Mon.Jul 25, 2016

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Seven Supply Chain Lessons from a Former Walmart CEO

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater. Inheriting an organization facing one of the toughest retail environments in history, Mike Duke helped Walmart, the world’s largest retailer and biggest private employer, navigate an intense period of economic, social, and technological change while delivering strong financial results. As CEO from 2009 to 2014, he worked to restructure the company and made sure it not only grew, but grew with integrity.

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The Importance of Carrier Selection in E-Commerce

GlobalTranz

Competition. It is the ultimate in business. It serves to keep a balance between reasonable prices and profit margins. It keeps companies from hiking their prices on consumers, and it encourages businesses to produce better products and meet customers’ expectations. While competition is good, it is often forgotten when thinking about shipping. Most businesses think their only options are FedEx, DHL or UPS, but in reality, there are dozens of carriers waiting to be tapped.

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Shell’s Next Generation Operations Center

Logistics Viewpoints

Shell Oil has created a next generation control room (CR) to monitor their deep water offshore production activities in the Americas. Shell Oil has created a control room whose scope of analysis is larger than the typical control room, and one that is also delivering an ROI much greater than is typical. The Shell CR is also an Internet of Things (IIoT) Big Data analytics solution.

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Are Today’s Transportation Tech Startups the Uber of Trucking or the Tinder of Trucking?

Talking Logistics

Over the past few years, several startups have launched aiming to become “the Uber of Trucking” — or at least that’s the way the media and analysts like to characterize companies like Convoy , Cargomatic , and Trucker Path that are leveraging mobile app technology to bring shippers and carriers together to facilitate the movement of goods. Just last week, TechCrunch reported that yet another “Uber of trucking” startup, CargoX, was launched in Brazil with backing from Goldman Sachs, Oscar S

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Why Is Supply Chain Sustainability Becoming Increasingly Important in Manufacturing?

River Logic

The move to greater sustainability can be seen everywhere from small, local businesses to large multinational ones. While many companies identify the supply chain as the most difficult aspect of their business to make sustainable, it is also one of the most important.

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What is “push” and “pull” distribution?” – Part 19

APICS

In the previous blog we examined in close detail the differences between material requirements planning (MRP) and distribution requirements planning (DRP). It was stated that at first glance, it appears that DRP is very much like MRP.

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Arkieva Supply Chain Scope: As Ecommerce Businesses Boom, Distribution Center Availability Becomes Scarce

Arkieva

While demand seems to be on an uptick for manufacturers especially in the consumer goods industry, an increase in online shopping could also lead to a scarcity in the availability of distribution centers in the near future. This and more, in your Monday supply chain briefing from Arkieva. . Subscribe and follow #SupplyChainScope on Twitter and Facebook for updates.

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TMS SuperUser Secrets – Benchmarking Using TMS Data

Supply Chain Collaborator

With TMS solutions enjoying more widespread adoption, users are growing more comfortable with the tactical uses of these solutions. Now they’re looking to go beyond capturing the benefits derived from process automation, and exploring how these powerful tools can unlock efficiencies only dreamed of a mere decade ago. Here are some closely guarded secrets from super users of TMS solutions regarding how they’re leveraging the captured transportation data and harnessing it to supercharge their TM

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C5’s 9th Advanced Forum on Customs Compliance

Supply Chain Movement

9th Advanced Forum on Customs Compliance. Date: 15-16 November, 2016. Venue: London, UK. Organizer: C5 Communications Limited in partnership with HMRC. Url: c5-online.com/2017/597/customs-compliance-held-in-partnership-with-hmrc. This November, C5 will be hosting the 9 th Advanced Forum on Customs Compliance held in Partnership with HMRC. On the 1 st May 2016 the European Union’s Union Customs Code (UCC) officially went into effect, bringing a plethora of changes to customs procedures and practi

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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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Supply Chain Tech Show and Expo Event Coverage

All Things Supply Chain

As our blog readership and influence continues to grow, we are receiving an increasing amount of requests for media partnerships at various conferences and shows around the world.

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4 Tips for Effective Supplier Performance Management

Logistics Bureau

Supplier performance—can you really manage it? Or is it something that you can merely monitor and hope to influence through discussion, application of penalties, or threats to discontinue relationships? With no way to directly control the performance of your suppliers, how can you really manage it effectively? It’s Not What You Call It; It’s The Way That You Do It.

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Supply Chain News Retailers Rethinking Inventory Strategies

Supply Chain Digest

In an Omnichannel World, Many Retailers Getting Very Aggressive, After Years of Slowly Rising Inventories

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Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Computing, and Machine Learning

Enterra Insights

Little wonder people are getting confused about the future of computing and automation. Bruno Michel (@BmiBruno), a scientist at IBM … Continued. The post Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Computing, and Machine Learning appeared first on Enterra 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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Supply Chain News on Airbnb for the Warehouse Market Raises Big Money

Supply Chain Digest

Seattle Based Flexe Raises 14 Million Dollars to Build Out Its Warehouse Space Marketplace

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Supply Chains to Admire: 2016 Results

Supply Chain Shaman

Five months of analysis. Lots of heated debates. It is now over. This morning, we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. The research starts in April and stretches over many weeks as we analyze the different elements and understand the patterns of each industry. Why do we do it? Selfishly, we need standard for our research, but we also want to help supply chain leaders gain new insights from a deep data-driven analysis.

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Follow These Tips To Get The Best Acquisition Price For Your Startup

Marianne Hudson

As angel investors we always seek ways to improve our investment odds. Through the years I’ve uncovered one sure bet: Invest in companies that bring value to strategic buyers so that the price of the acquisition increases.

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Optimizing Store Fulfillment

BlueYonder

Are you a less than enthusiastic shopper that just really wants great customer service? Well, you’re not alone. In fact, I recently guest authored a post for the IBM Commerce Blog that touches on how store labor and omni-channel play into the customer experience. Here’s a quick preview: I am a reluctant shopper. I don’t enjoy hours in the store.

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Embedded Analytics: A Force Multiplier for Business

The possibilities for embedded analytics to drive real value for businesses, end users, and society are as fascinating as they are limitless. No matter the industry, brand after brand is finding that analytics can be the solution to a multitude of business challenges. Go deep with five insightsoftware customers as they share the details of their analytics journeys and discuss the transformative power of data.