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Will This COVID-19 Pandemic Change Supply Chains Forever?

Talking Logistics

Even before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the novel coronavirus was already disrupting the global supply chain. On a daily basis we get reports about the healthcare crisis impacting business processes, consumer habits, and the worldwide economy. Without a doubt, COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on most of.

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Building a Resilient Supply Chain

BlueYonder

Blue Yonder is committed to helping its customers face the unexpected. To provide insights into the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and its impact on supply chains around the world, we are delivering a blog series to help anyone looking for support and advice. Our experts, who have spent years in the supply chain industry, share their insights. The very nature of supply chains—the movement of goods and services—means it’s unsurprising they have been drastically disrupted by the global COVID-19 pan

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Why are capability assessments not done?

Prophetic Technology

Procurement is the fastest-growing division in many companies, consequently, it originates a war for talent remarkably in this section that still undergoes the lack of higher education courses.

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Get Answers to Emergency Supply Planning

DELMIA Quintiq

The COVID-19 virus is affecting supply chains around the world with huge peaks in demand and disruption on a scale most could not imagine prior to the current crisis. This is creating huge pressure and challenges for many businesses and organizations. What we are doing today helps us learn how to cope with tomorrow’s challenges. Solutions that we put in place today will continue to provide value and develop best practices that will connect us and make us more proactive in the future.

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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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A Very Agile Supply Chain: The Inside Story of AGCO’s Response to COVID-19

Logistics Viewpoints

AGCO is a supply chain success story. This is the inside story of AGCO's response to the pandemic and how they developed such an agile supply chain. Agility does not just happen. This global manufacturer of agricultural equipment began their journey to improved supply chain resiliency in 2004. The post A Very Agile Supply Chain: The Inside Story of AGCO’s Response to COVID-19 appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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ShipChain and Distichain Announce Partnership to Facilitate Global Trade

Shipchain

ShipChain, the blockchain-based logistics company, today announced a new partnership with the B2B e-commerce platform provider Distichain to help small- and medium-sized businesses access global markets. As businesses, increasingly now, have a big need to be smart and connected, this partnership creates a significant impact on enterprises, facilitating the path to full digitization and the ability to perform their B2B transactions seamlessly from one screen, with new track-and-trace visibility t

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How To Find a Manufacturer or Supplier for Your Wholesale Business

EMERGE App

So You’re Starting a Wholesale Business? Wholesalers are an important link in the demand and supply chain. They act as an intermediate party between manufacturers and retailers. If you plan to start a wholesale venture, and you execute it right, then my friend you are in for some great profit margins! Once you decide the product that you will be wholesaling, you have to find the perfect supplier.

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Reducing Risk in Your Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

These factors are likely to disrupt supply chains in the coming year.

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Digital Twins, new to the Supply Chain

Prophetic Technology

The world is changing fasts and for the best! The use of Digital Twin on past years included circuits, as it was in construction, plumbing, distribution centres, simulations, dental treatments, pilots on flights simulations, transport of passengers, and much more.

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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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Product News Update: April 2020

EazyStock

Our developers are working hard every day to make sure EazyStock is living up to your high expectations for advanced inventory optimization. Here are some recently added features that make us extra proud. Components Forecasting via Bill of Materials (BOM). What’s new? Bill of Materials, or BOM, is the components required to manufacture or assemble a product.

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How Supply Chain Efficiency Can Cut Costs for Food Ingredient Shippers

Zipline Logistics

Controlling costs in the supply chain is an excellent way for businesses in any sector to find increased profitability, but it is especially true for food ingredient shippers. In a uniquely positioned industry that is both time-sensitive and commodity-driven, suppliers must manage transportation, storage, and distribution of products to key production facilities.

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Webinar: COVID-19 – How to Overcome Supply Chain Disruptions on Short Notice, Wednesday, April 29, at 2 PM CET

Bristlecone

Don’t wait until the COVID-19 crisis is over to improve supply chain planning. We have the solution now. As enterprises around the world continue to grapple with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many demand and supply planners are facing disruptions due to increased demand with little to no warning, inventory challenges, and distribution delays that are causing an inability to meet customer demand.

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How COVID – 19 Might Shape the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture

Logistics Bureau

COVID-19 and the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture. The disruption to global supply chains caused by Beijing’s decision to close factories and lock down cities to contain COVID-19 has jolted Western companies into rejigging their supply chains, with economists predicting that globalisation as we know it will never be the same again. But global dependence on Chinese manufacturing is mind-boggling….

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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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Webinar: Accelerate the Identification of Qualified Alternate Suppliers, Thursday, April 30, at 2 PM CET

Bristlecone

Don’t wait until the COVID-19 crisis is over to improve sourcing agility. You can accelerate the identification of qualified alternate suppliers now. Enterprises globally are facing coronavirus-related challenges with supply chain disruption due to factory closures, overwhelming load on the buyer community to manage existing supply lines, and constraints in finding qualified alternative suppliers.

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6 Ways to Overcome COVID-19 Impact on eCommerce Businesses

Vinculum

With the technological advancements and breakthrough innovations disrupting the industrial landscape constantly, fast-paced life has become a norm. Nothing did seem unachievable with new tools and technologies being introduced to the mix on a rather regular basis. Yet, the entire world has come to an abrupt halt, lately. And, this can be attributed to the Coronavirus outbreak or otherwise known as COVID-19.

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Webinar: Accelerate SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA Conversions, Thursday, May 14, at 10:00 AM PT

Bristlecone

Hesitant to start the transition from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA? Concerned about your current ECC customizations and the potential complexities and complications? Fearing downtime or slow user adoption? Lacking clarity on project costs? We can help you accelerate SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA deployments – and take the guesswork out of ECC to S/4HANA conversions.

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Claritum Covid-19 Activity

Claritum

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (April 15, 2020) – First 3 weeks of lockdown completed. The team at Claritum is functioning well from home. All Claritum systems have remained operational and our customers continue to process orders and supply the needs of their customers. Recent, Covid-19 related orders, processed by Claritum’s system have included identity cards for key workers, nursing process documents, staff handbooks and posters/signs.

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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 Things to Look for in a Temperature-Controlled LTL Provider

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Is Temperature Controlled LTL Right for Your Business? Transportfolio. Whenever a product requires temperature-controlled shipping , a layer of complexity is automatically added. Maintaining a cold chain from start to finish requires a combination of collaboration and best practices. Due to current marketplace disruptions and changing consumer demands, major retailers continue to adjust inventory requirements, adding even more complexity.

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Take Control of the Situation: MPO’s Emergency Relief Cloud Solution

MPO Multi Party Orchestration

The past few months have been challenging for everyone, as the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of the supply chain. No matter the nature of the disruption, it’s important to always put the health and well-being of you and your employees first, which in this case means social distancing and working remotely. Fortunately, we live in a digital era where remote management has never been easier or more efficient.

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What Is Retail Consolidation?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

What Is Retail Consolidation & Is It Right for You? | C.H. Robinson. Handling ever-changing consumer and retailer demands can be overwhelming—especially if you’re working with multiple retailers across the country or the world. Maintaining inventory levels and optimizing order quantities, while keeping compliance requirements in mind, requires a strategic approach.

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Omnichannel Risk Management: Omnichannel Integration Continues to Prove Valuable Thru Crises

GlobalTranz

Organizations, particularly resellers, spent years building the best omnichannel capabilities on the planet. As trucking jobs rise to become the saviors of higher demand during disruption, the economy still suffers. This is an unforeseen era that upended all prior expectations. All signs indicated the future was based on the channel capabilities, creating a seamless shopping.read More.

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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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Resilinc and Intalere Announce Partnership to Help Hospitals Collaborate, Locate and Trade Critical Medical Devices & Supplies

Resilinc

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The Thin Supply Chain Line in a Time of Coronavirus April 20, 20

Supply Chain Digest

All the News on the Virus and the Supply Chain for This Week

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How does SKU proliferation affect small businesses

TradeGecko

What is SKU proliferation? SKU proliferation refers to the process by which a retailer or merchant adds products to their inventory. The justification for adding SKUs to a product catalog seems straightforward enough; if customers seem to be purchasing certain types of products, increasing the variations of those products could increase sales. Further Reading.

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Supply Chain News on Advice on Getting the WMS Selection Process Right

Supply Chain Digest

Consultant Says too Many Companies do not Get It Right

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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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How E-tailers Can Go Green, Deliver on Time — and Still Make Money

Supply Chain Brain

With all the recent attention paid to plastic and the damage that it’s wreaking on the environment, one might assume cardboard to be the acceptable “green” alternative. Think again.

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Supply Chain News on More Changes Coming to Manufacturing as a Result of Virus, as VW Enacts 100 New Practices

Supply Chain Digest

The Key Question is Will They Last

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Five ways a WMS can maintain efficiency and reduce the pressure of stockpiling

SnapFulfil

The global impact of Covid-19 is going to be felt for years, long after the virus has been brought under control, with governments and economies struggling to get back on their feet.