Vertical Farming: A Solution to Waste and Inefficiency in the Food Supply Chain?
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 12, 2021
The global food supply chain is in trouble.
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Scaling Technology to Enhance Customer Engagement
Talking Logistics
APRIL 12, 2021
The words we tend to use to describe successful supply chains — agile, responsive, flexible — went from concepts to strategic imperatives last year due to the pandemic. This is true for all stakeholders in the industry, but especially for logistics service providers (LSPs). This has sparked a renewed focus on digital transformation. How is.
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Straight Talk on 5G for Industrial Applications
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 12, 2021
Pietro Valsecchi, Covestro’s Expert on 5G. 5G represents the next generation of broadband cellular technology. I have written before that 5G for supply chain applications is still at the hype stage. However, the 5G protocol is slowly evolving to add more features for industrial applications. The promise of 5G is alluring. Thus, it was of interest to me to hear what Pietro Valsecchi, who is an expert on operational excellence and part of the Global Process Control Technology team at Covestr
Green Corridor: Pace and Resolve Needed to Help Reach Sustainability Goals
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
APRIL 12, 2021
By Timothy Foote, Susymbio, boutique consulting. On Reflection. Being a logistics operations professional, I am always concerned about “slipping backwards.” It’s not an unreasonable concern. Managers involved with process control often worry about the same thing. Many people after all are not excited about changes; they actually see change as a threat.
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
Reliable Vaccine Distribution Through S&OE
Adexa
APRIL 12, 2021
For anyone that wants to understand the difference between S&OP and S&OE, all they need to do is to listen to the news to hear the latest on the effort for the country to effectively distribute Covid-19 vaccines. There are predictions as to when 70% of the country will have a vaccine, and stories of people waiting in lines, then being told that the vaccine supply did not show up that day and they should come back later in the week.
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IT Supply Chain
APRIL 12, 2021
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Last Mile Deliveries and Route Optimization: The Complete Guide
Loginext
APRIL 12, 2021
Last Mile Deliveries and Route Optimization: The Complete Guide Last mile delivery is the final step of a product’s movement from a warehouse or inventory to the customer’s doorstep. Even before ecommerce was widely popular, last mile delivery was an integral part of the logistics operations in numerous businesses. Especially in supply chain management, the […].
Watch: Adjusting Global Supply Chains to a Reopened Economy
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 12, 2021
Thomas Goldsby, Professor & Haslam Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department at the University of Tennessee, sketches a picture of how supply chains might be permanently changed by the pandemic, even as they adjust to its end.
The Long and Short of Designing a Distribution Network
Logistics Bureau
APRIL 12, 2021
I’ve noticed a trend in recent years in that when businesses want to check their distribution networks or design a distribution network , they immediately jump into loads and loads of detail. Maybe it’s because the tools are out there to do it now, but I’d like to highlight other approaches that are less time-consuming and resource-hungry. Four Ways to Streamline Your Network Design.
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.
FourKites Introduces the Carrier Connect Guarantee
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 12, 2021
FourKites, a supply chain visibility solution platform, has announced a new Carrier Connect Guarantee, a service level agreement that provides customers with comprehensive carrier onboarding.
Identifying Logistics Spend and Opportunities for Cost Savings: Strategies to Consider
EnVista
APRIL 12, 2021
In today’s complex retail environment, businesses are competing with ecommerce giants like Amazon to meet evolving customer expectations to receive items anywhere, anytime and as quickly and cost-efficiently as possible. As companies look to remain competitive, many are overspending on logistics and are missing out on potential cost-saving opportunities that also enable them to better serve their end customers.
Sourcing is No Longer a One-Trick Pony
Requis
APRIL 12, 2021
With all things occurring in the world today, pandemics, natural disasters have led to larger times to manufacture/delivery, supply chain management—the processes, systems and ideologies are being challenged to think differently—particularly when it is involved in construction and operation phases of the asset lifecycle. The lack of visibility of information regarding the assets/materials, missing information in asset registers and inventory systems, make it easier for procurement professionals
What really went wrong at Suez Canal and how to prevent it in the future?
Loginext
APRIL 12, 2021
Take a look at an analysis of what really went wrong at the Suez canal and how technology can solve the challenges faced in logistics.
The Big Payoff of Application Analytics
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Supply Chain News on Manufacturing Still Matters, with Swirling Dynamics around Possible Reshoring
Supply Chain Digest
APRIL 12, 2021
Should US Government Subsidize US Semiconductor Production
Right to Repair – How the European Union tries to extend the lifecycle of products
All Things Supply Chain
APRIL 12, 2021
Technology is becoming more integrated into our daily lives, but the life span of devices is getting shorter.
L.A.-Area Port Backlog Persists as Imports Surge
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 12, 2021
Ship congestion outside the busiest U.S. gateway for trade with Asia persisted over the past week as imports surged through March, usually one of the slower months of the year for container volumes.
o9 Solutions Reports Record Annual Revenue Bookings in Q1’21
o9 Solutions
APRIL 12, 2021
This article has also been published on Business Wire. DALLAS, 12 April, 2021 — o9 Solutions Inc., a premier AI-driven integrated planning and operations solution provider for the enterprise, reported record annual recurring revenue bookings in Q1 2021, continuing the strong momentum from 2020. Software bookings grew 121% year-over-year as demand for o9’s integrated business planning platform continued to grow.
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.
Amplify Central Connected Gateway Custom API Subscription Flow – Incident Management Use Case
Axway
APRIL 12, 2021
In a prior post , we looked at an API Subscription Approval flow that integrates with your CRM for a business process-based approval mechanism for API subscribers.
Understanding Bitcoin!
Supply Chain Game Changer
APRIL 12, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. A Quick Overview of Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology! (Infographic). Understanding Bitcoin article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols. I don’t usually get into things until I’ve trained myself about it and felt familiar with the business. Cryptocurrency was indeed an environment I dove into early on, even though I had a lot of information about it.
Look closer at out-of-stocks to improve forecast accuracy
Alloy
APRIL 12, 2021
When out-of-stocks occur, point-of-sale data, which is the basis for a good demand forecast, reflects lower demand than what consumers actually want to purchase. To keep from under-forecasting demand, you need to account for these events somehow in your data. There are three main options to do so, which we covered in a previous post. Here we’ll describe situations in which you should use each method.
Executive S&OP Meeting
DynaSys
APRIL 12, 2021
As referenced in the S&OP: 7-Step Business Process article, the Executive S&OP Meeting serves multiple strategic purposes. In addition to updating corporate strategies and measuring on-going performance relative to targets; these meetings allow to assign financial resources across the organization and for designing systems that eliminate conflicts between organizational units.
Monetizing Analytics Features
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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.
Watch: How Domestic Manufacturers Will Be Affected by Biden’s Executive Order
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 12, 2021
A discussion about the implications of President Biden’s executive order on the review of critical supply chains with two experts from Kroll Inc.: Daniel Hartnett, associate managing director with the Compliance Risk and Diligence Practice, and Stacy Scott, managing director in the Cyber Risk Practice.
Dealing with Big Data
Enterra Insights
APRIL 12, 2021
Big data remains a big deal. Why? Because data is being generated at rate that would astonish previous generations. “From the earliest starting point of time until 2003,” observes Priya Dialani ( @priyadialani ), founder of Les Fleurs, “the whole world just had five billion gigabytes of data. A similar amount of data was produced over just two days in 2011.
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