Wed.Jul 01, 2020

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Target Reverse Logistics: Start With the Top Challenges in the Reverse Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Establishing clear channels for the routing of reverse logistics represents a significant challenge in the modern supply-chain. Organizations that successfully target reverse logistics challenges can streamline the returns management process and lower total freight spend. As a result, supply chain executives need to understand the top challenges in the reverse supply chain and their role.read More.

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Sustainable Businesses in the Post-pandemic World

Enterra Insights

When the world shutdown as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, many urban areas experienced something they hadn’t seen for years — clean air and clear skies. This turn of events demonstrated how quickly human activity can change the environment in which we live. Experiencing clean air and clear skies had many people wondering why politicians and business leaders were quick to respond to the pandemic but have been slow to counter climate change.

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TMS and Digital Freight: The Experts Speak

Logistics Viewpoints

When it comes to TMS and digital freight, there is a lot of interest. More and more TMS suppliers are integrating digital marketplaces into their core TMS offering. As the supply chain world continues down its digital transformation path, digital brokers can play an integral role in easing capacity constraints, opening up new lanes, and providing a benchmarking tool for shippers.

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*Infographic* Americans Plan to Spend Big on Independence Day

Kuebix

American Independence Day is a holiday most commonly celebrated with hotdogs, hamburgers, refreshing beverages and festive fireworks. Enthusiasm for the 4th of July isn’t hard to find in the U.S. – celebrations of all sizes take place at homes throughout the country! Though this year may look a little different due to the pandemic, Americans […].

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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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Executive Perceptions of Machine Learning and Data Anomalies

Arkieva

The chatter about Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) and its recent companion, machine learning (ML) is ever-present. In a wide range of economic activities, AI/ML methods are now standard practice. Executive Perceptions of Machine Learning and Data Anomalies was first posted on July 1, 2020 at 11:27 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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How to Do More With Less in Your Last Mile Service!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Last Mile Delivery! What is your Strategy? Last Mile Service article and permission to publish here provided by Raanan Cohen at bringg.com. When we look at the industry leaders, the forecast for the logistics market is clear. Amazon’s continued success at omnichannel delivery and fulfillment, including one-day delivery for Prime subscribers, has increased the pressure on retailers and shippers to provide faster, lower priced,

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Conquer your cashflow and forecast demand of your stock

StockTrim

Wholesalers, retailers and manufacturers around the world are facing the economic fallout of COVID-19. Many small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are in survival mode after delayed or dwindling sales, not being able to enter their premises for several weeks or having to pull the plug on major projects. Add changing lead times, other supply chain issues, and shifting consumer behaviour, and it can spell disaster for your cashflow.

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How to Protect Against Supply-Chain 'Earthquakes'

Supply Chain Brain

You might say the coronavirus pandemic is bringing about a seismic shift in attitudes toward supply-chain risk.

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Achieving autonomous or “lights out” supply chain planning

Supply Chain Trend

Operating in the supply chain world, it’s hard to not come across terminology like supply chain planning 4.0, “light touch” planning or “lights out” planning. All have generated a lot of hype over the past few years … and for good reason. Considerable progress has been made in technology in recent years, continuing at a dizzying pace. Autonomous development is happening in most major car companies with the promise of self-driving cars everywhere within a few years.

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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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What business needs to address now

Proxima

The once in a generation chance to restart and reshape is underway. Businesses are morphing into new versions of themselves, redefining the boundaries between physical and digital propositions, transforming operations and optimizing internal and external costs. Businesses must navigate their way through a series of operational challenges coming from their customers, competitors, supply chains and internal resources.

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Getting To Know DDMRP

Bristlecone

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION. In the recent past, businesses have seen rapid changes in customer behavior and technology use as well as a rise in social media’s ability to influence buying decisions. Because customers are more demanding, organizations are now forced to produce more personalized products (made to order), rather than rely on traditional manufacturing models, where different variants are produced and then sold into the market (made to stock).

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How your company can benefit from eLearning – during and after this pandemic

Pivot88

Across the world, the spread of COVID-19 has caused a profound change in social interaction and business organization. Social distancing, remote working and cost cuts… How can eLearning help increase business productivity during these complicated times for companies around the world? What is eLearning? Alonso et al. describes eLearning as “ The use of new multimedia technologies and internet to improve the quality of learning by facilitating access to resources and services while improving

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Adapting to a new rhythm of retail – Marketing procurement

Proxima

Observations from the front line. Retailers are typically in a state of demand shock, either positively or negatively. In both scenarios, COVID has acted as a catalyst for a new energy, driving a refocus on priorities and an examination of supply chains, operational structures, and commercial arrangements. The emerging retail trends and consumer shopping behavior brought on by the pandemic has challenged the status quo.

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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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Event Preview: Supply Chain Summit 2020

All Things Supply Chain

While all face-to-face conferences have been cancelled due to the coronavirus, we are delighted to have partnered Aloctt Global for the Supply Chain Summit 2020, which this year is taking…

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Vizion’s Quality Data Enables Smarter Container Tracking

Gravity Supply Chain

Gravity partners with Vizion to help businesses make data-driven decisions, increase shipping reliability, reduce risks, and supply chain disruptions.

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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (1H 2020)

Talking Logistics

The first half of 2020 is over. But keep your seatbelts tightly fastened because the second half of the year could be just as unpredictable. Not surprising, six of the top ten posts we published in the first half of 2020 were related to the COVID-19 pandemic (see below). Nothing has impacted global supply chains, Read more Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (1H 2020).

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for July 2, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

Cargo Thefts Expected to Jump this Weekend, Maerk Lines Invests Big On CO2 Research in Ocean Shipping Sector, US PMI Positive in June, YRC Worldwide Gets Huge Bailout

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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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Five Supply-Chain Lessons Hospitals Can Learn From COVID-19

Supply Chain Brain

We've learned the hard way that today's supply chains are not up to the task of managing critical supplies.

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Resilinc’s CEO, Bindiya Vakil, talks about Global Supply Chains to Bloomberg Radio’s Daybreak Asia

Resilinc

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Procurement & IT Collaboration: Removing Silos to Drive Transformation Featuring The Hackett Group

ivalua

The post Procurement & IT Collaboration: Removing Silos to Drive Transformation Featuring The Hackett Group appeared first on Ivalua.

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DAT iQ Market Update: What will post-holiday freight look like?

DAT Solutions

Last week saw a huge surge in demand and prices on the spot market, as shippers closed the books on Q2 and moved freight into place ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. But as we hit the halfway mark for the year, the trucking industry sits at a crossroads.

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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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Risk Management report from The Hackett Group: Preparing the Company for Extreme Economic Volatility

ivalua

The post Risk Management report from The Hackett Group: Preparing the Company for Extreme Economic Volatility appeared first on Ivalua.

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How to Better Track Your Freight Shipments

Supply Chain Brain

In today’s world, there are very few reasons why freight shipments are delayed. With high-tech tracking and transportation-management systems, following a shipment is something that anyone can do.

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8 Profitable Ecommerce Pricing Strategies for Your Online Store

ShipBob

An effective pricing strategy can make or break your ecommerce business. Do you set prices low to stay competitive but reduce profits? Or, do you set higher prices but risk missing out on as many new customers? Using the right pricing strategy for your ecommerce business can help scale your business and grow your revenue and profits. Although product pricing is a difficult task, there are ways to identify the right pricing strategy that fits your business. .

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The Ultimate Guide to Transportation Management Systems

Freightview

Transportation management systems (TMS) are a staple of the shipping industry. Those systems scale from big, robust, and expensive systems to smaller, more hands-on and affordable systems, and everything in between. A properly utilized TMS can be extremely beneficial for a shipping department of any size.

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CADDi Receives 2023 Top Tech Startup Award by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive

The 2023 Top Tech Startup Awards by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive spotlights the top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.

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Finding Her Strength

BlueYonder

Shahrazad Zaid is senior director for global learning experience, the learning arm of Blue Yonder, and is based in Bangalore, India. She is a big believer in being authentic for herself and for leaders of the future. She shares that working hard, having an enterprise mindset, and resilience is the way to get ahead in the business world. Tell us about yourself.

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Implementing a WMS - The Superhero Team That Will Save You

SCJunction

These times of chaos are leading us to great changes in our businesses, where it is a case of evolve or perish. Are you embracing e-commerce ? Making the move to omnichannel ? Finally i mplementing that warehouse management system? That's great, but now what? Well, not all heroes wear capes - the best ones come with gadgets. And with so many technologies to consider, even superheros are better with a team - trust us, you want them on your side to ensure everything goes smoothly.

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The top 3PL companies in the USA in 2020

TradeGecko

With eCommerce sales in the United States reaching USD$360.3 billion in 2016 and projected to surpass US$603.4 billion by 2021, the writing is on the wall: eCommerce in the US isn’t going anywhere.

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