GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

There is no doubt, that the retail landscape is increasingly looking like an online one as traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, such as Toys R Us, Foot Locker, and Best Buy mobile shutter hundreds of stores unable to keep up with the changing customer that wants fast, free delivery all with just a click of a button. Despite some struggles, retail as a whole had a solid 2017, as total sales reached $3.5 trillion, a 3.8 percent increase compared with $3.37 trillion in 2016, according to the U.S

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Logility

APRIL 16, 2018

A forecast is more than a projection of future business; it is a request for product (or a request for resources to ensure supply of a product). Forecast accuracy is crucial for achieving both customer service goals as well as ensuring proper utilization of resources to drive profitable business growth. Given the critical role of the forecast it amazes that today supply chain organizations still routinely rank inaccurate forecasts as a major obstacle in meeting their supply chain goals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 16, 2018

Supply chain software companies have been garnering some major investments. Some quiet investments from patient investors are reshaping the industry, These supply chain software companies are benefiting from patient investors. The investors, in turn, are keen on software companies with network solutions. These "digital" companies are seen as having the opportunity to create new types of value for their clients.

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3PL Insights

APRIL 16, 2018

In the supply chain, there is much more to consider beyond the transportation of goods. Different types of warehouses might be more beneficial for specific goods. Often, goods are manufactured in China or other East Asian countries, and then sent to another country for assembly/storage, and sent elsewhere across the world. It stands to reason that a company would want to manufacture their goods in an area that would optimize the time needed to assemble and ship a product, with the most monetary

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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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Freight Plus

APRIL 16, 2018

As we enter the second quarter of 2018 it has become clear that the capacity crisis facing the trucking industry is far from over. Chad Prevost of. Freightwaves reports. , "Freight trucks are the lifeblood of America's consumer economy—they represent 70.9 percent of the nation's freight by tonnage shipped and 81.5 percent of the nation's freight by cost spent, according to data from the American Trucking Association (ATA).

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Supply Chain Digest

APRIL 16, 2018

System Uses Powered Track that Charges Cars and Trucks as They Travel, with Goal to Convert all 20,000 Kilometers of the Major Highways in Sweden

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3GTMS

APRIL 16, 2018

If you have any role in the transportation or logistics industries, you’re likely aware of how eCommerce is challenging the traditional approaches to fulfillment and delivery. In this report from EFT and sponsored by 3Gtms, 195 respondents were asked about their eCommerce challenges. […]. The post Challenges, Solutions to Cross-Border eCommerce appeared first on 3GTMS.

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Supply Chain Digest

APRIL 16, 2018

From Buyer and Negotiator to Strategic Partner to the Business

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

Shippers today find themselves in a difficult and costly situation: their routing guides are often broken and they’re having to go to the spot market to cover their loads, which is costing more than they had budgeted. The great transportation spot market inversion has occurred. What does that mean for shippers? How should they respond? And what actions should they take longer term to prepare for whatever market conditions lie ahead?

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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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Enterra Insights

APRIL 16, 2018

The late Logan Pearsall Smith, an American-born British essayist and critic, once wrote, “The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.” I daresay more people agree with his fellow Brit, comic artist David Chester Gibbons, who stated, “I’m known for being very enthusiastic about using technology. A lot of the attraction is the way that it streamlines the process and takes a lot of the drudgery out of it.” The definition of “drudgery” is

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TradeGecko

APRIL 16, 2018

Customer relationship management (CRM) software typically manages all of your business's customer information in the one place. Salesforce is a global industry leader in customer management software which, in their words, has been: specifically designed to bring increased simplicity, integration, efficiency and visibility to your enterprise. As cloud computing providers, we offer CRM software as a service with our Force.com PaaS (Platform as a Service), so that you can multitask and keep track o

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2018

Not long ago, I saw a tweet that said, essentially: People aren’t sad that they don’t have to go directly to artisans to buy goods, so they shouldn’t be sad about in-store retail “going away” to be replaced by Amazon and e-commerce. That sort of talk makes for a good sound bite, I guess, but it’s just not logical. Plenty of people still seek out craftsmen, bakers and farmers’ markets to learn about the products they want to buy.

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TradeGecko

APRIL 16, 2018

Your online store is arguably your most important business asset. You’ve spent countless hours perfecting the look and feel. But as you grow, data disasters become a greater risk so it is crucial to have a robust data backup system that protects your eCommerce store from data loss.

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synchrono

APRIL 16, 2018

Gemba is a term that is increasingly familiar in the manufacturing world. Loosely translated from Japanese, it means “the place where the work is done.” The originators of the Gemba Walk – the practice of walking the shop floor to identify waste – knew that manufacturing process issues could not be identified or solved in the conference room or behind a desk.

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Material Handling & Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

Eight of 13 major retail categories showed increases. Sales at health and personal-care stores rose 1.4%, the most in two years. Auto sales rose 2%, the most since September. Signaling that consumer demand regained steam on the back of tax cuts and refunds, U.S. retail sales rose by more than expected in March in the first gain in three months. Receipts advanced 0.6% following a 0.1% drop in the previous month, according to Commerce Department figures released on April 15.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 16, 2018

As we enter the second quarter of 2018 it has become clear that the capacity crisis facing the trucking industry is far from over. Chad Prevost of Freightwaves reports, “Freight trucks are the lifeblood of America’s consumer economy—they represent 70.9 percent of the nation’s freight by tonnage shipped and 81.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

Ohio has many nicknames—the Buckeye State, the Birthplace of Aviation, the Mother of Presidents—but there’s one you won’t find on any license plates or bumper stickers: Gateway to the World. Ohio is home to more than a dozen intermodal railroad terminals, over 5,000 miles of rail lines, four dedicated air cargo terminals, roughly 760 warehouse […].

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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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Material Handling & Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

From disruptive technologies to the dirtiest jobs you could ever imagine, here's a look at some of the highlights from the MODEX 2018. Thirty thousand people from 110 countries walked the show floor of MODEX 2018 in Atlanta, spread across 250,000 square feet of exhiibition space occupied by 900 vendors, showing every type of material handling solution imaginable, from bins, pallets and shelves to drones, robots and artificial intelligence-based systems.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 16, 2018

Christopher Tang. There are two sides of a bitcoin: a cryptocurrency that enables anonymous individuals to facilitate transactions using a decentralized digital currency without a middleman (such as a bank or credit card company). [1] One side is labelled risks because bitcoin has involved in money laundering activities, ransom collections (e.g., victims of the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 paid their ransoms in bitcoins), illegal transactions on the dark web, etc. .

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 16, 2018

So far, economic performance doesn’t seem to have been negatively affected by political turmoil the world over, and in the U.S. in particular. Growth in this country should be in the range of 3 percent this year and next, said Nariman Behravesh, chief economist with IHS Markit. The Eurozone , only recently in danger of becoming a basket case, is experiencing its strongest growth since 2007.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 16, 2018

Christopher Tang. There are two sides of a bitcoin: a cryptocurrency that enables anonymous individuals to facilitate transactions using a decentralized digital currency without a middleman (such as a bank or credit card company). [1] One side is labelled risks because bitcoin has involved in money laundering activities, ransom collections (e.g., victims of the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 paid their ransoms in bitcoins), illegal transactions on the dark web, etc. .

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