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Winning Supply Chain Teams Need to Collaborate

Enterra Insights

For years subject matter experts have touted the benefits of closer supply chain collaboration. For example, back in 2013 Leonie … Continued. The post Winning Supply Chain Teams Need to Collaborate appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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China's Growing Role in the Automotive Industry

Elementum

China is emerging as a superpower in more ways than one. As its role in the automotive supply chain has expanded, China has impacted key players; from domestic component manufacturers to the world’s biggest automakers. This feat can be attributed to the country’s investment in research and development , unwavering support from the government , strong domestic sales , and changes in global economic trends.

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Leverage the Supply Chain to Improve Customer Experience

NFI Industries

With the ever growing variety of products available to consumers, shippers must provide them with more reasons to choose their product and remain brand loyal. Knowing that customer consumption is the end point, shippers must make decisions across the supply chain that expedites the process and guarantees product availability at a moment’s notice. Starting with.

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5 Ways to Stay Competitive in the Amazon Era

ModusLink Corporation

In the time it is taking you to read this sentence, approximately 100 products were just sold on Amazon – and that’s with a conservative calculation of 35 orders coming into the e-commerce behemoth every second. Not bad for a brand that started as a bookseller out of a guy’s garage. But it could be […]. The post 5 Ways to Stay Competitive in the Amazon Era appeared first on ModusLink Global 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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How TMS Plays a Role in Marrying Sustainability with Food Safety

Supply Chain Collaborator

Concerns about food safety and, perhaps more critically, sustainable food production are behind the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) currently being implemented in the United States. As usual, we must look to technology which is crucial to helping solve this kind of complicated and complex challenge. How do supply chain technologies help achieve both safety and sustainability in our food supply?

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Digitization Making Supply Chain Innovation Essential in Pharma Sector

RFgen

Data-driven innovation is becoming critical in the pharma industry supply chain. Emerging regulatory requirements and changing health care industry demands are leading to digital transformation in the pharmaceutical sector. Businesses in the pharma industry face pressure to innovate in a variety of ways, and companies that put an emphasis on their supply chains can position themselves to reduce operational costs, improve operational flexibility and reduce errors.

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Change Leadership: The Real Key to Transforming Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

I have to make a confession… I’m guilty… Because just like most professionals, in most industries, when I talk about change I overuse the term “change management,” especially when sharing tips and advice for supply chain transformation. In this post I want to make amends, correct myself and talk about what your supply chain organisation really needs to make changes happen—and make them stick.

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Digitization Making Supply Chain Innovation Essential in Pharma Sector

RFgen

Data-driven innovation is becoming critical in the pharma industry supply chain. Emerging regulatory requirements and changing health care industry demands are leading to digital transformation in the pharmaceutical sector. Businesses in the pharma industry face pressure to innovate in a variety of ways, and companies that put an emphasis on their supply chains can position themselves to reduce operational costs, improve operational flexibility and reduce errors.

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Moving Stuff Back Up The Supply Chain

Tecsys

There has been a lot of focus on optimizing the supply chain for order fulfillment. The on-going efforts to perfect the ‘order to cash’ process have yielded great rewards. But what about returns? Automation has reduced the number of returns due to errors however the world must move from a linear to a more circular economy and this will impact the entire supply chain.

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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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What is Inventory?

Logistics Bureau

Well, I asked Keiran Hogan one of our inventory management experts, exactly that question! I hope his answers help you. Inventory can best be described as any materials or goods that pass through or are held in your business and are necessary in order to carry out your trade. Inventory Management. Inventory management is the activity involved in making sure your inventory works for your business as cost-effectively as possible.

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Safety Tips for Forklifts: Top 20 Tips Part 1 (1 thru 10)

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from Mikeala Della from Atlantic Training where she shows us 20 important safety tips for forklifts and their drivers. This is a two part series. Today, we will cover the top 10. We might be beating a dead horse here, as you’ve probably already been involved in countless forklift safety training sessions, toolbox talks, etc.

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Supply Chain News on Rail Carriers have Strong Q2 on Back of Soaring Coal Shipments

Supply Chain Digest

Profits Up Robust 18.

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Tailwind to Cell-Phone Text Messaging Now Available

Tailwind

How much time do you spend on the phone with drivers or sales reps? Now you can easily send messages to their cell phones, and keep track of all these communications, from within your Tailwind system. Tailwind text messaging, coupled with the free Tailwind POD Complete mobile app , makes communications (and POD submission) between the office and drivers a breeze.

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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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New Freight Shipping Rates from Red Deer AB

Freightera

100s of new lanes from Red Deer, Alberta to other cities in Canada are in! These rates have just declined. Examples of new freight shipping rates include (in CAD$) – Updated Aug 15, 2017 : LTL – 1 pallet, 48 by 48 by 48, 500 lbs. Red Deer , AB to Calgary , AB. Previous best rate: $295.27. New Best Rate : $171.02. Red Deer , AB to Acheson , AB.