Thu.Apr 06, 2023

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How to Remove Unconscious Bias from Your Vendor Selection Process

EC Sourcing Group

To create a more inclusive and diverse work environment, organizations across various industries are taking measures to remove unconscious bias from their recruitment process. However, many of these same organizations fail to consider the impact that unconscious bias can have on their procurement process. Unconscious bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our decisions and actions without us even realizing it.

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The One Key Shift in Your Supply Chain and Procurement Strategies that can Drive Better Business Continuity and Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

In today’s dynamic and unpredictable business environment, companies face various challenges such as changing consumer demands, global uncertainty, and the impact of natural and man-made events. Procurement and Supply Chain Management are essential functions that can help companies navigate these challenges, but they are often siloed and operate in separate departments.

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Balancing Life’s Disruptions by Forecasting within a Dynamic Supply Chain

QAD

The Network of Life is a fast paced environment where consumer demands and the disruption of life can change within a blink of an eye. Having proper forecasting within your supply chain can help you to be antifragile and assist you in leveraging life’s disruptions. Based on data, agility, and reinventing innovation – the manufacturing and supply chain sectors need to make sure it evolves and embraces a new digital, dynamic experience that can meet and align with the changing world around u

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Watch: How to Evaluate Freight Technology Providers

Supply Chain Brain

Krenar Komoni, founder and chief executive officer of Tive, offers advice on evaluating freight-tech providers, and emphasizes the need for collaboration as the basis for making key decisions in the supply chain.

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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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Time to Get Ahead of the Game: Join Locus at the Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2023

Locus

Mark your calendars for the biggest supply chain conference of the year is just around the corner! The Gartner ® Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo is where the world’s supply chain leaders, experts, and practitioners convene to exchange experiences, ideas, and best practices. Taking place in Orlando, Florida from May 8-10, the symposium is the ultimate destination for anyone seeking to stay abreast of the latest trends, technologies, and strategies in the supply chain industry.

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10 Reasons to Choose WMS SaaS for Your Warehouse

SphereWMS

When it comes to warehouse management system (WMS) software types for inventory control, there are many different options available to third-party logistics (3PL) providers, distribution centers, and warehouses in the supply chain. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based WMS is quickly becoming the preferred choice for businesses of all sizes in the supply chain because of the access it provides to real-time data with just a few clicks of the mouse making it easier for warehouses to organize inventor

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The Next Supply Chain Attack Vector: Open-Source Software

Supply Chain Brain

The U.S. government has made significant strides in reducing direct cyberattack risks. Yet more needs to be done to prevent supply chain attacks.

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ICON 2023: Preparing for a New Tomorrow

BlueYonder

Curious to know what’s in store at ICON 2023 , Blue Yonder’s annual customer conference and premier supply chain event? I spoke with Blue Yonder’s Susan Beal, chief customer officer, and Derek Thomas, corporate vice president of portfolio marketing, who shared what to expect this year and some of the not-to-be-missed event features! Bryant: What is ICON 2023 and where is it this year?

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GSCPI Shows Supply Chains Getting Back to Normal

Supply Chain Brain

The bank says the research shows global supply chain pressures decreased again in March, falling from.28 to 1.06 standard deviations below the index’s historical average.

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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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Supply Chain by the Numbers for April 6, 2023

Supply Chain Digest

Big Amazon Spend on AntiUnion Consultants. Boxed Goes Belly Up. US Manufacturing Contracts again in March.

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Fulfillment Packaging Services: Unboxing a Hidden Opportunity

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

As someone who oversees order fulfillment services, your focus tends to be on accurate, on-time delivery and controlling parcel shipping costs, which can be up to 70% of total fulfillment costs. There isn’t a big interest in box sizes, bubble wrap, and other packaging-related details. But that’s a mistake.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Number of US Job Opening Finally Shrinking

Supply Chain Digest

Positions are Down from Peak in 2022, but Still Historically High

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Streamlining the tedious: automating the AP process for manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As efficiency is crucial for businesses to remain competitive, many manufacturers are looking at all aspects of their operations to identify gaps and address them through either process improvements or by introducing relevant automation technology. One area that is often overlooked is the accounts payable (AP) process. Inefficiencies in AP can lead to delayed payments, lost discounts, and damaged vendor relationships.

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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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Easter Fun on Recent Supply Chain Caption Contest Winners

Supply Chain Digest

Have a Good Laugh as we Cruise into a Holiday Weekend for Many

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It’s Cool to be “Obsolete Before Plateau”

Demand Driven Technologies

Do you know the Gartner Hype Cycle? The Gartner Hype Cycle is a widely recognized concept that describes the panorama of technology and IT innovations in a field. It takes into account the hype generated by these technologies and their effectiveness and results for companies that adopt them. This curve, quite similar to the Kubler-Ross.

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The Future of Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

When Russia invaded Ukraine, which is one of the world’s breadbasket countries, a bright light was shone on the global food supply chain. The Economist notes, “Vladimir Putin’s attempt at grain blackmail highlights a wider problem.”[1] That problem, according to the magazine, is men with guns. The magazine explains, “The global food supply is vulnerable to men with guns.

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CMA CGM's Saade Forges Ahead With China, Media Deals

Supply Chain Brain

The executive said he’s ordering new ocean-going vessels despite a slowdown in the industry following a boom during the pandemic, when some freight rates rose to record levels.

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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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Going Into The Depths Of Home Delivery Management Software

Loginext

This blog covers important aspects of home delivery management software. It discussed the key stats, operational help, and features businesses should consider. Whether you are into retail, eCommerce, F&B, or CEP, you should check out this blog before finalizing your home delivery management software. The post Going Into The Depths Of Home Delivery Management Software appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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Uniqlo’s Automates Store Checkout with RFID Chips

Supply Chain Brain

The company is applying a new generation of RFID readers in its checkout machines, allowing shoppers to simply drop their goods in bins at automated checkout stations that read the RFID tags

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Securing the Supply Chain: Best Practices in Cybersecurity and Risk Management for Competitive Advantage

RFgen

Key Takeaways: 89% of Digital Inventory Report respondents say data security is important to extremely important to their inventory operations. Supply chain risk management begins with an understanding of the risks to your organization and a strong proactive plan to mitigate risk. Cybersecurity is a vital component of a supply chain risk management plan.

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Boeing to Boost Output of 737 Jets in Push for More Cash

Supply Chain Brain

The plane maker is expected to report a surge in first quarter deliveries when it discloses March handovers, a sign of the progress Boeing is making toward stabilizing work in its factories.

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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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Top 6 Logistics Software Vendors in the US for you to consider in 2023

Locus

The North America logistics market is poised to make the leap from a whopping $1.4 triillion in 2022 to $1.6 trillion by 2028, clocking a 2.4% CAGR. It’s a bonanza for industries like retail, e-commerce and other such logistics-based industries, but, as always, growth comes with its share of thorny challenges. It’s high time retailers, e-commerce platforms, 3PLs, FMCGs, and other logistics players in the US turn to cutting-edge logistics software to tackle the hurdles of this burgeon

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LA, Long Beach Port Terminal Closures Stretch to Second Day

Supply Chain Brain

The terminal closures come as cargo volumes have dropped sharply at the Southern California ports from peak levels a year ago.

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5 Balanced Scorecards for Manufacturers

Silvon Software

The balanced scorecard is a powerful tool for helping companies improve their performance. It provides a clear and concise way to measure progress towards strategic goals, and it helps to align the efforts of all employees with the organization’s strategy. We always recommend to the manufacturers we work with that they focus on a limited number of KPIs deemed most critical to their businesses when putting their scorecards in place.

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Podcast | Competing for the Warehouse Workforce of the Future

Supply Chain Brain

Warehouse workers are getting harder to find, hire and retain. What do they really want?

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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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The Revolution of the Software Development Industry

TrackVia

Picture a world where creating powerful, customized software applications is as simple as piecing together a puzzle. A world where individuals, regardless of their technical background, can transform their ideas into reality, and businesses can adapt to market changes at lightning speed. This world is not just a pipe dream; it’s the software development revolution happening right before our eyes.