Mon.Mar 09, 2020

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Plastic-free, recyclable or reusable? How to choose sustainable packaging for beauty products

Provenance

Shoppers now expect brands to offer environmentally-friendly packaging, but choosing between all the options can be overwhelming. Here we’ll show you how best to navigate the right approach for your brand. ?? Want to learn how you can stand out in the beauty industry through communicating your sustainable choices? Join our webinar on 18th March 2020.

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Supply Chain Sustainability: If a leopard can’t change its spots, can supply chains ever be sustainable?

All Things Supply Chain

They say a leopard can’t change its spots but if they could, how would they change them? What color would the spots be?

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Coronavirus: Considerations for an Emergency Supply-Chain Response Plan

Supply Chain Brain

As the outbreak continues to develop, manufacturers should consider actions to mitigate risk and prepare for how they’ll deal with material shortages and other disruptions.

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

As I flew to Dallas, I worked on this post. Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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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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Trends in Last-Mile for 2020

GlobalTranz

Take a moment to think about the state of last-mile logistics in the last year. An argument does exist for the continued support of last-mile innovation and a relentless push to build better customer experiences within the final mile. Unfortunately, supply chain professionals can get so wrapped up in the logistics of the final mile,read More. The post Trends in Last-Mile for 2020 appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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The Coronavirus and the Supply Chain

The Network Effect

The post The Coronavirus and the Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Supply Chain Trends You Need to Pay Attention To In 2020

Demand Solutions

2020 has been a wild year for supply chains all around. With all of the changes and global shocks, it’s important to pay attention to what’s going on in order to help prepare your business for the future. Here are some trends to pay attention to in 2020. Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Planning. Artificial intelligence has been a big buzzword in business circles for several years now, and it gets more powerful every day.

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Developing an Impactful RFP Process

Americold

We asked our Proposal Manager, Iesha Jenkins, to share some of her BDPs for developing a first class RFP process - read on to find out more. Benefits of a Request For Proposal (RFP). Developing trustworthy relationships with your vendors will ensure a true, mutually beneficial partnership where you both win. Your vendor will support you with the services you need and you’ll pay a fair price for them.

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Three Sisters, my Wife, and a Nun….

BlueYonder

In recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8, Mark Nordick, senior vice president, customer success at Blue Yonder, writes about the most impactful woman in his life and the lessons he’s learned and applied to his life and career. I was born in Omaha, Nebraska and spent the first 14 years of my life there. I have three sisters and grew up with a caring mother and father.

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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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Sales and Operations Planning - What You Need to Know

crisp

If your goal is to deliver a top-quality product, an exceptional customer experience, and forecast accuracy, sales and operation planning is an essential undertaking. In the effort to achieve these goals, every process needs to be fine-tuned to ensure each link in the supply chain is meticulously executed.

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Manage the Fear and Conquer the Risks: Lessons of the Coronavirus

CHAINalytics

While conventional supply chain design efforts can minimize operational costs, their focus on leveraging economies of scale can result in over-concentrated resources. These solutions remain optimal so long as nothing changes, but are incredibly fragile in the face of exceptions or unforeseen events. The best-laid plans of mice and supply chain designers often hit the … The post Manage the Fear and Conquer the Risks: Lessons of the Coronavirus appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Flybe’s collapse: Supporting supply chains in challenging times

Taulia

Early on 5 th March it was announced that Flybe had gone into administration. The fall of the UK’s largest operator of domestic flights has put 2,400 jobs at risk, while bringing disruption for the passengers who have been stranded and forced to find alternative travel arrangements. It also comes as bad news for passengers who depend on the airline’s domestic routes – although other airlines have already stepped in to take on some of Flybe’s routes.

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Webinar: Reimagining Supplier Relationship Management

Bristlecone

Bristlecone and SAP shine a spotlight on the role collaboration plays in driving P2P agility, transparency and predictability for buyers and suppliers. In this webinar, you’ll learn: Why point-to-point communication is never the answer to effective supply chain management. Collaboration’s ability to help businesses meet strategic, financial and operational goals.

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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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Capitalist system in meltdown

Resilinc

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Supply Chain News on Interesting Analysis on Highways Tolls from the American Transportation Research Institute

Supply Chain Digest

Almost One Third of Toll Revenues Go to Collection Costs, not Roads and Bridges

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Dry van demand rises as stores restock empty shelves

DAT Solutions

At some point, U.S. consumers may stay away from stores and other public places due to coronavirus fears, but for now they're shopping like crazy. It could be a busy spring for dry vans, as those inventories are being replenished continuously.

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Are Parts shortages worse than expected? 60% of US companies know nothing about the upstream of China's Supply Chain

Resilinc

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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How Technology Helps Freight Brokers Remain Competitive in the Market

Talking Logistics

Technology is playing a growing role across the transportation management landscape, especially in the third-party logistics (3PL) and freight brokerage markets. On the one hand, you can argue that technology is disrupting the status quo. On the other hand, you can argue that it’s helping to level the playing field. How is technology helping brokers, Read more How Technology Helps Freight Brokers Remain Competitive in the Market.

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Flatbed rates edge up on steady demand

DAT Solutions

Rates haven’t been all that high for flatbeds, but the national average has held in a pretty stable in a range of $2.15 to $2.18 per mile since October. As with dry van – and reefer for that matter – there’s more action for open-deck equipment in the Southeast, and rates are moving up on many high-volume lanes that originate there.

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Axbility

ivalua

Axbility Consulting is a major player in management consulting with 215 consultants for a turnover of $31 million. Axbility Consulting assists the main large companies in the digital transformation of their organizations and their information systems. We offer our clients consulting services with high added value : – Operational Strategy & Digital Transformation Plan. – Transformation of organizations & managerial agility. – Operational Excellence & Digitalization o

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DiManEx joins Mobility Goes Additive

DiManEx

We are pleased to announce that we have joined the MGA (Mobility Goes Additive) network as members. MGA is an international network focusing on the possibilities of additive manufacturing (3D printing), enabling companies, research institutes and institutions to exchange experiences in the industry. The network provides know-how transfer, training, joint innovation development and research activities with a strong user focus.

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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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Washington – Jyotsna Loomba, Fatma Laidioui

ivalua

Customer Keynote: 05/04/2020 – 3:00-5:00pm. The Do’s and Don’ts of Workflows | Jyotsna Loomba & Fatma Laidioui. Learn the Do’s and Don’ts of configuring a workflow. Specific use cases will be described such as hierarchical, parallel, integration and how to stop a workflow. Additional topics discussed include Linking workflows together, rejecting workflows and loops.

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Will Robots Destroy the Gig Economy?

Supply Chain Brain

Many worry that the much-ballyhooed gig economy is merely a stepping stone to a time when all of those jobs will be performed by robots. But don’t tell that to Brett Helling.

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Washington – Laurence Michali, Sanket Shah

ivalua

Customer Keynote: 05/04/2020 – 3:00-5:00pm. Managing Tax Systems | Laurence Michali & Sanket Shah. We will focus on the various tax systems across geographical regions and how to manage them in Ivalua. You will learn how to configure the Ivalua solution to make tax management quick and easy for your user. We will also show how tax can be handled in electronic invoicing (CXML/EDI).

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How Axway eSubmissions solution will help companies get approval for a Coronavirus vaccine

Axway

With empty store shelves of hand sanitizers and disinfectants disappearing every day, the race is on to find a cure for the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

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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Washington – Nicolas Lievain, Naoto Kawabe

ivalua

Customer Keynote: 05/04/2020 – 1:00-3:00pm. Discovering the PBI User Experience | Nicolas Lievain & Naoto Kawabe. V162 is a major improvement for PBI and how you will create your analysis. Come discover the PBI user experience, new canvas system, report best practices, how to embed your reports in other screens, how to transport configuration, a migration perspective, and more!

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5 Perks of Automation on Employees

Unleashed

There are many benefits of automation. The rapid advance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) means that some work tasks can now be done by machines – from matching invoices and purchase orders to scheduling meetings. However, these benefits don’t come without speculation and fear: the most common being the fear of worker displacement. From an employer’s perspective, automation may sound alarm bells of another cost, however, automation isn’t just a cost centre for modern companies – it can sign

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Washington – Thomas Le Ponner, Shweta Akhila

ivalua

Customer Keynote: 05/04/2020 – 1:00-3:00pm. Building an Executive Summary | Thomas Le Ponner & Shweta Akhila. The purpose of an executive summary is to communicate the What, Why and How of a topic in a concise manner, giving an overview of the material without having to dive into details. We will demonstrate how our Customers can build their own contract executive summary.