The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2022

The FlavorCloud Story with Rathna Sharad. Rathna Sharad and Joe Lynch discuss the FlavorCloud story. Rathna is the founder and CEO of FlavorCloud , an end-to-end cross-border logistics platform for direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, ecommerce retailers, and marketplaces. About Rathna Sharad. Rathna Sharad , founder and CEO of FlavorCloud , has 20+ years of experience working in global supply chain and international trade logistics as well as 10+ years of e-commerce enablement experience which has

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 24, 2022

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Why Cyber Security is Important! Cybersecurity tips article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. With the rising incidences of malware attacks in business, you should put cybersecurity at the forefront of your operations. Many cybersecurity practices have been developed, and they evolve every new dawn to prevent cyberattacks that might take your business through unfathomable losses.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 24, 2022

Maintaining healthy levels of Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) inventory is essential to the smooth running of your manufacturing, distribution or wholesaling operation – even if MRO goods aren’t part of your final products. Here we give you a complete guide to MRO, from what it is, to what sort of items it covers. We also give you the 10 best practices to reduce your spend on MRO goods while maintaining a steady flow of the items you need – including the KPIs and software that wil

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Hybrent

JANUARY 24, 2022

Hybrent’s one-stop vendor shop saves PESC’s materials manager from spending her whole day shopping dozens of different vendor sites to order her supplies. Washington state’s first accredited outpatient surgery center dedicated to eye care, The Physicians Eye Surgery Center, specializes in cataract surgery, LASIK and refractive surgery, and eyelid procedures.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2022

President Biden’s sweeping infrastructure law was supposed to ease problems for the trucking industry and relieve supply chain woes, but the law overlooked a vital necessity for truckers: Parking.

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IT Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2022

By Neil Murphy (pictured). Global VP, ABBYY. The post Britain faces continued supply chain disruption appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2022

Tom Coughlin, a fellow with IEEE, offers a glimpse into the new year and how global supply chains will fare in the coming months.

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IT Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2022

By Magni?Reynir?Sigurðsson (pictured). Senior Manager of Detection Technologies, Cyren. The post FBI warn about cybercriminals using malicious QR codes appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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All Things Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2022

Picture this: I’d been travelling since 5:30 am after visiting family overseas for Christmas.

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IT Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2022

By Andre Hordagoda (pictured). Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Go Instore. The post How city retailers must adapt to hybrid working appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2022

by Malte Tichy, Michael Feindt. This blog post on forecast evaluation discusses common pitfalls and challenges that arise when evaluating probabilistic forecasts. Our aim is to equip Blue Yonder’s customers and anyone else interested with the knowledge required to setup and interpret evaluation metrics for reliably judging forecast quality. The hindsight selection bias arises when probabilistic forecast predictions and observed actuals are not properly grouped when evaluating forecast accuracy

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IT Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2022

By Mark Turner (pictured). Managing Director, Business Process Services at Liberata. The post The need for someone you can trust appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 24, 2022

The freight train that arrived in the Parisian rail hub of Valenton in early January wasn’t an especially large one—at 34 containers, it carried just 20% of the load of a typical intermodal freight train. But it was featured on CNN Business and in other business media because it had traveled 6,000 miles from Xian China and represented a growing trend in China-Europe supply chains: shifting a portion of container traffic away from pricey and congested ocean shipping lanes to rail.

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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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IT Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2022

By Ivan Heard (pictured). Global Head of Fraud Solutions, Quantexa. The post Lord Agnew resigns for Covid fraud handling appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 24, 2022

December 2021 - Transportation Market Report. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) ?. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew again in December. This is the 19th consecutive month of expansionary growth. Demand and consumption still are exhibiting month-over-month growth, in spite of continuing obstacles. Meeting demand remains a challenge, due to hiring difficulties and a clear cycle of labor turnover at all tiers.

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Vinculum

JANUARY 24, 2022

Brands should adopt an ecommerce model for direct-to-consumer sales As has been the recent trend of consumers moving online, so has been the observation about the wholesale business too making the same shift. What started earlier as just an opportunity to increase volume through online channels for B2B and earn more from each sale has now changed to D2C (Direct-to-Consumer), getting recognition from the industry to grow and competitive advantage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 24, 2022

Sriram Krishnasamy, the CEO of FedEx Dataworks. A network effects business model allows a company to gain more value as more companies use its products or services. The value of the offering rapidly increases because each additional user increases the value of the network. Today, we mainly think of digital companies like Google and Twitter in this category.

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When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Reverse logistics and returns management are deeply integrated processes that involve multi-enterprise coordination. Here's how to handle it effectively.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 24, 2022

We’ve all heard that data is the new oil — or, at the very least, a very valuable company asset. In fact, Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, asserts big data is an organization’s most valuable asset. “The well-worn adage that a company’s most valuable asset is its people needs an update,” he writes.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 24, 2022

Has Organized Crime Moved In

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 24, 2022

There is this something in the air this time of year where everyone starts with new year’s resolutions, and it is all about new beginnings. I am not quite sure why new beginnings are associated with the end or start of a calendar year. That is if you follow the Gregorian calendar – which is most of the modern world. Spring which is typically associated with new beginnings doesn’t start in January regardless of whether you are in the northern or southern hemisphere.

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Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2022

The House of Representatives unveiled its legislation to bolster U.S. research and development to better compete with China and aid the domestic semiconductor industry, in a bid to negotiate a final bill this year with the Senate.

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Parade

JANUARY 24, 2022

Digital booking offers freight brokerages big advantages. Read on to learn about them. Times, they are a-changin’. Sometimes it seems like life is being conducted digitally in this age of smartphones and electronic everything. Logistics is an industry that is, historically, rife with , late adopters when it comes to new technologies, but the push towards digitalization has gathered momentum.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2022

After a talent exodus, the twin tragedies of its 737 Max jets falling from the sky, and stiff competition from rivals — on top of Covid’s blow to air travel — Boeing is gearing up for a production resurgence that will help mount the industry's steepest ramp-up in modern aviation history.

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PLS Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2022

Check out last month's new transportation updates in the shipping industry.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2022

Discover how eCommerce leaders are using Robotic Automation to increase capacity and meet escalating consumer expectations despite labor shortages.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 24, 2022

Many ecommerce businesses dream of expanding their reach internationally. For some, the dream is often far-fetched because there are so many processes and considerations involved – from shipping and warehousing to customs and tariffs. All of these factors can make selling internationally seem like an intimidating process. Fortunately, the Harmonized System (HS) makes it easier to navigate the complexities of custom duties and taxes.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2022

As online and in-store shopping experiences converge with the prevalence of omnichannel retail, consumer expectations are evolving.

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