Wed.Mar 01, 2017

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What’s *Your* Company’s Packaging FAQ?

CHAINalytics

By Rob Kaszubowski, Packaging Engineering Manager, Packaging Optimization Practice Clients come to Chainalytics’ Packaging Optimization practice for complex reasons: Some want to be sure they are choosing the right materials for their primary or secondary packaging to avoid or reduce in-shipment damage, improve customer service levels or reduce returns.

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Getting Smart at the Warranty Chain Management Conference

ModusLink Corporation

If you’ve been following the ModusLink blog regularly, you know one of the topics we are most passionate about is how the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart devices will revolutionize the supply chain as we know it. According to analyst firm Gartner, an estimated 37 billion new “things” will have joined the Internet by […]. The post Getting Smart at the Warranty Chain Management Conference appeared first on ModusLink Global Solutions.

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What-if Wednesday: Seasonality Forecast Simulation (Gamma Parameter)

Arkieva

Seasonality forecast simulation: what is the effect of changing the gamma parameter in Holt-Winters forecasting method? For many manufacturing businesses, seasonality affects near and long term forecasts. To create a more accurate forecast, there is need to experiment with multiple forecasting scenarios to determine how changes in inventory levels could potentially affect business operations and bottom line results.

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Reducing Health Care Supply Chain Management Costs with Mobile Data Collection Software

RFgen

Health care providers who use advanced data collection tools can see operating room costs drop. It’s not cheap to run an operating room, and the high cost can depend on a number of factors. These can include the type of equipment used, the surgery performed and the location the surgery takes place at, noted Alex Macario, professor of anesthesia and (by courtesy) of Health Research & Policy Program director Department of Anesthesia at the Stanford University School of Medicine, in his r

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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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DynaSys Demand & Supply Chain Planning Webinar

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

DynaSys Demand & Supply Chain Planning Webinar For a manufacturer, the goal of effective supply chain planning is to meet your customer requirements and balance production resources whilst maximising revenue and profit.

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Manufacturing Expands at Best Rate in 3 Years

Material Handling & Logistics

Bloomberg. The ISM order backlogs jumped to 57 from 49.5, the biggest one-month advance in four years. read more.

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[Infographic] Top Small Business Technology Trends in 2017

GlobalTranz

With the rapid advancement in technology, a lot of small and medium scale enterprises are now able to compete in the market with much better business tools that improve their efficiency and accuracy. And as we welcome the new year, new small business technology and trends are surfacing once again which will further make technology an imperative in small business today.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Wee on Building a Supply Chain Sustainability Scorecard

Supply Chain Digest

New University of Tennessee White Paper Provides a Template, Based on Interviews with 16 Companies

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Do Smart Cities have a Future?

Enterra Insights

Cities have been crucial for human development for hundreds of years. They have been hotbeds of innovation and education and … Continued. The post Do Smart Cities have a Future? appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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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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Supply Chain News on Walmart and Amazon by the Numbers 2017

Supply Chain Digest

Our Annual Review of the Two Most Important Retailers in World

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IoT heading for mass adoption by 2019 driven by better-than-expected business results

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

A new global study 'The Internet of Things: Today and Tomorrow' published by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, reveals that IoT will soon be widespread as 85% of businesses plan to implement IoT by 2019, driven by a need for innovation and business efficiency.

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The Global Gender Gap Report 2016

Supply Chain 24/7

Through the Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress over time, with a specific focus on the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas: health, education, economy and politics.

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Thank you for your Reviews!

Freightera

We’d like to thank our shippers for their reviews this past February 2017. We’re glad to read that we’re helping you ship with competitive rates in a timely manner. We truly appreciate you took the time to write those kind reviews ♥. Google Reviews: Shopper Approved Reviews: The post Thank you for your Reviews! appeared first on Freightera Blog.

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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.