Talking Logistics

JANUARY 17, 2019

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This post from project44’s blog shares insights from Joe Delussey, Target’s Director of Logistics, on how transportation operations can build loyal and happy customers.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 17, 2019

Over half-a-dozen years ago, Brookings Institution analysts, Susan Helper, Timothy Krueger, and Howard Wial, asserted, “Manufacturing matters to the United States because it provides high-wage jobs, commercial innovation (the nation’s largest source), a key to trade deficit reduction, and a disproportionately large contribution to environmental sustainability.”[1] Those arguments still hold.

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C3 Solutions

JANUARY 17, 2019

The companies that provide last-mile delivery services to the e-commerce world are masters of supply chain efficiency – most of the time. Part 4 of our E-commerce Series provides an overview of how 3PL providers are evolving to keep up with the surge in consumerism brought to us by e-commerce movements like the 'Amazon effect'.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 17, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Struggling with Process Ownership? Perhaps it’s a Failure to Communicate! Article created for Supply Chain Game Changer by David Madden at [link]. . Things can always be faster when you work in a warehouse or distribution center. Speed has become the name of the game when it comes to staying competitive in the global supply chain.

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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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Unleashed

JANUARY 17, 2019

The peak season is what makes or breaks many businesses, with many relying on big business during certain months to carry them through the rest of the year. A distributor of winter sports equipment, for example, would make most of its sales in the lead up to and during winter, but if it can’t meet this demand through inefficient inventory management it simply won’t make enough money to easily cover year-round fixed costs.

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RFgen

JANUARY 17, 2019

As inventory volumes increase, warehouses still using traditional manual-entry processes are at risk of becoming overwhelmed. Too many warehouses continue to use outdated inventory management processes for handling large quantities of material. Tracking each unit of stock with pen and paper or manually keying in inventory data is a time-consuming process that sucks up large amounts of labor, effort and operating costs.

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JDA software

JANUARY 17, 2019

What’s putting Retail’s move to emerging technologies in motion and shaking up store operations? In this video blog, JoAnn Martin , JDA’s senior strategy leader for Retail breaks it all down for us. She shares the three main forces that are driving the industry forward faster than ever and what changing customer behaviors mean for retailers, technology and shifts in competition.

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 17, 2019

One of the casualties of the longest federal government shutdown in US history is consumer trust, and especially trust in government to safeguard the nation’s food supplies. In such a climate, a company’s reputation as a custodian of food safety becomes even more important. As does the need for a key component of a food […].

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Convey

JANUARY 17, 2019

2018’s Peak Season shattered spending records for retailers. According to Adobe, consumers spent $125.91 […]. The post 2018 Peak Season Shipping Insights appeared first on Convey.

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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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Adexa

JANUARY 17, 2019

Most Demand planning systems sold today have a focus on predicting sales to Direct customers and Distributors. This gives a company predictions that are limited to having an understanding of expected revenue in $$ and expected shipments in units to drive supply planning. The big problems with this limited focus. The post S&OP – Planning for the Extended Distributor Supply Chain appeared first on Adexa Inc.

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Supply Chain 24/7

JANUARY 17, 2019

In this research paper, “IDC MarketScape: how Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Commerce Network 2018 Vendor Assessment,” describes the companies that will be “driving productivity gains of 2 Percent” and how the supply chain technology landscape is rapidly changing.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 17, 2019

US DC Space Gets Still Tighter, China Trade Surplus with US again Sets New Record, Nikola Seeing Big Interest in Fuel Cell Trucks, US Truckload Rate Increases Not Slowing Down

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2019

What’s putting Retail’s move to emerging technologies in motion and shaking up store operations? In this video blog, JoAnn Martin , JDA’s senior strategy leader for Retail breaks it all down for us. She shares the three main forces that are driving the industry forward faster than ever and what changing customer behaviors mean for retailers, technology and shifts in competition.

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HICX Solutions

JANUARY 17, 2019

The Clear-sighted Route to Digital Transformation. There is no shortcut to effective digitisation. It takes thought, careful investment, time and resources. Much has been made of the transformation that digitisation will bring, but as time goes on and we understand more completely what it takes to become digitally enabled, the less glamorous it all seems.

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Gravity Supply Chain

JANUARY 17, 2019

With each passing year, we see an ever-expanding range of devices that connect to the internet. While on-demand apps make services more accessible to consumers, connected devices can bring convenience to a user’s fingertips, no matter where they are… The post How IoT Tech Is Improving The Modern Supply Chain appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.

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Rootstock

JANUARY 17, 2019

Three key trends in manufacturing are making the agility and flexibility of cloud-based ERP increasingly necessary.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2019

Shipping is all about movement. Moving product off of shelves. Moving items out of warehouses and distribution centers. Moving parcels to homes and businesses. The crux of the situation is that the need to move items faster, more efficiently, and cheaper to keep up with the quickening pace of parcel and consumers’demands for fast and free shipping. So, what happens to shippers when the need to keep up with demand while keeping costs in-line?

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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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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 17, 2019

After Daimler Ditches Platooning, McKinsey Said it Is Key Now to Reaching Full Autonomous Vehicles Later

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 17, 2019

Supply Chain Technology Benchmark 2019

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 17, 2019

A lot of us in the trucking industry had to do something last week that we haven't had to do in a while — work a full, five-day week. Of course, for a lot of trucking companies, the work week can easily last six or seven days, but either way, one thing that the activity on the DAT Load Board told us last week was that pretty much everyone was back to working full time.

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Kuebix

JANUARY 17, 2019

H.C. Starck is a fabricator of refractory metals servicing the electronics and chemical processing industries. As a company, H.C. Starck has been around for about 125 years and felt that they knew how to efficiently manage their transportation operations without any help. 10 years ago, however, they decided to check out how Kuebix could save […].

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EMERGE App

JANUARY 17, 2019

Introduction. As a wholesaler and distributor, you’ll commonly use and come across Net 30 payment terms. Despite the technological sound of it, this merely states a form of trade credit. Net 30 means that the total amount outstanding on the invoice is expected to be paid in full by the buyer within 30 days of shipping out the goods or completing the job.

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Insights Solutions Global

JANUARY 17, 2019

Nowadays, electronic products are becoming thinner and lighter, and they are also driving the development of connectors with smaller size, lower height, narrower pitch, more functions and longer life.

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Promptus LLC

JANUARY 17, 2019

Staying Informed Can Help You Pick The Best Logistics Service Cargo shipping and transport is a valuable service, utilized by countless industries worldwide. However, not everyone knows exactly what they […]. The post 10 Important Questions to Ask Your Freight Forwarder appeared first on Promptus, LLC.

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Insights Solutions Global

JANUARY 17, 2019

Moving production to Southeast Asian countries does have its advantage: rather low labor costs, but there are some implicit costs that your business can't afford to miss.

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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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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 17, 2019

One of the greatest beneficiaries of a booming economy has been the transportation industry. In particular, the impacts of eCommerce, higher consumer confidence, and a stronger job market have helped transportation companies rake in record profits. One particular area in transportation, however – delivery of larger, bulkier items – had not seen the kind of impact that the rest of the industry had.

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Insights Solutions Global

JANUARY 17, 2019

Nowadays, electronic products are becoming thinner and lighter, and they are also driving the development of connectors with smaller size, lower height, narrower pitch, more functions and longer life. The post Pogo Pins: Future Market and Technology Development Trends appeared first on Insight Solutions Global.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 17, 2019

Most Interesting New Solutions from the National Retail Federation Annual Show and Conference

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