Wed.May 05, 2021

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The Changing Nature of Online Grocery Shopping

Enterra Insights

One of the economic sectors witnessing a significant increase in online sales during the pandemic was the grocery sector. Daniel Keyes, a Research Associate at Business Insider Intelligence, explains, “The coronavirus pandemic has brought online grocery — a promising but formerly niche industry — to the fore. The combination of shoppers’ interest in avoiding public places, government orders to stay at home, and the continued need for groceries and essential goods has made online groc

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Guide to FMCG Supply Chain - Planning Function

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Last week I introduced you to the Enchange Supply Chain House; a one stop shop/house for the elements you need to allow your supply chain to operate effectively. The Enchange Supply Chain House is a simple and easy to understand reference model which provides you with a clearly defined and proven understanding of your supply chain status and importantly, its or your, future potential.

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Transport Lessons of COVID-19: Preparing for Future Disruptions

CHAINalytics

Transport keeps supply chains moving. Yet, all too often, networks are administered with spreadsheets, imprecise data sources, and unaligned carrier portfolio strategies. Surprisingly, much of it seemed to work – until the pandemic, that is. If nothing else, the transport lessons of COVID-19 have taught us much about being ready for the unexpected. Coronavirus disruptions … The post Transport Lessons of COVID-19: Preparing for Future Disruptions appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Taking Charge

BlueYonder

Diego Martinez is a solutions advisor at Blue Yonder and shares how his first job out of college became pivotal to his career path, ultimately bringing him to Blue Yonder eight years ago. He talks about the importance of always learning and fostering growth in yourself to guide your career path, how challenge in his career turned into opportunity and the leadership traits he most admires.

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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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Beyond the quick fix: Preparing for post-pandemic challenges

IT Supply Chain

By Ben Barry (pictured). Director, Coeus Consulting. The post Beyond the quick fix: Preparing for post-pandemic challenges appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Transforming Fashion Supply Chain with intelligent technologies

IT Supply Chain

By Camilla Bonanni (pictured). IoT & Retail Lead, EMEA at Tech Data. The post Transforming Fashion Supply Chain with intelligent technologies appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Resilience is the New Critical Supply Chain Strategy!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Defining the New Normal in Supply Chain! What’s Normal Anyways? Get Our EBOOK HERE. Resilience article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. As everyone in Supply Chain Management knows today, the field has come a long way. It’s something we’ve written about a lot on the Argentus Blog.

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Elevating Supplier Experience: How Supplier Experience Adds Value

HICX Solutions

In this webinar on ‘Elevating Supplier Experience’, Tania Seary, Founder of Procurious, is joined by Costas Xyloyiannis, CEO at HICX and Amy Fong, VP at Everest Group to discuss the benefits of improving the way in which organizations work and engage with their suppliers. In today’s era when companies are relying more and more on their supplier community due to rapid growth, relationships with their suppliers are becoming more complex, trailblazing and harder to manage.

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How procurement can help businesses beat inflation

Proxima

Inflation is on the rise. In March, it almost doubled on the month before. Most forecasts suggest it will keep rising. Fortunately, inflation is growing from an historically low level and is still significantly below the Bank of England’s 2% target – but businesses do need to plan for how they will manage inflation-linked cost increases. What is driving inflation?

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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How AI-Powered Capacity Planning is Changing The Manufacturing Landscape – a ThroughPut Perspective

ThroughPut

How AI-Powered Capacity Planning is Changing The Manufacturing Landscape – a ThroughPut Perspective. The consumer demand scene is constantly changing and when you suddenly land in a situation where your product is in great demand, it can turn into a missed opportunity if you’re not prepared. So, how do you prepare for such an unprecedented situation?

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Three cybersecurity tips for SMEs

IT Supply Chain

By Neil Bellinger (pictured). Head of EMEA, EU Automation. The post Three cybersecurity tips for SMEs appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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CORE (UK) Ltd wins The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

CORE (UK) Ltd, the digital supply chain management software provider, has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade for outstanding growth and commercial success in international trade.

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Connected Papers

SCM Research

The following tool was brought to my attention the other day: Connected Papers , “a visual tool to help researchers and applied scientists find and explore papers relevant to their field of work” It analyzes thousands of papers, selects the ones with the strongest connections to an entered paper, and generates a graph. In this graph, the tool arranges papers according to their similarity in terms of co-citation and bibliographic coupling.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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3,500 Sunrises Later

Talking Logistics

There is a 10-year anniversary coming up in October that I won’t celebrate. No cake, no balloons, no presents. But it is a day that I cannot forget. October 4, 2011: the day my oldest daughter Hannah was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) at age 11. As I wrote a couple of years ago: Read more 3,500 Sunrises Later. The post 3,500 Sunrises Later appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on A Snapshot of the Strong Current US Economy

Supply Chain Digest

One Chart from ISM Says it All

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Mars, AB InBev, and the Art of Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain sustainability and the concept of “going green” continues to drive a lot of operational initiatives and innovations as companies and countries look at their overall carbon footprint and look for ways to be more environmentally friendly. There is of course a system of checks and balances for global corporations when looking at supply chain sustainability, as even though they may have the best intentions, profitability is still the main business driver.

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Roar Baby Roar

Supply Chain Shaman

Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious. It involves ideas that may not be obtainable using only traditional step-by-step logic. Wikipedia. History teaches that political unrest and jubilation follow a pandemic. Our future is defined by extreme local patterns Conjure thoughts of the roaring 20s following the Spanish Flu.

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Embedded Analytics: A Force Multiplier for Business

The possibilities for embedded analytics to drive real value for businesses, end users, and society are as fascinating as they are limitless. No matter the industry, brand after brand is finding that analytics can be the solution to a multitude of business challenges. Go deep with five insightsoftware customers as they share the details of their analytics journeys and discuss the transformative power of data.

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Ware2Go Announces a Carbon Offset Shipping Network Across All Shipments

Supply Chain Brain

Ware2Go, a specialist in 1- to 2-day shipping guarantees, has announced a new initiative to offset carbon emissions for all small parcel, LTL, FTL, and air shipments within their network.

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Swiss chocolatiers left with bitter taste following Ghanaian cocoa bean announcement

Jaggaer

The post Swiss chocolatiers left with bitter taste following Ghanaian cocoa bean announcement appeared first on JAGGAER.

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Why Are Procurement Organizations Lagging in Adopting Automation?

Supply Chain Brain

A new study by SAP and Oxford Economics on managing procurement spend finds that the discipline is well behind the curve in shedding manual processes and embracing automation.

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The Importance of Digitizing Your BOL

Freightview

We may be living in the digital age but there are still shippers who are handwriting their BOLs. Handwriting a BOL can cause a variety of problems. Here’s why you should ditch the pen and paper and create your BOL digitally.

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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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EU’s Breton: It's Time to Fix ‘Naive’ Approach to Chip Supply

Supply Chain Brain

Europe was naive to outsource so much of its semiconductor design and manufacturing to other regions and needs to redress the balance, the European Union’s top industry official said.

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Breathe Technologies delivers 300% increase in productivity for Ultimate Products with direct-to-customer fulfilment solution

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

From local business to global success, Ultimate Products is an international brand house managing consumer goods brands, across 12 product ranges including household names; Salter, Beldray, Progress and Intempo. Having experienced revenue growth across each of the business’ strategic pillars, Ultimate Products has seen particular strong performance on its ecommerce platforms following the recent surge in online shopping.

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Reskilling and Retaining in the Wake of COVID-19

Supply Chain Brain

Heading into 2020, manufacturing organizations knew they would have to combat the persistent skills gap, which was already afflicting the industry.

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Batch Production Explained

Unleashed

From what batch production is, to its advantages and disadvantages in the manufacturing process and which industries it suits best – here’s all you need to know about this popular method of product assembly (as well as how batch tracking helps to improve profit and outcomes for businesses). What is batch production? Batch production involves the manufacture of a product, or range of similar products, in batches where products are completed in a series of stages or steps.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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6 Indispensable Tips to Know Before Choosing a WMS

Supply Chain Brain

When it comes to choosing the right WMS for your warehouse, there’s a lot to consider. Choosing the wrong system could have you searching for a new job.

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Bulk Freight Roundup: April 2021

Bulk Connection

While the calendar has changed to a new month and a new quarter, the bulk freight landscape remains largely the same with tight capacity and high rates. Despite these challenges, there are things that you can do to secure the freight your company requires. In this month’s roundup, we’ll look at five strategies that shippers can use – and are using – to successfully obtain capacity in the current market.

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Next-Level Traceability: A Live Solution Showcase Series

ITradeNetwork

As we approach the third annual World Food Safety Day on June 7, we need to ask ourselves: How have we stepped up to solve the increasing industry issues in food safety management?

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