Tue.Nov 22, 2022

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Transportation and Sustainability: How Can They Work Together?

BlueYonder

Recently, Ronald van Dodewaard , Vice President Logistics at Outokumpu shared his thoughts on the company’s work with integrating sustainability into their transportation functions, including how Blue Yonder’s Transportation Management System (TMS) has enabled them to develop a more environmentally-friendly transportation program. Outokumpu’s vision is to be their customers’ first choice in the delivery of sustainable stainless steel, and the company is continuously seeking new ways to further i

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Your Sales Plan is NOT a Forecast!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Your Sales Plan is NOT a Forecast! by Jeff Harrop – Supply Chain Educator and Consultant. Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt (1778-1830). A Ferrari has a steering wheel. A fire truck also has a steering wheel.

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Editor’s Choice: Tips for Trucking Companies to Decrease Their Insurance Premiums

Logistics Viewpoints

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Choice ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. This article is from Emerge and offers tips for trucking companies to decrease their insurance premiums. The number of accidents in the trucking industry is up, and so are insurance premiums.

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Piecing Together the SIOP Process

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Piecing Together the SIOP Process. by Madeline Smith , Supply Chain Management Consultant at Clarkston Consulting. Sales, Inventory, Operations Plan (SIOP) is a process within many successful supply chain organizations that recognizes the integral relationship between all departments in the company, but how do you piece together an SIOP process? Read below for a guide to solving the SIOP puzzle for your organization. .

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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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Influenza, Covid, and Omnichannel Operations

Enterra Insights

Although many people are acting as if the Covid pandemic is over, it isn’t. Reporter Erika Edwards ( @erikaedwardsnbc ), and her colleague Dr. Akshay Syal, observe, “Hospitals nationwide are preparing for another winter with Covid — the first one that’s also expected to include high levels of influenza and other respiratory illnesses that have simmered quietly in the background for the past two years. … The convergence of viruses is hitting health care systems as theyR

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Fighting Gender Pay Inequality in Procurement and Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

It's critical for women working in procurement and supply chain to know their own worth so they will be better able to negotiate improved financial outcomes for themselves.

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LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – November 2022

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Your Sales plan is NOT a Forecast Download the latest LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine. In this edition we have several news updates, interesting & enlightening articles and contributions on people & management – topics which are most crucial to the development of the Supply Chain Industry across regions as well as globally. Download the latest LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine now!

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What Do Thanksgiving and the Supply Chain Have in Common?

Arkieva

From demand and safety stock to production capacity and sustainability, what do the supply chain and Thanksgiving have in common? What Do Thanksgiving and the Supply Chain Have in Common? was first posted on November 22, 2022 at 7:37 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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The top five HubSpot hacks your SME needs to know

IT Supply Chain

By Ross Slogrove (pictured). UK & Ireland Country Manager, Ringover. The post The top five HubSpot hacks your SME needs to know appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Household Cleaning Brands: Choosing the Right 3PL for Retail Deliveries

Zipline Logistics

Did you know…? . The global household cleaning products market was valued at $247.94 billion in 2022. Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and Henkel are the largest household cleaning brands by revenue. Laundry detergent makes up the largest share of the global household cleaning products market, valued at over $96 billion. With constant product launches following the COVID-19 pandemic, leading companies are only adding to this statistic.

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Some Tips to Keep in Mind to Help You Build a Digital Business

IT Supply Chain

By Richard Pearson (pictured). Content Writer. The post Some Tips to Keep in Mind to Help You Build a Digital Business appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Taking a strategic approach to supply chain sustainability regulations

American Global Logistics

Before jumping headlong into complying with sustainability regulations, you should understand their long-term effects. Compliance with regulatory control over achieving sustainable supply chains should not be automatic and passive. Achieving sustainable supply chains is complex and can be problematic. But that compliance with sustainability regulations can also be advantageous.

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Reshoring: Can it bring agility to Consumer Packaged Goods & end supply chain disruptions?

IT Supply Chain

By Gareth Thomas (pictured). Senior Manager, Delaware UK. The post Reshoring: Can it bring agility to Consumer Packaged Goods & end supply chain disruptions? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Bleak Peak 2022 Leaves Shippers Feeling Less than Thankful

Intelligent Audit

Despite carrier hopes, peak season 2023 is starting to look like a bust. Recent inventory corrections have caused carrier volumes to stagnate, frustrating carriers and highlighting hopes for volume normaliza t ion in 2023. Schneider National CFO Steve Brufett recently told FreightWaves that volumes are moving sideways without a usual seasonal uptick and that his company is accepting most loads tendered to it daily compared to only a 50% acceptance rate a year ago.

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A Future Perspective on LIDAR Drones

IT Supply Chain

By Dwight J. Lawrence (pictured). Content Writer. The post A Future Perspective on LIDAR Drones appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Comic Strips Reflecting Logistics and Supply Chain Activities

Loginext

Comic Strip Reflecting Logistics and Supply Chain Activities Welcome back to yet another blog that takes away all of your logistics and supply chain stress! Today, we have created some comic strips that describe the routine in the logistics and supply chain industry. So without further ado, let’s dive into the most trending comic strip […].

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Black Friday & Cyber Week are significant dates in the diary for the retail sector

IT Supply Chain

By Darren Guccione (pictured). CEO & Co-Founder, Keeper Security. The post Black Friday & Cyber Week are significant dates in the diary for the retail sector appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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The Digital Supply Chain Journey: Step 2 – Digital Transformation Leadership!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain Journey : Step 1 – The Vision! Getting anything done requires resources and management. Getting change to happen requires that plus leadership, drive and conviction. Getting a digital transformation to take hold takes all of that plus bravery, resolve, unrelenting persistence, risk taking, tenacity and courage.

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The Future of Electric Cars

IT Supply Chain

By David Fowler (pictured). Content Writer. The post The Future of Electric Cars appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How the Suppliers’ Perspective Will Reshape Ways of Working

HICX Solutions

Collaborative mindsets and capabilities. Following the recent publication of the HICX’s Voice of the Supplier Survey , in which we asked over 500 suppliers to some of the largest companies in the world about their challenges and recommendations that they have for reducing friction in relationships between enterprises and suppliers, we asked a panel of experts to provide their reactions to the findings of the report.

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Watch: IT Constraints in the Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Without the proper IT implementation, companies can't adequately scale up to meet swelling volumes of online orders, says Ian Berman, QAD Precision solution consultant.

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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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New eBook Identifies the 7 Deadly Sins of B2C Fulfillment

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Online sales success depends on an agile, efficient back-end fulfillment operation to keep customers happy and coming back. But growing brands are so busy driving top line sales, they often fail to optimize order fulfillment, resulting in unhappy customers and lower profits.

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The Different Types of Medical Gloves!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 4 Best Practices for Reducing Medical Supply Waste! It is essential to recognize that there are several types of gloves, some of which provide suitable protection for all purposes. Thin latex gloves are ineffective when punctures or tears are possible. There are numerous types of medical glove varieties with varying protection, comfort, and durability levels.

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What is a B2B integration platform?

Axway

Regardless of a business’s products and services, B2B transactions are central to operations — whether communications with suppliers, customers, distributors, or even end consumers.

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Most Marketing Leaders Are Investing in B2B Digital Commerce: Why Aren’t You?

QAD

Digital commerce continues to grow in importance—and not just for companies that sell business-to-consumer (B2C). The Gartner Digital Commerce Survey found that 86% of marketing leaders believe that digital commerce will be their most important market channel over the next two years. E-commerce has upended how we all shop. B2C e-commerce customers are now used to, and increasingly prefer, self-serve buying options.

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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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Resilience for Supply Chain Decarbonisation

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Resilience for Supply Chain Decarbonisation. by Dr. Shereen Nassar , Global Director of Logistics Studies and Director of MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management Suite at Heriot-Watt University Dubai. Global supply chain disruption has become commonplace, forcing the industry to see beyond the traditional means of working. Especially the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the industry operates.

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Get ready for a U.S. open banking rule: protecting personal financial data rights 

Axway

The director of the?Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has just announced the coming of a new U.S. open banking rule , accelerating the move toward open banking in North America.

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Watch: Responding to E-Commerce Logistics Challenges in an Uncertain Economy

Supply Chain Brain

As online orders begin to plateau or even drop, those providers who ramped up for the pandemic are well-prepared for direct-to-consumer logistics, says Mike McComb, senior vice president of global e-commerce for Pitney Bowes.