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A Holistic Smart City Strategy Requires a Digital Twin

Enterra Insights

Transforming a city into a smart city is neither easy nor cheap. As a result, many urban planners are forced to tackle the transformation process a bit at a time. Unfortunately, this piecemeal approach to smart city transformation doesn’t always achieve the best results. Without a holistic vision and strategy, technologies purchased to enhance one city system might not be compatible with technology utilized to enhance other urban systems.

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How Real Estate 3D Rendering Can Transform Marketing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 3D Printing is Changing Global Supply Chains! Three-dimensional architectural visualization today enjoys a very high popularity in the circles of both developers and buyers. This is understandable, because when purchasing a home, who would not like to study it in detail even before the moment of entry!

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Traceability for manufacturers today

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

When it comes to food and beverages , wealthier segments of the consumer market today are more health-conscious than ever about what they choose to consume, and what effects their choices have on the planet. Their purchases are often strongly determined by nutritional value, packaging, and shelf-life. They want to know what is in the food they buy, plus its “heritage”, which creates an increased demand for transparency in product labelling and food safety.

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Amazon & Visa back in business as global deal confirmed

IT Supply Chain

By David Ritter (pictured). Financial Services Strategist, CI&T. The post Amazon & Visa back in business as global deal confirmed appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Watch: Transportation Challenges to the Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

JP Wiggins, vice president of logistics for 3Gtms, describes how shippers and brokers can meet and overcome transportation obstacles and driver shortages.

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Brand Spotlight: aifleet’s Focus on Driver Well-Being Helps Them Stand Out

Parade

Today we’re shining our spotlight light on aifleet, a tech-savvy trucking company and Parade capacity partner based in Austin, Texas. aifleet CEO Marc El Khoury describes the company as having an obsession with technology and driver happiness, and their take on the trucking industry is very unique. The proprietary technology they’ve developed for their 50 (and growing!

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Want a Job in the IT Supply Chain?

IT Supply Chain

By Drew Allen (pictured). Financial Enthusiast & Seasoned Blogger. The post Want a Job in the IT Supply Chain? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Podcast | How Inventory Management Can Fix Broken Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Inventory management poses a huge challenge to retailers today — but it’s also the key to matching supply with demand in difficult times.

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How to Leverage Data Science in Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Big Data? Data and data science has always been a great asset to businesses for years. As data increases with technological advancement, traditional data collection tools and methods are becoming ineffective in making sense of the available data. Fortunately, data science is helping businesses worldwide turn their data into significant insights so they can understand their consumer needs and behavior.

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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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Red Cross cyber attack

IT Supply Chain

By Bill Conner (pictured). CEO & President, SonicWall. The post Red Cross cyber attack appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Modern Freight Forwarding – A Comprehensive Guide

20Cube Logistics

The significance of the role of a logistics manager can never be overstated, yet always remains unnoticed. In fact, the only time it gets noticed is when something goes wrong, and there is always a chance of that happening. This is because there are many responsibilities attached to this role, and even the smallest of errors can upset the entire system.

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Supply Chains in Recovery Mode: Forcing C-Level Focus on Digitally Transforming Their Supply Chains for 2022 and Beyond

BlueYonder

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades. Those logistics professionals who went through the ‘90s remember the period that warehouse automation was trending at the forefront of capital investment in supply chains.

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Delivering The Unboxing Experience: The New Ecommerce Consumer Differential

IT Supply Chain

By Ben Ginesi (pictured). European Sales Manager for Digital Corrugated Packaging at Domino. The post Delivering The Unboxing Experience: The New Ecommerce Consumer Differential appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Crisp Team Spotlight: Nina Giviyan-Kermani

crisp

As Crisp’s VP of Customer Success, Nina is building a strong foundation to empower every CPG brand to solve problems with data. Meet Nina. Role : VP of Customer Success Lives in: Chicago, IL Favorite grocery store product: Cheese, particularly feta! Driven by a mission and armed with operational expertise, Nina is all about using her career to make the greatest possible impact.

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What’s In Store for New-Age Digital Retail Supply Chains?

ThroughPut

The pandemic has catalyzed supply chain transformation for many global retail enterprises. As a direct outcome, erratic fluctuations in demand have destabilized almost every leg of the global retail supply chain.Today, 96% of retailers are all set to make their supply chains more agile while 90% say they need to be more resilient. All these factors create significant pressure on retail CSCOs as they move from deciding not just whether change is necessary, but how to effectively improve the much

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Some “Ludacris” Tips for Retail Fulfillment Feat. the Notorious 3PL

Tecsys

The traditional walls between distributors, retailers and 3PLs are crumbling as the digital consumer continues to put pressure up the supply chain to meet their expectations of efficiency and visibility. The post Some “Ludacris” Tips for Retail Fulfillment Feat. the Notorious 3PL appeared first on Tecsys.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Businessweek. Planes, Cranes, and Barges: How America Is Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos. With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. Photographer: Ryan Dickinson/U.S. Coast Guard/ZUMA Press/ZUMA Press Wire Service. By. Brendan Murray. February 17, 2022, 12:01 AM EST.

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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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An Interview on Lessons from 25 years in Procurement with Peter Bolle

HICX Solutions

For this episode of the Supplier Experience Live Podcast from HICX, we welcomed Peter Bolle. Peter is a former Senior Strategic Procurement Manager at Air Canada , who, after more than 25 years at the organization, has a wealth of experience in areas including strategic sourcing, category management and supplier management. How Procurement and Supply Chain in aviation industry changed over the years.

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Red Cross cyber attack is not a standalone development

IT Supply Chain

By Bill Conner (pictured). CEO & President, SonicWall. The post Red Cross cyber attack is not a standalone development appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Feb. 17, 2022

Supply Chain Digest

Wolesale Inflation in January Surges to Near Record Level. Demand High for Air Cargo Drones. Some Modest Good News on Global Warming Front.

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ModelOps: A Winning Approach to Increase the Impact of Your Optimization Projects

AIMMS

The post ModelOps: A Winning Approach to Increase the Impact of Your Optimization Projects appeared first on AIMMS.

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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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The integration of Transportation Optimisation

Prophetic Technology

The integration of Transportation Optimisation.

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2022 Supply Chain Predictions from the Analysts Part 3

Supply Chain Digest

The End of Short Term Forecasting, the Coming Circular Economy.

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Three Key Questions in Business Continuity Planning

River Logic

For many, this combination of complexity and pressure stemming from BCP is, in turn, introducing anxiety and a sense of frustration. Fortunately, this doesn’t have to be the case.

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How Order Fulfillment Impacts the eCommerce Customer Experience

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

The eCommerce customer experience has become an essential part of the online shopping process, especially for luxury brands and high-end goods. Online sellers in this realm don’t just sell products; they sell a brand experience. Therefore, when creating an experiential online sales encounter with consumers, eTailers need to focus on more than just the website design or the efficiency of the ordering process.

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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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Watch: What's Driving Automation in the Warehouse Today?

Supply Chain Brain

Brian Reinhart, vice president-sales U.S. with Hai Robotics, details the major trends that are impelling distribution operations to embrace automation solutions.

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Don’t Replace that WMS just yet – Optimize it first!

Logistics Viewpoints

Recently, my team members and I worked on a project with a well-known retailer facing challenges in the e-commerce area of its distribution center – and here was the question at hand: ‘Would replacing the WMS be the best solution?’. This retailer’s challenge was specifically its direct-to-consumer (DTC) picking inefficiency. E-commerce was a rapidly growing area for the retailer, and with a relatively large SKU count (more than 10,000), its WMS was challenged to support strategies for hand

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Watch: The Road to Retail Recovery

Supply Chain Brain

Mark Pilkington, author of the new book Retail Recovery: How Creative Retailers Are Winning in Their Post-Apocalyptic World, describes the “new normal” of an industry undergoing the shift to a multi-channel model, one that’s radically transforming the relationship between sellers and buyers.

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