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Sustainable Manufacturing for Sustainable Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Across the globe, companies continue to pledge to reduce their emissions, capture their emissions, and help to reduce the negative impacts of climate change. For many companies, this process begins with an overhaul of their manufacturing processes, looking at ways to promote sustainable manufacturing. Sustainable manufacturing is one step in the process of building sustainable supply chains.

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Redefining Resilience: Seizing Business Opportunities Amid Supply Chain Challenges

Talking Logistics

If Logistics Services Providers (LSPs) and shippers thought 2024 was going to be smooth sailing, the dual impact of the ongoing Panama Canal congestion and Red Sea shipping attacks has been a rude awakening with severe delays in container transportation, higher costs of ocean freight, and unpredictable departure and arrival times. For two months now, Read more The post Redefining Resilience: Seizing Business Opportunities Amid Supply Chain Challenges appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adri

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Life Sciences Supply Chain Inventory Optimization

Logility

Accelerate Decision Making with a Dose of Digital Transformation Over the last 100 years, the human lifespan on Earth has grown significantly, mostly due to progress in the medical field. Lifespan has nearly doubled in a century and is continuing to grow as the life sciences industry advances. The life sciences are integral to the quality of life and lifespan, but the field faces some uniquely difficult inventory challenges.

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Overcoming Data Pitfalls for Reliable Supply Chain Network Design

Supply Chain Brain

Supply chain network design, a branch of operations research, helps in strategic decision-making about nodes, sourcing, transportation modes and inventory levels.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Supply Chain Digitization – You Want to Reinvent the Wheel?

Demand Driven Technologies

We meet companies who are investing hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in their own digitalization projects – systems designed to meet their specific supply chain processes. It’s the “yes, but it’s different here” syndrome.

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Why OEMs need to Kick Digital Transformation into Gear

IT Supply Chain

By James Smith, Head of Client Services (main picture) & Chris Hanson, Head of Data at One Nexus The post Why OEMs need to Kick Digital Transformation into Gear appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Today’s Major Earthquake Impacting Taiwan- Initial Implications

Supply Chain Matters

In this special Supply Chain Matters supply network risk advisory, we highlight the initial implications of today’s major earthquake that has impacted the island of Taiwan. Major Earthquake Senior business, procurement, information technology or supply chain executives with the responsibility for the assessment and mitigation of business related risks can often contemplate various impactful risk events.

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Blue Yonder Associate Volunteers To Make Sailing Accessible for Disabled Veterans

BlueYonder

April is National Volunteer Month and is meant to recognize those who give of their time, skills and energy to support different causes, helping others. Last month, Blue Yonder associate Ellie Hislop shared an anecdote about how she’s working to inspire inclusion in her community for International Women’s Day 2024. We asked her to share more about her story in honor of National Volunteer Month.

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Modernizing Distribution with Daniel Sokolovsky

The Logistics of Logistics

Daniel Sokolovsky and Joe Lynch discuss modernizing distribution. Daniel is the Co-founder and CEO of WARP , a company that connects shippers, carriers, and facilities to find the most efficient route for middle-mile freight. About Daniel Sokolovsky Daniel Sokolovsky is a Los Angeles based entrepreneur and Co-founder and CEO of WARP, a tech-powered freight network specializing in middle-mile solutions.

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7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders are presented with their fair share of challenges, with a host of tools and strategies to resolve them. That said, what’s the best path forward to leverage this year’s trends? In this recap of a recent GEP-WBR webinar, 7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024, GEP’s Pramod Sethumadhavan explores seven vital leadership trends that will help guide procurement and supply chain decision-makers.

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Supply Chain News on A Look at MODEX Show Innovation Award Winners

Supply Chain Digest

From Warehouse Planning Software to Linerless Labels

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U.S. May Revoke Houthi Terrorist Label If They Stop Red Sea Ship Attacks

Supply Chain Brain

“My hope is that we can find diplomatic off-ramps,” President Joe Biden’s special envoy for Yemen told reporters in a press briefing.

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How a Strategy-Driven Delivery Management Software Serves Impatient Customers Right

Loginext

Discover invaluable insights in our blog, where we delve into the art of maximizing efficiency and customer satisfaction through strategic delivery management software. Don't miss out on essential strategies that can revolutionize your delivery operations! The post How a Strategy-Driven Delivery Management Software Serves Impatient Customers Right appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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Owner, Manager of Ship that Crashed into Baltimore Bridge File to Limit Liability For Costly Collapse

Supply Chain Brain

The two companies' joint-filing was submitted on April 1, and would look to limit their legal liability to $43.6 million.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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4 Reasons Pick Velocity Beats Storage Density for Your Warehouse

Locus Robotics

April 03, 2024 4 Reasons Pick Velocity Beats Storage Density for Your Warehouse Mary Hart , Senior Content Marketing Manager As a warehouse manager, you can feel like you’re in the circus juggling optimization and productivity because customers expect their orders to be fulfilled and delivered with lightning speed. This heightened expectation has put immense pressure on warehouses to streamline their operations and optimize every aspect of the order fulfillment process.

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Chinese Lenders Raise Concerns About $1.3 Billion Peru Port Deal

Supply Chain Brain

Peru’s government is trying to revoke a deal that granted China's Cosco Shipping exclusive rights to run the new Chancay Port.

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Contribution Margin: Formula, Meaning, How to Improve

Unleashed

Your contribution margin shows you how much revenue is left after you’ve covered your variable costs, and how much is available to cover your fixed costs, such as rent, utilities, and payroll. The contribution margin formula is essential for making the right decisions for your business – especially when creating budgets, accounting for inventory , and pricing products.

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Boeing Scraps Airline CEO Sessions as New Chairman Shifts Tack

Supply Chain Brain

New Boeing Chairman Steve Mollenkopf instead is reaching out directly to CEOs for major airlines in an attempt to smooth over strained relations.

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Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes with the Power of Generative AI

Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.

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Traditional TMSs are Dead: The Rise of the Modern TMS

Locus

In our relentless pursuit of innovation, we stand at a crossroads in the logistics industry. Traditional Transportation Management Systems (TMS), once the backbone of logistics operations, now represent the old way of thinking. They are the equivalent of using a map in the age of GPS navigation. It’s time to reimagine what a TMS can be – not just a tool, but a canvas for innovation, a platform for revolutionizing the way we think about logistics.

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Watch: How E-Commerce Is Boosting Air Cargo's Bottom Line

Supply Chain Brain

E-commerce is bringing new opportunities to air cargo, both domestic and international, says Milind Tavshikar, chief executive officer of SmartKargo.

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SupplyChainBrain Introduces 'The Five Rings' as Central to its Services

Supply Chain Brain

SupplyChainBrain's results-oriented approach revolves around "The Five Rings," representing key pillars of a successful marketing program.

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Tesla Faces Stiff Headwinds to Start 2024 After Months of Challenges

Supply Chain Brain

The Elon Musk-owned EV company handed over less than 387,000 cars in the first three months of 2024, down 8% year-over-year.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

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Tesla Faces Stiff Headwinds to Start 2024 After Months of Challenges

Supply Chain Brain

The Elon Musk-owned EV company handed over less than 387,000 cars in the first three months of 2024, down 8% year-over-year.

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Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

Supply Chain Brain

A major brand faced mounting pressure to adopt sustainable practices and reduce its environmental footprint. Consumers, retailers, and even regulators began demanding less (and penalizing) single-use plastic waste in the supply chain.

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Biden Administration Finalizes Two-Person Crew Mandate for Freight Trains

Supply Chain Brain

The announcement comes nearly a year after a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio sparked a wide-ranging discussion regarding rail safety.

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