Wed.Jul 15, 2020

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Inventory Management Avoiding Data Driven Disasters – Targets and Monitoring

Arkieva

Inventory management (IM) is a critical component of any successful organization where the mechanics of measuring and monitoring inventory involve KPIs, dashboards, and data science. Inventory Management Avoiding Data Driven Disasters – Targets and Monitoring was first posted on July 15, 2020 at 9:31 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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What is involved in a fully-integrated WMS implementation?

SCJunction

To remain competitive in the marketplace - and keep your customers and supply chain partners - you know it is time to implement the rapid evolution that technology has brought us over the last few months. As the economy embraces digital pathways, so must you to stay relevant!

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5 Ways To Make Customers Feel Valued!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Customers Do Not Care About Your Problems! Customers feel valued article and permission to publish here provided by Dhruv Mehta. Do you love your customers? Indeed, you do. But how do you tell your customers that you value them? As you must have read at hundreds of other places, customer experience has overtaken price and quality as the key differentiator for brand loyalty.

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The Most Important Technology Company in Your Supply Chain Operations

Talking Logistics

When you think about Microsoft and its role in supply chain and logistics, Excel is probably the first thing that comes to mind. The Excel spreadsheet is arguably the most used software application in the field (see “5 Reasons Why Excel Is Champ Of Supply Chain Apps”). But over the past few years, Microsoft has. Read more The Most Important Technology Company in Your Supply Chain Operations.

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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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Four Post-Pandemic Lessons for E-Commerce Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

The first and most obvious lesson has been to diversify product sourcing across different countries.

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Reduce Spoilage and Boost Profitability from Perishable Orders

Herlitz Inventory Management

There’s a fine line between lost sales and spoilage. Here’s how to find it. Buying the correct amount of inventory requires a fine balance between ordering enough inventory to support demand without overbuying. Solving this problem is much easier said than done, especially without a strong purchasing system that understands the challenge of stocking perishables.

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How Mobile Barcoding Integrates with Robots to Solve COVID-19 Challenges

RFgen

Overview. The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) has partnered with MIT and Ava Robotics to bring a new sanitizing robot into their distribution centers to fight COVID-19 spread. Industry 4.0 and automation technologies seamlessly integrate with ERP mobile barcoding to meet pandemic era challenges. With COVID-19 cases increasing, companies who prioritize safe innovation technologies will be better positioned to safeguard operations and meet increased demand.

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This Week in Logistics: The Four Forces Transforming Logistics

Freight Plus

The 4 Forces Transforming Logistics, Supply Chain and Transportation Today. This week in logistics we are taking a look at. Forbes’. article, The 4 Forces Transforming Logistics, Supply Chain and Transportation Today. , and how it is affecting the industry today. Logistics, supply chain and transportation have seen a huge amount of disruption in the way their businesses are run.

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How to develop a competitive advantage through supply chain planning

6 River Systems

According to the market research firm, Gartner , “Supply chain planning (SCP) is the forward-looking process of coordinating assets to optimize the delivery of goods, services and information from supplier to customer, balancing supply and demand.” SCP considers every stakeholder, from raw materials suppliers to end customers, to build a cohesive plan to optimize a company’s production, sales and operations and develop key performance metrics to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations.

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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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This Week in Logistics: The Four Forces Transforming Logistics

Freight Plus

The Next Energy Battle: Renewable vs Natural Gas. The 4 Forces Transforming Logistics, Supply Chain and Transportation Today. This week in logistics we are taking a look at Forbes’ article, The 4 Forces Transforming Logistics, Supply Chain and Transportation Today, and how it is affecting the industry today. Logistics, supply chain, and transportation have seen a huge amount of disruption in the way their businesses are run.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for July 15, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

Amazon Loading Up on Larger Delivery Vans, Hair Testing could Push Many Drivers off the Road, US Manufacturing Output Up but Still Low, MIT Warehouse Disinfecting Robots

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Applying Technology and Data to Increase Returns Efficiency

GlobalTranz

Reverse logistics efficiency is key to keep returns costs under control and building positive customer experiences. In today’s world, an easy customer returns process does not always amount to fast, efficient management. New technologies, including blockchain, continue to change the game, and more companies are looking for ways to find a more transparent product returns.read More.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for July 15, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

Amazon Loading Up on Larger Delivery Vans, Hair Testing could Push Many Drivers off the Road, US Manufacturing Output Up but Still Low, MIT Warehouse Disinfecting Robots

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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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Cloud TMS and COVID-19

Logistics Viewpoints

I have recently completed a market study and supplier selection guide on the Transportation Management Systems (TMS) market. A TMS helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively. Transportation management systems include 2 types of solutions. Planning and execution is focused on freight moves involving a carrier.

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Recent outbreaks create uneven freight recovery

DAT Solutions

The third week of July is normally the busiest for summer vacationers, and seasonal retailers rely on them. But with travel restrictions on some international and interstate travel, some businesses that depend on tourism during the short summer retail season are seeing revenues down as much as 90%, year over year. This means a lot less retail freight along with fewer truckloads of food and beverages.

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Supply Chain News on When Building Cybersecurity Strategies, do not Forget Suppliers

Supply Chain Digest

Suppliers Pose Major Risks, but are Rarely Well Considered in Cybersecurity Plans and Investment

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The Importance of Last-Mile Visibility in the U.S.

Supply Chain Brain

In order to stay competitive in the rising e-commerce and mobile world, retailers will need to make continued investments in their final-mile strategies.

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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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Global Supply Chain News on Container Carriers Seeing Strong Profits During the Pandemic

Supply Chain Digest

Blanked Sailings, Soaring Spot Rates Helping Carriers at the Expense of Shippers

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How Mobile Barcoding Integrates with Robots to Solve Covid-19 Challenges

RFgen

How Mobile Barcoding Integrates with Robots to Solve COVID-19 Challenges.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Grocers, CPG Companies Struggle to Keep Shelves Stock

Supply Chain Digest

Out of Stock Levels well above Pre Pandemic Rates

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Four Ways to Optimize Inventory

The Smart Software

Inventory optimization has become an even higher priority in recent months for many of our customers. Some are finding their products in vastly greater demand; more have the opposite problem. In either case, events like the Covid19 pandemic are forcing a reexamination of standard operating conditions, such as choices of reorder points and order quantities.

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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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Top eCommerce Marketplaces in Southeast Asia

Vinculum

Today’s shoppers prefer to shop online, and no one can deny this fact. The reasons are manifold. Data from Shopify, in the year 2019, indicates that eCommerce sales on different platforms worldwide will go up to US$1.4 trillion by 2023. In the Asia-Pacific region including Southeast Asia, 57.9% of the shopper’s tendency of buying products from abroad is one of the major factors which will be contributing to this worldwide eCommerce evolution.

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“What If” Supply Chain Planning for an Uncertain Future

Enterra Insights

We know the pandemic will eventually end and the economy recover. What we don’t know is exactly how the economy will emerge or what the future will look like. This conundrum leaves decision-makers in a quandary. How do plan for an uncertain future? “The coronavirus has tossed supply chains around the world into chaos,” writes Jen A.

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Why Brands and Retailers Are Opting for 3-D E-Commerce

Supply Chain Brain

Product manufacturers, e-tailers and traditional brick-and-mortar stores alike are leading an emerging generation of e-commerce and web experiences built with 3-D visualization technologies.

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Why It's Time to Throw Out Your Routing Guides

Freightview

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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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Coming Full Circle

BlueYonder

Sonia Hernandez is the vice president of retail planning at Blue Yonder. She joined the company earlier this year and has more than 25 years’ experience in retail leadership, consulting and software. Her career has been varied, including time at a software startup where she was one of a small group of initial employees helping to build the company. She believes that women shouldn’t be afraid to speak up for themselves and should learn to defend their position/opinion.

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Overcoming Visibility Challenges to Kick-Start Sustainability Initiatives 

ivalua

Following the global climate protests that swept the world in 2019, sustainability rose to become a business priority. As a result, businesses have become more conscious about how they can reduce their impact on the environment. . However, COVID-19 has drastically altered business priorities. In our latest study of UK-based procurement, supply chain and finance professionals, we found that 60% of UK businesses have decreased investment in sustainability initiatives as a result of the coronavirus

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How to launch a successful off-pack activation using a QR code

Provenance

At Provenance, we work with brands who use their products to connect shoppers to digital transparency content. They do this by putting a QR code on their packaging that customers can scan. We recommend this as the best type of physical activation. However, launching a QR activation has a number of challenges and it is not as simple as printing the QR code on the packaging.

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