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Give Your Sweetheart Something Expensive This Valentine’s Day: Eggs

Enterra Insights

Valentine’s Day is an occasion for sweethearts to exchange cards and gifts. Traditionally, gifts have included flowers, chocolates, and jewelry. Those are still excellent choices. However, the current joke circulating ahead of this Valentine’s Day is: If you want to give your sweetheart something really expensive this year, give them eggs!

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Ask the Experts: What Made You Fall In Love With Supply Chain?

John Galt

We asked industry experts and supply chain influencers what made them fall in love with supply chain. Read their answers!

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Industrial Manufacturing and the Digital Supply Chain, Part 1

BlueYonder

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Sunil Roy , who leads Blue Yonder’s Industrial Manufacturing Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and executive customer events that we prepared for jointly.

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How Businesses Can Mitigate Risk During a Supply Chain Crisis

Supply Chain Brain

It's vitally important for companies to understand every touchpoint in their supply chains and third-party relationships, to ensure they don’t link to transnational criminal organizations trafficking in war materials or money laundering.

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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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What You Should Know About Retail Logistics

3PL Insights

Retail logistics is responsible for delivering products to customers both in physical stores and online. This process starts from the moment a product is sourced from the supplier to the customer. The complexity of retail logistics has increased with the growth of e-commerce, requiring retailers to be more strategic and efficient in their operations.

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Resilinc’s Senior Director, Shahzaib Khan Discusses Supply Chain Solutions for the UFLPA  

Resilinc

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevent Act (UFLPA), which has been in effect since June of 2022, should be top of mind for any organization that has suppliers in China. The UFLPA puts a burden on companies to ensure materials and parts used in their products are not associated with forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China. Currently, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has chosen to target four high-risk sections of goods: apparel, cotton, tomatoes, polysilicon, and most recently aluminum.

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Logistics Middle East Awards 2023: Meet our Category Sponsor, MBR Recruitment

Logistics Middle East

The annual Logistics Middle East Awards honours the industry's landmark achievements throughout the year.

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Toyota’s CEO Leadership Change and An Accelerated EV Supply Network Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights pending senior leadership changes at Toyota and a likely acceleration of EV model development, supply network and global production capabilities. Background Since 2020, Toyota has maintained its recognition as the world’s top selling auto maker. That included the recently completed 2022 model year with the auto maker selling 7.6 million vehicles globally.

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Automation in Manufacturing: Uses, Examples, & Trends

Unleashed

Many modern businesses now rely on automation in manufacturing to get products built faster, optimise workplace processes, and get orders to customers more efficiently. But as there are hundreds of technologies you can invest in at vastly different price points, decisions on investments can be difficult. Let’s take a look at some of the manufacturing automation options available, their benefits, and current trends to consider.

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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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Barry Bradley awarded Food Logistics 2023 Rock Star of the Supply Chain Award

crisp

The award recognizes Crisp’s Head of Supply Chain Barry Bradley’s leadership and innovation in the food supply chain – and the achievements throughout his career in retail & CPG that have come to shape it. Food Logistics has named Barry Bradley, Head of Supply Chain at Crisp, as one of their 2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain. The publication, dedicated to the movement of products throughout the cold food and beverage sector, reserves the annual award for individuals “whose achievements, ha

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How to find warehouse workers: leave it to a 3PL

Kanban Logistics

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the struggle to find warehouse workers had been a common theme in the logistics world. This struggle continued until the middle of 2022, when inflation started to rise, and consumer spending began to dip. Now, instead of a mad scramble to hire, many warehousing companies are letting associates go. If your company is tired of riding the warehouse labor seesaw, read on to learn how a third-party logistics company (3PL) can remove this volatility from your

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Evans Distribution Systems Introduces a New Director of Customer Solutions

3PL Insights

MELVINDALE, Mich., February 14, 2023 — Evans Distribution Systems , a full-service third-party logistics provider of warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, value-added, and staffing solutions, introduces Leslie Delekta as the Director of Customer Solutions. In this new role, Delekta will be responsible for developing customer solutions for both new and existing Evans customers.

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My Top 3 Takeaways from Manifest 2023

The Network Effect

The post My Top 3 Takeaways from Manifest 2023 appeared first on The Network Effect.

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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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9 Step Formula to Reinforce Your FMCG Channel and Distribution Strategy

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Arguably the most important element of any Route to Market strategy for a consumer goods company is its Distribution Strategy. Very often, when results are not coming in, the distributors get the blame and may even be replaced. Too often, their replacements perform in a similar fashion. Why is this?

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3 Tips for Navigating the World of Parcel in 2023

CHAINalytics

In a volatile market of macroeconomic factors, record-high general rate increases, fuel pricing hikes, and extended peak seasons, it’s easy to feel powerless against sky-rocketing transportation costs. AFS Logistics’ Micheal McDonagh shares his insight on the year ahead and why robust data is the key to success. This is the second post in a three-part … The post 3 Tips for Navigating the World of Parcel in 2023 appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Supply Chain News on Cargo Theft Events Up 20 Percent in 2022, Annual Report from CargoNet Finds

Supply Chain Digest

Fictitious Pick Up Thefts Soared Last Year

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Can Automation Technology Save You During Volume Spikes and Volatility?

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Today we have rovers mining Mars, robots assisting heart surgery and AI writing poetry. But can and will automation technology be there for you when you really need it during a spike of online purchases or a period of order volatility?

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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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How a Tank Wash Can Ruin Your Day

Bulk Connection

Of the many elements that make dry and liquid bulk transportation a whole different animal from regular old dry-van transport, perhaps none creates more of a headache for both shippers and carriers than the truck tank wash. It is a necessary evil that prevents cross-contamination between loads, but it is also responsible for the addition of extra time and cost to most bulk shipments.

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High Value Loads (HVL): Choosing the Right 3PL for Retail Deliveries

Zipline Logistics

Are you an HVL shipper? High value load (HVL) shippers usually include manufacturers of electronics , healthcare products , high end apparel , or other luxury goods. As a rule of thumb, a truckload valued at $100,000 or higher is usually considered HVL. The Cost of Poor Logistics Performance High value products obviously cost top dollar to buy, but they can also be expensive to sell if shippers don’t understand the importance of mastering logistics and meeting retail compliance.

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Egg Prices Jump 8.5% as Food Inflation Hits Consumers

Supply Chain Brain

Egg prices have been surging amid the nation’s worst-ever outbreak of deadly bird flu that decimated chicken flocks.

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Oman Air Cargo highlights Oman’s logistics capabilities to major international air freight partners

Logistics Middle East

Oman Air's CEO remarked that the launch will offer exciting new opportunities for guests and cargo alike, while "continuing to unlock Oman’s potential as a global logistics hub in line with Oman’s 2040 Vision.

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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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Food Price Growth Ticked Back Up, Putting Burden on Consumers

Supply Chain Brain

Monthly growth in food prices accelerated slightly in January, reversing a gradual decline seen in recent months, as the price of eggs, cookies and citrus fruits all rose.

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Valentine Delivery Depends on Logistics

MercuryGate

Love is in the air on February 14, but so are the potential logistics headaches that come with increased demand for the perfect Valentine Delivery. Just as shippers anticipate higher volumes and capacity constraints around the Christmas holiday season, food and beverage shippers also need to recognize the specific challenges of moving flowers, chocolate, and champagne to distributors and loved ones around the country.

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Can I Ship Lithium Batteries in an Ocean Container?

I.C.E. Transport

It’s possible to ship lithium batteries – and equipment containing them – but the restrictions are getting tighter. From toothbrushes to Teslas, lithium batteries have come to power countless items that support everyday life – and that power is growing. The global lithium-ion battery market is expected to surpass $135 billion in the next 10 years.

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Ford Halts Production of Electric Pickup Over Battery Issue

Supply Chain Brain

Ford Motor has stopped production and shipments of its electric pickup truck, the F-150 Lightning, while it looks into a potential problem with the vehicle’s battery pack.

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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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Enabling the circular economy

Supply Chain 24/7

With the focus turning to sustainability, one ITAD company is taking steps to step up its recycling and reporting efforts.

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Meat Inflation Is Linked to Poor Working Conditions at Plants, Group Says

Supply Chain Brain

Meat companies still don’t have enough workers to staff slaughterhouses, leading to rising prices and even some acute supply shortages.

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3 Myths About Voice-Warehouse Management System Integration

Lucas

The post 3 Myths About Voice-Warehouse Management System Integration appeared first on Lucas Systems.