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6 Ways AI Drives On-Time Inventory Delivery for Retail Supply Chains

ThroughPut

As supply chains are restructuring post-Covid-19, promises of faster delivery have increased manifold from the pre-pandemic times. The unpredictability induced by the pandemic runs so deep that any organization eliminating that automatically pushes down its competition. In fact, 41% of shoppers say they would pay a charge for same-day delivery, with 24% of them willing to pay more for delivery within a 1-2 hour window. .

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Supply Chain Visibility in Foggy Times

Enterra Insights

In military operations, there is a notion called “the fog of war.” The concept is often traced back to Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist, who wrote, “War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. A sensitive and discriminating judgment is called for; a skilled intelligence to scent out the truth.” As supply chains have grown more complex, the

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Top 10 Year-end Tips For Your Supply Chain

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

The Enchange Supply Chain House ; the one-stop shop for all of the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence.

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Great Guidelines for Trading the Gold Market

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Ways to Invest in Silver! Gold market article and permission to publish here provided by Harry Poulson. Precious metal trading has become very popular in today’s world. The majority of the brokers are offering precisions metal trading services to their retail clients so that they can maximize their profit factor in the investment business.

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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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The Circular Economy.

ModusLink Corporation

The Circular Economy. Taking the fastest route towards your destination is often the most effective one as you will use the least time possible. However, is it also the most efficient? This is a completely different question. Your efficiency depends on how you determine your efficiency factor. Is your idea of efficiency to spend the least amount of money on fuel?

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How AI Has Evolved in Business

LevaData

Recently, as I was opening up my email, I was shown an alert on an old message I had sent ten days prior. The alert, which asked me if I wanted to follow-up on the message, was right on the money. I did, in fact, need to remind my coworker to reply. The event left me pondering on how far artificial intelligence (AI) in business has progressed and what lies ahead. 40 years ago, when I was studying under Professor Alice Agogino as an undergraduate student at Berkeley, I became enthralled with this

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5 Cost to Serve Mistakes

Logistics Bureau

Cost to Serve reporting, analysis, and modelling has much to offer organisations of all kinds. But sadly, most businesses failed to understand it. Why is that? Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check them out: Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers. An 8-point Guide to Understanding Your Cost to Serve. 7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management.

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California Increases Truck Weight Limits to Ease Port Snarls

Supply Chain Brain

California will increase weight limits for trucks carrying goods in and out of its ports in an effort to ease supply chain bottlenecks and clear containers off the docks of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Top 4 Considerations for Supplier Management Software Solutions

EC Sourcing Group

Effectively managing your suppliers is an integral part of the procurement process (and important to the entire supply chain as well). Management doesn’t refer to suppliers being “under” you but instead refers to managing vendor transactions and cultivating good relationships with your third-party vendors or suppliers. Without goods and services, nothing can be produced, which would make procurement impossible.

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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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Hybrent Implements New Feature via Collaboration with Amazon Business

Hybrent

Hybrent Implements New Feature via Collaboration with Amazon Business New punchout feature makes supply ordering easier for healthcare organizations Hybrent, a supply chain management technology company in the non-acute healthcare industry, is excited to announce a new collaboration with Amazon Business. Combining the selection, convenience and value of shopping on Amazon with Hybrent’s purchasing software … Hybrent Implements New Feature via Collaboration with Amazon Business Read More &#

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Peekaboo scooped out their hidden data with Crisp

crisp

Part of our Customer Spotlight series, featuring brands on the Crisp platform and their growth stories. Eat your veggies. The holidays might feel like a time when healthy eating goes out the window, but Peekaboo Organics knows you can always get your veggies in — even with dessert. It all started with founder Jessica Levison, a lawyer who opened a boutique scoop shop in Miami known for its delicious flavors and creative ingredients.

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The Future of Procurement for Pharma Operations

ProcurePort

The future of procurement for pharma operations is a much talked about subject because of the prevailing coronavirus pandemic. Disruptions in global pharma operations, supply chain shocks, and subsequent supplier management problems demonstrated the need to rethink pharma procurement. For forward-thinking chief procurement officers (CPOs), the COVID-19 crisis has provided a pathway for change.

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Less-than-Truckload Performance in October 2021

Freight Plus

October 2021 - Transportation Market Report. Vaccine Mandate – what happens now? Many experts claim the driver shortage is the #1 issue in the supply chain today. The current shortage stands at an estimated 80,000, up 31% from just 3 years ago. While many believe this number is understated, they all agree it will only continue to grow in coming years.

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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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Building a Sustainable Supply Chain

Demand Driven Technologies

You may have read about eco-friendly shipping containers, whose floors are made of bamboo, rather than devastating tropical wood forests. Concerns have already been raised about the sustainability of the adhesive that’s used when manufacturing these floors. But the skeptics at the back of the room might point out bigger flaws. Can a container really.

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3 Ways to Drive Sustainability in Transportation

BlueYonder

This is Part 3 of a multi-part series addressing logistics imperatives necessary to manage uncertainly and disruptions heading into 2022. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Transportation is one of the biggest contributing factors to the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and virtually every country is now mandating stricter regulations to reduce their carbon footprint and mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Looking at Dock & Yard Management Technology to Stem Supply Chain Chaos

C3 Solutions

This blog was originally posted on the Let's Talk Supply Chain blog.

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Supply Chain News on One more Time, is there Really a US Truck Driver Shortage

Supply Chain Digest

Raise the Wages, and the Drivers will Come, Reporter Says

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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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How Outsourced Order Fulfillment Is Like Supermarket Shopping

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Are you an efficient shopper? Do to go to the supermarket with a list and get everything you need, including some sale items? Or, do you stroll down each aisle picking up items you think you need and wind up with a hefty bill, but not all the ingredients you need to make dinner? This stark difference in approaches has more similarities with outsourced order fulfillment than you might think.

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Global Supply Chain News on Now Air Cargo Congestion also Creating Huge Delays

Supply Chain Digest

Two Week Delays to Get Cargo at JFK and LAX

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U.S. Aims to Begin New Asia Framework in 2022, Raimondo Says

Supply Chain Brain

The U.S. intends to initiate a new economic framework for the Indo-Pacific in 2022, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said, as the Biden administration aims to reinvigorate America’s standing in the region.

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From Taiwan to the U.S.—Duty-free

3PL Insights

When Brandon Stotsenburg, Vice President, Automotive at Kenda Tires, heard about the elevated duty fees that the government was imposing, he knew he had to come up with a new plan. About half of the 132 containers filled with tires, were en route from Taiwan, headed to the East and West coast ports. “We had not anticipated these higher duties,” Stotsenburg says.

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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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ShipBob Launches B2B Fulfillment Suite for Online and In-Store Sales

Supply Chain Brain

ShipBob Inc., a global fulfillment platform for small and medium-sized e-commerce businesses, announced the launch of its B2B Fulfillment Suite and new API capabilities, enabling its merchants to sell throughout the entire B2B ecosystem, powering retail dropshipping and wholesale shipping, which will connect with hundreds of major retailers.

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Streamline Onboarding and Training with QAD’s Guide Me

QAD

What would the consequences be if half of the employees at your workplace left for new opportunities? Businesses have been forced to consider this frightening scenario as employees resign in record numbers and 40 percent of the workforce considers leaving their current jobs for a variety of reasons. How can companies increase employee retention while reducing onboarding time and costs?

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Watch: The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Shipping Patterns

Supply Chain Brain

Raul Alfonso, chief commercial officer with Port Tampa Bay, discusses how the pandemic and surge in consumer buying have motivated international shippers to seek alternative gateways, in order to avoid congestion at major port complexes.

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Why Does Retail Need a Distributed Order Management System?

Tecsys

Learn about why retailers need distributed order management in order to keep their customers front and center. The post Why Does Retail Need a Distributed Order Management System? appeared first on Tecsys.

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Hybrid Automation – Bridging the Gap Between Humans and Automation in the Modern Warehouse

This report explores the transformative impact of automation, the evolving role of human workers on-site, and the critical imperative of achieving optimal warehouse efficiency in the digital age.

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American Airlines Cargo Continues International Route Expansion With Service to New Delhi

Supply Chain Brain

American Airlines Cargo, the shipping arm of American Airlines Inc., has further expanded its international network with the introduction of service to New Delhi, starting on November 12, 2021.

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Why Does Retail Need a Distributed Order Management System?

Tecsys

Learn about why retailers need distributed order management in order to keep their customers front and center. The post Why Does Retail Need a Distributed Order Management System? appeared first on Tecsys.

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Container Shipping Rates May Take Two Years to Fall to Normal

Supply Chain Brain

Ocean freight rates, which have pummeled retailers and manufacturers throughout 2021, may take more than two years to return to normal levels if past market cycles are any guide.