Thu.Aug 10, 2017

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Webinar: Newest Software Innovations (and Pay-Offs) for the Global Food Supply Chain

3GTMS

If you’re like many companies struggling with the complexity of food logistics, you likely have too many manual processes and/or outdated systems to manage the environment. This disparate approach doesn’t work in an industry that’s undergoing rapid change, from omni-channel demands and regulatory changes, to dynamic carrier bases and multi-modal transportation needs.

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Rethinking the Future of Plastics

SCM Research

Today’s economy is a plastics economy, as most of our global supply chains contain plastics. A report, published by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, is titled The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastics. Herein it becomes evident that linear supply chains need to become circular: “The circular economy is gaining growing attention as a potential way for our society to increase prosperity, while reducing demands on finite raw materials and minimising negative externaliti

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Editor’s Pick: Profiles in Yard Management Excellence – Universal Logistics

Talking Logistics

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. In this post, Rafael Granato from PINC Solutions summarizes a video case study we featured recently on Talking Logistics, part of our “Profiles in Yard Management Excellence” series where we highlight companies (in this case, Universal Logistics) that are

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The 3 Biggest Problems Your Logistics Teams Will Face in Q4 and How to Solve Them with On-Demand Warehousing

FLEXE

The holidays are coming. Aside from that being one of your busiest times of the year, the movement to eCommerce and omnichannel shopping has made accurate demand planning impossible and inventory allocation harder than ever. Predicting where your highest demand will be this holiday season can feel like solving a Rubik’s cube blindfolded. Will your customers go directly to your stores to buy, will they research online and then pick up in-store, or will they complete all of their purchases through

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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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Fix Your Retail Supply Chain to Make the Last Mile Count

Logistics Bureau

Last mile might be the latest buzzword (or buzzwords) in logistics, but not without good reason. If your company is trading in the fast-paced arena of omnichannel retail , this is one buzzword you really need to pay attention to. Perhaps the most important question to ask yourself is “Do we want our last mile services to compete on price or quality?

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Prepare Your Warehouse to Meet its Future in Boston, MA

BlueYonder

Mobsters and Lobsters. JDA Software, along with our partners Open Sky Group and DC Velocity , recently hosted a warehouse management system (WMS) and warehouse labor management (WLM) event in Boston, Massachusetts. It Would Be a Crime to Not Prepare Your Warehouse to Meet its Future. Boston is rich with history, and while many are familiar with the Minutemen and revolutionary spirit, most aren’t aware of Boston’s seedy underworld.

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The Future of Enterprise Resource Planning

Supply Chain 24/7

VAI S2K Enterprise Software harnesses the power of technology and enables businesses to better anticipate consumer needs and enhance productivity, providing integrated applications optimized for the Supply Chain.

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Meeting Walmart’s New On Time In Full Delivery Requirements

Consumer Goods Logistics

Retail replenishment just got a little trickier with the announcement, by Walmart, that the retailer is instituting stricter supplier requirements for On Time In Full (OTIF) inbound deliveries to its distribution centers. And there will be a cost to non-compliance. Items that are late or missing during a one-month period will incur a fine of 3 percent of their value.

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Fight the Retail Price War with Successful Supply Chain Planning

RELEX Solutions

Retail is one of today’s most dynamic industries with a constant flow of new ideas, new products and ways to entice customers into the store. With the entrance of a completely new channel in the form of online, retailers have had to be even more creative to understand multi-channel dynamics and how to get the best of their bricks and mortar investment.

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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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Time for a Supply Chain Revolution

Supply Chain Digest

New Book Says in Part CEOs often Hold Supply Chain Back, Little Overall Progress in 20 Years

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NMFTA Announces Freight Classification Changes & What Shippers Need to Know

GlobalTranz

Freight classification changes are part of the growing shipping industry, and the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has again enacted changes to the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC), which took effect August 5, 2017. Unfortunately, the NMFTA’s Notice of Disposition to guide shippers on how the latest changes will affect existing freight classifications can be confusing.

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Horseless Carriages and Humanless Workplaces

Enterra Insights

Earlier this year, I reported on the results of a study conducted by Daron Acemoğlu (@DrDaronAcemoglu) of MIT and Pascual … Continued. The post Horseless Carriages and Humanless Workplaces appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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TradeGecko’s new iOS inventory mobile app helps wholesalers transform their business

TradeGecko

TradeGecko, the leading inventory and order management system has launched TradeGecko Mobile to help businesses manage their inventory and run their business operations on iOS.

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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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Prepare Your Warehouse to Meet its Future in Boston, MA

BlueYonder

Mobsters and Lobsters. On Thursday, August 17, 2017, JDA Software, along with our partners Open Sky Group and DC Velocity, are hosting a warehouse management system (WMS) and warehouse labor management (WLM) event in Boston, Massachusetts. It Would Be a Crime to Not Prepare Your Warehouse to Meet its Future. Boston is rich with history, and while many are familiar with the Minutemen and revolutionary spirit, most aren’t aware of Boston’s seedy underworld.

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A New Breed of Price Predator?

MIT Supply Chain

In international trade, the practice of dumping – exporting product at a predatory price to capture market share – is usually associated with aggressive countries intent on moving into a national market at any cost. Are we now seeing a commercial enterprise with country-sized market muscle get into the dumping business? I’m referring to the […].

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The 3 Biggest Problems Your Logistics Teams Will Face in Q4

FLEXE

and how to solve them with on-demand warehousing.

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Church's Chicken is Reinventing the Supply Chain

Elementum

Maximizing customer value and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage are two things a company must strive for. Excellent supply chain management is the key to both. Being able to handle product development, sourcing, production, logistics, and information systems well is what makes a business’s supply chain successful. 79% of companies that have high-performing supply chains reported greater revenue growth than the average company in their industr y.

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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.