen. The opposite is true. Sure, disruptions stressed the global supply chain without a break. But it’s withstanding the pressures during one of the most challenging seasons. That bodes well for a return to normalcy sooner rather than later. Michael A. Levans, Group Editorial Director, Logistics Management, […].

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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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Global Supply Chain News on Amazon Making Its Own Ocean Containers, Chartering Ships, Using Smaller Ports

Supply Chain Digest

Mighty Amazon Logistics Rolls On, Taking more and more Control

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Synthetic Data and Natural Results

Enterra Insights

The lifeblood of the Digital Age is data. Between people, businesses, and machines record amounts of data are being generated every day. So why do we need synthetic data? Fernando Lucini ( @fernandolucini ), a global data science and machine learning engineering lead at Accenture Applied Intelligence, explains, “Data is the essential fuel driving organizations’ advanced analytics and machine learning initiatives, but between privacy concerns and process issues, it’s not always easy for res

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Why Are Alternative Proteins Booming?

DELMIA Quintiq

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Data as the Driver of Effective Procurement Transformation

ivalua

The post Data as the Driver of Effective Procurement Transformation appeared first on Ivalua.

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.

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The smart factory Part 4: What skills do manufacturers and distributors need in the factory of the future?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As manufacturers and distributors inject their operations with innovative technologies in an effort to transform them into smart factories, a shift in how those factories are staffed has emerged. As industries evolve the distance between the worker and the job has grown, for example back in the day the worker had one tool between them and the task. As work becomes automated, jobs are proliferating – ones that require employees to work alongside machines, analyze and interpret data, solve problem

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Collaboration and Competitive Advantage: Revolutionizing Supplier Relationships

ivalua

The post Collaboration and Competitive Advantage: Revolutionizing Supplier Relationships appeared first on Ivalua.

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Logistics of Santa | PLS Logistics Services

PLS Logistics

With Christmas right around the corner, thousands of boys and girls are preparing their letters to Santa all over the world, patiently waiting for Christmas day. Each year, children wake up and spring out of bed, with the realization that Santa has finally come. Running to their Christmas trees, only to be amazed each year by the gifts underneath. This expectation must be satisfied on time for each kid worldwide because the delivery of happiness can't wait on Christmas, right?