Fri.Sep 14, 2018

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Optimizing logistics: One wild ride

DELMIA Quintiq

In logistics, everyone has a plan. Some logistics professionals, though, ride the supply chain like a bucking bronco – hanging on for dear life, taking different twists and turns to avoid potential disaster when something goes wrong, and being proud that they made it through another day. As a seasoned professional, right in the thick of the action, you know that the world is moving faster than ever and there’s clearly no stop sign ahead.

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Hurricane Florence, Disaster Recovery Logistics Planning and TMS Solutions

Supply Chain Collaborator

TMS solutions and associated logistics IT tools are a critical part of any successful volume shipper’s supply chain risk management plan. Hurricane Florence is presently testing the mettle of the logistics management technologies used by shippers at the epicenter of natural disaster recovery – food/beverage shippers, building materials shippers, energy shippers and others.

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E-Commerce Continues to Add Focus on Omnichannel Supply Chain Strategies: Projections for 2018 Demand Continuous Improvement

GlobalTranz

Omnichannel supply chains are increasing in complexity and prevalence for good reason. Omnichannel customers have a tendency to spend more than their brick-and-mortar counterparts, explains Digital Commerce 360 , making them an ideal way for retailers to stay competitive and reach more customers. As 2018 progresses, Warehouse Managers need to understand the risk of not going omnichannel, why demand is increasing, and a few tips to meet such demands.

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Driving Transformational Change

Supply Chain Shaman

There are over 10,000 change management books on Amazon. The return of search on the site gives a list of endless titles. You might ask, “Why are so many people writing about change management?” Does anyone read the books? Why then is Lora writing about it?” These are all good questions. Background. Three weeks ago, I attempted to put my life back together from a recent move.

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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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Hurricane Florence Update: Impacts, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Hurricane Florence has officially reached the Southeast United States. Despite weakening from a Category 4 storm to a Category 2 (update: now a Category 1) due to slightly reduced winds, it has still grown in size, with its wind field continuously expanding reach. Several states in the east coast, especially the Carolinas, have been on high alert as they await landfall.

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Combating Modern Slavery – Do We Really Understand the Worker’s Perspective?

EcoVadis

No supply chain is free of risks associated with modern slavery – this is the message we heard at our Sustain conference , which brought together senior procurement figures, representatives of international organizations and NGOs. Much is being done in terms of international and national regulations to eradicate the problem, and businesses worldwide are becoming increasingly committed to sustainable procurement.

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3 Ways Mobile Data Collection is Influencing New Warehouse Management Trends

RFgen

Mobile data collection is driving innovation in the warehousing space, catalyzing new operational methodologies that reduce waste and increase productivity. Warehouses across the country continue to invest in new materials-handling technologies, services and software solutions. In fact, an estimated 42 percent of shipping and fulfillment divisions are expected to move forward with investments in this area in 2018, according to the analysts at Peerless Research Group.

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DynaSys Recognized as a Challenger in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Systems of Record

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

DynaSys Recognized as a Challenger in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Systems of Record.

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3 Ways Mobile Data Collection is Influencing New Warehouse Management Trends

RFgen

Mobile data collection is driving innovation in the warehousing space, catalyzing new operational methodologies that reduce waste and increase productivity. Warehouses across the country continue to invest in new materials-handling technologies, services and software solutions. In fact, an estimated 42 percent of shipping and fulfillment divisions are expected to move forward with investments in this area in 2018, according to the analysts at Peerless Research Group.

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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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The Trials and Tribulations of Warehouse Returns Management

Tecsys

Ask anyone in your warehouse how well they like to handle returns, and you’ll likely hear a sigh or groan in response. That’s because the returns management process, with its time and space requirements and excess inventory management, is a sizeable hassle for most distributors. The post The Trials and Tribulations of Warehouse Returns Management appeared first on Tecsys.

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Lego’s Search for Sustainable Bricks

APICS

Danish toymaker Lego is working to participate in this sustainability trend, but its challenges are much larger than those of other brands. It’s not just the company’s packaging that needs to change, but the material in its iconic toy blocks.

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5 RFIs (Request for Information) Deal-breakers – How to Avoid Them

Insights Solutions Global

How to craft the RFI to make sure that your supplier relationship start off from the right track? What are the deal-breakers in RFI that you should definitely avoid? Here are the answers that you're looking for.

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Is This the End of Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization?

Supply Chain 24/7

In today’s connected commerce world, consumers are demanding more convenient fulfillment options and as the shopper experiences get more complex, there is a need to profitably optimize inventory management for omnichannel.

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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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5 RFIs (Request for Information) Deal-breakers – How to Avoid Them

Insights Solutions Global

How to craft the RFI to make sure that your supplier relationship start off from the right track? What are the deal-breakers in RFI that you should definitely avoid? Here are the answers that you're looking for. The post 5 RFIs (Request for Information) Deal-breakers – How to Avoid Them appeared first on Insight Solutions Global.

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How to Get an Accurate LTL Freight Quote

Zipline Logistics

LTL pricing is based off product density and commodity type. So, when the shipment dimensions provided are inaccurate, so is quoted pricing. Price differences aren’t necessarily drastic – ranging anywhere from $10 to a few hundred dollars per skid – but the more information provided upfront, the more accurate ratings will be and the better […].

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2018 Driver Appreciation Week

Consumer Goods Logistics

I look forward to this week every year. It's National Truck Driver Appreciation week as designated by the ATA (American Trucking Associations). All week long we have been celebrating one of our most important associate bases -- our fantastic drivers. Our drivers deliver more than 2 billion pounds of goods annually and never take a day off from demonstrating the values of the KANE Code.

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5 marketing trends to watch in the manufacturing industry

Exapro Hub

Although big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) seem to be the future for a lot of different industries, the manufacturing industry included, there are some marketing trends you don’t want to miss. Even though some […]. The post 5 marketing trends to watch in the manufacturing industry appeared first on Exapro Hub.

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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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Will Quantum Computers Provide a Quantum Leap in Computing?

Enterra Insights

Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Scott Bakula starred in a television show entitled “Quantum Leap.” The premise of the show involved a failed experiment which resulted in Bakula’s character, a former scientist named Sam Beckett, finding himself trapped in time. Every week Beckett was transported into the body of a different person facing a life challenge he had to overcome before moving on to the next body.

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