Wed.Dec 23, 2020

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Supply Chains are Okay…But for How Long?

Elementum

When COVID-19 arrived in the U.S. in March, people experienced first-hand the fallout of poorly designed supply chains. The stockpiling engaged in by both homes and shopping outlets made headlines, while shortages of critical items—like PPE and ventilators—accelerated the pandemic’s spread and heightened its risk. The crisis demanded that supply chains swiftly adapt to operating with a limited capacity in times of increased demand, while ensuring the safety of their frontline workers.

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Three Keys to Navigating the Next COVID-19

Supply Chain Brain

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply-chain leaders have realized there is no “new normal,” and are focusing on how to guide their organizations through uncharted waters, no matter what the challenge might be.

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An Open Letter to My Future Generation

BlueYonder

Dear Beloved, As I sit and type this letter, I think of you. I think of the hope that swells inside of me that I have for you and your children and their children. At the time of writing, it’s Fall in the year 2020 and your ‘GramMa’ is feverishly working to prepare a better world for you. A world where you are afforded resources, relationships and representation regardless of the pronunciation of your name, the texture of your hair or the color of your skin.

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An Ecommerce Guide to Dark Store: What It Is and How Does It Work?

ShipBob

When it comes to shopping, customers expect instant gratification. That’s why many people love shopping at a local physical store; they can find what they’re looking for, make a purchase, and have it same day. But the pandemic made it more difficult to offer this type of shopping experience. I n response, many physical retailers, from small to enterprise businesses, opted into what is known as a “dark stores” to offer more of their products online and using their retail s

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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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Implementation of EDI in Logistics Industry

20Cube Logistics

Logistics is an inseparable part of the supply chain. Without transportation, none of the industry can move their goods across continents; hence it’s a driving force for the world economy. As it involves enormous transactions across the industry, much of the information is shared between supply chain stakeholders through piles of papers each day. Would it not be better to have information in a better format that can be saved for a longer time which is worthier than the paper.

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We’re hiring a Lead Product Designer!

Provenance

We’re hiring a Lead Product Designer! Provenance is using tech to power the transparency movement – helping brands bring their supply chain and the social and environmental impact behind products to shoppers. Our mission is to enable more conscious, fair, and low-impact consumption. Our product is a SaaS platform enabling brands to publish their product’s origin, journey and social and environmental impact – in a way that can be trusted – across multiple digital channels.

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How to run a successful distribution business in Indonesia

Vinculum

Distribution can be categorized into few of the most essential businesses in Indonesia that conduct activities such as wholesale, import, export, and retail in the entire process. Distribution can be defined as an essential service that makes merchandise available for purchase by allocating it through a given market. Elements such as transportation, packaging, and delivery are included in the procedure of distribution.

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Winter produce increases reefer volumes from Mexico

DAT Solutions

The deeper we get into winter, the further south shippers go to meet U.S. demand for winter produce, which is why, at this time of the year, we start to see an increase in volume across the southern border from Mexico. .

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Supply Chain News on Freight Indicators for November Positive, while Driver Turnover Jumps

Supply Chain Digest

Truckload Rates Positive for First Time in more than a Year, while Competition for Drivers Remains Intense

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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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Year-end capacity tightness at record levels—for now.

DAT Solutions

One of the themes of the pandemic-driven freight market has been tight capacity, which has driven up spot rates to record levels and put upward pressure on contract rates at the same time.

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Trends 2021: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Occasionally, a year comes along to which we gladly bid adieu — 2020 is one such year for many individuals and companies. Irish-American author Stewart Stafford summed up the feelings of many when he wrote, “You don’t need 20/20 vision to see that 2020 is a giant caca burrito getting forced down our throats.” The truth is, difficult times often require us to reassess how things are going — and that can be a good thing.

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J.B. Hunt 360: Digital freight brokerage transforms trucking giant

DAT Solutions

J.B. Hunt's Shelley Simpson discusses the company's journey from carrier to asset-based brokerage — along with its development of the multi-modal digital freight platform, J.B. Hunt 360. As the trucking industry moves increasingly toward digital technology, carriers and shippers are looking for convenient, on-the-go solutions to find and move freight.

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Embracing Technology to Stay Competitive

Tailwind

“ The biggest thing technology does for small and midsize trucking companies is give them the tool set they need to be competitive “ Small and midsize companies – brokers and carriers alike – often wait to adopt new technologies because frequent upgrades stress their bottom line, sometimes from temporary lost productivity as staff trains up on new functionality.

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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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Steelmakers struggle to meet surging demand

DAT Solutions

Demand in the manufacturing sector continues to improve, which is good news, especially for Flatbed carriers.

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7 Tips to find the best suppliers in china

DocShipper Sourcing

Each company has a different business structure, as well as various business needs. Therefore, finding different suppliers will enable the company to fulfill business differences. Obviously, the way to find suppliers will vary as well. Over time, we have helped many people to import from China. We admit some cases were not easy. But at … The post 7 Tips to find the best suppliers in china appeared first on ?

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Industrial production steadily improves

DAT Solutions

Industrial production has been steadily improving after dropping 16.5% in March. It's now around 5% below its pre-pandemic (February) reading, but still down 5.5% year over year.

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We’re hiring a Freelance UX/UI designer! 

Provenance

Join leading SaaS company and B Corp Provenance to help create pioneering designs to communicate the social and environmental impact of consumer products. You’ll be joining a small but mighty team with skills in sustainability, content strategy, product and engineering. Working with global clients in the food, drink and personal care industries to enable transparency on the things that really matter about the goods we buy. .

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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The Top 4 Differences Between Reverse Auctions and Bidding

EC Sourcing Group

Reverse auctions, when conducted properly, can be a massive success as part of procurement management. The role of reverse auctions in strategic sourcing has diminished in recent years but is seeing a comeback in 2020 as companies look to find more savings in the pandemic. With recent advancements in procurement technology, eSourcing software has become more intelligent and intuitive to individual users and specific company’s needs.

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Expected Historic Reverse Logistics Volumes Post Holidays & How Transportation Management Systems Will Manage Returns

MercuryGate

Just as shipments out to customers are expected to be high throughout the holiday season, […]. The post Expected Historic Reverse Logistics Volumes Post Holidays & How Transportation Management Systems Will Manage Returns appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Source to Settle vs Procure to Pay

ProcurePort

Every business is always looking for ways to maximize savings and streamline operations for better spend management. Source to settle and procure to pay are two processes that allow enterprises to do just this. The term source to pay process is also used to encompass this entire process. However, have you ever wondered what the […]. The post Source to Settle vs Procure to Pay appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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Amazon’s Problem: It’s a Giant Acting Like a Startup – The Wall Street Journal.

Operations and Supply Chain Management

I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. Amazon’s Problem: It’s a Giant Acting Like a Startup. Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. – Bob.

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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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Supply Chains are Okay…But for How Long?

Elementum

When COVID-19 arrived in the U.S. in March, people experienced first-hand the fallout of poorly designed supply chains. The stockpiling engaged in by both homes and shopping outlets made headlines, while shortages of critical items—like PPE and ventilators—accelerated the pandemic’s spread and heightened its risk. The crisis demanded that supply chains swiftly adapt to operating with a limited capacity in times of increased demand, while ensuring the safety of their frontline workers.

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Amware Fulfillment Acquires Moulton Logistics

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Amware Fulfillment, has acquired Moulton Logistics , a Los Angeles-based company specializing in fulfillment for eCommerce and direct response companies.