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Machine learnings

Supply Chain Movement

Nowadays, it’s as if every article about digitalization is casually peppered with the terms ‘artificial intelligence’ and ‘machine learning’. They are almost always used together and without any extra explanation. I’ve recently spent some time reading up on the subject to finally understand how the two differ. The term artificial intelligence (AI) originates from computer science and refers to the capacity of machines to perform human-like tasks on their own.

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Guest opinion: There is no last mile in supply chain

Alloy

Greg White is a founder, CEO, board director and advisor in B2B technology with multiple successful exits. He is a principal and host with Supply Chain Now Radio and recently joined Trefoil Advisory as a Partner to further their vision of stronger companies by delivering practical solutions to the highest-stakes challenges. Prior to Trefoil, Greg served as CEO at Curo, a field service management solution most notably used by Amazon to direct their fulfillment center deployment workforce.

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Trick-Or-Treat: The Spookiest Time for Shipping

Freight Center

All Hollow’s Eve will be here before we know it! But it’s not just going to be ghouls, goblins and vampires having the time of their undead lives. Shoppers are gearing up for the spookiest night of the year and retailers are ready to bank on the opportunity. The National Retail Federation forecasts that this year, Halloween spending by Americans will reach $9 billion.

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Keep Child Labor Out of Your Kid’s Halloween Candy

Material Handling & Logistics

When rated on human rights efforts in cocoa supply chains, a number of well-known brands did not receive passing grades.

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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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Offline Marketing in the Modern Age!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Content Marketing Trends for Supply Chain! Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Lara Douglas at Neon Signs Depot. Everyone experiences an overload of ads daily. YouTube, Facebook, and even your email inbox are full of them.

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[WHITE PAPER] The State of Freight Management

GlobalTranz

Fill out the Form Below to Get a Free Copy of the White Paper to Your Inbox! Cerasis is excited to announce the release of an all new, exclusive, & educational resource “The State of Freight Management” white paper! This is a must read for freight shippers who are looking to improve freight operations! Get.read More. The post [WHITE PAPER] The State of Freight Management appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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The role of supply chain management in retail scenario of today

Vinculum

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Art of Procurement Webinar The Current State of Digital Readiness: Mastering the Supply Chain Data Challenge, October 29th 2019, 11 AM EDT / 3 PM GMT

ivalua

The post Art of Procurement Webinar The Current State of Digital Readiness: Mastering the Supply Chain Data Challenge, October 29th 2019, 11 AM EDT / 3 PM GMT appeared first on Ivalua.

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Why Manufacturers Need an Outcome Culture (Pt. I)

QAD

An outcome-based culture offers six major benefits. In this article, we explain why manufacturers should adopt an outcome culture. What is Workplace Culture? It was Peter Drucker who told us, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” The phrase implies that we can develop a great strategy, but if the company’s culture doesn’t support that strategy, the strategy will fail.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Reveal the True Colors of Your Business with the Right ERP Software

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In a recent conversation with my 14-year-old daughter, she asked me what I do for work. My immediate response was: “I serve others.” “I know that dad,” she replied with a smile, “but how do you do that?” In my explanation of what I do, I raised the fact that SYSPRO has recently released the […]. The post Reveal the True Colors of Your Business with the Right ERP Software appeared first on SYSPRO US.

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Brexit’s Profound Impact on Cross-Border Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

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7 Best eCommerce Store Builders for Small Businesses

EMERGE App

Introduction. There’s no doubt that eCommerce stores are emerging on the Internet. Everyone wants to take their business online, but they need a really good eCommerce store for showcasing their products. Today, it is very common for successful businesses to have an eCommerce site to interact with consumers directly on the internet. To make one catchy eCommerce website, one needs a proper guidance and efforts.

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Equipping Your Supply Chain Risk Management Kit

Enterra Insights

People now have access to more information than at any time in history — and it’s all available at the click of a mouse. You might find then find it surprising that a recent survey, conducted by Verdantix, found more than half of the company representatives who responded indicated “they still use a mix of spreadsheets and paper” as part of their supply chain risk management process.[1] The survey involved 161 executives in heavy industry sectors in six countries.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

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.

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Understanding Millennials and Other Warehouse Labor Challenges

West Coast and California Logistics

Warehouse labor is hard to come by. With national unemployment the lowest it’s been in 50 years, there are simply more jobs than there are people to fill those jobs. There is no easy remedy for attracting and retaining warehouse talent in this economy, but there are ways to adapt. Following are some important ways that your warehousing operation can navigate this ‘full employment’ economy.

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Fulfillment Kitting Services: Great Collateral Deserves Great Packaging

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

You invest a lot of creativity and budget dollars into your marketing collateral, refining your messaging and design for maximum effectiveness. But, when it’s time to deliver those materials to your prospects or customers, is ho-hum packaging undercutting their impact?

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Meet Sleep Number, Innovation Award Winner

Bristlecone

This year’s Customer Excellence Award for Innovation goes to Sleep Number – for taking their supply chain to a whole new level with help from Bristlecone Labs. “We are a digital company. Our supply chain was not,” said John Brine, Sleep Number’s Director of Network Optimization & Digitization, during a presentation at Bristlecone Pulse at MIT 2019.

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Book & claim as a sustainability driver

ChainPoint

When people envision traceability, they probably see a world where for every product a consumer buys, the exact origin is known. When someone buys a piece of fruit in a store, they should be able to know on what acre on what farm it was grown. This is in line which want modern consumers want , but not always a viable reality.

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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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Conversations in A.I.

ThroughPut

Conversations In A.I. ThroughPut's CTO Bhaskar Ballapragada is interviewed by Innodemia's CEO Paolo Messina PhD., MBA. Published October 17, 2019. Conversations in AI ThroughPut’s CTO Bhaskar Ballapragada speaks with Paolo Messina PhD, MBA – on the “Conversations in AI” podcast. A special thanks to Paolo Messina and Innodemia for the interview (www.

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How One Major Metropolitan School District is Driving Efficiency in Procurement

EC Sourcing Group

One major metropolitan school district has achieved dramatic efficiency gains and gained control over critical spend categories in the past year. For years the district was saddled with an antiquated manual system to solicit, analyze and award bids for goods and services. Picture mountains of paper on every desk and a full voice mail box with status inquiries from suppliers and stakeholders.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Oct. 17, 2019

Supply Chain Digest

US Manufacturing Output is Wobbl, IMF Takes Global Growth Forecasts Down, Nike Dramaticaly Changing Its Distribution Strategy, MSC Says Full Speed Ahead for More Megaships

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Flexibility AND Scalability: A Scarce Combination Among 3PLs

Consumer Goods Logistics

Check out the marketing claims of many third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and you’ll see the words “flexible” and “scalable” used regularly, and often together. The fact is, most are good at one or the other, but not both.

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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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An Interview on the Potential Impact of the ELD Mandate in Canada

CH Robinson Transportfolio

On June 13, 2019, The Canadian Ministry of Transportation (Transport Canada) announced a formal plan to implement electronic logging devices (ELDs) in Canada. I was able to interview Marco Romano, vice president of North American Surface Transportation at C.H. Robinson, regarding some of the details. Background and timeline of ELDs in Canada. Jason: We are very familiar with ELDs and the potential market impact here in the United States as most drivers were mandated to have them in December 2017

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Conference recap: What’s the word in API World?

Axway

Our team of Axway API experts enjoyed some time immersed in the world of APIs in San Jose on October 8th-10th.

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Gartner Critical Capabilities Report 2019

MercuryGate

The post Gartner Critical Capabilities Report 2019 appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Ready to expand your warehouse network? 6 things to consider

FLEXE

How to decide when it’s time for a network expansion

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

How can businesses gain a competitive edge in an era marked by relentless competition and economic fluctuations? The secret is mastering strategic cost management strategies. This GEP bulletin, "Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability," breaks this down into clear, actionable steps. Discover how these strategies can boost your enterprise's financial health, helping not only to keep up but to excel in today's market.

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An Introduction to ERPs and ERP Mobility for Supply Chain Pros

RFgen

The ERP software market is growing rapidly in parallel with digital transformation efforts in the supply chain. As supply chains digitize to meet increasing needs for efficiency and speed, one of the core technologies behind these optimization efforts is enterprise resource planning software (or ERP technology). ERP software integrates the many aspects of supply chain operations into a single foundation.

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Customization vs. Configuration: Which Approach Is Best?

Arena Solutions

Software vendors have always sought to provide highly adaptable solutions by allowing customization. Most vendors will claim that it’s easy to customize their solution. However, there are two different approaches. One approach involves the need to program or code (customization) and the other involves using a simple user interface that non-programmers can set up (configuration).

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An Introduction to ERPs and ERP Mobility for Supply Chain Pros

RFgen

The ERP software market is growing rapidly in parallel with digital transformation efforts in the supply chain. As supply chains digitize to meet increasing needs for efficiency and speed, one of the core technologies behind these optimization efforts is enterprise resource planning software (or ERP technology). ERP software integrates the many aspects of supply chain operations into a single foundation.