AIMMS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Gartner’s Hype Cycle for CSCOs is a valuable read for current and potential Supply Chain leaders. It brings together a long list of trends, enabling technologies, business frameworks and competencies that should be in your consideration set. The big theme of course, is the digitization of the supply chain and the implications it will have on business performance.

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SCM Research

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The Journal of Supply Chain Management has recently announced the winner of the 2015 Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award, which is the award for the best paper published in that journal. The award goes to an article by Kim & Choi: Deep, Sticky, Transient, and Gracious: An Expanded Buyer–Supplier Relationship Typology. Herein, the authors propose an expanded typology of buyer–supplier relationships, which they theorize in two orthogonal aspects: “(1) relational posture, that is, how two f

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Gartner’s Hype Cycle for CSCOs is a valuable read for current and potential Supply Chain leaders. It brings together a long list of trends, enabling technologies, business frameworks and competencies that should be in your consideration set. The big theme of course, is the digitization of the supply chain and the implications it will have on business performance.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 156

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We look at national trends every week, but sometimes the detail can get lost. Then we look at lane-by-lane reports, and we might miss a broader trend. I decided to look at last week's rate trends by region. I looked at 15 regions, and compared the rates for the past seven days to the rates for the previous 90 days -- that's the first week in November compared to the entire third quarter.

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Advertiser: GEP

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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NFI Industries

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today 6.4 billion devices are connected to the internet worldwide, which is a huge improvement to the mere 1,000 devices that were connected in 1984. With help from the Internet of Things (IoT), Gartner expects the number of connected devices to reach 20.8 billion 1. The IoT is a network of objects, sensors, and information sources. Read More.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

George Calvert, Amway. Simply chasing low labor costs is seldom the best way to think about your supply chain. read more.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Effective use of data collection equipment is one way to address supply chain crises before they happen. Emergencies are an eventual fact of life in the business world. Even the most prepared company can encounter unforeseen circumstances and crises that test its ability to communicate about the issue effectively, fix the problem and maintain a positive perception among customers, employees and other stakeholders.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Over the next five years, more than three-quarters of companies surveyed anticipate their revenue from global sales to increase by about 30% on average. read more.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Contemplating the Roots of Our Industry this Election Day.Transportfolio. Well, it’s finally Election Day! This election cycle has brought out many areas of disagreement; however, investment in transportation infrastructure in the United States is not one of them. Agreement on this point is strong, yet details like how to pay for infrastructure and trade policy seem to have no consensus whatsoever.

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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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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

This holiday shopping season, like years past, retailers, shippers, and consumers are all preparing and for a huge influx. Each player in this holiday shopping game – retailers, shippers, and consumers – has their part to play and their preparations to make. In this infographic, with data taken from a recent study by National Retail Federation , highlights the preparations taken by Retailers, Consumers and Shippers alike for the holiday shopping season.

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RELEX Solutions

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We are delighted to welcome Charlotte Kula-Przezwanski from Columbus Consulting (CCI) as our guest blogger. CCI is renowned for its expertise in retail business processes and systems delivering practical solutions to optimize sales, margin and inventory across all channels of operation. Why Agility? The current pace of social, economic, technical, and environmental change appears likely to continue or accelerate nearly everywhere in the world.

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4WL Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today, more than ever, having a Logistics Strategy is important, not only for the bottom line but for your customer’s experience when dealing with your company. Recently I spoke with, Ron, an executive at a midsize electronics manufacturing company and he asked me a few questions that I hear from a lot of Presidents who are under constant pressure to cut costs to increase margins while extending a high quality customer experience.

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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Pledges to be Powered by 50 Percent Renewable Sources, Help Workers to Build Careers Even Outside of Walmart

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4WL Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today, more than ever, having a Logistics Strategy is important, not only for the bottom line but for your customer’s experience when dealing with your company. Recently I spoke with, Ron, an executive at a midsize electronics manufacturing company and he asked me a few questions that I hear from a lot of Presidents who are under constant pressure to cut costs to increase margins while extending a high quality customer experience.

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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Profits Dip 9.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We’ve all made bad decisions in our lives. In business, however, bad decisions can impact more than our individual lives. … Continued. The post Big Data Analytics and Better Decision-making appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Watch as Chris Jones, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Services at Descartes Systems Group discusses the history of pool distribution, common misconceptions about the model today, and why pool distribution as a store replenishment strategy is more relevant than ever. What is pool distribution? Why is pool distribution in the spotlight today? What are the critical factors or ingredients required to make pool distribution work?

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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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4WL Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today, more than ever, having a Logistics Strategy is important, not only for the bottom line but for your customer’s experience when dealing with your company. Recently I spoke with, Ron, an executive at a midsize electronics manufacturing company and he asked me a few questions that I hear from a lot of Presidents who are under constant pressure to cut costs to increase margins while extending a high quality customer experience.

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CHAINalytics

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

By Bryan Wyatt | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics In today’s omni-channel marketplace, retailers are expected to provide a wide variety of delivery options to customers in order to remain competitive. There seems to be a limitless U.S. appetite for instant gratification in an incredibly fast-growing home delivery marketplace, fueled by both ecommerce and increasingly … The post Omni-Channel Packaging: It’s What’s on the Outside that Counts appeared first on Chainalyt

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Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

You’ve implemented a TMS to (among other reasons) automate the tendering process. If you’re like many shippers, you’ve set up a low-cost automatic tendering sequence in each lane. The cascading automation of the low-cost tendering process is explicitly designed to get your loads accepted, in the timeliest manner and by the lowest cost carrier available.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Last week we said that in reality most companies are already partly down the path towards a probabilistic supply chain model. The evolution is happening naturally as the global business landscape becomes more interconnected and complex, along with the effects of multichannel marketing, demand shaping and the internet. You’ve likely already recognized the limits of deterministic planning if your company has recently launched (or relaunched) an S&OP initiative, or you’ve started to migrate fro

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

'What'd You Miss?' co-hosts Joe Weisenthal and Scarlet Fu get you caught up on the most important stories in financial global markets, LIVE Feed from Bloomberg TV.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

With the holiday season approaching and major global shopping events like Singles Day in China and Cyber Monday right around the corner, small and mid-size e-commerce vendors are contemplating how to maximize this opportunity for their business. For many, the obvious answer would be to get their products on Amazon. But how does it get […]. The post Who Gets your Product to Amazon?

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Supply Chain 24/7

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Digitalization is the single most talked-about topic among business leaders at all tech and non-tech companies - including small, midsized, and large companies, in all industries and all lines of businesses. Why?

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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The Three Areas Supply Chain Practice will Likely be Most Effected, as the Midwest Puts Hopes on Renewed Manufacturing

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Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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Tailwind

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

“Brad, come in here”. “Okay… what’s up Boss?”. “Got it!”. “Got what?”. “The next breakthrough in our marketing efforts.”. “Sounds good… what is it?”. “Ready?”. “Yep – ready as I will ever be…”. “Okay – okay- I am going to ghost write a book. We can use it to promote the business.”. “Ghost write?”. “Yes – ghost write. You know, like how John Kennedy raised his brand when he was running for the Presidency with a book called ‘Profiles in Courage’.

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