Tue.Jul 26, 2016

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Why CPG Demand Forecasting Has Hit a Ceiling

ToolsGroup

Most CPG companies have hit a demand forecasting ceiling. The good ones are breaking through. Consumer package goods (CPG) companies are looking for growth and scouring markets for opportunity. Their product portfolios grow with new product introductions, fresh takes on existing merchandise, and multiplying sales channels. Boston Consulting Group talks about how the “endless aisles” of the internet and omni-channel sales increase product assortment.

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Uncertainty in supply due to nature: An everyday struggle for you, too?

DELMIA Quintiq

Is your agriculture business dependent on what nature is giving you? Are you sourcing from different countries and facing logistical complexities? Read on to find out what the main challenges faced by seed manufacturers are and how they can overcome them to boost efficiency in areas they have control over. Pressure to deliver. The global agricultural community is facing some significantly tough challenges: volatile weather due to climate change; rising population; and rapidly changing dietary ha

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Analytics in Distribution and Manufacturing Taking Center Stage

GlobalTranz

Analytics has been a buzzword in recent years. Everyone seems to be clamoring to get on the big data and analytics train. Part of this drive toward more interest in analytics in distribution and manufacturing comes from the ability of analytics to reduce inefficiencies dramatically and increase productivity in both physical and virtual sales environments.

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So Many Metrics, Which Ones Matter the Most?

Talking Logistics

Live Episode: Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 12:00 pm ET. When it comes to supply chain and logistics metrics, companies are either tracking too many of them or they have so many metrics to choose from that figuring out the right approach to performance measurement is a challenge. Are there any guiding principles to selecting the “right” metrics? Many companies have taken a balanced scorecard approach to measuring performance.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Supply Chain Talent, Should You Hire or Outsource?

4WL Consulting

Operating any company requires a lot of strategic decision making, especially when it comes to hiring talent for specialized job roles like those in logistics and the supply chain. Talented employees are hard to find in the logistics space. Each new hire a company makes is a risk – one that is magnified for an SMB enterprise. What manager hasn’t felt the sting of a bad hire?

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Supply Chain Talent, Should You Hire or Outsource?

4WL Consulting

Operating any company requires a lot of strategic decision making, especially when it comes to hiring talent for specialized job roles like those in logistics and the supply chain. Talented employees are hard to find in the logistics space. Each new hire a company makes is a risk – one that is magnified for an SMB enterprise. What manager hasn’t felt the sting of a bad hire?

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Advice for Women Entering The Supply Chain Industry

NFI Industries

The supply chain industry has historically been thought of as a masculine industry. Words like trucking, storing, and hauling all have had masculine affiliations in the past; however, in recent years, women have been taking on more leadership roles and transforming stereotypes. Nancy Stefanowicz, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at NFI, is a great.

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How to Address Chronic Poor Supplier Performance

Logistics Bureau

When a supplier continually fails to perform, buying organisations all too often take a passive approach to the problems; firefighting, making excuses for the supplier, or perhaps cursing the supplier’s incompetence at internal meetings, but never directly addressing the poor supplier performance. What’s Wrong With This Picture? This rather fatalistic, but common approach to poor supplier performance is sure to deliver the worst possible outcome—and here’s why: Eventually the b

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Why Allowing Driverless Trucks on Public Highways is Still More Than 10 Years Away

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Why Allowing Driverless Trucks on Public Highways is Still More Than 10 Years Away. Driverless trucks have the potential to deliver a number of important commercial and societal benefits, but don’t expect to actually see one on the open highway any time soon. The commercial arguments in favor of the technology are persuasive. One of the key arguments is that driver shortages, a problem that has dogged the trucking industry for many years, would no longer be an issue if vehicles were automated.

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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 News Makers Video Series pm BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2016 the Movie

Supply Chain Digest

BP is back for the 65th year with its excellent Statistical Review of World Energy, a summary of all things energy related based on 2015 data.

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Supply Chains to Admire – 2016 Results

Supply Chain Insights

Five months of analysis. Lots of heated debates. It is now over. This morning we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. The research starts in April and stretches over many weeks as we analyze the different elements and understand the patterns of each industry. Why do we do it? Selfishly, we need a standard for our research, but we also want to help supply chain leaders gain new insights from a deep data-driven analysis.

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The Tactical View on What is Missing in the Supplier Integration Market Today

Supply Chain Digest

Suppliers Need Tactical, Real Time Information that Allows Improvement or Correction to Supply Chain Processes

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Introducing the Freightos Marketplace

Freightos

Introducing the Freightos Marketplace. In 1900, gross world production was $175 billion dollars. By 2014, it reached $77 trillion dollars. This tremendous growth was driven by freight shipping, which scaled in size but didn’t significantly improve underlying technology, getting bigger, not getting smarter. For example, 26% of the 730 million TEUs shipped annually and approximately 30% of trucks on the road are empty.

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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 abilities of Global Trade Management. Are Your Digital Platform Capabilities Ready to Challenge Business as Usual

Supply Chain Digest

Going Digital is More Than Just Spending a Higher Percent of Revenue on IT, Where and How you Spend Your IT Dollars is Just as Important

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LifeWay Christian Stores selects RELEX supply chain software for forecasting, replenishment & allocation

RELEX Solutions

Read PDF. RELEX Solutions, in collaboration with Columbus Consulting International , to support LifeWay Christian Stores with upgrading its supply chain management in order to reduce inventory and increase availability. LifeWay , one of the world’s largest providers of Christian resources, is implementing RELEX Solutions’ supply chain software for its retail division to improve its inventory forecasting, replenishment and allocation processes.

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RFID and IoT News Round Up for July 26, 2016

Supply Chain Digest

Impinj Soars after IPO, Euro Countries Building Dedicated IoT Networks, Technology to Shrink RFID Tags Size by 25 Percent