Wed.Dec 18, 2019

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Improve Supply Chain Processes During Peak Shopping Seasons

Veridian Solutions

What does it take to improve supply chain processes? That is a loaded question. Increased order fulfillment, improved customer satisfaction, validating order details and contents before packaging, automating repetitive processes , and other factors can significantly improve supply chain processes. However, it is not enough to choose a random method and improve it.

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In Search of the Dashboard You Deserve

Arkieva

Most software packages show current views of current forecasts, sales, production, and inventory. But what if you wanted visibility of the underlying trends, changes, patterns in all systems. In Search of the Dashboard You Deserve was first posted on December 18, 2019 at 9:50 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Chinese New Year Shutdown 2020: How to Prepare

ShipBob

The Chinese New Year (abbreviated as CNY) in the United States is often nothing more than a blip on the radar. For some Americans, the holiday comes and goes without them even noticing. In mainland China (and even in other countries that celebrate the holiday such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei), the Chinese New Year holiday is a very big deal.

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Supply Chain Predictions for 2020 (Who knew I’d still be writing this blog 18 years later!)

NC State SCRC

Although I didn’t come out with any new years’ predictions last year at this time, it’s the start of a new decade, so predictions are definitely in order. However, I also came to realize that I’ve been writing this blog now for more than a decade! The first one, I believe, was in January, 2002, just two years after I founded the SCRC.

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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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How We’re Building the Supply Chain of the Future with Customers

TMC

Globalization is rapidly adding complexity to the supply chain, changing needs of shippers around the world. Supply chain professionals are under pressure to produce more results with less resources. And, the few resources shippers DO have need to be focused on value added tasks like cost savings or performance improvement. These are a few key reasons why shippers need a partner who can provide additional expertise, experience and scale to help efficiently solve their challenges.

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2019 Supply Chain Logistics Trends

Clear Spider

As 2019 draws to a close, we can begin to celebrate the coming of the new year…but not before reflecting on the 2019 supply chain logistics trends of the past 12 months! 2019 Supply Chain Logistics Trends The overall cost of supply chain logistics rose 11.4% this past year! A variety of factors from networks […]. The post 2019 Supply Chain Logistics Trends appeared first on [link].

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These Three Technologies are Hot, But Are Supply Chains Adopting Them?

Logistics Bureau

Blockchain, artificial intelligence, and robotics are some of the hottest technologies to grace the business stage, if the media is to be believed. Have they hit the mainstream in major industries though? We took a look at the state of adoption in the supply chain world, and here’s what we found. Are Supply Chains Warming to These 3 Hot Technologies?

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2019 Supply Chain Logistics Trends

Clear Spider

As 2019 draws to a close, we can begin to celebrate the coming of the new year…but not before reflecting on the 2019 supply chain logistics trends of the past 12 months! 2019 Supply Chain Logistics Trends. The overall cost of supply chain logistics rose 11.4% this past year! A variety of factors from networks around the globe contributed to this increase. 2019 Trends: Focus on Efficiency and Demand: The rise of e-commerce forced businesses to prioritize speed and agility in their processes

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Retail sustainability during the holidays

SupplyShift

U.S retailers are proclaiming 2019 as the “apocalypse”—nearly 9,500 stores have closed their doors this year. That list includes discount stores like Family Dollar and Kmart, clothing stores like Forever 21, and pharmacies such as CVS. But brick and mortar retailers may find a reprieve from the negative rhetoric this holiday season. Consumers say they will spend an average of $1,047.83 this season, which is up 4% from last year, and they expect to do about half of that shopping in physical store

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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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On the Importance of Building Powerful Teams and Driving Diversity Awareness

BlueYonder

This week’s Wednesdays for Women blog is with JDA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Associate Success Officer Nathalie Carruthers. She recently participated in a podcast with Change Wave , discussing her passion for improving company culture, and diversity and inclusion (D&I). She shares her views on shifting the Human Resources function to enable customer success and JDA’s progress and goals in global D&I, talent management and community involvement.

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How a Collaborative Network Will Change the Construction World!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is the Digital Supply Chain? Article, and permission to publish here, provided by Ed Rusch, Vice President, Global Marketing, Command Alkon. A Digital Collaboration Platform built specifically for the Heavy Construction industry will change the world by helping companies save thousands to millions of dollars on their construction projects, along with reducing the carbon impact, eliminating waste, and saving lives.

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The future of supply chain and logistics: Descartes presents advice to industry professionals

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

On 7th November 2019 Descartes Systems UK welcomed over 100 logistics professionals to its UK Customer and Partner event.

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Retail sustainability during the holidays

SupplyShift

U.S retailers are proclaiming 2019 as the “apocalypse”—nearly 9,500 stores have closed their doors this year. That list includes discount stores like Family Dollar and Kmart, clothing stores like Forever 21, and pharmacies such as CVS. But brick and mortar retailers may find a reprieve from the negative rhetoric this holiday season. Consumers say they will spend an average of $1,047.83 this season, which is up 4% from last year, and they expect to do about half of that shopping in physical store

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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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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Dec. 19, 2019

Supply Chain Digest

Amazon to Rule the Parcel World, Boeing Production Stoppage to Hit Overally Economy, Ford Investing in Factories and Jobs in Michigan, US Truckload Rates Fall Again in December

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Track and Protect Vital Industrial Assets with Print Yourself Asset Tags

GlobalTranz

For almost any sized company or institution with assets that need to be tracked – including industries such as automotive, manufacturing, technology, construction, healthcare, and government – it is essential to efficiently tag, track, and protect required assets. This commonly involves smartphones, laptops, machinery, construction tools, or diagnostic instruments.

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Gartner on Retailer and Vendor Supply Chain Collaboration

Supply Chain Digest

Current dynamics challenges existing retailer and vendor relationships and necessitates new ways of doing business

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Top 10 Talking Logistics Videos and Posts in 2019

Talking Logistics

Talking Logistics: By the Numbers As 2019 comes to an end, a quick thank you to all of our readers, followers, and sponsors for another great year of learning and conversation on Talking Logistics. The numbers speak for themselves: 49 episodes produced in 2019, totaling more than 1,200 minutes of conversations with thought leaders and. Read more Top 10 Talking Logistics Videos and Posts in 2019.

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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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PINC Receives a 2019 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Green Supply Chain Award

PINC

The leader in yard management systems receives an award for enabling its customers to achieve their sustainability goals. UNION CITY, Calif. , Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the executive’s user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, has selected PINC as a recipient of an SDCE Green Supply Chain Award for 2019.

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Supply Chain News on Parcel World Continues to Turn

Supply Chain Digest

Amazon Cuts Off FedEx for Merchant Deliveries, while will Soon Pass UPS in Total Parcel Volumes

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'Don't step over dollars for nickels'

DAT Solutions

During the last major slowdown in the spot market, back at the beginning of 2016, getting a load was challenging. And if you got too far from your residence, you might not find a load back.

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Traverse Systems Corner on Supply Chain Magic and Lessons from Popeyes and Santa

Supply Chain Digest

Hoping the gifts of the season are all delivered on time and in full

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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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Most Popular Logistics Articles of 2019

Logistics Viewpoints

It’s the last few weeks of the year which means it is time to look back at the year in logistics. As always, it was a busy year covering the latest supply chain and logistics trends, emerging technologies, mergers and acquisitions, major news announcements, and more. We want to take this opportunity to reflect on the Top 15 most popular logistics articles written this year and see what our readers found to be the most […].

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Ivalua Cited as a ‘Leader’ in Source-to-Contract Technology by Independent Research Firm

ivalua

Report notes top customer reference scores for usability, implementation and ongoing support . Redwood City, CA – December 18, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in cloud Spend Management solutions , today announced that it has been recognized as a Leader by Forrester Research Inc. in “ The Forrester Wave™: Source-to-Contract Suites, Q4 2019.

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What carriers need to do for the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

DAT Solutions

Whether you're an employer, an owner-operator, or a company driver, you must meet certain requirements by specific dates. Here's what's required.

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How Procurement Can Add Value To Supplier Master Data Management

ivalua

Jarrod McAdoo, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Ivalua. Master supplier data doesn’t just matter to Procurement. It plays a role in a number of necessary business functions and is a key enabler of automation throughout the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process. Accurate supplier data is the fuel that drives critical business processes that impact the bottom line.

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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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The Top Technology Predictions for the Worldwide Manufacturing Industry in 2020

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

It is no secret that the manufacturing sector is critically important for both developed and emerging economies. From producing necessities like food for a nation to creating much-needed jobs, the sector is a source of innovation, productivity, and global trade. According to McKinsey, the sector now accounts for approximately 16 percent of global GDP and […].

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Synovos Names Christian Cattanea Sales Director

Synovos

RADNOR, Pa. – Dec. 17, 2019 – Synovos, the leading independent provider of technology- enabled MRO supply chain management solutions, recently named Christian Cattanea as its newest director of sales. Cattanea has extensive business development experience in equipment and components used in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, and consumer goods.

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How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Procurement SaaS Implementation

Jaggaer

Procurement departments are under pressure to transform their processes digitally. Software as a Service (SaaS) makes it easier, because the underlying software is available over the cloud with transparent pricing models. Yet things can easily go wrong. We look at the main pitfalls and how you can circumvent them. Download our free white paper, “ Why Agile Implementation Makes Sense for Procurement ”.