Fri.May 26, 2017

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Customer-Focused Logistics: Why Shippers Shift from Process to Experience

GlobalTranz

Across the global economy, consumers are wanting more. In fact, it is not just a desire for more; it a demand. Consumer actions are shaping how shippers and carriers interact, ranging from contract negotiation to exploring new technologies. With the rise of Amazon, consumers have also been able to access an endless product array at historic, record-low shipping costs.

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Supply Chain Climate Change Risks Poised to Worsen

Enterra Insights

“For the last 4 years,” report PwC analysts Brian Dunch (@Brian_Dunch) and David Sapin (@drsapin), “‘Extreme Weather Events’ has ranked … Continued. The post Supply Chain Climate Change Risks Poised to Worsen appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Supply Chain Talk: What Makes a Supply Chain Technology Partnership Work?

Arkieva

Happy clients are not always good partners. The best advice for companies looking at supply chain technology solutions is to find one that does not just acquiesce to every want, but one that looks at the bigger picture to ensure that you can succeed in the short and long-term. In this week’s ‘Supply Chain Talk,' Arkieva CEO Harpal Singh discusses what makes a good technology partnership, drawing from his years of first-hand experiences.

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Supply Chain Climate Change Risks Poised to Worsen

Enterra Insights

“For the last 4 years,” report PwC analysts Brian Dunch (@Brian_Dunch) and David Sapin (@drsapin), “‘Extreme Weather Events’ has ranked … Continued. The post Supply Chain Climate Change Risks Poised to Worsen appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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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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4 Ways to Overcome IT Objections During TMS Selection

Supply Chain Collaborator

Your company is choosing a new operating system to license and implement across the entire enterprise network. The CTO favors a commercial grade Microsoft operating system, but your Chief Supply Chain Officer thinks an open-source OS is a better choice. Odds are, your CEO would NEVER give final decision authority on this initiative to the CSCO. So, why do companies so often force Transportation to defer to IT when selecting supply chain logistics management software?

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Click-and-Collect Growing Retail Trend

Material Handling & Logistics

Almost half of all Americans purchased goods through the click-and-collect model for the first time in 2016, and the practice is expected to continue to climb. read more.

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Who Will Win the Self Driving Car Fight between Google and Uber?

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: The fight is on between Google and Uber, China’s biggest retailer is developing a drone aircraft capable of carrying on ton or more for long-distance deliveries, e-commerce delivery and rideshare vehicles are intensifying San Francisco traffic, Amazon’s new bookstore opens this week, bringing the number of brick-and-mortar bookstore locations to seven, and self-driving

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of May 26, 2017

Supply Chain Digest

US Logistics Infrastructure May Better than Thought, Oil Prices Inevitably Headed Down, New Kentucky Aluminum Plant Coming because of Right to Work, HP Instant Ink Program Leverages IoT, More

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Who Will Win the Self Driving Car Fight between Google and Uber?

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: The fight is on between Google and Uber, China’s biggest retailer is developing a drone aircraft capable of carrying on ton or more for long-distance deliveries, e-commerce delivery and rideshare vehicles are intensifying San Francisco traffic, Amazon’s new bookstore opens this week, bringing the number of brick-and-mortar bookstore locations to seven, and self-driving

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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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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Is It Time for Supply Chain 4.0 in Consumer Goods

Supply Chain Digest

McKinsey Identifies Six Value Drivers it Says will Lead to Step Change Improvements in Cost and Agility

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Supporting Our Veterans

The Network Effect

Monday May 29th is Memorial Day, a day to remember the fallen. At the same time, one can’t help but. The post Supporting Our Veterans appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Trip Report on Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2017

Supply Chain Digest

Insights from Overall Strong Keynote Presentations

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This Week in Logistics News (May 22-26, 2017)

Talking Logistics

By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to Baseball Heaven with my sons for a baseball tournament. They will play at least 8 games between the two of them over three days. For many people, including my wife and daughters, that doesn’t sound like a fun way to spend a holiday weekend, but I love baseball. Like Babe Ruth, I believe that “ baseball was, is, and always will be, to me, the best game in the world.”.

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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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A Green Future For Freight: Eric Beckwitt at COP22

Freightera

Full transcript of the video: My name is Eric Beckwitt. I’m the Founder and CEO of Freightera. I would like to thank Dr. Nicole Serrij for bringing me here and also for the people at CCTNE who made certain that I wrote the thought leadership article for the G7 Summit. As many of you may be aware, freight shipping, international shipping and also aviation are not included in the COP21 agreement.