Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The hidden risk of a protracted trade war goes beyond the most obvious downside of losing valued trading partners, disrupting the supply chain and increasing costs.
Cranfield
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The initial flurry of advice from Government to businesses suggested stockpiling after Brexit would be a ‘good thing’. Now there’s an edgy silence - suggesting there’s even doubts over how pro-active supply chains ought to be.
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SCJunction
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
As a 3PL, your main objective is to efficiently and professionally deliver on your clients’ promises. This means that you require a system that gives you flexibility, accuracy, and productivity in your supply chain operations.
Convey
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Routing guides present a significant operational challenge for dropship vendors who manage dozens if […]. The post Is The Freight Routing Guide Obsolete? appeared first on Convey.
Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management
In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.
TradeGecko
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The small business referral economy provides growth opportunities for companies with little cost but big potential gains.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Overcoming Trade War Myopia with Supply Chain Leadership! Article and infographic, and permission to publish here, provided by Kevin Brown at straightnorth.com. Relocating your factory? Anyone who has done it knows that it’s no easy task, and anyone who’s thought about it probably knows that it’s daunting to even consider.
AFFLINK
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
What are the current supply chain technology trends? As we enter the last half of 2019 (and cast our eyes on 2020), there are a number of developments that need to be watched. Many of these trends are evolutions of trends we saw developing through 2018, and as they build momentum, they become notably disruptive. Supply chain technology is advancing at a fast pace, and supply chain companies need to keep their finger on the pulse of the industry.
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Fourteen percent of UK businesses believe it will be difficult to break even this Christmas as a result of currency instability and Brexit uncertainty, according to a survey of supply chain managers by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS).
BlueYonder
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Lucy Ehlers is a senior customer executive at JDA and shares why making the leap to JDA was the biggest – and best – opportunity she has had in her career. She shares her views on the importance of harnessing self-worth, and why staying true to yourself and pushing past criticism are keys to success, personally, and professionally. Tell us a little about yourself.
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Manufacturing & Logistics IT
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
UK retail software vendor, itim, which supplies point-of-sale, order management, merchandising and supply chain solutions to retailers including The Entertainer, Debenhams and Sainsburys, has appointed Mike Smee as new Client Director to assist with the continuing growth of the company’s market-leading order management solutions.
ShipBob
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
This is part two in our interview series on the secrets to finding DTC brand success. Read part one here. Taylor Holiday, Managing Partner of Common Thread Collective. “Brand marketing” is often seen as hand-wavey hocus pocus, while performance marketing is the only true way to measure the ROI of marketing dollars. The thinking goes: You can pay for brand impressions, but getting your products in front of buyers — and converting them to customers — is the only true measure of ecommerce success.
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Renovotec, the UK independent rugged hardware, software and services provider, is launching a dedicated ‘Switch to Android’ consulting service for supply chain users.
Supply Chain 24/7
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Business consultancy Deloitte and the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) have announced a new next-generation supply chain model geared towards providing logistics stakeholders with the tools needed to face various supply chain-related obstacles, such as market volatility, digital disruption, and shifting consumer expectations, among others.
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The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.
Shipchain
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
You may have noticed a few prominent private blockchains popping up here and there. The problem with these private blockchains is, at their core, they are not truly decentralized. By joining a private chain, you do not get all of the benefits that blockchain promises. In fact, you could argue that your data is even less secure because you are essentially handing it over to whoever owns that chain.
Veridian Solutions
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Supply chain management evolves, and supply chain leaders have a grand opportunity to leverage supply chain automation and drive success. However, many leaders approach automation with a poor understanding of its capabilities, not to mention potential risks during implementation. To put the real power of automation (including its complimentary benefits through advanced AI, machine learning and big data) to work within the supply chain, leaders need to understand the barriers to implementing such
American Global Logistics
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Technology is driving tremendous change for supply chains across the spectrum. From gaining visibility into purchase orders to connecting end-to-end processes, shippers have a growing number of tools at their disposal to optimize operations. But are they making the most of them? In a recent customer survey, AGL uncovered several key technology trends that are […].
Supply Chain Digest
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore from the conference floor in Anaheim
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GlobalTranz
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
New technologies and services continue to reshape the landscape of logistics, and as explained by Retail Dive, such services range from disruptors within the industry to a renewed focus on developing a successful final mile program. Final mile logistics represent the most significant opportunity for shippers today but finding ways to improve efficiency within an.read More.
FLEXE
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The supply chain industry is getting a makeover
BlueYonder
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Lucy Ehlers is a senior customer executive at JDA and shares why making the leap to JDA was the biggest – and best – opportunity she has had in her career. She shares her views on the importance of harnessing self-worth, and why staying true to yourself and pushing past criticism are keys to success, personally, and professionally. Tell us a little about yourself.
Supply Chain 24/7
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Business consultancy Deloitte and the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) have announced a new next-generation supply chain model geared towards providing logistics stakeholders with the tools needed to face various supply chain-related obstacles, such as market volatility, digital disruption, and shifting consumer expectations, among others.
Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
Clear Spider
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The rise of new technologies is quickly evolving and changing the way businesses work every day! Companies adapt to these advances and find new ways to make their processes quicker, manageable and more efficient. As a result, technology is redefining the supply chain as we know it. The predicted most influential supply chain technologies of 2019 […].
Supply Chain 24/7
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
In this paper, we explore and analyze the next stage of growth for supply chains in an interconnected and open system digital supply network.
SupplyOn
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
When functional contraints hinder an organization’s flexibility to meet today’s fast changing requirements, it needs a re-design of its way of working. How the SAFe framework helps to enhance SupplyOn’s agility In an increasingly complex world, established organizations reach their functional limits and have to come up with new coping strategies.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The US Supreme Court Wayfair tax decision is likely to have second-hand effects on warehouse investments. We will see more facilities opened in states with a sales tax, as the tax benefits of remaining out of state have diminished, while fulfillment responsiveness becomes increasingly more important in today's direct-to-consumer market. The post Warehousing and Taxation: The Wayfair Decision appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.
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Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Editor’s Note: We recorded our first Talking Logistics episode in Spanish recently with Victor Garza, Sales Manager for Latin America at Command Alkon. The following is an excerpt from the transcribed conversation. You can read the full transcript at the Command Alkon website. Stay tuned for more episodes in Spanish coming up in the weeks. Read more [Talking Logistics en Español] Taking the First Step in Automating Your Concrete Production.
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Although there are people who deny human activity affects climate change, most scientists believe the facts demonstrate human activities do make a difference. Kate Marvel ( @DrKateMarvel ), a climate scientist at Columbia University, writes, “Some people say ‘the climate has changed before,’ as though that should be reassuring. It’s not.”[1] Since more people now live in urban areas, the importance of cities in helping mitigate climate change has never been greater.
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
What does AI really mean for retailers? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undoubtedly become one of the biggest buzzwords of 2019 and its use within retail is only set to grow, not just for large market-leading retailers, but for retailers of all shapes and sizes across many sectors.
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