Wed.Aug 23, 2017

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Managing modern manufacturing supply chains

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Alex Mills, Sales & Marketing Director, ProSKU. Efficient manufacturing relies on managing the supply of components and sub-assemblies to support production schedules. It could be argued that the best manufacturers are the ones that not only have innovative products to meet market demands but who manage their supply chains the most effectively.

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DiManEx closes $2.7 Million in funding to scale its Digital Supply Platform

DiManEx

We are proud to announce that we have closed a new funding round totaling $2.7 million. This is a momentous step forward in our mission to revolutionize manufacturing supply chains. Our platform supports the digitization of production processes and the optimization of supply chains. Unlike an open market place, we provide a dedicated cloud-based service that connects customers to a vetted network of additive manufacturing partners.

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5 Differences Between Europe and U.S. Transportation Procurement

TMC

As companies expand globally through mergers or organic growth, many are faced with the decision of whether or not to combine logistics teams and apply a universal truckload procurement strategy across multiple regions. However, differences between markets do require adjustments. To obtain the most effective results, best practice requires adaptations to truckload procurement strategies.

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Supply Chain Assessment and Packaging Redesign Drastically Reduces Damage for Leading Mechanical Systems Manufacturer

CHAINalytics

Regardless of where you are and what you do, we can all agree that having reliable mechanical systems regularly available is a quintessential aspect to our daily lives that we often take for granted. Households and organizations across North America utilize these systems in various capacities multiple times a day, and to find those services … The post Supply Chain Assessment and Packaging Redesign Drastically Reduces Damage for Leading Mechanical Systems Manufacturer appeared first on Chai

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

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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Differences Matter in EU and U.S. Transportation Procurement

TMC

As companies expand globally through mergers or organic growth, many are faced with the decision whether to combine logistics teams and apply a universal truckload procurement strategy across multiple regions. However, differences between markets do require adjustments. To obtain the most effective results, best practice requires adaptations to truckload procurement strategies.

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5 Differences Between Europe and U.S. Transportation Procurement

TMC

As companies expand globally through mergers or organic growth, many are faced with the decision of whether or not to combine logistics teams and apply a universal truckload procurement strategy across multiple regions. However, differences between markets do require adjustments. To obtain the most effective results, best practice requires adaptations to truckload procurement strategies.

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LLamasoft introduces Supply Chain Guru X

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

LLamasoft, the supply chain optimisation software and solutions provider, has released Supply Chain Guru X, a completely new supply chain design software application.

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Needed: A New Way to Manage Risk in Low Cost Countries

NC State SCRC

Nowhere are disruptions more prevalent than in Low Cost Countries (LCC’s), which have become the focal point for outsourced contract manufacturing for major apparel brands such as Nike, Under Armour, Gap, Apple, and others. As organizations have expanded their supply chains globally, they have moved to outsourced manufacturing that reduces cost, but which also exposes their brand to greater risk.

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NiceLabel selected among 100 Great Supply Chain Partners

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

NiceLabel has been chosen to the SupplyChainBrain's annual list of the top 100 providers whose solutions have made significant impact on companies' efficiency, customer service and overall supply chain performance.

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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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Constraints, Constraints, Constraints Needed for Building the Optimal Supply Chain

Supply Chain Digest

Three Main Types of Constraints to Consider When Developing a Feasible Supply Chain Plan

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Time for This Year’s Freight Broker Bond Renewal

GlobalTranz

October is just around the corner. Since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) increased the 2017 freight broker bond renewal amount to $75,000 back in 2013 and set October 1 as the renewal deadline, that's the time when many freight brokers renew their bonds. So if it's time for your 2017 freight broker bond renewal, you need to get moving soon.

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What Grocers Are Doing to Attract Shoppers?

The Network Effect

With the news that Whole Foods stockholders have okayed the Amazon deal, the pressure on Grocers ratchets up as they. The post What Grocers Are Doing to Attract Shoppers? appeared first on The Network Effect.

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The Digital Age Demands Master Data Management

Enterra Insights

The digital age is data driven. That fact should come as no surprise. It stands to reason, therefore, that any … Continued. The post The Digital Age Demands Master Data Management appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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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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Microsoft invites PowerON into its elite partner team

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

IT automation specialist PowerON, has become one of only a few firms in the world to join Microsoft's Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) Elite Partner Team, and will now assist the software maker in developing both new and existing products.

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5 Tips and Tricks to Avoid the Distraction of Technology as a Truck Driver

GTG Technology Group

Avoiding Technology Distractions as a Truck Driver. Truck drivers spend endless hours on the road. On long straightaways and quiet nights, maintaining focus can be hard. Distractions of any kind significantly increase the likelihood of an accident. Knowing how to avoid dangerous distractions improves performance and safety on the roadways every day.

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Plan effectively for downtime in your retail revolution

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Claudine Mosseri, Group Services Director, ByBox. It's been dubbed the fourth industrial revolution – and amid all of the concern and scaremongering about robots replacing workers in roles, there is at least one sector which has the potential to be transformed by technology – retail.

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New Systems Uses Robots and RFID Readers to Perform Continuous Cycle Counting

Supply Chain Digest

Surgere Systems Uses Fetch Robots to Navigate the Aisles, Perform Inventor Reads, Send Data to the Cloud

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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International SAP Conference for Connected Logistics in Cargo

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

T.A. Cook Conferences and SAP have announced the International SAP Conference for Connected Logistics in Cargo taking place on 10-11 October, 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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The Teacher Keeps Learning

BlueYonder

Dianne Bender has built a rewarding career through lifelong learning. She not only manages the Product Documentation team in JDA’s Waukesha, Wisconsin office, but she also just marked 25 years as a professor at her alma mater, the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Along the way there were many lessons that came from diversity in employers, coworkers and opportunities.

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The Teacher Keeps Learning

BlueYonder

Dianne Bender has built a rewarding career through lifelong learning. She not only manages the Product Documentation team in JDA’s Waukesha, Wisconsin office, but she also just marked 25 years as a professor at her alma mater, the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Along the way there were many lessons that came from diversity in employers, coworkers and opportunities.