Wed.Dec 07, 2022

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Three reasons why Data Clouds are a game-changer for supply chain

Elementum

In this short article, we’ll take a look behind the scenes at the significant benefits of the Data Cloud, including the way it enables AI approaches. We’re looking at three major benefits, and we’ll conclude with some not-so-wild speculation about the way these benefits add up to more than the sum of their parts. Reason One: Data Sharing On a tour of the American West during the height of his popularity, humor-columnist Dave Barry offered up this indelible memory of his travel through America’s

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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

Fuel prices and a shortage of drivers are putting transport logistics under immense pressure. The biggest challenge in the transport sector today: there just aren’t enough drivers. A recent survey conducted by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) industry association shows that this bottleneck has exacerbated worldwide over the past two years.

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Appointment Scheduling API Standard: Will It Work with Paper Calendars?

Talking Logistics

Earlier this week, Convoy, J.B. Hunt, and Uber Freight announced the formation of the Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC), “which aims to solve transportation scheduling challenges by establishing the freight industry’s first formal set of appointment scheduling application programming interface (API) standards.​​” Here’s more from the press release: The SSC’s objectives are to define an API.

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ToolsGroup Welcomes Kevin Young as Chief Marketing Officer

ToolsGroup

Adding supply chain and e-commerce marketing expertise to accelerate aggressive growth at ToolsGroup. BOSTON — Dec 6, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, announces it has appointed Kevin Young as Chief Marketing Officer. As CMO, Kevin will be responsible for ToolsGroup’s marketing strategy and will collaborate across the company and its vast network of partners and customers to build and evolve the brand, create awareness f

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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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OpenAI and Its Impact on Supply Chain Management

SCM Research

OpenAI has attracted a lot of attention in recent weeks, and for good reason. The research institute, which focuses on developing artificial intelligence technologies and promoting their safe and responsible use, has made significant strides in advancing the field of AI. One area where OpenAI could have a significant impact is in the field of supply chain management.

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Report Links Car Supply Chain to Forced Labor in China

Supply Chain Brain

The authors claim China's systematic repression of the Uyghurs and opaque supply chains has allowed the automotive industry to become reliant on abusive suppliers.

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Three reasons why Data Clouds are a game-changer for supply chain

Elementum

In this short article, we’ll take a look behind the scenes at the significant benefits of the Data Cloud, including the way it enables AI approaches. We’re looking at three major benefits, and we’ll conclude with some not-so-wild speculation about the way these benefits add up to more than the sum of their parts. Reason One: Data Sharing On a tour of the American West during the height of his popularity, humor-columnist Dave Barry offered up this indelible memory of his travel through America’s

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5 Reasons You Need Truck Insurance for Your Fleet

IT Supply Chain

By Jessica Sweet (pictured). Content Writer at makeLifeSweeter.com. The post 5 Reasons You Need Truck Insurance for Your Fleet appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Women in supply chain: don't fear speaking up

SnapFulfil

Fresh from being hailed as a ‘Standout’ achiever in SDCE’S 2022 Women in Supply Chain award winners, Smitha Raphael says it’s easy to question what women know about the supply chain - but that goes away once they find their voice.

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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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Non-apparent Disabilities: Blue Yonder Associate Sheds Light on What You Need to Know

BlueYonder

International Day of Persons with Disabilities is Dec. 3 and is officially recognized by the United Nations. According to the UN, “Disability inclusion is an essential condition to upholding human rights, sustainable development, and peace and security.” Blue Yonder associate Jessica Bargenquast shares that not all disabilities are visible and how you can help those with invisible disabilities feel welcomed and included.

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Watch: The Marriage of Ops Management and Transportation Spend

Supply Chain Brain

Until operations management and transportation spend are combined, a company doesn't know the true cost of its business, says Jim Barnes, executive vice president of Körber Supply Chain.

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2022: A Look in the Rearview Mirror–Part I

American Global Logistics

This was the year that supply chains regained some of their footing finding firmer ground. It wasn’t a breakthrough year. But the supply chain industry resolved some major issues and formed a more certain path ahead. To be sure, volatility and unpredictability still disrupt supply chain operations. That’s par for the course. However, businesses found ways to eliminate, avoid, or mitigate these disruptions.

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o9 Solutions Joins The Climate Pledge

o9 Solutions

o9 Solutions joins enterprises across the globe in a commitment to reach net zero by 2040. Dallas, December 7, 2022 – o9 Solutions , a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, announced today that it joined The Climate Pledge to further its commitment to enabling sustainable end-to-end global supply chains. .

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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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Four Strategies What Worked

Supply Chain Shaman

I am lucky to be an analyst. Many might say, “Aren’t you a consultant?” And my reply is that “An analyst is trying to understand where the market is going, whereas a consultant has the answers.” I don’t have the answers, but I am actively studying the market to help business leaders figure out the questions they should ask to drive performance improvements.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Dec. 8, 2022

Supply Chain Digest

US Falling in Industrial Robot Density. Teslsa Semi Finally Sees Commercial Release. Ocean Container Shipping Rates in Freefall.

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How to get a clearer picture of customer demand to gain more efficiency

ThroughPut

The post How to get a clearer picture of customer demand to gain more efficiency appeared first on ThroughPut.

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Amazon AWS Launches New Supply Chain Applications

Supply Chain Digest

Will Include Demand and Inventory Planning Capabilities, plus a New Approach to EDI

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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 Talroo Story with Thad Price

The Logistics of Logistics

Thad Price and Joe Lynch discuss the Talroo story. Thad is CEO at Austin-based Talroo , a data-driven job and hiring event advertising platform that helps businesses reach the candidates they need to build their essential workforce. About Thad Price. Thad Price is CEO at Austin-based Talroo, the data-driven job and hiring event advertising platform that helps businesses reach the candidates they need to build their essential workforce.

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Supply Chain News on Smaller Firms should Look to Production as a Service to Move Manufacturing Closer to Home

Supply Chain Digest

New Age Approach to Contact Manufacturing Allows Access to Automation without Investment

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Bol.com Selects Ivalua to Digitalize Strategic Source-to-Contract

ivalua

Redwood City, CA, December 7, 2022. Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that bol.com, the largest online retailer in the Netherlands and Belgium, has selected Ivalua’s solution to digitalize its indirect Source-to-Contract (S2C) processes. The project has been delivered in partnership with Accenture. Headquartered in Utrecht, bol.com is one of the most successful retail platforms for third-party suppliers in Europe with 13 million customers in the Netherlands and Belgiu

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week o nRetail Inventory Levels Continue to Rise

Supply Chain Digest

Some Retails Stuck with Wrong Inventory, while others are Embracing Full Shelves this Holiday Season

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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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Launching success with a solid new product introduction (NPI) process

Arena Solutions

New product launches are exciting but stressful! Launch haphazardly and you will find yourself onboard a sinking ship. Launch strategically and you can accelerate your time to market, minimize your overall investment, and maximize your profits—and with lower risk! Because a new product introduction can make or break a company, our partner Product Realization Group , a group that offers a “one-stop-shop” of outsourced product development services, is hosting a seminar on new product introduction—

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U.K. Border Force staff at airports to strike over Christmas

Supply Chain Brain

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on December 7 that he would bring in "new tough laws" to curb the impact of strikes as he criticized "unreasonable" union chiefs.

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Arizona Chip Plant Raises Investment to $40 Billion – The Wall Street Journal.

Operations and Supply Chain Management

I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. Arizona Chip Plant Raises Investment to $40 Billion. Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. – Bob.

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Retooling S&OP for a Successful 2023

Supply Chain Brain

R etailers must expand their models to include the unexpected or fall victim to the same problems that blindsided them this year. .

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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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Commercial Aircraft Industry Remains Impacted by Supply Shortfalls- Despite Best Efforts

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights the most recent developments concerning leading commercial aircraft producer Airbus and efforts to meet its 2022 aircraft delivery commitments. This week, the manufacturer alerted customers and investors that it will not be able to make its adjusted 2022 aircraft delivery goal because of ongoing supply network challenges.

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Germany Vows to Shield Infrastructure Against Russian Threats

Supply Chain Brain

New regulations will address and improve the physical protection of critical infrastructures on a federal level for the first time.

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10 Warehouse Order Picking Tips: Optimise Your Processes

Unleashed

Order picking isn’t hard when you’ve got a fully optimised system in place. You’ll be able to pick more orders, more accurately, in less time. And that’s the goal. But to get there, we must first break down warehouse order picking into its separate processes and identify which steps can be improved. An optimised order picking system will eliminate excessive travel time and increase fulfilment speed.