Wed.Sep 06, 2017

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Why OEMs Partnering With Reputable Suppliers Deliver a Desired Product

GlobalTranz

Getting a compatible LED lighting product, such as a power supply, is essential in order to extend the life expectancy and the quality of LED light strips. Unfortunately, the market has now become saturated with sub-par manufacturers and fly-by-night suppliers. OEMs, therefore, need to know why partnering with reputable suppliers delivers the right, desired product.

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Supply chain risks: The knowable unknowns that can hurt your supply chain!

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha CSX, one of the only two railroad operators in the USA that handles nearly all the shipments that move by train east of the Mississippi River has been experiencing serious challenges since the month of May. The reasons behind this were well chronicled in a recent Wall Street Journal article. To sum it up, an activist investor caused a major shakeup in the company earlier this year and a new CEO took over in March.

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Future-proofing your IT investment

DELMIA Quintiq

Over the past year, at least a dozen large companies in Australia that we frequently talk with have tendered for replacement planning systems – workforce, production, logistics and multi-resource – for a variety of reasons. The most common two reasons were: A) Their planning systems could not evolve to cover additional needed capability with the business.

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FMCG Turn-around Intensive Care Recovery KPIs

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

On a daily basis the amount of care we give to the human body is remarkably little. When you are feeling in good shape the best the body can hope for is a good wash, a brush of the teeth and a slap of moisturiser if you are a bit of a girly. What else? Haircut and manicure perhaps oh, and possibly a check that your weight has not dropped that desired 10% overnight.

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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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Launch NHTV Minor in Modern Supply Chain with Samsung

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Due to the big success of the first edition, the Academy for Urban Development, Logistics & Mobility of NHTV Breda is going to launch a new Minor in the Modern Supply Chain with Samsung SDS Europe Logistics. This Minor was launched during a fun event on 4 September.

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Barcelona Rightfully Claims Smart City Label

Enterra Insights

Travel writers love painting a picture of the world they see with words; and, Barcelona, Spain, has a lot to … Continued. The post Barcelona Rightfully Claims Smart City Label appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Supply Chain by Design onThree Things That Supply Chain Managers Should Know about Artificial Intelligence

Supply Chain Digest

This Blog Describes how the Term, Artificial Intelligence, is Being Used in Order to Identify Accurate and Inaccurate References

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Delivering Value: Digging into the Google/Walmart E-Commerce Alliance

ModusLink Corporation

With news of Google and Walmart teaming up in an effort to unseat Amazon as the king of e-commerce, many have been wondering what the future of online shopping will look like. While much of the resulting conversations have been centered around voice-ordered shopping though Google’s virtual assistant, what has largely fell under the radar […].

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Supply Chain News on Yes, a Real US Truck Driver Might Really be Looming in a Few years, if Autonomous Trucks Don not Get Here First

Supply Chain Digest

Crisis Always Seems to be Around the Corner but Never Gets Here, but That Might Change

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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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Hurricane Irma Updates

Elementum

Preparations remain underway for Hurricane Irma’s potentially catastrophic arrival in the continental United States as the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic makes its way through the Caribbean. Its rapid development from a tropical cone into a weather system the size of Texas continues to be a cause for concern. Here’s what we know: (click to zoom).

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PINC Receives New Product Innovation Award From Frost & Sullivan

PINC

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Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning: 3 Reasons Why Cloud ERP is Misunderstood

Supply Chain 24/7

While some businesses see the benefits of a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning solution, many others may have misinformation or doubt about making the transition to the cloud - in this article we discuss 3 cloud ERP theories’ that may be holding you back.

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Paul Creaney joins Maxoptra as Implementation Manager

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Magenta Technology, the company behind the Maxoptra route planning and scheduling software, has recruited Paul Creaney.

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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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3 Ways State Marijuana Legalization Impacts the Trucking Industry

GTG Technology Group

H ow Marijuana Legalization Impacts the Trucking Industry. Marijuana legalization is creating some interesting ripple effects in many industries. In the trucking industry, it will represent a new freight carrying opportunity. However, it also represents another drug testing challenge. In states such as Colorado, where marijuana is legal, more drivers are testing positive for the substance.

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Work Hard and Listen

BlueYonder

When Danielle Manning, Senior Practice Director for JDA Consulting Services, sets her sights on achieving something, you can count on it happening. The combination of a Pennsylvania-bred work ethic and mastery of the art of listening – to customers and colleagues – has propelled her to success. In today’s blog, she shares what she has learned about hard work and that sometimes the best thing you can do is to stop talking, and listen.

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Intelligent Maintenance - a journey towards eliminating breakdown

Infosys Supply Chain Management

"No Breakdowns" - this has been and should be an ambitious goal of every maintenance business operation of an organization. Since the start of Industrial revolution, the approach towards the maintenance of any asset has evolved from breakdown to corrective to preventive to predictive. This evolution has proven the ultra-goal of every organization effort to 'to reduce asset down time due to breakdown and to improve uptime'.

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Work Hard and Listen

BlueYonder

When Danielle Manning, Senior Practice Director for JDA Consulting Services, sets her sights on achieving something, you can count on it happening. The combination of a Pennsylvania-bred work ethic and mastery of the art of listening – to customers and colleagues – has propelled her to success. In today’s blog, she shares what she has learned about hard work and that sometimes the best thing you can do is to stop talking, and listen.

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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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Enabling End-to-End Interoperability between Supply Chain Networks via Global Logistics Gateway

Supply Chain 24/7

The new solution enables carriers, freight forwarders, distributors, custom brokers, and suppliers to execute the global fulfillment and transportation process from a single access point, accelerating the transition of businesses to interconnected digital trading communities.

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Harvey Isn't Done Spiking Commodity Prices

Material Handling & Logistics

With the water receding comes the awareness that the recovery will take years and require substantial quantities of commodities. Ranked as one of the nation’s most costly natural disasters, Hurricane Harvey shattered records for rainfall and flooding. With the water receding comes the awareness that the recovery will take years and require substantial quantities of commodities.