Talking Logistics
MARCH 22, 2018
Understanding customer expectations is a priority for businesses in all verticals and meeting (or, ideally, exceeding) those expectations is crucial to winning customer loyalty. This is true of your customers and your customers’ customers. One area receiving a lot of attention in recent years is Last Mile delivery tailored to a customer’s preference.
The Network Effect
MARCH 22, 2018
Ports play a critical role in international trade, yet they remain major sources of friction in global supply chains. It’s. The post How to Optimize Port Throughput in Global Supply Chains appeared first on The Network Effect.
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Talking Logistics
MARCH 22, 2018
Ty Bordner, SVP of Marketing & Business Development at Amber Road , addresses the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: What exactly does “digitizing the supply chain” mean? Where does the journey or process begin? What’s required to get started? In what ways can companies achieve value from digitization? What actual value or benefits are companies achieving?
Enterra Insights
MARCH 22, 2018
More and more headlines address the topic of digital disruption. The dictionary defines a disruption as “a disturbance or problem that interrupts an event, activity, or process.” Digital disruption is about interrupting business models or entire economic sectors and enterprises are worried about it. A report by Accenture and HfS Research titled “See More, Do More, Be More – The Future Belongs to Intelligent Operations,” asserts, “80% of firms are concerned about dig
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
Supply Chain Network
MARCH 22, 2018
Sure that all of you have heard of, and are at least somewhat familiar with, Augmented Reality (AR). Simply put, AR utilizes technology to provide additional insights and abilities in the real world, with one example being the Google Translate app’s ability to take a picture of text in many languages and then immediately translate it for you onscreen.
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Supply Chain Movement
MARCH 22, 2018
When scanning through a whole set of recent S&OP publications, I noticed that the vast majority were focused either on processes and systems or on the creation of buy-in. Two important aspects, obviously, but it struck me that a third essential aspect, S&OP capability development, was hardly mentioned at all. For any process to work well, the people running it need to have the right skills and competencies, and S&OP is no exception.
MIT Supply Chain
MARCH 22, 2018
Supply chain and operations executives are increasingly involved in making decisions about the company’s supply chain strategy that have long-term implications. But how do these executives, whose job responsibilities involve mainly short-term decision-making, think about the long-term? Researchers at MIT CTL asked this question seven years ago. The findings of their multi-method study, which involved collecting […].
BlueYonder
MARCH 22, 2018
My RSR partner Paula Rosenblum and I spent years in IT before our RSR days, and I think we can both attest to the truth of the old rock ’n’ roll lyric when it’s applied to retail IT: “I was glad to come, and I was glad to go, but while I was there I had me a real good time.”. Most industry observers know that retailers have always had a love-hate relationship with information technology.
Supply Chain Brain
MARCH 22, 2018
The maker of Cheerios cereal and Progresso soup lowered its full-year profit forecast, citing higher freight and commodity expenses. Operational costs have also risen as the company grapples with an industrywide grocery price war. General Mills is the latest company to cite higher shipping costs as a major headwind in 2018, joining Hershey Co., Tyson Foods Inc., Kellogg Co. and others.
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.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 22, 2018
UPS Going All Electric in London after Breakthrough, Will IMO Mandate Slow Steaming to Reduce CO2, US Truckload Rates Still Heading Higher, JD.
FLEXE
MARCH 22, 2018
Within the world of retailers, 2017 was anything but quiet. Cyber Monday topped the sales charts—beating out Black Friday for the first year to date and making it the largest U.S. online shopping day in history. Amazon continued to expand and innovate its reach. And brick-and-mortar storefronts continued to hang up their hats and lock their doors—more so than during 2007’s recession.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 22, 2018
More Highlights from Our 2018 Benchmark Report The State of Retailer and Vendor Supply Chain Relationships
Supply Chain 24/7
MARCH 22, 2018
Find out how Shell improved its gas sector activities with optimization.
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TradeGecko
MARCH 22, 2018
Tax season is a busy (and stressful) time for many businesses, which means eCommerce retailers and wholesalers need to start preparing as early as possible. Follow our accounting year-end checklist to make sure you have everything squared away when tax time rolls around.
Saddle Creek Logistic Services
MARCH 22, 2018
Personalization is a hot trend for 2018. Companies are striving to gain a competitive edge by giving their customers what they want how they want it. While that may be easy to deliver on a small scale, it becomes much more challenging when sales volume grows. Customization is hard to master for a variety of reasons. Demand is unpredictable and. Read more.
Material Handling & Logistics
MARCH 22, 2018
Firms in all three countries remain upbeat about doing more business abroad, with Mexico leading the way with 87% expecting increased trade volume over the next 12 months, compared to 77% of U.S. firms and 70% of Canadian firms. Despite uncertainty around protectionist trade policies, business leaders in the United States, Canada and Mexico maintain a positive outlook for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its impact on their firms, according to a newly released report from HSBC
BlueYonder
MARCH 22, 2018
My RSR partner Paula Rosenblum and I spent years in IT before our RSR days, and I think we can both attest to the truth of the old rock ’n’ roll lyric when it’s applied to retail IT: “I was glad to come, and I was glad to go, but while I was there I had me a real good time.”. Most industry observers know that retailers have always had a love-hate relationship with information technology.
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Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.
Bristlecone
MARCH 22, 2018
International Professional Award. Bristlecone is thrilled to announce that our consultants Prateek, Paresh and Saket have received the “ International Professional Award – 2018” from SAS Global Forum Users’ Group, for their paper “Unleashing the true Power of SAS® For Warranty Analytics for Automobile Industry”. The post International Professional Award appeared first on Bristlecone.
Zipline Logistics
MARCH 22, 2018
Did you know that transport is the most highly outsourced logistics function? Research from Gartner shows that 81% of companies surveyed outsourced at least some, if not all, of their domestic transport. Why do so many companies make the strategic decision to rely on outside partners for execution of transportation services? The benefits are vast. […].
Supply Chain 24/7
MARCH 22, 2018
A global market leader embraces S&OP and data-driven decision making with AIMMS-based tool.
FLEXE
MARCH 22, 2018
Within the world of retailers, 2017 was anything but quiet.
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TMC
MARCH 22, 2018
Through our work to optimize supply chains, we have a unique view of how goods and commerce flow through our nation’s infrastructure and what impacts on time delivery and cost. In addition to weather and capacity disruptions, supply chains are also challenged by congestion on U.S. highways, rail hubs, and ports. On behalf of supply chain professionals, I recently had the opportunity to share these insights with the U.S.
GlobalTranz
MARCH 22, 2018
The freight & transportation landscape is reaching critical mass. Capacity is a very real problem impacting companies in all verticals, especially those who ship density-based freight that present further challenges. Not Properly Dimming Your Density-Based Freight. It’s no secret that the growth in the economy coupled with shortage of drivers and the ELD mandate has led to a serious capacity crisis in Less than Truckload and Full Truckload freight.
TMC
MARCH 22, 2018
Through our work to optimize supply chains, we have a unique view of how goods and commerce flow through our nation’s infrastructure and what impacts on time delivery and cost. In addition to weather and capacity disruptions, supply chains are also challenged by congestion on U.S. highways, rail hubs, and ports. On behalf of supply chain professionals, I recently had the opportunity to share these insights with the U.S.
Shapiro
MARCH 22, 2018
It’s time to pull the handy-dandy Free Trade Agreement from your tool box! What are Free Trade Agreements? What do they achieve? Do your imports qualify for any reduced-duty program? Do you have written policy and procedures for FTAs? Basically, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are designed to boost trade and social relationships between two or more countries by reducing duty expenses and trade barriers, which are in place to protect local markets and industries.
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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.
TMC
MARCH 22, 2018
Through our work to optimize supply chains, we have a unique view of how goods and commerce flow through our nation’s infrastructure and what impacts on time delivery and cost. In addition to weather and capacity disruptions, supply chains are also challenged by congestion on U.S. highways, rail hubs, and ports. On behalf of supply chain professionals, I recently had the opportunity to share these insights with the U.S.
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