Fri.Jul 07, 2017

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The rise of IoT in supply chain planning

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater There’s no denying the Internet of Things (IoT) has taken hold of nearly every aspect of our lives. With the number of connected devices estimated to surpass six billion next year and more than 20 billion by 2020, the steady stream of data these devices are providing can easily crowd and clog your supply chain planning processes if you’re not prepared.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

My son’s baseball season, which began last November with indoor training, finally ended last night. His U11 Little League team lost their final game of the tournament, but as the team manager said afterwards, “they made a lot of noise and raised a lot of eyebrows” throughout the tournament and they finished in 4th place out of 7 teams. What now? For my son, it’s on to swimming, where he competes in the butterfly and IM, with his first meets next week.

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Spinnaker Partners with River Logic to Deliver Optimization-enabled Business Planning Solutions

River Logic

DALLAS, July 7, 2017 -- River Logic today announced its new partnership with Spinnaker, a supply chain services company that helps clients grow, manage risk, reduce costs and improve customer service by developing world-class supply chain capabilities.

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Targeted Marketing and Machine Learning

Enterra Insights

From movies to markets, artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic. In the retail and marketing sector, the staff at … Continued. The post Targeted Marketing and Machine Learning appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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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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Can Blockchain Help Supply Chain

Elementum

When applied to supply chain management, blockchain proposes a system that is as flexible and secure, allowing real time and transparent contracts between organizations and third party partners. It’s poised to vaccinate supply chains vulnerable to ransomware from the inside out. Theoretically, the first thing to go would be confidentiality. Blockchain systems promise incorruptibility at the expense of centralised control over potentially sensitive information.

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10 Best Schools for a Supply Chain Education, Class of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

MH&L's annual look at the top 10 U.S. university programs for supply chain management and logistics. read more.

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Customer Experience A Top Priority in Supply Chain Operations

Convey

While most retailers understand the importance of providing consistently positive CX, many struggle with legacy technology that fails to address customer experience needs, according to a new study by Convey and eft, “Redefining Final Mile Delivery in the Age of the Customer.”. Retailers are having a hard time updating their supply chain systems and technologies to keep up with the new reality of heightened customer expectations in an era of digital disruption but are feeling increased pressure t

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The Growth of E-Commerce and What It Means for Retail Jobs

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: how the growth of e-commerce is shifting the retail job market; an autonomous and unstaffed mobile retail space is in the prototype phase in Shanghai; and why warehouses may make a good testing ground for autonomous driving experiments.

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Necessary Steps for Smarter Logistics Planning Optimization. Increase Efficiency and Profits

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: Today's is blog is from Nicole Lewis who shows us the steps for smarter logistics planning optimization. Ironically, the main problem of today's domestic logistics planning optimization is not in a lack of information about ‘advanced’ tools, lack of appropriate equipment and information technologies, and not even that not all managers are in principle aware of the existence of any management mechanism.

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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.