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[e-Book] The Current State of Manufacturing to Better Manage Logistics & Supply Chain Operations

GlobalTranz

Download "The Current State of Manufacturing to Better Manage Logistics & Supply Chain Operations" E-Book. Fill out the form below. Every new year we write about the most important trends to pay attention to for the year on our blog. In 2016 we focused on our main areas of writing: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management.

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Live Webcast – Concurrency: The New Era of Supply Chain Planning

Kinaxis

by Melissa Clow We’re exciting to let you know of the upcoming webcast with SCM World’s chief content officer, Kevin O’Marah. In this not-to-be missed webcast, hear O’Marah’s predictions, insights and best practices for bringing concurrent planning to your supply chain operations. Event Details: This live webinar takes place on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 1 – 2:00 p.m.

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FMCG Planning: If you like chocolate, now is the time!

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Overeaten chocolate during the holidays but still want some more? Get yourself and a large blue IKEA bag down to your local supermarket as chocolate is heavily discounted. Easter is not far away this year so why not save a little cash and stock up now - use by dates permitting, of course!

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eCommerce: The New Frontier for Manufacturers

ModusLink Corporation

My colleagues and I will soon be headed to Frankfurt, Germany to attend eCommerce for Manufacturers: Online B2B & B2B2C Practices on behalf of ModusLink, and I’ve been asked to present on how strengthening online customer relationships optimizes supply chain management. My session, “B2B & B2C eCommerce: Optimal Supply Chain Management Starts with the Online Customer,” […].

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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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New YouTube on Procurement Analytics from IBM Empower Conference

NC State SCRC

I was interviewed at the IBM Emptoris conference back in November on some of the emerging trends in terms of the value added that procurement can add through analytics, the importance of data governance as the foundation for analytics, sources of data for creating cognitive analytics, and the rise of Big Data and the possibilities in terms of applications.

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2nd BME Global Pharma Supply Chain Congress 2017 in Frankfurt/Main

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The 2nd BME Global Pharma Supply Chain Congress of the Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics (BME) at the Marriott Hotel in Frankfurt takes place from 20 to 23 March 2017. Motto of this international event is "Embracing a new supply chain culture to drive the patient-centric agenda".

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RELEX Solutions launches first cloud-based collaborative planogram solution

RELEX Solutions

Read PDF. Retailers and vendors can now simultaneously view and manipulate planograms at any time on any device for improved store performance. RELEX Solutions, one of the fastest growing providers of integrated retail and supply chain planning solutions, announces the launch of its new planogram collaboration portal for localized in-store planning, stock allocation and planograms.

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George East set a new benchmark for all future improvement projects with Slimstock

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The business behind some of Britain's leading kitchenware brands including Tala and ChefAid, has established a new benchmark by which all future supply chain projects will be judged.

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RELEX releases latest customer satisfaction survey results

RELEX Solutions

Read PDF. Findings demonstrate its commitment to 100% customer referenceability. The latest survey of RELEX customer attitudes shows the highest ever levels of satisfaction with RELEX’s integrated retail and supply chain planning solutions and its services. As part of its customer-centric approach, RELEX surveys its customers on an annual basis to measure their level of satisfaction.

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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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Trends & Predictions 2017: Artificial Intelligence

Enterra Insights

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic. AI sparks our imaginations, fuels our hopes, and stirs misgivings about its ultimate … Continued. The post Trends & Predictions 2017: Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Loyalty, Partnership, and Collaboration: Three Ingredients for Transportation Procurement Success

Talking Logistics

To use a cooking analogy, before you cook a meal, you have to determine what ingredients you need, how many people you’re cooking for, maybe what side dishes or sauces you need to prepare, and so on. Is there an equivalent process or approach companies should take before engaging in a transportation procurement engagement? “In preparing for a transportation procurement event, you first want to understand what is going on in the marketplace, not only to benchmark yourself to see if savings opport

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5 Key Factors to Consider when Purchasing a Yard Management System

C3 Solutions

Selecting and implementing a new information system can be a challenge. Entire industries exist to assist companies in purchasing and implementing mainstream systems such as warehouse management (WMS), transportation management (TMS) and enterprise resource planning systems (ERP). The criteria for selecting a strategic enterprise system are not the same for smaller point solutions.

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Maplin expands iForce partnership to include returns processing

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Maplin, the consumer technology specialist, has further strengthened its strategic partnership with iForce by adding the iForce Revive service proposition to the national multi-channel fulfilment solution it has provided since 2014.

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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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Surging Package Volume Explains Why Drones Make Sense

Techgistics

Source: Amazon. The continued rise of eCommerce coupled with the growth of urban populations has put increased strain on last mile delivery in cities. Added to this, is the fact that a growing number of people in large cities expect to get their orders quickly - next day, same-day, or within an hour or two. And, by the way, delivery should be cheap too!

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Optimising goods-in efficiencies

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By David Stain, senior vertical marketing manager EMEA manufacturing, field mobility & healthcare, Zebra Technologies.

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Supplier Negotiation Tips: Close The Right Deal

CormSquare

Supplier negotiations can be a tough topic to deal with. When suppliers eliminate competition by minimizing prices or creating technology interferes with competitors, it often seems like companies are forced to accept the prices of the goods. Moreover, when demand of certain product exceeds the available supply and the suppliers charge any price they wish, you may feel that you have little or no power over negotiation.