Squirrelling Away – How panic buying is affecting the supply chain
All Things Supply Chain
APRIL 14, 2020
As a result of the coronavirus outbreak, people have become like squirrels.
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Editor’s Choice: Digital Transformation Takes More than the Wave of a Wand
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 14, 2020
Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Choice” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. Today’s article is from Kinaxis. Digital transformation. It sounds oh-so-glamorous at first. But digitization is not a panacea for the world’s (or even just one company’s) supply chain problems.
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Apple Supply Chain - The Best Supply Chain in the World
TradeGecko
APRIL 14, 2020
Apple is famous for its innovation and design. But few people know that the way Apple handles inventory is also a factor that led to success. As a matter of fact, Apple’s Supply Chain has led Gartner's Supply Chain Top 25 list since 2013.
Marketing during Crisis and Recession, Part 2
Enterra Insights
APRIL 14, 2020
In the first part of this article , I noted there are questions about how brands should conduct marketing during times of crisis and recession. The questions are appropriate because the novel coronavirus crisis will inevitably change from a health crisis into a financial crisis. As Bradley Johnson ( @bradage ), Ad Age ‘s director of data analytics, notes, “People — consumers, business people of all stripes — are in a fog, apprehensive for their jobs, for their lives, for the future.
GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report
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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?
Editor’s Pick: Trucking Companies Continue Service During COVID-19
Talking Logistics
APRIL 14, 2020
Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This post by Jillian Sullivan from Kuebix’s blog highlights how trucking companies are going above and beyond to handle the COVID-19.
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Doing Business in Singapore
QAD
APRIL 14, 2020
The Malaysian island of Singapore was originally known as Temasek (“Sea Town”) after the first settlers found it in AD 1298-1299. The small island would later be given a new name by a prince from Palembang, the capital of Srivijaya, naming it Singapura (“The Lion City”), from the Sanskrit words “simha” (lion) and “pura” (city). Strategically located at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, Singapura flourished as a key trading post for many years.
Some COVID-19 Data Analysis Basics – New Events, Cum Events, and Logarithms
Arkieva
APRIL 14, 2020
We see graphs of COVID-19 events on a regular basis these days. Two common ones are bar charts for daily new events (COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths) and the “sweeping curve” to capture a cumulative number of events. Additionally, log transformations are mentioned. The purpose of this blog is to shed a bit of light on these curves and the role of the log transformation.
5 Steps to Protect Logistics Operations from COVID-19 Disruption
Supply Chain Collaborator
APRIL 14, 2020
Though it is an added stressor at this precarious moment, the time will never be more appropriate to take action toward improving enterprise logistics processes. Here are five ways shippers can protect logistics operations during the pandemic and promote improvement that lasts well into the recovery and beyond. Identify Potential Risks. The current crisis highlights the sobering reality – that disruptions can and will occur with regularity.
SupplyPike Provides Food to Local Hospital
SupplyPike
APRIL 14, 2020
SupplyPike is showing its appreciation for the hard workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic at Washington Regional Medical Center. SupplyPike has decided to provide a week’s worth of lunches to the essential staff at the local hospital for 125 workers, all directly or indirectly involved with COVID-19 patients. The employees are in the following departments: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Emergency Center Screening Clinic Housekeeping Materials Management.
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.
Truckers Keep Goods Moving
Freight Center
APRIL 14, 2020
We are seeing the term “essential worker” a lot these days. And right now, we can’t say thank you enough to the people in the different careers and roles, namely the medical industry, first responders and those who are keeping our stores stocked with food. Along with the group of vital positions is that of the freight trucker. As we are all aware, these events have had an economic and medical impact all over the world.
COVID19: An Update on Chicken, Meat, and Paper Products
NC State SCRC
APRIL 14, 2020
Since I last wrote about the subject of shortages of grocery items on WRAL and on our video blogs , there has been considerably more concern about what is happening to the food supply chains. I spent some time discussing this today with Joe Fisher from WRAL, and also spoke to a few of my colleagues in the retail food industry, as well as my colleague Ronalds Gonzalez in the Department of Forest Biomaterials.
Manufacturing and Covid-19: 11 Major Reports Summarised
Unleashed
APRIL 14, 2020
Track the impact of Covid-19 on manufacturing and wholesale businesses around the world. In this executive summary we provide excerpts from 11 major reports and articles, plus links for further information. Australia & New Zealand reports. IBISWorld COVID-19 Economic Assessment. Australia / NZ. All industries. April 9, 2020. Granular review of the Covid-19 outbreak’s effects on every manufacturing and wholesale industry subdivision in Australia and New Zealand.
Greater Importance of Retailer and Supplier Collaboration
BlueYonder
APRIL 14, 2020
Blue Yonder is committed to helping its customers face the unexpected. To provide insights into the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and its impact on supply chains around the world, we are delivering a blog series to help anyone looking for support and advice. Our experts, who have spent years in the supply chain industry, share their insights. We have talked about it for years: the importance of supplier and retailer collaboration.
The Big Payoff of Application Analytics
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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.
A complete guide to supply chain finance
Taulia
APRIL 14, 2020
What is supply chain finance? Supply chain finance – also known as reverse factoring (and abbreviated as SCF) – is a way of offering your suppliers early payment in the form of a third party-funded solution. Unlike other forms of receivables financing, the cost of funding for suppliers using supply chain finance is based on your credit rating, rather than theirs.
Transparency is the first step to securing global supply chains
SupplyShift
APRIL 14, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted supply chains around the globe and brought intense scrutiny to management strategies. Manufacturing industries such as apparel, auto parts and semiconductors have been hit particularly hard as factories shut down in China, followed by other global supply regions. The abrupt shift in shopping patterns and demand for certain consumer goods and medical supplies compounded the problem and revealed the risk of maintaining small inventories through just-in-time s
How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption
Jaggaer
APRIL 14, 2020
Adapting to the present and future challenges of COVID-19. Can the complex global supply network survive the COVID-19 pandemic? And, assuming it can, how will it adapt to the new realities? Define your procurement response strategy. Catch the on-demand webinar on building business continuity plans and business strategies for the short, mid and long-term.
FACT – The 4 Warehouse Design Principles
Logistics Bureau
APRIL 14, 2020
Let us explore the Four (4) Principles of Warehouse Design as Mal Walker deliberately tackles the importance of the following: Flow. Accessibility. Capacity. Traceability. Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our websites, why not check them out? Supply Chain Secrets: “Warehouse Design And Automation. Do You Need It?” Supply Chain Leaders Academy: “The Essentials to Consider in Your Warehouse Layout” Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.
GEP Outlook Report 2024
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Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.
NMFC Updates to Take Effect April 25
Zipline Logistics
APRIL 14, 2020
Food and beverage shippers have a few changes to note in the second round of 2020 NMFC updates. These classification changes are scheduled for the end of the month, as the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has announced the updates will go into effect April 25. While the next scheduled changes are not as wide-sweeping as the first reclassifications of this year , they do present some differences for food and beverage manufacturers—specifically, those shipping milk, cream, plant-
6 Checks Every Supply Chain Should Take To Stay Healthy
Gravity Supply Chain
APRIL 14, 2020
6 ways supply chain health checks ensure streamlined operations, mitigate risk, minimize disruption, meet customer needs and protect the bottom line.
Transparency is the first step to securing global supply chains
SupplyShift
APRIL 14, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted supply chains around the globe and brought intense scrutiny to management strategies. Manufacturing industries such as apparel, auto parts and semiconductors have been hit particularly hard as factories shut down in China, followed by other global supply regions. The abrupt shift in shopping patterns and demand for certain consumer goods and medical supplies compounded the problem and revealed the risk of maintaining small inventories through just-in-time s
Integrated Merchandise Planning
o9 Solutions
APRIL 14, 2020
Our intelligent merchandise management platform is a highly scaleable, flexible platform for driving integrated targets, budgets, assortment, marketing, promotion and allocation decisions Digital age solutions that add amazing visibility, speed and intelligence to your product innovation related decision making processes. All working together seamlessly on one powerful, simple to use platform.
Monetizing Analytics Features
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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.
Building the Business Case for TMS Integration Amid Uncertainty
GlobalTranz
APRIL 14, 2020
Building a winning business case for an advanced transportation management system (TMS) is not a small task. A successful business case allows companies to market themselves to various carriers, improve customer service, and lower freight spend. The great functionalities of a TMS, including “planning (i.e. rating, optimization, etc.), execution (i.e. tendering), in-transit management, and post-delivery.read More.
Supply Chain Retail Planning
o9 Solutions
APRIL 14, 2020
Increase revenues, improve margins, and inventory productivity with next generation cloud software. Demand Forecasting & Supply Chain Planning E-commerce, micro-consumer segments and other market trends are pushing retail supply chains operating on old platforms and spreadsheets to the limits. Move to o9? intelligent platform helps you make the complex simple and makes your supply chain a force for growth and margin.
Retail market insights
o9 Solutions
APRIL 14, 2020
Bring structured and unstructured data scattered across multiple sources into one integrated system to take faster, targeted actions to improve revenue and margin Increase revenues, improve margins, and inventory productivity with next generation cloud software Our market intelligence platform helps bring structured and unstructured data scattered across multiple sources inside and outside your organization into one integrated system for the different functions to get the pulse of each market se
GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024
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Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.
DELMIA Together, Connected, and Ready
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 14, 2020
Ready to help meet today’s critical workforce challenges and prepare for tomorrow. Part 2. During this time of global crisis, as more of the world’s population has been asked to stay home from work, non-essential businesses are suffering dramatically. In addition, businesses tasked with producing essential supplies are trying to cope with maintaining production.
Logistics Manager Magazine: Freightera Creates Local Sourcing for Global Supply Chains amid Coronavirus
Freightera
APRIL 14, 2020
March 16th was the first day when Freightera shipments started to plummet in sync with the whole Canadian economy. COVID-19 disruption of most of our customers’ businesses due to their own suppliers and customers shutting down, traveled downstream to us. We had to think on our feet: what can we do in this situation, how else can we help our customers?
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