Fri.Nov 04, 2022

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When It Comes To Excess Inventory, Prevention Is Better Than Cure

ToolsGroup

Excess inventory – it’s taking up your warehouse space, tying up working capital, and limiting your planning team’s range of motion. It’s time to Marie Kondo your supply chain by eliminating excess inventory and learning how to avoid it in the first place. Let’s talk about: What Excess Inventory Is. What Causes Excess Inventory. The Disadvantages of Excess Stock.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 29 – November 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

There are certain movies that are simply iconic. These are the movies that everyone has seen, everybody can quote, and if it is on TV and you’re flipping through the channels, you will always watch it. Office Space fits this category for me. And now, Walmart is reviving the 1999 cult classic with a new ad campaign that brings back two of our favorite characters, Bill Lumbergh and Samir Nagheenanajar.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 4, 2022)

Talking Logistics

What does an ethernet cable taste like? I don’t know, but our pet bunny Grayson does. He chewed through my ethernet cable earlier this week, leaving me at the mercy of wifi, which is always reliable except when it isn’t. Now I’m watching YouTube videos on how to crimp RJ45 connectors. I learn something new. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 4, 2022).

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The Newtrul Story with Ed Stockman

The Logistics of Logistics

Ed Stockman and Joe Lynch discuss the Newtrul story. Ed is Co-founder & CEO at Newtrul , a technology company helping increase efficiencies in the trucking industry with a digital freight-aggregation platform. About Ed Stockman. Ed Stockman is the Co-founder & CEO at Newtrul, a technology company helping increase efficiencies in the trucking industry with a digital freight-aggregation platform.

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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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When Will Blockchain Hype Pay-off in Supply Chain Operations?

Enterra Insights

Many articles about blockchain technology in the supply chain contain the word “potential.” For example, attorneys Kathleen E. Wegrzyn and Eugenia Wang write, “While blockchain technology can potentially provide huge advantages to supply chains, there are also potential disadvantages that make it clear that any blockchain solution must be well-tailored to the targeted supply chain.”[1] Tech writer Jeannie Kever ( @JEKever ) adds, “Blockchain technology has the poten

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October 2022 PMI Reporting Points to Global Wide Manufacturing Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published October 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. In our summary and perspectives reflecting on all of Q3 monthly reporting, we echoed an increased trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. Now, October reporting data reinforces global-wide contraction levels in production and new orders, along with manufacturing recession conditions now acknowledged for Europe

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World of Warcraft: what race to choose for arena battles

IT Supply Chain

By Ellie Yantsan (pictured). Digital Marketer. The post World of Warcraft: what race to choose for arena battles appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Digital Transformation - The Foundation of a Resilient Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Join OpenText for a discussion on how to remain competitive by leveraging a scalable cloud-based integration platform to accelerate your digital transformation, increase your business agility and gain greater insight into your supply chain.

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Interview with Anthony Payne on Supplier Experience Management

HICX Solutions

In a series of interviews which took place during World Procurement Congress 2022 (WPC) in London, we spoke to a number of thought-leaders and experts from the Procurement and Supply Chain industries about their opinions on Supplier Experience Management (SXM) and the future of Procurement. The theme of this year’s event was ‘Challenging the status quo,’ with the aim of amplifying the voices of those that are ‘pushing the boundaries on innovation, ESG and supply chain resiliency’ as they ‘delive

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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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DDMRP: The future of managing supply and demand?

Procurement Academy

Today, we live in a world that is only getting more complex. There are new sources of volatility, uncertainty, and ambiguity at every turn – from radical inflation to international conflict. Yet, at the same time, the appetite for consumption across most markets is increasing: people are looking for a greater variety of products delivered to their door in record time.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Stock Report for Week Ending Novermber 4, 2022

Supply Chain Digest

See who was up and who was down

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Is Attending a Driver Finishing Program a Good Idea?

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

Now what? You recently got your CDL license, but every trucking job out there requires experience. How can you get experience without a job giving you that experience? You feel “ok” about driving, but wouldn’t it be great if you had a little bit more hands-on experience before hopping in a truck for a few weeks on your own? You aren’t alone.

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Meet LogiNext’s Creative Side with UX Designer Maanvi Kriplani on #WeAreLogiNext

Loginext

Meet LogiNext’s Creative Side with UX Designer Maanvi Kriplani on #WeAreLogiNext This article is a part of the #WeAreLogiNext series of articles where we focus on people’s journeys that power the company. Maanvi Kriplani’s story is a rarity in the Indian culture, where there was no pressure to join engineering or become a doctor! […].

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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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How 3 Online Retailers Went Beyond Traditional Automation to Optimize their DC Ops Part 1 – Adding Smart Software

Lucas

Improving order-to-delivery times to meet new customer expectations, reducing fulfillment costs in the face of unrelenting price competition, managing returns more efficiently to minimize losses and onboarding seasonal staff without increasing shipping errors. The post How 3 Online Retailers Went Beyond Traditional Automation to Optimize their DC Ops Part 1 – Adding Smart Software appeared first on Lucas Systems.

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State of the 3PL Union 2023 Part 3

Supply Chain Digest

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Why a Product-Centric Approach to Quality Matters

Arena Solutions

Why a Product-centric Approach to Quality Matters. Full transcript below: Inga Hansen. Hello everyone and welcome. My name is Inga Hanson, I’m the Managing Editor of MedTech Intelligence and I will be your host for today’s webinar, Why a Product-centric Approach to Quality Matters. We’d like to thank Arena, a PTC Company, for sponsoring today’s webinar so we can bring it to you at no cost.

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Leveraging a Digital Trade Foundation to Unlock Further Value

Supply Chain Brain

Twenty years ago Columbia Sportswear embarked on their digital journey starting with all of their trading partners moving to a single cloud-based network.

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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.