Wed.Feb 27, 2019

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Your Data is Only as Good as How You Visualize It

Arkieva

Are you avoiding these common data visualization pitfalls during your S&OP meetings? Your Data is Only as Good as How You Visualize It was first posted on February 27, 2019 at 1:34 pm. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement.

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US Retailers Receive Some Good News on Trump Easing China Trade Tariff Tensions

Supply Chain 24/7

The Retail Industry Leaders Association, the National Retail Association, and the Association for Supply Chain Management welcomed President Trump's decision to delay the March 1st China tariff hike on thousands of everyday consumer products.

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George Jetson and the case for modern supply chain planning

Kinaxis

by Mike McAllister. As a supply chain planner of a certain vintage, you remember The Jetsons and likely recall George working for Mr. Spacely at Spacely Space Sprockets. While we can’t be sure what kind of supply chain planning system Mr. Spacely had in place to produce his sprockets, The Jetsons’ well-documented ability to predict the future – from large format flatscreen televisions to video conferencing and robot vacuums – provides a key indicator.

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How to Tackle the On-demand World of Inventory Management

Unleashed

It’s fast-paced, it’s busy, it’s all things go, all the time. Inventory management is an around the clock operation and the pace isn’t slowing down. The way we shop has rapidly changed. This means the way we manage inventory has rapidly adapted as well. Just think about the most basic transaction of going into a brick-and-mortar store, paying at the counter and walking out with a product.

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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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E-commerce Distribution: How to Embark on a Digital Transformation

Tecsys

According to the Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide, 2018, “Digital commerce is a major component… The post E-commerce Distribution: How to Embark on a Digital Transformation appeared first on Tecsys.

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New Technology Changing the Supply Chain – Virtual Reality

Clear Spider

As mentioned last week in our blog post talking about augmented reality, we will be taking a closer look this week at virtual reality. We all know that we have five senses: taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing. Everything that we know about our reality comes by way of our senses. So, if you present […]. The post New Technology Changing the Supply Chain – Virtual Reality appeared first on [link].

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Selecting Software for Supply Chain Network Design Doesn’t Have To Be Difficult

Supply Chain 24/7

Network design as a discipline is complex and most organizations struggle to answer network design questions or test hypotheses in weeks, let alone days, and certainly not hours, but it doesn't have to be that difficult.

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How to become an Agile Organization through Digital Transformation?

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

The post How to become an Agile Organization through Digital Transformation? appeared first on Solvoyo.

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AVETTA & BROWZ Merge to Form One of the World’s Leading Providers of Supply Chain Risk Management

Supply Chain 24/7

Avetta and Browz, two providers of SaaS-based supply chain risk management software, have merged forming a formidable combined company focused on delivering the best in supply chain risk management services, the transaction expands their global network to 85,000 customers in over 100 countries.

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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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Cultivating Teachable Moments

BlueYonder

Kathy Stanley is vice president of education services at JDA. She talks to us today about how an early pivot in her career in elementary education brought her toward her passion for teaching and technology and she’s never looked back since! She’s a true believer in cultivating collective wisdom as a team and playing to everyone’s strengths to yield the strongest, most effective team.

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How to Become an Agile Organization Through Digital Transformation?

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Organizational Agility along with Digital Transformation, Machine Learning, Big Data and Blockchain technologies was one of main trending topics for 2018 and will continue to be in the hit list for 2019 as well. Each of the above topics deserves a blog on its own for sure. Let’s start with Organizational Agility and the role of Digital Transformation in making this happen.

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Tips for Optimizing Your Air Freight Shipments

20Cube Logistics

Do you want your cargo to be delivered as soon as possible? Then you need to get an airline shipper. Air freight is the fastest method currently available to get your goods to their destination. However, international air cargo rates are incredibly high. This makes it necessary for companies to optimize their air freight shipments or risk logistics costs.

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Supply Chain digitalisation with Renato Zavattaro

Savant Events

This week we had the pleasure of sitting together with Renato Zavattaro, International Trade Manager at ABInBev, for a conversation about Supply Chain Models, technology and future of Supply Chain. Here’s what we talked about. The world is changing fast – demanding customers, rapid digitalisation… What do these macro trends mean for supply chain, and how are you stepping up to the challenges?

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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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Cultivating Teachable Moments

JDA software

Kathy Stanley is vice president of education services at JDA. She talks to us today about how an early pivot in her career in elementary education brought her toward her passion for teaching and technology and she’s never looked back since! She’s a true believer in cultivating collective wisdom as a team and playing to everyone’s strengths to yield the strongest, most effective team.

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Government’s no-deal Brexit report shows it's now or never for organisations to prepare their supply chains

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Alex Saric, smart procurement expert at Ivalua. The government’s Brexit impact assessment has laid bare everything organisations have been worried about.

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LTL Vs. Parcel 2019 Outlook: Why Shippers Are Increasingly Using Both

GlobalTranz

The LTL freight and parcel 2019 Outlook is expected to be a period of turmoil for shippers. Across the board, general rate increases are resulting in higher transportation spend for shippers of all sizes. In addition, uncertainty regarding the economy and government will undermine the initiatives to manage tightening parcel, and overall road freight capacity.read More.

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The Role of TMS in a Logistics Partner’s Strategy and Value Proposition

Talking Logistics

What do shipper’s look for in a logistics partner? Operational excellence, of course. But beyond that, shippers today also expect their logistics partners to provide them with technology solutions, timely and accurate data, and business intelligence and analytics capabilities. What factors are driving these expectations? How are logistics service providers responding?

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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.

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Driver shortage or truck surplus?

DAT Solutions

You’ve likely heard reports that there’s a shortage of drivers in the trucking industry. There have also been reports that a record number of heavy-duty truck orders from last year is creating a capacity surplus. So, which is it? How can we have a surplus of trucks and a shortage of drivers? It can't be both, can it? Get the latest trucking news.

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David Morgan takes being Director of the Catalysts to the next level for Axway

Axway

David Morgan brings wonderful vitality to lead his new team. As “Director of the Catalysts” at Axway , he has moved to the Customer Success Organization side to help form and lead this new team into the future.

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Is the spot market sputtering or stabilizing?

DAT Solutions

At first glance, it looks like the van spot market took a step back last week. Rates fell in most of the top 100 van lanes, but the big drops were all in lanes where rates rose in the prior week due to snow that closed mountain passes on those routes. The core lanes from top markets remained constant. One positive sign is that February van volumes are up almost 10% higher than last February, a month when rates are typically down.

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Let’s Get Engaged! The Marriage of UX and Industry 4.0

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The phrase “employee engagement” – is something I hear a lot in my job. Everyone knows that employee engagement is essential for the successful implementation and utilization of ERP. Deloitte agrees and goes so far as to say: “Poor user engagement with enterprise applications is a leading reason enterprise software fails to deliver the desired business […].

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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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Is the spot market sputtering or stabilizing?

DAT Solutions

At first glance, it looks like the van spot market took a step back last week. Most lanes in the top 100 van lanes fell, but the big drops were all in the lanes that rose the prior week due to closed mountain passes. The core lanes from top markets remained constant. One positive sign is that February van volumes are up almost 10% higher than last February, a month when rates are typically down.

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Oracle leads diverse general merchandise POS software market

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Major general merchandise retailers, comprising mixed formats as well as speciality hardgoods and softgoods chains, account for 2.6 million POS software installations globally.

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Driver shortage or truck surplus?

DAT Solutions

You’ve likely heard reports that there’s a shortage of drivers in the trucking industry. There have also been reports that a record number of heavy-duty truck orders from last year is creating a capacity surplus. So, which is it? How can we have a surplus of trucks and a shortage of drivers? It can't be both, can it? Get the latest trucking news.

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Internet of Things Success is not Guaranteed

Enterra Insights

Reading today’s headlines one might conclude the Internet of Things (IoT) — sometimes referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) — is a mature technology providing organizations with valuable and reliable service. One would be wrong. The IoT remains in its infancy and suffers the occasional growing pain. A couple of years ago, a Cisco study found, “Nearly 60% of IoT initiatives stall at the Proof of Concept stage and only 26% of companies have had an IoT initiative that

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

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.

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What Is On Your Procurement Roadmap?

EC Sourcing Group

What should you put on your procurement roadmap and how should they be prioritized? Setting up your roadmap can seem like a daunting challenge. Your experience will influence the time and effort you put into it. I have never been a big planner. Some of my most popular reasons are: Targets keep moving My plate is already full of “crucial projects” We are acquiring a company or selling a business unit The system we have works even if it isn’t ideal Systems seem easy to buy and much harder to maint

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Everything CPG! How live logistics planning boosts customer retention and lowers costs

Loginext

The top challenges, especially for CPG companies, are lack of proper delivery movement visibility, lack of control of actual on-ground logistics, delayed reaction time if anything goes wrong on-ground, over or under-utilized truck capacities, inaccurate estimated time of arrivals (ETAs), etc. LogiNext can help overcome all these and more.

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Solve Your Clients’ Inventory Woes After This Webinar

Unleashed

That’s a wrap for this year’s Xero Roadshow Australia ! This year, we visited six cities across Australia and had a great time talking many accountants and bookkeepers who were keen to learn how their practice could benefit from integrated cloud-based apps. Greg Murphy and Daniel van der Heyden, our Partner Channel Managers, will be hosting a webinar for any proactive accountant looking to add more value to their services.