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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

Logistics can be traced all the way back to the Greek and Roman empires , but it’s undergone several major transformations as new technologies provide opportunities to more efficiently manage the movement and storage of goods. In the digital transformation age, logistics is once again undergoing a major shift. Logistics technologies such as robotic warehouse systems make automation a reality, while drones improve last-mile delivery capabilities and better tracking with tools like RFID tags

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Who’s Responsible for Minding the Supply Chain?

Material Handling & Logistics

Talk is cheap, but most large companies are failing their supply chains when it comes to human rights issues.

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Out-of-Stocks: Why do they Matter?

C3 Solutions

If you are in the business of selling physical products to customers, not being able to fulfill demand means your business is failing. It's a stark reality and one that is particularly frightening in today's omnichannel e-commerce environment. Part 1 and Part 2 of this series discussed the successful rise of omnichannel shopping in food and grocery - now see how it can affect the success of your brick and mortar.

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What is Procurement’s Place in the Value Chain?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Could the CPO Be Replaced by the Chief Value Officer? Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at [link]. Where does Procurement stand in your organization’s Value Chain? Hopefully, you’ll be able to formulate an answer to that question after reading this post.

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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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Digital transformation in the life sciences supply chain – show me the data

Kinaxis

by Bill DuBois The life sciences supply chain starts with a miracle. Is there a more challenging industry than life sciences? In a recent Forbes interview on why it’s so hard to bring tech into pharma, Vas Narasimhan, Chief Executive Officer of Novartis AG pointed out that only one in twenty drugs make it out of clinical trials. One in twenty. A rate that hasn’t increased in over a decade.

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My Busy day at the Richmond Supply Chain Forum

DynaSys

Last week QAD DynaSys attended the Richmond Supply Chain Forum held at the Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield, UK. We attend the event twice a year and it’s a good opportunity for us to talk to organisations who are interested in learning more about our Demand & Supply Chain Planning solution. The schedule for the day is certainly full on, with meetings from breakfast at 8am right through to the evening meal that finishes around 930pm.

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The Three Biggest Challenges of Retaining Supply Chain Talent

CHAINalytics

The post The Three Biggest Challenges of Retaining Supply Chain Talent appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Reinventing the Supply Chain: A New Take on an Old Budgeting Technique

Material Handling & Logistics

Follow these four steps to adopting a zero-based mindset across your supply chain.

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Four Imminent Supply Chain Shakeups

APICS

With the gathering storms of trade wars, extreme and unpredictable weather conditions, a record-breaking driver shortage, and upended retail practices and customer expectations, there are clearly some momentous shifts coming our way. Supply chain professionals will need to be rethinking their networks, strategies and processes, with four areas in particular deserving our attention.

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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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5 Tips for Investing in a Mobile Strategy to Gain a Competitive Edge

RFgen

Aligning stakeholders to create a unified enterprise mobility strategy will maximize the success of the project. As supply chain companies continue to adopt and benefit from enterprise mobility initiatives, the need for developing cohesive strategies to manage these efforts is critical to avoiding failure and maximizing your technology investment. Creating a unifying strategy to accommodate the inevitable shift toward mobility in the warehouse and on the shop floor will help IT teams avoid a pat

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CSR: Small Is Beautiful

EcoVadis

Out of the 50,000 companies on the EcoVadis platform, some 7,000 are located in France. Around 16 percent of them are very small businesses with up to 25 employees. But who are they and why are they deciding to be assessed on their ethical, social and environmental performance? Founded in 2003 and with only 15 employees onboard, human resources firm Kenseo is one such business.

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5 Technology Trends Poised to Transform Retail Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

Total Retail —Supply chain technology is entering a renaissance as retailers look to digital tools to transform nearly every aspect of operations. Nearly three-quarters of retailers report plans to digitize their supply chains as they seek to improve real-time visibility and responsiveness in an increasingly challenging environment. With pressure mounting on all sides, a well-run […].

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CSR: Does Size Really Matter?

EcoVadis

Out of the 50,000 companies on the EcoVadis platform, some 7,000 are located in France. Around 16 percent of them are very small businesses with up to 25 employees. But who are they and why are they deciding to be assessed on their ethical, social and environmental performance? Founded in 2003 and with only 15 employees onboard, human resources firm Kenseo is one such business.

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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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Target Is Embracing Digital Technologies And Reaping The Benefits

Gravity Supply Chain

Target recently announced that customers would be able to utilize cashless payment technologies, including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay in all of the 1,850 Target stores located across the U.S. The post Target Is Embracing Digital Technologies And Reaping The Benefits appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Winners for Feb. 14, 2019 Contest

Supply Chain Digest

John Bermudez of Infor and Dave Pentland of Carson International Take Home the Prize with Great Captions

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[WHITE PAPER] The Importance of Inbound Logistics in Effective Freight Management

GlobalTranz

Fill out the Form Below to Get a Free Copy of the White Paper to Your Inbox! Cerasis is excited to announce the release of an all new, exclusive, & educational resource “The Importance of Inbound Logistics in Effective Freight Management” white paper! Fill out the form to get a free copy. The logistics industry.read More. The post [WHITE PAPER] The Importance of Inbound Logistics in Effective Freight Management appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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4 Tips on How to do Procurement Scandinavian Style

ivalua

At 2018’s Sourcing Outlook we had the honor of having Bonava ’s CPO, Mia Lewis, host a roundtable on starting a completely new Procurement organization from scratch. During the active discussion many points were brought up that I believe can be helpful for any Procurement organization, old or new, that is looking for inspiration in 2019. Focus on soft skills.

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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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Fostering Innovation in the Workplace

QAD

Almost every organization recognizes the need for innovation, yet many of those same organizations do their best to squash innovation whenever it dares to emerge unbidden. Some companies have caught “ not invented here ” syndrome and some think only ideas that come from the ranks of management can be worthwhile. Others might bog a new idea down in torturous ROI justifications, completely forgetting that the cost of not innovating exceeds the costs of implementing new ideas.

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3 Smart Tactics For Achieving Multichannel Retail Success

Unleashed

Consumers today shop across multiple channels switching between online and offline, to research and buy products they want, when they want them. As a result, retailers are now implementing multichannel selling strategies to keep abreast of customer expectations. However, it is important not to confuse omnichannel with multichannel because the two strategies differ and are not interchangeable.

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Partners at IMAGINE SUMMIT Europe and Americas bring two major events in Q1

Axway

Axway’s partners at IMAGINE SUMMIT are a great asset to our organization.

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Are Your Marketing Materials Winning New Business?

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

This is the seventh in a series of blogs focused on getting the most from your marketing fulfillment program. It includes insights drawn from an Iron Mountain-sponsored Mighty Guide titled 8 Experts on Marketing Fulfillment. Our previous blog in this series discussed the importance of using a fulfillment vendor that can grow with your business. This post looks at how a good fulfillment program can actually help your company win new business and grow.

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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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Redefining Logistics Management in a Digital World

Talking Logistics

According to the 2017 MHI Annual Industry Report , released in April 2017, 80 percent of executives surveyed believe that digital supply chain will be the predominant model within five years. Sixteen percent think the era of the digital supply chain is already here. In today’s global, fast-paced world it’s no longer a question of whether an organization should be using technology to manage its supply chain and transportation processes.

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How we support and empower women in the workplace

Taulia

Taulia Culture Taulia Cares: This month we’ve been at SheTech, Salt Lake City In April 2019, we had the privilege of participating in SheTech, the largest industry-led STEM program. Have a flick through… The post How we support and empower women in the workplace appeared first on Taulia.

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2019 | Spring Newsletter

Herlitz Inventory Management

Launch of a Monthly Newsletter. A Crazy Idea, Let’s do it!! Welcome to our initial launch of a monthly newsletter. Within this regular publication, we plan to spotlight enhancements made to the HIMPACT system and other useful topics to make our customers’ buyers better users and more efficient. With so many customers at different levels of exposure to and proficiency with the HIMPACT system, we hope this publication will help buyers by giving them snippets of best practices and other helpful tip

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5 Reasons Store Associates Are Critical to the In-Store Experience

EnVista

Reports of retail’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Traditional retailing is not dead, but it must adapt to changing customer demand and the impact of digital. Even though many traditional brick and mortar retailers are struggling, there is reason for optimism. According to TimeTrade’s State of Retail Survey, 85 percent of respondents said that if an item were available both online and in-store, they would rather make a purchase in the store.

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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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Achieving Real-Time Transportation Visibility Webinar

MercuryGate

The post Achieving Real-Time Transportation Visibility Webinar appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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How Retail and E-commerce can Scale Fast with Perfect Logistics Optimization

Loginext

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The Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retail

Enterra Insights

The list of brick-and-mortar retail store bankruptcies continues to grow as the so-called Retail Apocalypse deepens. It has been estimated more than 20,000 storefronts have closed over the past couple of years. The problem is not that consumers aren’t buying. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), “U.S. retail sales are expected to rise between 3.8 percent and 4.4 percent to more than $3.8 trillion in 2019.”[1] The Federation cites “high consumer confidence, l

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