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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. When a company undergoes a digital transformation, the transformation should be based on an understanding of what they want to achieve. A transformation that is based on the idea that by putting in new applications the company will automate a process, or processes, and provide more and better data to make decisions, is a poor foundation for a true

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Worried about VoIP security?

IT Supply Chain

By Ross Slogrove (pictured) UK Country Manager, Ringover The post Worried about VoIP security? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Why Supply Chain Digitization Is No Longer Optional

Supply Chain Brain

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain leaders have stepped up their digital transformation efforts.

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Skeletons in the software closet: discovering vulnerabilities in the supply chain

IT Supply Chain

By Doug McKee (pictured) Partner for Retail, Infosys Consulting The post Skeletons in the software closet: discovering vulnerabilities in the supply chain appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Tail Inventory: The Silent Cost Driver You Shouldn't Ignore

Learn how centralizing slow-moving SKUs can help reduce fulfillment costs by $300M+ while boosting fulfillment efficiency.

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Why Spare Parts Tradeoff Curves are Mission-Critical for Parts Planning

The Smart Software

When managing service parts, you don’t know what will break and when because part failures are random and sudden. As a result, demand patterns are most often extremely intermittent and lack significant trend or seasonal structure. The number of part-by-location combinations is often in the hundreds of thousands, so it’s not feasible to manually review demand for individual parts.

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5 Ways to Improve the Sustainability of Your Warehouse

All Things Supply Chain

Warehouses are among the most essential elements of our global supply chain. The packaging and shipping never stop, so warehouses expend lots of energy and emissions.

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Emerging Supply-Chain Threats, and How To Get Ahead of Them

Supply Chain Brain

It’s crucial that companies implement a comprehensive supply chain risk-management strategy. Yet many continue to fall short in this effort.

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Logistics Management Q&A: Key Trends & Technology

MPO Multi Party Orchestration

Resiliency has been top of mind for leaders who are increasingly prioritizing the supply chain as a value driver for business success and customer loyalty. But what does it mean to have a high-performance supply chain in a volatile and disruptive market? And are the transportation management solutions that have traditionally served logistics teams in the past capable of supporting today’s unique challenges?

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ACI Brands Gears Up for Growth with Tecsys’ Elite™ WMS

Tecsys

One of Canada’s largest consumer goods suppliers ushers in supply chain agility and borderless scalability with Tecsys’ SaaS WMS.

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.

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Demystifying the Human Rights Journey

SupplyShift

As human rights due diligence legislation evolves globally, companies are expected to up their game and do more to identify, understand, remediate, and report on their supply chains. For years leading companies have utilized ad hoc programs to address human rights. Due to changing legislation, every major company needs a human rights program, and the requirements for these programs are becoming more clear and more formal than ever before.

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InFocus: Why Supply Chain Optimization is Key to Success for FMCGs

Locus

The supply chain is a vital aspect of many businesses such as retail and FMCG, with a massive global market value of $15.85 billion. Companies need to optimize their supply chain to reduce costs and improve their bottom line. However, it’s not always clear how many businesses truly understand the benefits of supply chain optimization, such as the potential for increased revenue. 70% of companies globally recognize that building a strong supply chain is key for providing quality customer service

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Americold at SENA: Future-Forward Supply Chain Innovations

Americold

This year at the Seafood Expo of North America (SENA), all eyes will be looking toward innovative solutions that offer sustainability into the changing future, including US Cold Storage Warehousing Capacity.

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o9 Solutions announces alliance with EY to help modernize supply chain operations through business planning and analytics solutions

o9 Solutions

DALLAS, March 6, 2023 – o9 Solutions , a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced an alliance with Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) to provide advanced supply chain planning solutions backed by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), big data and cloud computing. With today’s rapid technological advancements, organizations must reinvent how they operate and do business.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Logiswift Opens Office in Houston

Supply Chain Brain

Logiswift, the Dubai-based provider of a software platform for supply chain orchestration, has opened its first office in the U.S., in Houston, Texas.

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How to Enhance Your Transportation Strategy in 2023

Talking Logistics

Benjamin Franklin is often credited with the quote, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” It wouldn’t surprise me if he was talking to a transportation professional at the time. A lot has changed over the years, but Franklin’s advice remains as relevant and important as ever for transportation professionals. As we. Read more The post How to Enhance Your Transportation Strategy in 2023 appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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5 Sales and Marketing Myths with Mary Keough

The Logistics of Logistics

Mary Keough and Joe Lynch discuss 5 sales and marketing myths. Mary Keough is a Senior Strategist at Gorilla 76 , a marketing company that works with midsized B2B American manufacturing companies selling complex products or services in long, consultative sales cycles. About Mary Keough Mary Keough is a Senior Strategist at Gorilla 76. After graduating from Northern Illinois University, Mary began her wild and crazy ride through technical writing to editing to marketing.

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New Brexit Trading Rules Could Take More Than Two Years to Fully Implement

Supply Chain Brain

Labeling products as “not for the EU” will be one of the most visible changes to result from Brexit in Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K.

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How Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform

Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.

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6 Ways to Improve Procurement Performance

ProcurePort

Procurement is a crucial aspect of any business, and it plays a significant role in ensuring that the organization runs smoothly and efficiently. As a procurement professional, you are responsible for ensuring that your organization obtains the goods and services it needs at the right quality, quantity, and price. In this blog post, we’ll discuss […] The post 6 Ways to Improve Procurement Performance appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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Savez-vous analyser un flux ?

Demand Driven Technologies

Even if you don't know anything about a company or its products, you can understand a lot of things by examining an analytical graph of stock history for an item or family of items — and find ways to improve.

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6 Ways to Simplify & Streamline Your Procurement Process

ProcurePort

In today’s competitive business landscape, it’s essential to ensure that your procurement process is streamlined and efficient. A smooth procurement process can help your organization save money, reduce risk, and enhance collaboration with suppliers. However, simplifying and streamlining procurement is often easier said than done. In this blog post, we’ll discuss six ways to simplify […] The post 6 Ways to Simplify & Streamline Your Procurement Process appeared first

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Higher Interest Rates and Strong Dollar Slow U.S. Factory Demand

Supply Chain Brain

New orders for manufactured goods contracted for the sixth straight month through February, and manufacturing output is down 1.7% from its post-pandemic peak.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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How to Create an Effective Marketing Plan for the Food & Beverage Industry

Unleashed

Marketing plans are an important tool for any business. But they’re especially useful in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) categories such as food and beverages. These are industries in which customers can be fickle: ensuring there is a good marketing strategy and content plan ensures sales are kept on target. This article breaks down how to create a marketing plan for the food and beverage industry, plus the benefits of having one.

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Watch: How Caraway Home Tackled Omnichannel Fulfillment

Supply Chain Brain

As Caraway Home broadens the channels through which it sells, it confronts new challenges in ensuring visibility and efficient order fulfillment, says Mark Riskowitz, vice president of operations.

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What makes a secure cloud MFT solution?

Axway

Data exchange between businesses and their partners has become an essential part of many companies’ daily operations.

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After Ohio Train Derailment, Norfolk Southern Unveils a New Safety Plan

Supply Chain Brain

The company said March 6 that it’s evaluating the distance between hot-bearing detectors, and will add more where necessary.

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Procurement Is Navigating a Tech Tsunami (and It’s Upending How You Work)

Procurement is in the middle of a tech tsunami. And if it feels like the old playbooks aren’t working anymore, that’s because they aren’t. Agentic AI. Autonomous procurement. Unified source-to-pay ecosystems. These innovations are converging and transforming how procurement teams operate. The GEP 2025 Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report breaks it all down.

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How to Promote from Within: Deanna Smith

3PL Insights

When Deanna Smith joined Evans Distribution Systems 6 years ago, she was looking for a place to start a long-term career. She was in her mid-twenties and was looking for an opportunity where she could learn and grow professionally. “I needed somewhere to plant my roots,” Smith says. She joined Evans Logistics, Inc., (ELI), the non-asset-based transportation division, as an Administrative Assistant on the night shift.

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Founders of Ford’s Defunct Argo Launch New Self-Driving Startup

Supply Chain Brain

In autonomous trucking, the new company would be competing with Alphabet’s Waymo, as well as startups Aurora Innovation, Gatik AI, Waabi Innovation Inc. and TuSimple Holdings Inc.

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How to Improve Net Promoter Score for Your Courier Company

Locus

What do the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max and Taylor Swift have in common? For one thing: It’s their loyal following. Despite its steep price, the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max emerged as the highest-selling iPhone model in Q4 2022 in the US. Taylor Swift currently has 92.4 million followers on Twitter, 246 million Instagram followers, and over 77 million Facebook followers.