Fri.May 13, 2016

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3D Printing

Kinaxis

by John Westerveld I recently had the great pleasure of teaching a group of new hires about manufacturing. As I finished describing traditional manufacturing techniques we paused to discuss 3D printing and how 3D printing will change the face of manufacturing (note I said will…not if). It was a great discussion and led me to think further about the impact 3D printing would have on the supply chain and supply chain planning. 3D printing is an additive manufacturing technique for making 3 dimens

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Frost & Sullivan Celebrates Innovation and Excellence Across the Globe

The Network Effect

Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Awards is an annual award that recognizes companies for superior leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. The awards are conferred upon companies around the world and across a diverse range of industries. Frost & Sullivan presents the awards “to companies that are predicted to encourage significant growth […].

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This Week in Logistics News (May 9-13, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The Hyperloop and drones headlined this week’s supply chain and logistics news, so let’s go straight to it: Hyperloop One Accelerates Toward Future With High-Speed Test (WSJ – sub. req’d). UPS-backed Rwandan blood deliveries show drones’ promise, hurdles (Reuters). DHL claims its drones are first to deliver (Deutsche Welle). Wal-Mart cuts delivery time for pilot shipping plan (Reuters).

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Oracle at Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference

Oracle SCM

Oracle is a Platinum sponsor at next week’s Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference taking place May 17 – 19, 2016 in Phoenix, AZ. If you will be at the event, be sure to attend the Oracle Solution Provider session which will take place on Wednesday, May 18 at 12:00 p.m. in Grand Canyon C. The panel session will feature customer speakers from Telogis, Panduit and GE Digital who will be discussing their current and future strategies for supply chain cloud applications within their o

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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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What’s Missing in Your Total Landed Cost

CH Robinson Transportfolio

What’s Missing in Your Total Landed Cost.Transportfolio. Editor’s note: This post originally ran in 2012. Since it’s a relevant topic, we wanted to share it with you again. From what we’ve seen, it is rare that a company knows their true total landed cost (TLC) for each item they produce and deliver. There’s a reason for this. For most companies, there are many costs in hiding.

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How to Boost Worker Productivity by Promoting a Positive Mindset

GlobalTranz

Negativity in the workplace hurts worker productivity and costs money. Workers who are present but performing less than 100 percent due to illness or stress actually cost companies more on worker productivity than absent workers do, losing an average 12.4 days of productivity a year versus an average 3.5 days lost due to absence, according to a study by Willis Towers Watson.

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Smart Cities and the Future of the World

Enterra Insights

Although there has been a lot written about smart cities, many people still have no idea what the smart cities … Continued. The post Smart Cities and the Future of the World appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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“Cloud-Enabled TMS” – Like Bolting Propellers to a Mail Truck

Supply Chain Collaborator

The world is anticipating a revolution in the shopping/consumer experience as the technology seems nearly ready for widespread drone delivery of online purchases. Oddly, none of the traditional parcel delivery companies are rushing to bolt propellers and wings to their panel vans. There simply isn’t much demand for three ton, flying mail trucks. Similarly, when it comes to TMS solutions, there are still many organizations (either willingly or unwittingly) comfortable with an equally absurd pr

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All Aboard the Rate-Hike Express

APICS

Company decision makers whom rely on railroads to ship their goods are finding that their prices are increasing even though freight volume is decreasing. Bloomberg reported last week that all major North American railroads increased prices in the earlier part of 2016, but freight is the lowest it has been since 2009.

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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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Oh.Those Holes!

Tailwind

It must be Friday the 13th. I get up every morning between 5:30 and 6:00 AM. At that time that I get dressed I am always in a bit of a fog, stumbling around in the gray dawn of the morning, not wanting to turn on the lights. It was ‘casual Friday’ and I can’t find my new Chinos. ​But I do find my old pants. Loved them. (You know when you find a piece of clothing like a housecoat, or spring jacket that just fits so well.