Wed.Dec 30, 2020

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Five Supply-Chain Trends for 2021: How Professionals Should Prep Now

Supply Chain Brain

What will the new year bring, and how should we prepare?

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Artificial Intelligence Helps In Detecting Ecommerce Fraud

IT Supply Chain

By Harnil Oza (pictured). CEO & Founder of Hyperlink InfoSystem. The post Artificial Intelligence Helps In Detecting Ecommerce Fraud appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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The Differences Between Direct vs Indirect Procurement

ProcurePort

Father of the Portfolio Purchasing Model, Peter Kraljic, a former McKinsey & Co. director is heralded as being the first to propose that enterprises should regard purchasing as a separate operation in supply chain management. Kraljic argued that efficient, cost-effective production and operations were possible if procurement wasn’t seen as a mere tactic function but […].

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Hindsight Is 2020: Top 5 Takeaways for Supply Chain Leaders

IT Supply Chain

By Martin Verwijmeren (pictured). CEO & Co-Founder of MPO. The post Hindsight Is 2020: Top 5 Takeaways for Supply Chain Leaders appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Ignorance is Not Bliss, It’s Ignorance

BlueYonder

As the fall TV shows came back this season, it felt like every producer felt the need to cover the hot button topics of the year that has been 2020. Racial injustice. COVID-19. Police brutality. Diversity and inclusion. And the list goes on. At first, I thought this seemed trite or contrived as a way to ‘rip from the headlines’ to grab viewership and ratings.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Dec. 31, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

China Economy to Overtake US Sooner. Another Hit for Nikola Motors. Super Duper New Truck Stop Opens.

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Supply Chain Network Strategy as a Process Instead of a Project

EnVista

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Being a trucker during a pandemic

DAT Solutions

Owner-operator Brita Nowak shares her perspective on COVID-19’s impact on over the road truckers.

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Supply Chain News on Amazon to Delay Hike in 3rd Party Fulfillment Services

Supply Chain Digest

FBA Hiked FBA Fees 8.

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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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Amware Fulfillment Acquires Moulton Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

Third party fulfillment company, Amware Fulfillment, has acquired Moulton Logistics, a Los Angeles-based company specializing in fulfillment for eCommerce and direct response companies.

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Digital Freight Matching: What It Is and How It Works

Freight Center

Finding freight shipping solutions in a post-COVID era will be more different and could be more challenging than ever before. The types of market conditions the industry is dealing with include capacity crunches, uncertain economic conditions, fluctuating costs, increased shipping needs and more. If only there was some way to just centralize the search for shipping solutions quickly and affordably.

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Three Keys to Recruiting and Retaining Warehouse Workers

Supply Chain Brain

As we forecast demand for warehouse space in 2021, staffing needs to take center stage.

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Monolith modernization with APIs and Microservices: What is the strangler pattern and how to use it?

Axway

Any organization that is not starting from scratch has existing IT systems and infrastructure in place. In many cases, this legacy has issues keeping up with today’s demand for how quickly organizations need to be able to adapt and change.

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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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A bare-bones Brexit deal for traders, but a no-deal Brexit for many other sectors

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The trade and security deal the UK Government struck with the EU is a bare-bones deal for tariff-free trade in goods, but a no-deal for many other business sectors, creating significant frictions and less EU market access from 1 January, according to tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.

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Why It’s Time to Adopt a Yard Management System Now

FourKites

In my time at FourKites, I’ve assisted in many yard management system (YMS) implementations and asked customers why they decided to adopt a yard management system. Across the board, the responses are some variation on the theme of cutting costs and operating their yards more efficiently. Fortunately, with Dynamic Yard , they’re able to see real results in both of those areas immediately post-implementation.

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How being a ‘remote-first’ business can improve your organisation

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Gerry Tombs, CEO, Clearvision In the last few days, there has been encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines, with the vaccination programme kicking off across the country. And while there’s still a lot of green between this particular ball and the pocket, most of us let out a sigh of relief, with hope that there might be some return to normality.

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The P’s and C’s of Digital Marketing

Enterra Insights

You don’t have to be a marketer to understand the marketing landscape has changed dramatically over the past two decades. Elliott King ( @elliott_king ), co-founder and CEO of MintTwist, believes brands and their marketing teams are still trying to figure out how to traverse this new landscape. He writes, “Just how much the customer journey has changed over the last 15+ years is still not fully understood or appreciated by the vast majority of us (suppliers and customers alike). R

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.