Wed.Dec 01, 2021

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Solve Driver Shortage with Smart Logistics Planning

DELMIA Quintiq

Increasingly distributed supply chains across the world have made logistics services more important than ever, but this also highlights a crucial issue that continues to grow: resource shortage. Many logistics companies face shortages in drivers, trucks and containers, leading to an inability to make all deliveries and creating product shortages. This is a serious obstacle to many sectors—especially retailers and logistics service providers, who need a solution that enables them to increase thei

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Model Sustainability Trade-offs in Supply Chain Network Design to Reduce Emissions

AIMMS

The post Model Sustainability Trade-offs in Supply Chain Network Design to Reduce Emissions appeared first on AIMMS.

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Revisiting Asking Good Questions (Insights from Indago)

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: In March 2015, we published a post titled “Did You Ask A Good Question Today?” that discussed why asking good questions is an important skill, especially for supply chain professionals. We revisited this topic a few weeks ago with our Indago supply chain research community. Below are some highlights from the survey results. Read more Revisiting Asking Good Questions (Insights from Indago).

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Supply Chain Pulse: No More Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Cards

Elementum

Tl;dr Despite the headlines, the worst of the pandemic is over for supply chains. While some challenges still exist (e.g. selective shortages, price increases, and covid variants), look for high-performing companies to leave the excuses behind and start differentiating themselves through meaningful investment and innovation in supply chain management.

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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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Understanding Uber Freight with Raj Subbiah

The Logistics of Logistics

Understanding Uber Freight with Raj Subbiah. Raj Subbiah and Joe Lynch discuss understanding Uber Freight. Raj is Head of Product for Uber Freight , a logistics platform built on the power of Uber with the goal to reshape global logistics and deliver reliability, flexibility and transparency for shippers and carriers. About Raj Subbiah. Raj Subbiah is Head of Product for Uber Freight , Uber’s logistics business that seamlessly connects shippers and carriers across the US, Canada, and Europe.

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Blending Human Capital and Data Analytics in the World of Robotics

Supply Chain Brain

Automated processes not only have the ability to solve supply chain problems such as labor shortages and changing customer demand, but can in fact improve the safety and quality of life for the human worker.

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4 Must-Haves in Your Product Packaging Checklist!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Product Packaging Mistakes That Could Cost You Customers! Product packaging checklist article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. When shopping for new products, it’s always the packaging that will first catch the eyes of the buyer. For consumers who are yet to try what’s inside, the packaging is often what influences their decision whether to buy it or not.

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Watch: How Will Supply Chains Cope With Inventory Disruption?

Supply Chain Brain

Richard Cabrera, executive vice president and head of middle-market banking with Umpqua Bank, details the permanent changes that businesses will be making in their inventory strategies as a result of COVID-19 and the subsequent supply chain meltdown.

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Consumers are taking the environment seriously when it comes to home delivery

IT Supply Chain

By Chris Jones (pictured). Executive Vice President, Industry & Services, Descartes Systems Group. The post Consumers are taking the environment seriously when it comes to home delivery appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Biden Sees Progress in Supply Crisis Amid Faster Inflation

Supply Chain Brain

President Biden said his administration’s work has begun to alleviate supply chain disruptions and that higher inflation is a “natural byproduct” of the global economy’s recovery from the pandemic.

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How Freight Forwarders can use Software to Optimize Import Operations

IT Supply Chain

By Virgil Ferreira (pictured). COO Rate Management at Magaya. The post How Freight Forwarders can use Software to Optimize Import Operations appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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E2open Launches Two New Applications in Its Quarterly Technology Update

Supply Chain Brain

E2open Parent Holdings, Inc., a network-based provider of a cloud-based, mission-critical, end-to-end supply chain management platform, announced the release of its fourth-quarter technology update, with major innovations to help clients make informed business decisions amid challenging economic conditions.

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Digital Transformation Outcome DNA: A five step guide

IT Supply Chain

By Brad Revell (pictured) & Bobby Charlton. Lead consultants at Infor. The post Digital Transformation Outcome DNA: A five step guide appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Rising Battery Costs Hit Carmakers, Threaten Climate-Change Push

Supply Chain Brain

Soaring commodity prices and supply chain bottlenecks are threatening to push up the cost of batteries seen as crucial in the fight against climate change.

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The simple things will save Christmas shopping

IT Supply Chain

By Samantha Mansfield (pictured). Head of Strategy at LiveArea EMEA, A Merkle Company. The post The simple things will save Christmas shopping appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Demystifying Transportation Sourcing – A Practitioner’s View

EC Sourcing Group

Demystifying Transportation Sourcing. 9/2/2021 – Guest Blog Post from Kumar Kannan of Procural. If you are like me, transportation sourcing is a mind boggling and complex field. My colleague Dave Uncapher used to do some magic and deliver savings (and sometimes he did not!). So, I thought why not pick his brains and demystify this space. This article is about creating value in transportation sourcing.

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Future-Proofing Following COVID-19: The Key is Embracing Automation

IT Supply Chain

By Dr Paul Rivers (pictured). CEO, Guidance Automation. The post Future-Proofing Following COVID-19: The Key is Embracing Automation appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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The Future of Retail: Technologies Enabling Q-Commerce Growth

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Speed and availability are the most important reasons customers choose RGD and Q-Commerce companies. To keep up with the demand, these businesses have to keep investing in automation across all supply chain points. The post The Future of Retail: Technologies Enabling Q-Commerce Growth appeared first on Solvoyo.

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Beating background noise in remote working

IT Supply Chain

By Doug Mulvihill (pictured). UK Marketing Manager, Ringover. The post Beating background noise in remote working appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Event 2021 – Back to normal?

DynaSys

Lockdown, curfew, working from home office, buying everything online, “you are on mute”… for more than one year, we used those words more than ever before. After a 1/2 year of working from home, I have finally had the pleasure of going to the office. My colleagues are indeed real people, and do not exist solely on my screen! It has been wonderful to finally meet them; and connect with my first customer a few months after joining QAD DynaSys.

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The EU has provisionally agreed to the Data Governance Act

IT Supply Chain

By Camilla Winlo (pictured). Head of Data Privacy at Gemserv. The post The EU has provisionally agreed to the Data Governance Act appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Embedded Analytics: A Force Multiplier for Business

The possibilities for embedded analytics to drive real value for businesses, end users, and society are as fascinating as they are limitless. No matter the industry, brand after brand is finding that analytics can be the solution to a multitude of business challenges. Go deep with five insightsoftware customers as they share the details of their analytics journeys and discuss the transformative power of data.

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What Is Product Returns Peak Season and Why Shippers Need Data for Smart Decision Making

Intelligent Audit

Toward the end of each year comes a very stressful time for shippers and others working in the supply chain product returns peak season. Before this comes peak season, a time when people place countless online orders or purchase in-store gifts for the holiday season. After a stressful time of countless orders placed and trying to manage the demand growth, tight capacity, and higher shipping rates of peak season, shippers have to navigate even worse during product returns peak season.

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Keeping pace with the property boom

IT Supply Chain

By Kristian Torode (pictured). Director & Co-Founder, Crystaline. The post Keeping pace with the property boom appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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The Importance of Seeking to Understand

BlueYonder

Amanjit Sandhu is a senior support director in Blue Yonder’s customer success team and he shares the importance of listening as part of leading with an empathetic mindset. He talks about how he adds balance into his work week, the importance of inclusion and having your voice heard, and how the pandemic has taught him an unexpected lesson in patience.

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Typhoons, Bullwhips & Post-COVID Consumption Stymie West Coast Ports

IT Supply Chain

By Pat Mullee (pictured). Senior Product Manager, Data Science, FourKites. The post Typhoons, Bullwhips & Post-COVID Consumption Stymie West Coast Ports appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Why Retailers are Facing a Toy Shortage During This 2021 Holiday Season

Locus

“The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.” ~Sun Tzu. During these unforgiving lockdowns during COVID-19, most US toy businesses either cut back on or completely halted their production. As all kinds of shoppers re-enter the shops, companies have a hard time fulfilling this surging demand. With bottlenecks in manufacturing and rising labor shortages in transporting goods, businesses struggle to counter toy shortage.

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JAGGAER Highlights the Need for Supply Chain Visibility in Pursuit of ESG Goals

Jaggaer

The post JAGGAER Highlights the Need for Supply Chain Visibility in Pursuit of ESG Goals appeared first on JAGGAER.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Dec. 2, 2021

Supply Chain Digest

Sales actually Fall on Cyber Monday. US Purchasing Managers Index Remains Strong in November.