Wed.Mar 06, 2019

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Five Ways 3D Printing Will Impact The Global Supply Chain

Maine Pointe

Simon Knowles, Chief Marketing Officer, explains why 3D printing’s impact on supply chain is not as far away as you may think. He outlines five potential benefits of the technology and five ways it will impact the supply chain.

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The Growth on Flexible Packaging Market Size in the Present World

Exapro Hub

Source Busy lifestyles, urbanization, and a globalized world have led to packaging of products becoming a necessity of day-to-day life, used to transport all types of materials. However, the flexible packaging market is growing at a far […]. The post The Growth on Flexible Packaging Market Size in the Present World appeared first on Exapro Hub.

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First Women Truck Drivers

3PL Insights

In honor of Women’s History Month, we want to commemorate two significant women who played major roles in shaping the logistics industry for women – Luella Bates and Lillie Elizabeth McGee Drennan. These two broke social norms and became the first ever women truck drivers in a male dominated field. Luella Bates. Luella Bates began her trucking career during World War 1 and worked for Four Wheel Drive Auto Co. from 1918 to 1922.

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OTIF Updates And Requirements In 2019

SupplyPike

Walmart recently announced new OTIF updates for 2019. A significant change is that OTIF performance will be measured at the PO level. A 3% COGS penalty will also be assessed on each noncompliant case. Beginning May 2019, Walmart OTIF updates will take effect, measuring On-time case performance separate from In-full case performance. This stresses that suppliers will not be charged for On-time AND In-full for the same case, and that it would only impose one penalty per noncompliant case.

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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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RFID Asset Tracking and RTLS: How to Elevate Your Supply Chain

AB&R

Real-time technology is one of those things we take for granted sometimes. It’s a convenience for most consumers. Turn-by-turn navigation, ordering rideshare service, and even watching the status of your pizza. Real-time technology has revolutionized personal convenience, but are you harnessing real-time technology in your supply chain? RFID asset tracking and RTLS (real-time location systems) go beyond personal convenience into intelligent solutions that can significantly increase asset visibil

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The Folding Phones’ Supply Chain in China and South Korea

Insights Solutions Global

Samsung and Huawei rejuvenile the folding phones topic. What do folding phones mean to the supply chain in China and South Korea? What opportunities are there left?

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[WHITE PAPER] A Guide to Warehouse Management System Implementation

Veridian Solutions

There are many adages about what can be accomplished in a day, but you will not find any about WMS implementations. Warehouse Management System implementations are increasingly complex activities, and supply chain managers will incur increased costs and reduced ROI without knowing how to handle the process. In this white paper from Veridian, you’ll learn: Where Do Supply Chain Managers Go Wrong with WMS Implementation?

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7 Trending Business Practices Disrupting Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. When I was a kid, my mom had a ’93 Ford Escort. I remember that car as clearly as I remember banging with my fist on it’s ceiling singing Tom Petty’s Makin’ Some Noise.

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Hospital Supply Chain Management Software: 8 Features You Need

Hybrent

Hospital supply chain management software has the potential to improve efficiency and delivery cost savings. It contains a wealth of information about vendors, and it digitizes and automates many processes that are still analog and manual in nature. If you’re in the market for hospital supply chain management software, here are eight features to look for. 1.

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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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The Folding Phones’ Supply Chain in China and South Korea

Insights Solutions Global

Samsung and Huawei rejuvenile the folding phones topic. What do folding phones mean to the supply chain in China and South Korea? What opportunities are there left? The post The Folding Phones’ Supply Chain in China and South Korea appeared first on Insight Solutions Global.

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Physician Supply Management: Streamline Your Medical Supply Chain

Hybrent

A streamlined supply chain management system cuts down on errors, improves your bottom line and saves time for your team. Automation technology is an investment in your practice. Given the massive, consistent effort it takes to keep your medical supplies in stock, organized, and accounted for, optimized supply management can streamline your physician supply management process significantly.

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Bristlecone Flash – March 2019

Bristlecone

BRISTLECONE OPTIMIZES BIOTECH PROCUREMENT PROCESS. Bristlecone has completely transformed an American biotech company’s requisition-to-order process. New automated workflows accelerate approvals, enhance compliance and drive more effective supplier collaboration, and the user experience is now intuitive and mobile-friendly. As part of this digital transformation program, Bristlecone successfully completed the world’s first SAP Ariba Snap implementation using the Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) f

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4 Ways Technology Can Improve Medical Supply Chain Management

Hybrent

Technology can overhaul the way you track, order and organize your medical supply inventory. If you are still managing your supplies by hand, there are so many benefits to gain from going digital. Here are four ways technology can improve your medical supply chain management: Supply Chain Software. It’s common to see physicians’ offices and hospitals tracking inventory the old-fashioned way: through counting.

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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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Disadvantages of Bundling Logistics Services

Zipline Logistics

Photo by Robson Hatsukami Morgan on Unsplash Why it’s paramount that shippers avoid the seduction of a turnkey logistics provider (and why many mature supply chain leaders already know this). As they approached a higher level of demand for their offerings, an importer of food products from Mexico signed up with a one-stop logistics provider in Laredo, Texas. […].

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All-in-one Supply Chain Software for ASCs

Hybrent

Value-based care requires healthcare providers to have laser-like focus on costs, supply chain leaders at physician offices and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) must get a handle on how much they are spending on products, and find savings whenever possible. “It is no longer prudent for physician offices or ASCs to have an unwieldy supply chain,” said Ken Tighe , CEO of Hybrent.

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Manage Your Supply Chain Risks with End-To-End Visibility

Savi

Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Risk Imagine a company sends out a truck shipment with high-value goods on board. Everything is going according to plan–the truck is scheduled for on-time delivery and the goods are safe and secure. But then, something goes wrong. It could be extreme winter temperatures disrupting the stability of the goods. Or, it could have something to do with a driver taking an unscheduled, long stop on the journey.

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Healthcare Supply Chain Software: Features You Need

Hybrent

Healthcare supply chain management software has the potential to improve efficiency and delivery cost savings. It contains a wealth of information about vendors, and it digitizes and automates many processes that are still analog and manual in nature. If you’re in the market for healthcare supply chain management software, here are eight features to look for. 1.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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The Construction Industry's Impending Crisis and Opportunities for Growth

Maine Pointe

As dark clouds gather over the construction industry, Grant Cunningham, VP Industrial Manufacturing & Services discusses some of the challenges executives face and offers practical advice on how to weather the storm. The construction industry is on the brink of a crisis, with some major challenges coming this year. Unpredictable tariffs, the rising cost of materials, a shortage of skilled labor and major shakeups in the transportation industry are all combining to change the construction lan

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Great Shipping and Logistics: Still the Biggest Must-Have for Ecommerce Success

GlobalTranz

Your customers are willing to tell you exactly what they want and, sometimes much to your chagrin, they’re not going to hold back or walk on eggshells for you. This past holiday season, customer angst was clearly on display, and shipping and order accuracy was a big player in that grief. One of our favorite.read More. The post Great Shipping and Logistics: Still the Biggest Must-Have for Ecommerce Success appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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How to Kick Off Your Project by Building the Right Team (II)

MPO Multi Party Orchestration

We opened this series by discussing why digital transformation and continuous improvements are critical to long-term success. But once you’ve made this realization, how do you actually make it happen in an effective and streamlined way? Just because you’ve discovered the key to your company’s inefficiencies and the importance of aiming higher doesn’t mean everyone else does.

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Supply Chain Graphic of Week on a Look at Electric Truck Infrastucture

Supply Chain Digest

Hardware, Software and Maintenance Must Work Together

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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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How to Kick Off Your Project by Building the Right Team

MPO Multi Party Orchestration

We opened this series by discussing why digital transformation and continuous improvements are critical to long-term success. But once you’ve made this realization, how do you actually make it happen in an effective and streamlined way? Just because you’ve discovered the key to your company’s inefficiencies and the importance of aiming higher doesn’t mean everyone else does.

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Great Shipping and Logistics: Still the Biggest Must-Have for Ecommerce Success

GlobalTranz

Your customers are willing to tell you exactly what they want and, sometimes much to your chagrin, they’re not going to hold back or walk on eggshells for you. This past holiday season, customer angst was clearly on display, and shipping and order accuracy was a big player in that grief. One of our favorite.read More. The post Great Shipping and Logistics: Still the Biggest Must-Have for Ecommerce Success appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Spot market demand heats up out West

DAT Solutions

The spot market continues to offer a mixed bag. Van volumes got a late-winter boost on the West Coast, which led to higher rates on many high-traffic lanes, but it wasn't enough to lift prices in the interior of the country. As a result, we saw continued decline in the national average rates for vans, reefers and flatbeds. That's a typical trend for this time of year, but volumes are starting to gather strength.

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5 Benefits of Modernising Your Inventory Management Today

Unleashed

Sometimes you know there is room for improvement, but you simply cannot decide where to begin. If there’s one area that can have a far-reaching impact on your business in terms of making money and saving money, it has to be better inventory management. We’ve recently seen Target prioritise a $7 billion investment to optimise the company for commerce today with a primary focus on modernising their inventory management boasting the highest growth in 10 years.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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A Beginner's Guide to Choosing a Logistics Provider

Supply Chain Brain

From sourcing to delivery, the last leg in a product’s journey can ultimately determine its success.

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On the DJI Staff Fraud: How Can You Prevent Losing Money to Corruptions

Insights Solutions Global

Corruption is a huge stumbling block for the development of any enterprise. Therefore, we must find certain measures to prevent the occurrence of corruption. Insight Solutions Global is your best choice to avoid management corruption and guarantee you a successful business!

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Sourcing Challenges – Will Technology Help You Solve Them?

EC Sourcing Group

As part of my weekly routine, I speak with many talented people in sourcing about their challenges. Some of the most common roadmap items include: Become nimble in every phase of procurement Replace standalone tools like Excel or antiquated systems with intuitive, best-in-breed cloud-based tools Motivate stakeholders to utilize procurement services and expertise consistently Enhance data capture and analysis Foster collaboration with suppliers.