Fri.Aug 23, 2019

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What do income statements and balance sheets actually tell you?

TradeGecko

Financial statements may not immediately drum up feelings of elation—but at Bench , we think numbers can bring joy.

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Opinion: Gen Z knows they can influence the marketplace – for good

6 River Systems

Marc Courtemanche, 6 River Systems Intern For the second year in a row, I chose to spend my summer interning at 6 River Systems (6RS), a robotics company based in Waltham, MA. Because this summer’s internship would be longer than my first , I was included in the formal onboarding process for new hires. Being somewhat new to the supply chain industry, I tried to soak up as much information as I could.

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Understanding Supply Chain Network Technology

The Network Effect

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (August 23, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Our Logistics Leaders for Type 1 Diabetes Cure Team jerseys are on order! A big thank you to our Century Team Sponsors BluJay Solutions, C.H. Robinson, and Descartes Systems Group for your support! Our team members will be styling in these jerseys as they train for their upcoming rides in Sonoma, CA, Saratoga Springs, NY, Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (August 23, 2019).

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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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Why Re-Implement Your ERP When You Can Surpass It for Less?

The Network Effect

Save millions on your SAP S/4HANA® migration while creating greater business value with business network technology As SAP pushes its. The post Why Re-Implement Your ERP When You Can Surpass It for Less? appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Why Re-Implement Your ERP When You Can Supass It for Less?

The Network Effect

Save millions on your SAP S/4HANA® migration while creating greater business value with business network technology As SAP pushes its. The post Why Re-Implement Your ERP When You Can Supass It for Less? appeared first on The Network Effect.

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5 Reasons Why Manufacturing Should Implement Project Management Methods

Dragon Innovation

Designing and manufacturing a product should never be a business of gambling. You might be betting on new technology, new recruits or even new markets, but anything you do is only gambling if you don’t know what you are doing. Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the best seller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” opines that “being an intelligent and successful businessman is not something that’s taught at school, it is something that you become by learning.

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How to Track Rail Parcels Using GPS Shipment Trackers

Roambee

With the kind of cost-effectiveness, hauling capacity, and reliability that it brings in, rail freight transportation has without a doubt caught up the global freight transport market. The only hiccup that remains is the absence of a failsafe rail parcel tracking system. Let’s explore how IoT can make rail freight the best of both worlds.

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Are You Shipping Air? Meet Minimum Order Requirement with Order Fill-up

EazyStock

You know the challenge. You’re pulling together an order of item ‘A’ to a supplier and you realize that you are below the minimum requirement for order value, volume or weight for your supplier to fulfill that order. So what do you do? Maybe just throw a few extra of item ‘A’ in, order some of item ‘B’ to bump you up towards the minimum requirement and top off the rest of the order with item ‘C’ because the cost per unit is enough to push you to the minimum requirement (even though there is no f

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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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Minority Business Enterprises – Diversity of Supply Article

Claritum

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Contents. 1. Introduction. 2. Why is diversity of supply important. 3. Achieving results with supplier diversity. 4. Strategic approach to supply diversity. 5. Tracking success. 6. Indirect spend and supply diversity. 7. Conclusion. 8. Resources. 9. Appendix. 1 Introduction. In the US alone Minority Owned Businesses (MBE) generate $1.4 trillion of annual gross receipts There are over 8 million minority owned businesses in the US and 7.2 million people are emp

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Quick Ship Standards: Best Practices to Get Where You Want to Go

GlobalTranz

Quick ship standards refer to the processes and technologies in use that optimize order fulfillment and exceed customer expectations for fast delivery. In other words, such measures give companies the ability to compete with Amazon, Target, and Walmart. To achieve faster order fulfillment and expedite delivery, shippers need to know challenges, the benefits, and a.read More.

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Diversity of Supply Article – US centric

Claritum

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Contents. 1. Introduction. 2. Why is diversity of supply important. 3. Achieving results with supplier diversity. 4. Strategic approach to supply diversity. 5. Tracking success. 6. Indirect spend and supply diversity. 7. Conclusion. 8. Resources. 9. Appendix. 1 Introduction. US Minority Owned Businesses (MBE) firms generate $1.4 trillion of annual gross receipts There are over 8 million minority owned businesses and 7.2 million people are employed by 909,000

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This Week in Logistics News (August 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

What is this inverted yield curve talk all about? Well, I know a little about it. A little bit. Does it mean that a recession is coming? No. Does it indicate that a recession might be coming? Maybe. A yield curve is an XY plot of the annualized yields of US Treasury securities at different maturities. Typically, the longer the maturity, the higher the yield.

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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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Quantum Computing Remains Tantalizingly Out of Reach

Enterra Insights

Some companies are touting their quantum computing capabilities; however, their offerings are not the generalized, programmable quantum computers for which most researchers are striving. Almost weekly there are reports of new breakthroughs that support various components of quantum computing including new algorithms, new qubits, new theories, etc. Each breakthrough promises to bring quantum computing one step closer to reality.

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Tidbit from Russ Aborn - Toledo Mud Hens

Freight Plus

Part 2 of what caused the demise of the Interstate Commerce Commission. In 1887 when the ICC was put together, the railroads were picking and choosing which shippers would get rates that allowed them to make a living. You might assume those big shippers got better rates than small shippers, but you would be wrong. Two shippers of similar size in the same area shipping the same commodities to like destinations might have very different pricing.

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A Closer Look at Purchase Management

Unleashed

As an inventory manager or business owner, you’ll know that getting what you need to run your business is a fundamental process. When you make a purchasing decision, it has a direct influence on how you control and manage your inventory stock. Depending on what you order, it will impact your inventory levels and how you deal with your products in the warehouse.

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US Factories Shrink as Result of Weak Demand, Trade Tensions

Material Handling & Logistics

Retail remains healthy, but trade tensions and weak global demand contribute to industry shrinkage.

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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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Meet Vanguard Predictive Planning

Vanguard Software

A Q&A series with the cloud IBP platform, powered by probabilistic forecasting.

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Tidbit from Russ Aborn - Toledo Mud Hens

Freight Plus

Part 2 of what caused the demise of the ICC

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Bottles, Barrels and the Business of Beverage Distribution

Logistics Bureau