Fri.Jun 14, 2019

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How Supply Chain Analytics Empower Digital Transformation

GlobalTranz

Digital transformation is inevitable, and digital transformation within the supply chain has the potential to streamline operations, reduce costs, and offer a better work environment for employees. The result is improved customer service, but the real implications of supply chain analytics go much further. The proper use of supply chain analytics is crucial to digital.read More.

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The Best Way to Disrupt Your Supply Chain Management? 100% Supply Chain Visibility and Accurate ETAs.

Savi

As businesses become more customer-focused, there is even more pressure to solve for supply chain challenges and reach 100% supply chain visibility. “You are only as strong as your weakest link.” Therefore, it’s necessary to look at every section of the journey – not just at internal systems but also to collaborate with carriers and supply chain partners to ensure the timely delivery of goods.

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Five Best Practices in Transportation Telematics

Supply Chain Brain

Telematics promises to transform transportation and the supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

So close, yet so far away. I actually can’t believe that I am not writing an intro to the news round-up about Boston sports and our monopoly on titles. Unfortunately, after a valiant run, and a decisive game 6 victory to force a game 7, the Bruins were unable to bring the Stanley Cup home. Of course, I just assumed Boston would win, as it is what our sports teams do these days.

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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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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Business Landscape

Enterra Insights

Artificial intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly an overhyped buzzword. Michael Watson, an instructor at Northwestern University and a founding partner at Opex Analytics, explains, “‘AI’ is a tech buzzword that seems to take on a new meaning each time you hear it. This causes confusion for many business leaders who struggle to put it into perspective for their specific needs.”[1] To break through the confusion, Watson suggests business leaders view AI as an umbrella term encom

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SIMP – Seafood Importers Newest Challenge

3rdwave

In 2018, as part of its sustainable ocean’s management mandate, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) imposed new reporting standards for the importing of 14 species of seafood. The program is called Seafood Import Monitoring Program or SIMP. What is SIMP? As a software provider of applications that support international supply chain execution and automated customs clearance programs, we need to provide the functionality to address a multitude of government and busines

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Points to Ponder around the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Event…and One Unanswerable Question

Brookes Supply Chain Planning Blog

“What was once considered disruption now becomes strategy”. This line from the opening keynote got me thinking about the continuous evolution of markets and customer expectations. What seemed like a breakthrough just a few years ago is now mainstream. Keep redefining yourself or you’re in danger of losing market share–or worse, fading into irrelevance.

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Fine-Tune Your Supply Chain By Looking at Amazon

Savi

The world’s largest online marketplace has set their sights on a new goal — becoming a huge global 4PL. Heads up UPS and FedEx, Amazon is piloting package delivery in Los Angeles for marketplace customers. By amassing worldwide logistics assets, Amazon can provide better delivery performance to its online marketplace customers. From there, it can move horizontally to deliver cargo and packages for others and compete with other logistics service providers.

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What Entrepreneur Media Wouldn’t Publish about ThroughPut: Why Industrial Operations Bottleneck Elimination is the World’s Greatest Mission

ThroughPut

For years, I had kept ThroughPut’s actual vision a secret. I left the vision off investor pitch decks. I avoided attending panels. I felt there would be a time and place to reveal it all, at a scale that would not dilute the message. So when Entrepreneur Magazine approached us to contribute a piece focusing on bottlenecks, I thought this was finally the stage to reveal the real purpose of ThroughPut.

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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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Cutting Cloth and Lead Times

Vanguard Software

A closer look at how some apparel companies are reducing lead time length and volatility with supply chain planning technology.

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The Current State of Bottleneck Management and What Companies Need to Do to Improve

ThroughPut

This article was originally published in Entrepreneur Magazine. Let’s start with why ThroughPut exists, rather than talk about what ThroughPut does, or myself. ThroughPut’s vision is to eliminate industrial bottlenecks that tie up over 10 trillion dollars of under-utilized/wasted resources to empower the bottom economic 50% of the world. We believe more than 90% of the world’s population can benefit from the additional freed up capital to enable 100% literacy, sustainable development, and a high

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Fulfillrite - 7 Best Practices for eCommerce Shipping

TradeGecko

eCommerce has become an unstoppable juggernaut among distribution channels. In fact, in 2017, there were over $2.3 trillion in worldwide sales through eCommerce. At the same time, expectations are creeping up. Customers expect their orders to be fulfilled quickly and arrive in mint condition. If you don't pay attention to best practices for eCommerce shipping, your business can easily fall behind!

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SIMP - Seafood Importers Newest Challenge

3rdwave

While "Keep It Simple" is a great management mantra, the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) makes meeting this objective just a little bit harder.

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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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Beyond the Economic Downturn: Recession Strategies to Take the Lead Now!

Supply Chain 24/7

With a potential recession very likely, the next crop of business leaders are acting now to restructure costs and go on the offense.

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Register for Axway Connect UK today!

Axway

Axway Connect UK is just around the corner!

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FLEXE Hub: Tariffs, tech, and Target

FLEXE

A roundup of the latest news on logistics, retail, and industry trends

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The Times CEO Summit: Social purpose, sustainability and trust are the focus for business leaders in today’s UK

Provenance

Global leaders, including FTSE CEOs and government ministers, along with top entrepreneurs and journalists, gathered together yesterday for the 10th anniversary of The Times CEO Summit in London, to discuss the opportunity around trust, talent, trade and tech for UK businesses. “Each year we ask: how should the UK earn its living in the world, and are we on track?

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Vinculum at IRCE 2019, Chicago: Enabling Seamless Shopping Across Channels

Vinculum

Vinculum is coming to IRCE 2019, Chicago to help brands, 3PLs, e-tailers, and brand distributors scale up their business and sell anywhere, faster through: Automated catalog listing on marketplaces. Order and inventory management. Warehousing and fulfillment. Omnichannel experience. Consistent product and master data management. Cross border eCommmerce.

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