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The Expected Growth of Manufacturing Technology Investments!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. 4 Challenges in Starting and Sustaining a SIOP (S&OP) Business Process! Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by Russ Davidson at Software Connect. Manufacturing technology helps power forward the industry into areas it has never been before. It can also help cover every section of your manufacturing process that you could even think of.

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4 Inventory Management Best Practices You Can Implement in Your Warehouse

Unleashed

Keeping on top of inventory, shipments and logistics for a warehouse can be challenging. Now think about doing that for multiple warehouses. Whether you’re managing one warehouse or several, you know it can be a demanding job. There are internal pressures to keep logistics moving swiftly inside the warehouse, to keep staff trained and to make sure morale is high.

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What’s in store for retail in 2019? Manhattan Associates makes its top 5 predictions

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

With shoppers becoming ever more demanding and retailers under pressure to deliver the seamless service experience consumers crave, Manhattan Associates, Inc.

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Tata Steel Makes Strides Towards an Autonomous Supply Chain Powered by Optimization Technology

AIMMS

Tata Steel is one of the world’s largest steel producers. In fact, it’s very likely that Tata Steel plays a role in your life today, by providing raw material for the car you drive, the house you live in and the roads you drive through. The company was established in India as Asia’s first integrated private steel company in 1907. Today, the steel manufacturing leader has an ambitious digital transformation agenda and is leveraging AIMMS technology to optimize operations in its home country.

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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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Supply Chain Risk and Climate Change, Part 2

Enterra Insights

“In the age of globalization,” observes Mary Mazzoni ( @mary_mazzoni ), “corporate supply chains typically stretch around the world. Such complexity means it’s next to impossible for business leaders to assess potential risks at each stage of the value chain — which is especially problematic as water scarcity, extreme weather and other climate-induced impacts become the norm.”[1] In Part 1 of this article, I discussed what experts are saying about climate change as well a

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The emergence of supply chain localization strategies

NC State SCRC

As more and more organizations struggle to deal with the deployment of digital technologies, many are overlooking some of the fundamentals associated with managing supply chains. Digital technologies are just that – technologies. As I’ve said in previous blogs, there is nothing inherently good or bad about technologies – it is about what you can do with them, specifically with your supply chain partners, to achieve greater flow and less friction – that will matter in th

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TrueCommerce recognised as a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Commerce Network

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

TrueCommerce, a global provider of trading partner connectivity, integration and unified commerce solutions, has announced it was positioned in the Leaders category of the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Commerce Network report.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1/21-1/25

Freight Plus

Consumers demand 3-day deliver or better, trucking capacity improves as rates decline, port congestion causing excessive waits, delivery robots hit college campuses, Where's My Freight, and so much more in this weeks ATSCNYTK!

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The Sustainable CMO: 3 Values for Marketing Leadership

SupplyShift

This article is an excerpt from our white paper, The Sustainable CMO: How sustainability is transforming the role of the CMO, written in collaboration with RF| BINDER and Possible. Click here to download the full white paper. Corporations are now being recognized as some of the most powerful and influential societal forces. In turn, we see the role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) radically changing.

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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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Let a 3PL’s West Coast Distribution Center Help You During the Driver Shortage

West Coast and California Logistics

The three states that border the Pacific Ocean are home to 48 million people, with the states just slightly inland adding millions more to the population of the “Western U.S.” With such a sizable chunk of the U.S. population residing in these Western states, West region distribution is a vital part of the supply chains of companies whose products originate in the Central and Eastern U.S.

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The Sustainable CMO: 3 Values for Marketing Leadership

SupplyShift

This article is an excerpt from our white paper, The Sustainable CMO: How sustainability is transforming the role of the CMO, written in collaboration with RF| BINDER and Possible. Click here to download the full white paper. Corporations are now being recognized as some of the most powerful and influential societal forces. In turn, we see the role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) radically changing.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1/21-1/25

Freight Plus

Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. Three-day and free shipping are the sweet spots for e-com deliveries according to new survey. The study, conducted by Hanover Research and LaserShip, surveyed over 1000 consumers on their online purchasing habits. 50% of respondents reported abandoning online shopping carts due to high delivery fees or poor return policies.

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It’s about time to embrace AI in your supply chain organization. If too late, you might be obsolete already…

o9 Solutions

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple stated the following in Apple’s financial press release on January 2nd, 2019: “We knew we […]. The post It’s about time to embrace AI in your supply chain organization. If too late, you might be obsolete already… appeared first on o9 Solutions.

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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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Cargo Surge Leads to Congestion at Southern California Ports

American Global Logistics

Supply Chain Dive —Dive Brief: • An import surge across the country — led by a rush to bring in product before Chinese New Year and a scheduled tariff increase on March 2 — is leading to congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to a customer advisory sent by American Global […]. The post Cargo Surge Leads to Congestion at Southern California Ports appeared first on AGL.

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IDC Report: Industry Trends and Why a Demand-Driven Organization is Critical

Alloy

IDC Study: Industry Trends and Why a Demand-Driven Organization is Critical Alloy recently commissioned IDC for a Market Spotlight on the future direction of consumer goods companies, which you can read here. In the paper, IDC analyst and program vice president Simon Ellis explores how the industry has become consumer-driven, necessitating a transformation in how brands approach their sales and supply chain strategies.

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What impact will Brexit have on U.K. businesses and retailers? – Podcast

Gravity Supply Chain

The U.K. is facing an unprecedented level of economic and political uncertainty after the government’s Brexit plan was overwhelmingly rejected by parliament last week. In the midst of the crisis, we sat down with Danny Clayton, to create an informative podcast… The post What impact will Brexit have on U.K. businesses and retailers? – Podcast appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.

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Mastering the Balancing Act in Retail Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

[1] “2018 Demographics,” NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show. The post Mastering the Balancing Act in Retail Supply Chains appeared first on AGL.

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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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5 Reasons Being a Trucker Should Earn More Respect

Kuebix

Being a truck driver is an underappreciated profession. There are nasty stereotypes and the general public often show a lack of respect to truckers when they’re on the road. Driving a truck is often considered to be a “last resort” profession, even for a culture built proudly on the backs of blue collar workers. This […]. The post 5 Reasons Being a Trucker Should Earn More Respect appeared first on Kuebix.

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[Video] How to Mitigate Additional Costs in Transportation

Talking Logistics

Matt Anderson, Director, Logistics-as-a-Service at BluJay Solutions , discusses how to mitigate additional costs in transportation. Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] How to Mitigate Additional Costs in Transportation appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Matt Anderson, Director, Logistics-as-a-Service at BluJay Solutions, discusses how to mitigate additional costs in transportation.

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The Role of Technology in a Logistics Partner’s Strategy and Value Proposition

3GTMS

Logistic Service Providers (LSPs) need to fully embrace technology while responding to their customers’ needs to become a partner of choice. In this informative discussion with Talking Logistics, Sonny Catlett of HNRY Logistics explains how this newest operating company of YRC Worldwide is bringing together the right people, with a large network of assets and a […].

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Unlocking the potential of HIP

Axway

Hybrid Integration Platform (HIP) has been growing by leaps and bounds over the years. Companies are getting on the train and riding the HIP railroad to great applause.

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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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The Role of Technology in a Logistics Partner’s Strategy and Value Proposition

3GTMS

Logistic Service Providers (LSPs) need to fully embrace technology while responding to their customers’ needs to become a partner of choice. In this informative discussion with Talking Logistics, Sonny Catlett of HNRY Logistics explains how this newest operating company of YRC Worldwide is bringing together the right people, with a large network of assets and a […].

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Supervised vs. Unsupervised Machine Learning

Seebo

In search of the machine learning technique that can meet the demands of every manufacturing application. The post Supervised vs. Unsupervised Machine Learning appeared first on Seebo Blog.

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Logility merges the art and science of retail planning with new inspiration board, enhanced analytics and digital asset library

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Logility, Inc., a leading provider of advanced retail planning and collaborative supply chain optimisation solutions, has announced a set of enhanced capabilities available within the Logility Voyager Solutions Retail Optimisation platform.

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Amazon Steps Up Its Shipping Land Grab

Intelligent Audit

Though Amazon has been playing the long game when it comes to shipping, it now seems that they are going full-speed-ahead. In typical Amazon fashion, the company is undercutting the pricing of the traditional players in this field – FedEx, UPS, USPS, and the like – by getting rid of some additional fees, such as fuel surcharges. This is a classic Amazon tactic for entering a new market, we only need to look at Wholefoods for a recent example.

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

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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Future of Carbon Fiber: In Wind Energy, Aerospace, & Automotive Industry

Insights Solutions Global

In this post, you'll know the demand and supply of carbon fiber in the wind energy, aerospace and automative industry as well as the price trends about CFRP by 2020, which is useful for the future development.

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Report finds retailers must disrupt last mile delivery and slash unprofitable delivery models

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Capgemini has launched the findings of its global study exploring how retailer investment in ‘last mile delivery’ – the final leg of the online purchase journey before reaching the customer’s hands – is critical to uncover new revenue streams.

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Procurement Cockpit – Strategic Sourcing KPIs

EC Sourcing Group

Last week I suggested that a procurement cockpit is an essential tool to manage your business in 2019. Today I will focus on KPIs that can provide deep insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your operations, strategic sourcing efforts and how procurement systems are viewed internally. In determining what data your team needs, perhaps it makes sense to start with the essential dozen for your business.