ivalua
MARCH 28, 2019
As we move towards a new decade is the emphasis in the procurement world changing – are we going to see a new age, where the Art of Procurement comes to the fore? Much of our focus in the last twenty years or so within the procurement profession and within our specific procurement functions has been on what we might call the “Science of Procurement”.
RFgen
MARCH 28, 2019
With so many challenges facing today's supply chains, technology may be the key to unlocking greater productivity. Exponential supply chain growth due to factors such as omnichannel fulfillment, globalization, the Amazon Effect, changing consumer expectations about real-time availability and shrinking delivery times are putting on the pressure to push higher volumes of product.
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Kinaxis
MARCH 28, 2019
by Richard Cushing To improve supply chain management and to maximize the return on inventory investment, it’s imperative to understand the supply chain dimensions that help define how your inventory is consumed. To illustrate, this blog will look at bills of material (BOM) and a manufacturing environment, though the same principle applies in scenarios where items are consumed from your supply chain inventories by different customers, distribution centers or even the BOMs that reside outsi
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
PINC
MARCH 28, 2019
As markets demand not only efficiency but agility and flexibility from supply chains, next-generation models are successfully combining robotics, automation, and digital technologies to drive superior performance.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Talking Logistics
MARCH 28, 2019
Demand and supply are the most powerful forces in most of our lives. Demand for our products drives up our need to supply them to customers. But as we try to flow more products through the supply chain, what happens when the existing infrastructure can’t keep up with the growing demand? A Shipment Stuck at Port. This conundrum struck me recently as I watched an ocean shipment spend as much time at a port as it did on the water.
Enterra Insights
MARCH 28, 2019
Vince Lombardi, the late, great football coach, once stated, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” Logistics professionals could adopt that statement as their motto. Half-a-decade ago, Apptricity analysts wrote, “In the world of supply chain and logistics management, perfection remains an elusive goal.
QAD
MARCH 28, 2019
Very little has more impact on a company’s success than customer satisfaction. Most people realize that on-time delivery plays a key role in how business’ satisfy customer needs, but customer satisfaction can be an expensive undertaking if the company doesn’t manage all aspects of customer service and the business processes that affect them. True customer satisfaction is a measure of sales, delivery and after sale performance.
Shipchain
MARCH 28, 2019
Dear Community, After over a year of round-the-clock development, we officially launched our state of the art platform in January 2019 , and now, we’re ready to take on the industry. We are so excited to have you along for the ride and wanted to give you an update on what we’ve been working on since the launch and what we have planned for the rest of the year.
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.
Freight Plus
MARCH 28, 2019
Trucking freight recession?, Target takes aim at supplier emissions, new ELD regs, "Where's my freight?!
Gravity Supply Chain
MARCH 28, 2019
KEY TAKEAWAYS. Retailers on both sides of the Atlantic are facing a series of significant economic challenges. These include lower consumer spending, hypersensitivity and the threat of recession. It’s time for retailers to embrace new technologies as the solution to overcoming economic pressures! The post RETAILERS MUST SHIFT FOCUS TO CONQUER ECONOMIC CHALLENGES appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.
RELEX Solutions
MARCH 28, 2019
Read PDF. One Stop Stores, a leading UK convenience store retailer, announced it will implement RELEX Solutions’ cloud based supply chain planning solution across its 900 stores and 3 distribution centres. A RELEX customer for over 10 years, One Stop has previously implemented RELEX’ space and assortment solutions. One Stop is looking to amplify its customer-centric strategy by also implementing RELEX’s supply chain planning solution.
GlobalTranz
MARCH 28, 2019
Growing e-commerce fulfillment demands and costs have collided to bring about an uptick in average 3PL fulfillment prices within the outsourced fulfillment industry, as was evidenced by FulfillmentCompanies.net’s annual poll of 500+ warehouses across the US. Each year, the online fulfillment match-making service surveys their network of 3PL companies to gauge the industry’s average costs.read More.
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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
MARCH 28, 2019
When fulfillment professionals say Phoenix is a hot market , they’re not exaggerating. Over the years, the city has become one of the country’s most reliable and reasonably priced logistics venues thanks to advantages such as extensive transportation connectivity, easy delivery access, and the low cost of doing business there.
Axway
MARCH 28, 2019
Have you been searching for a cloud-based solution to propel your company to the next business level? Look no more!
Unleashed
MARCH 28, 2019
Bottlenecks in the manufacturing process are almost inevitable from time to time, and rather than being an issue themselves, they are a symptom or red flag to a deeper problem at hand. Therefore, to try and solve a bottleneck, it is important to identify it, work backwards to ascertain what is causing it and then to come up with a creative solution to the problem.
West Coast and California Logistics
MARCH 28, 2019
California may be the Golden State, but its green initiatives are the most far-reaching in the U.S. The state has a host of agencies and regulations whose aim is to substantially reduce greenhouse gases and other emissions. At the heart of these efforts is the California Truck and Bus Regulation, which seeks to reduce emissions from heavy trucks and buses.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Material Handling & Logistics
MARCH 28, 2019
U.S. imports of goods from Mexico surged 10% to almost $350 billion last year, the fastest growth in seven years.
The Logistics of Logistics
MARCH 28, 2019
download the audio file. [00:20] Opening / Introduction. [00:36] Tell us a little about your background. I went to the University of Texas and wanted to be a Latin teacher, but then found out how much that paid and decided to get into business and marketing. My first job after graduation was Director of Sales and Marketing with a startup. That company sold and I went on to work in the newspaper industry, selling their online ads.
The Smart Software
MARCH 28, 2019
"Are you a Victim of your Forecast Models" by Smart Software Co-Founder Profiled in Spring 2019 Issue of Foresight. The post “Are you a Victim of your Forecast Models” by Smart Software Co-Founder Profiled in 53rd issue of Foresight appeared first on Smart Software.
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TrackVia
MARCH 28, 2019
I am a word junkie, so when Dave Castellani , Business Information Officer at New York Life, started talking about the differences between speed and velocity during his OPEX Financial Services keynote my ears perked up. In business, we use many words interchangeably so much so that we lose track of the true meaning (e.g. productivity and efficiency or Internet and Web).
3rdwave
MARCH 28, 2019
Sitting at the airport awaiting my flight back home provides an opportunity to reflect back on my experience at the TPM 2019 conference in Long Beach, CA.
Supply Chain Game Changer
MARCH 28, 2019
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. On Time Delivery – Get that right First before all else! Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Valerie Castro at [link]. There is no denying the fact that the rise of e-commerce has changed the buying habits of consumers. Gone are the days when folks would have to go to physical stores to purchase what they need.
3rdwave
MARCH 28, 2019
Sitting at the airport awaiting my flight back home provides an opportunity to reflect back on my experience at the TPM 2019 conference in Long Beach, California. For those that are not familiar with the TPM conference, or Trans-Pacific Maritime, it is the premier conference for the container shipping industry. Just about every major player in the industry, from Shippers to Freight Forwarders to Service Providers, is at this conference.
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.
Freight Plus
MARCH 28, 2019
Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. Freight about to plunge into recession? Not so fast, say some experts. At the ACT Research Seminar 60 in Columbus, IN recession talk was in the air, and while nobody has declared that we are headed towards one, ‘it came up in nearly every presentation’ according to FreightWaves. “The freight side is pretty good,” said Craig Kendall, a manager with Peterbilt.
3rdwave
MARCH 28, 2019
Sitting at the airport awaiting my flight back home provides an opportunity to reflect back on my experience at the TPM 2019 conference in Long Beach, California. For those that are not familiar with the TPM conference, or Trans-Pacific Maritime, it is the premier conference for the container shipping industry. Just about every major player in the industry, from Shippers to Freight Forwarders to Service Providers, is at this conference.
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