Thu.Nov 23, 2017

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The Digital Age Is The New Competitive Arena For 3PLs

Freightos

The Digital Age Is The New Competitive Arena For 3PLs. This contributed article by Erik Hofmann , Chair of Logistics Management, University of St.Gallen and Florin Osterwalder , Lampe & Schwartze Marine Underwriting, Bremen is based on their recently published research paper. 3PLs provide a wide range of logistics services and have become core players in the logistics industry.

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Gartner announces rankings of Its 2017 Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Gartner, Inc. has released its ninth annual Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 ranking. The ranking recognises companies across the healthcare value chain that demonstrate leadership in improving human life at sustainable costs.

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RELEX Retail & Supply Chain Award 2017: Best Master’s Thesis, Europe

RELEX Solutions

RELEX is looking for the best Retail and Supply Chain Master’s Thesis submitted in a European university during the year 2017. Are you a recently graduated supply chain specialist or finalizing your master’s thesis with a focus on retail planning? If yes, send your work to RELEX and take part in the annual competition to win the award for the best European master’s thesis in the field of retail and supply chain planning.

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Outsourced Services in Post-Sale Supply Chain

Supply Chain 24/7

This paper details how improving after-sales service is essential, but getting your arms around how to achieve that is the hard part, and with a high-performing Post-Sale Supply Chain or SSC your organization can take out costs in spare parts inventory, spare parts logistics, and recovery of repairable assets - all while improving customer satisfaction.

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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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CML advises businesses on how to utilise logistics at Brexit Procurement & Supply Chain Forum

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

On the 15th of November, Paul Bambrough-Smith, Global Logistics Manager at CML, was invited to speak at the Brexit Procurement & Supply Chain Forum at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London.

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Thanksgiving 2017

Enterra Insights

When the pilgrims sat down for the first Thanksgiving feast, they thanked both their God and the Native Americans with … Continued. The post Thanksgiving 2017 appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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TradeGecko hosts the 1st Shopify Meetup in Hong Kong

TradeGecko

TradeGecko hosted the 1st Shopify Meetup in Hong Kong on Thursday, 23rd November 2017. It was a full house with great discussions, networking, food and drinks with like-minded eCommerce businesses.

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Mobile marketing set to give Black Friday boost

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

As retailers prepare for one of the busiest weekends of the year, Friday 24th November (Black Friday), experts predict this year is set to be the busiest on record after 2016 saw a 12.2% increase on the £1.1bn spent on the same day in 2015.

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Webinar: How to optimize sales & mitigate risks during peak sales periods

TradeGecko

Peak sales periods will either make or break your business. How you prepare, manage, and optimize your business operations will be the differentiating factor in your future success or failure. We recently hosted a webinar that provided helpful tips so businesses can learn how to maximize sales opportunities and minimize the risks using simple and effective solutions.

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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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Black Friday week – don’t forget the importance of your returns strategy

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Matthew Robertson, Co-CEO, NetDespatch. As we head towards Black Friday, retailers are once again fully focussed on what will be the biggest UK shopping period of the year. With analysts predicting that consumers will spend in excess of £7 billion over Black Friday week in 2017, retailers can be forgiven for adopting a 'stack 'em high and ship 'em fast' mentality, in a bid to cash in.

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80% of procurement organisations still use email to place orders

Claritum

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. According to Valueneer’s Global Procurement and SCM Study (Nov17), 80% of procurement organisations are still using email to place orders with suppliers. In Asia it’s even higher at 96%. It’s easy to understand why. Email is ubiquitous, everyone has an email account. Employees who need to make a purchase can easily search online to find the right supplier or product.

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Birds of a Feather…

Tailwind

As I walked out on the dyke that keeps Boundary Bay from pouring into our homes, I watched one of the most fantastic shows of the year. It was put on by Mother Nature herself. In the midst of a sunny and warm day last month, I looked out over the bay to see, once again, thousands and thousands of snow geese returning from their summering in Wrangel Island, Russia.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Freightera

It’s that time of the year! Happy Thanksgiving to our shippers, carriers, investors, fans and friends in the US! Turkey dinner, eh? The post Happy Thanksgiving! appeared first on Freightera Blog.

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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.