Mon.Dec 12, 2016

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Integrated Business Planning vs. S&OP: What’s the Difference?

Demand Solutions

I’ve previously shared my thoughts on the need for a shake-up in the supply chain management realm , and my assessment of what integrated business planning really consists of. All of this begs the question: Is integrated business planning really something separate from sales and operations planning (S&OP)? Or is IBP merely the latest evolution of S&OP?

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Digital Disruption: Supply Chain Planning in the Digital Era

The Network Effect

by Gene Tyndall, Executive Vice President, Tompkins International Digital disruption is sweeping through the business landscape. Supply chain planners need. The post Digital Disruption: Supply Chain Planning in the Digital Era appeared first on The Network Effect.

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The Battle for Supply Chain Talent

Logility

Over the last few years I have heard a reoccurring theme from many supply chain professionals, “there is a war for talent being waged.” Nowhere is this more apparent than in the area of demand and supply chain planning. One of the key challenges facing organizations today is the changing demographic of candidates for planners. As with every generation in the workforce, companies have had to adapt and thankfully there are steps that can make your company more attractive to the best ta

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The Effect of Currency Demonetization on Statistical Forecasting

Arkieva

How does currency demonetization affect statistical forecasting? The Government of India recently enacted the policy to demonetize Rupees 500 and 1,000 banknotes. ( ₹500 and ₹1,000 ). All bank notes of these denominations ceased to be legal tender on November 9, 2016. A Google search on this will reap rich returns; here is an article on this topic on Wikipedia.

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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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Analytics in Modern Supply Chain Taking Center Stage

C3 Solutions

This is a guest blog from our friend Adam Robinson at Cerasis. In this post, Adam outlines a few important things that need to be understood about analytics in the modern supply chain in order to ensure business success.

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Caterpillar BCP Tour opens up executive eyes to “Big Iron” supply chains

NC State SCRC

Over the course three days last week, a group of executives from a variety of different companies came together to share ideas and thoughts on the future of supply chain. These discussions were also augmented by planned events to Caterpillar Building Construction Products and Lenovo’s enterprise team. In these visits, executives had an opportunity to see for themselves the evolution of supply chain at work, and share in touching and feeling the products, meet executives, and learn from one anoth

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Cognitive Apps for Supply Chain Management

Aera Technology

FusionOps has introduced a suite of next-generation cognitive applications that apply machine learning techniques and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and capitalize on opportunities that optimize business performance. The new applications are an extension of the company’s suite of supply chain solutions.

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The Legislation that is Shaping the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

Supply Chain 24/7

On Nov. 27, 2013 President Obama signed the Drug Quality and Security Act into law, effectively setting the framework of what would become a nationwide initiative toward wide-scale pharmaceutical serialization.

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New Cognitive Applications from FusionOps Drive Supply-Chain-First Future

Aera Technology

Next-generation AI Powers Autonomous Supply Chain. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — December 13, 2016 — FusionOps announced a suite of next-generation cognitive applications that will drive supply-chain-first business and enable companies to utilize their supply chains for competitive advantage. They are built on FusionOps’ award-winning enterprise platform that applies sophisticated machine learning techniques and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and capitalize on opportunities that optimize bus

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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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4 Ways Reshoring or Insourcing Manufacturing Can Boost Profits

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Allison Wilkinson, a freelance writer in the industry, who shows us why Reshoring or Insourcing Manufacturing can boost your profits. While reshoring has always been a debated topic in the manufacturing industry , the subject earned the national spotlight in the 2016 presidential election. And rightly so, as millions of Americans have been affected by companies' decisions to outsource manufacturing abroad. .

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FusionOps will harness AI to automate supply chain operations

Aera Technology

The size and complexity of a large enterprise’s supply chain can make it incredibly difficult to stay on top of every upstream change that may impact operations.

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Extending the Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Supply Chain

Supply Chain 24/7

A comprehensive analysis of how value-added services are revolutionizing an industry.

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An Inflection Point in the Retail Supply Chain Part 3

Supply Chain Digest

As Leading Retails Look to Reduce Supplier Variability, Most Need to Look at the Role of their Order Practices as Well

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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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Big Data and Advanced Analytics Hold Key to Brighter Future

Enterra Insights

“Getting a greater understanding of your business is the promise of big data,” Michael Hoskins (@MikeHSays), Chief Technical Officer at … Continued. The post Big Data and Advanced Analytics Hold Key to Brighter Future appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Global Supply Chain News on New US Tax Plan Could have Major Impact on Imports and Exports

Supply Chain Digest

So Called Border Adjustments Being Considered as Core to Major US Tax Overhaul.

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What is aPaaS? A Way to Supercharge Your App Development

The Network Effect

What is aPaaS? aPaaS is an acronym for application Platform-as-a-Service. According to Gartner, aPaaS is a cloud service that offers. The post What is aPaaS? A Way to Supercharge Your App Development appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Supply Chain Newsmakers Video Series on Predictions on Use of Robots in the Supply Chain from IDC

Supply Chain Digest

From the Energence of the Chief Robotics Officer to Robots as a Service

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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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aPaaS: Supercharge Your App Development

The Network Effect

What is aPaaS? aPaaS is an acronym for application Platform-as-a-Service. According to Gartner, aPaaS is a cloud service that offers. The post aPaaS: Supercharge Your App Development appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Angels, Help Your Portfolio Companies Get $250K For Their R&D

Marianne Hudson

Johnson and Haskett will provide many other details in an ACA webinar focused on this topic. They believe it is really important for angels to share information about the new credit rules with the companies they work with, and I agree.

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Santa & Opening Presents, S&OP & the Elves Respond

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Dear Mr Santa,

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Top CIO Questions about Cloud ERP for the Enterprise

Supply Chain 24/7

Before you begin your journey to Cloud ERP, the first thing to decide is what path you want to take and that depends on your business needs, for some of you, moving ERP to the cloud means replacing your core ERP system, for others, a more gradual migration might better fit your needs.

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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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Removing the Bullwhip Effect Across the Network

E2open

Removing the Bullwhip Effect Across the Network. alyssa. Monday 12 December 2016. Pawan Joshi, Senior Vice President, Products & Strategy, E2open. In 1961, Jay Forrester formalized the recognition of the bullwhip effect in his book titled, Industrial Dynamics. 55 years later, companies still struggle to deal with it. Increased outsourcing has further contributed to this problem resulting in a lack of visibility from shelves to suppliers and everything in between.

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The Salesforce Economy

Supply Chain 24/7

This White Paper forecasts the economic contribution of Salesforce and its ecosystem of partners and customers to local economies in terms of jobs and gross domestic product (GDP) impact, the study relies on IDC's forecasts of job creation from organizational use of cloud computing, IDC's understanding of Salesforce's market share.

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Understanding Vendor Compliance Optimization Part 2

Supply Chain Digest

Maturity Drvien by Different Levels of Visibility, Variability and Velocity

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Bridging the Gap Between Customer Relationship Management & Enterprise Resource Planning

Supply Chain 24/7

Utilizing an Enterprise Resource Planning solution built natively on the Salesforce platform, Kenandy Inc has redefined enterprise resource planning by allowing customers to map their ERP to their existing business processes.

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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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Removing the Bullwhip Effect Across the Network

E2open

Removing the Bullwhip Effect Across the Network. alyssa. Monday 12 December 2016. Pawan Joshi, Senior Vice President, Products & Strategy, E2open. In 1961, Jay Forrester formalized the recognition of the bullwhip effect in his book titled, Industrial Dynamics. 55 years later, companies still struggle to deal with it. Increased outsourcing has further contributed to this problem resulting in a lack of visibility from shelves to suppliers and everything in between.