Wed.Oct 04, 2017

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Targeted Marketing: Location, Location, Location

Enterra Insights

“When someone picks up their mobile device,” Google analysts assert, “chances are they want to learn, do, find, or buy … Continued. The post Targeted Marketing: Location, Location, Location appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Last Mile Technology: How Technology & Transportation Management Aid in Efficient Execution of the Last Mile

GlobalTranz

Take a moment to think about the existing last mile technology in operation in your facility. The chances are good that your organization has tracking software in place, but can your software provide valuable insights or just generalizations? These questions reflect why technology and effective transportation management, including the use of a transportation management system (TMS) and the Internet of Things (IoT), is key to the efficient execution of last mile delivery and service.

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Spot Market Van Rates Soared in September

DAT Solutions

The national average van rate rose for the fifth week in a row. At $1.97 per mile , the average rate in September was 18¢ higher than the August average, and 35¢ higher than September 2016. The national load-to-truck ratio also hit 7.0 last week – cracking the 7 loads-per-truck mark is uncharted territory for a national van average. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma obviously played a big part in all this, but that wasn't the whole story.

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The Logistics of Fidget Spinners: Amazon vs Alibaba

Freightos

The Logistics of Fidget Spinners. How Jack and Jeff Are Reshaping Global Retail. By Eytan Buchman, VP Marketing, Freightos. . Amazon has 27 airplanes and 258 supply chain facilities in the United States. Alibaba just announced $15 billion dollars to be invested in its global logistics network. Meanwhile, brick-and-mortar stores shut down in droves.

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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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Asda and the Co-op put competition aside to develop supply chain efficiency drive

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Asda and the Co-op are developing a new way of supply chain collaboration, by enabling mutual suppliers to submit aggregated data on waste, water and energy to both retailers at the same time. The retailers are working with 2degrees to collect the sustainability data.

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KiwiRail to drive high-performance culture with advanced workforce planning solution from Quintiq

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes brand and supply chain planning and optimisation (SCP&O) solutions provider, has announced that its software has gone live at KiwiRail after a 9-week implementation period.

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5 Things to Consider When Evaluating Data-driven Solutions for Your Supply Chain Operations

RFgen

Digital technology is helping organizations transform their supply chain operations, but they must be strategic about how they innovate. The Internet of Things and its related big data explosion are here for supply chain and warehousing operations – or they are coming soon. Just think: IDC predicts IoT-enabled manufacturing operations spend will hit $105 billion by year’s end – and the IoT-based freight monitoring apps market alone will reach $50 billion.

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Green Supply Chain News on Contest Shows Trucks Exceeding 10 MPG are Possible with Current Technologies, Driver Skill

Supply Chain Digest

Run On Less Contest Shows Amazing Results, so Why Cannot Technologies and Techniques be Disseminated to Broader Market Quickly

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Rebuilding Efforts Fuel Flatbed Demand

DAT Solutions

The immediate impacts from Harvey and Irma first showed up in van freight, then reefers. Now it's looking like flatbed’s turn. Load counts are up on DAT load boards , with more flatbed freight shipping to support the rebuilding and recovery efforts in areas affected by the storms. The flatbed traffic from Houston and along the Gulf Coast that stalled after the hurricane is also getting back to normal.

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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 News on Highlights from the 22nd Annual Third Party Logistics Study

Supply Chain Digest

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Growth hack your business with sales and inventory forecasting

TradeGecko

Forecasting sales and inventory levels is the secret ingredient to sustainable growth for many online businesses. Anticipating future trends for your business is key to being prepared for changes, maintaining streamlined operations, and maximizing profitability.

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A Brief Commentary on the Future of Delivery

Talking Logistics

I’m heading back home today from the MercuryGate Velocity 2017 user conference in Las Vegas. I arrived Sunday night, and being on east coast time, I went to bed relatively early. At 12:30 am, a loud alarm went off in my room announcing that the resort (The Cosmopolitan) was being locked down. In my sleepy haze, I had no idea what to think. Was someone trying to rob the casino?

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Digital Marketing for eCommerce eBook: Everything you need to know.

TradeGecko

Today, a sophisticated digital marketing plan is key to any business’s success. But with 48% of SMEs claiming they don’t know if their digital marketing efforts are effective, businesses need to be smarter about utilizing the right channels, setting digital marketing objectives, and tracking performance.

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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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Only a few sleeps until Kinexions ’17 – a supply chain conference to make connections

Kinaxis

by Teresa Chiykowski Next week, people will gather together in Orlando for Kinexions ’17 for the premier annual event for our RapidResponse® user community. I’m no prognosticator, but what I can say is Kinexions promises to be a great time for learning, networking and seeing what’s next for RapidResponse. Henry Ford once said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

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Sorting It Out on Managing DC Today Requires Comprehensive Problem Solving Skills

Supply Chain Digest

The Analogy of Cannot see the Forest for all the Trees may be the Crux of the Problem

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What Happens When You Say Yes

BlueYonder

I am happiest when I am helping people. In my career, that has translated to saying yes pretty much every time I was presented an opportunity or someone asked me for help. Sometimes I did it without knowing exactly what I’d signed up for. Often my “yes” resulted in me working longer days or traveling more than usual, and I found myself scrambling for back-up child care and doing advance meal prep on weekends so that I could make it all work.

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What Happens When You Say Yes

BlueYonder

I am happiest when I am helping people. In my career, that has translated to saying yes pretty much every time I was presented an opportunity or someone asked me for help. Sometimes I did it without knowing exactly what I’d signed up for. Often my “yes” resulted in me working longer days or traveling more than usual, and I found myself scrambling for back-up child care and doing advance meal prep on weekends so that I could make it all work.

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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.