Mon.Jan 22, 2018

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These Top Manufacturing Technology Trends will Fuel a Focus on Customer Experience in 2018

GlobalTranz

Going back to the Industrial Internet of things (IIoT), the use of Internet-connected technology increases risk in manufacturing. However, the risk is well worth it. The total number of consumer and business connected devices is expected to grow by 11.9 billion in 2018 alone, reports Michael Kotelec of Manufacturing.net , and this will bring a strong, robust boost to efficiency and productivity in manufacturing.

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Digital Supply Chain: Hype, Confusion, and Reality

Talking Logistics

It’s safe to say that the pace of change in supply chain management, especially from a technology standpoint, has continued to accelerate. Everybody seems to be talking about the digital supply chain these days, but what exactly does that mean? Why is it important? What are some of the key capabilities companies need, not only to keep pace with this change, but also to find new avenues for growth and differentiation?

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Ushering in the Era of Insights-Driven Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

Expectations are higher than ever due to new technology that makes shopping bigger, better, faster and easier. These rising demands have caused brands to think about how to leverage technology in a way that delivers a top-tier consumer experience from start to finish. To navigate this transformation, many companies are turning to supply chain solutions […].

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Rethink Your Distribution Network Optimization

Stord

Whether you are a small business owner or a corporate logistics manager, it’s crucial to stay attuned to the most innovative ways to optimize your distribution network. Individually-owned businesses can operate with great autonomy and fast reaction times. It’s imperative for corporations to achieve the same capacity to react to market demands by improving their distribution efficiencies.

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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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5 Reasons to Attend Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience 2018

Oracle SCM

Preparation is nearly complete for this month’s Modern Supply Chain Experience in San Jose, California. If you haven’t registered , there is still time. Over 2500 supply chain professionals from the Oracle Supply Chain ecosystem will be on hand, offering and gaining valuable insights, strategies, and techniques into designing, planning, or managing supply chains for strategic advantage.

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Mondelez International is Reducing Emissions in Cocoa Supply Chain

Material Handling & Logistics

Mondelez is helping to redce deforestation rates in Ghana, which supplies about 20% of the world's cocoa. In an effort to reduce emissions in its cocoa supply chain across Ghana, on January 17 Mondel?z International signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Forestry Commission of Ghana, Ghana Cocoa Board and United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

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Where Will Companies Find Their Future I.T. Expertise?

Supply Chain Brain

The need for tech expertise is greater than it has ever been — and growing. The increasing sophistication of information systems, coupled with business’s ever-expanding reliance on technology to handle critical processes, raises big questions about where that support is going to come from in the years ahead. Companies need to start thinking about I.T. talent as a supply chain unto itself.

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Supply Chain News on Stifel Releases Its Top 10 Game Changers in the Logistics and Transportation Arena Part 2

Supply Chain Digest

Excellent Insights on the Trends and Technologies Impacting Shippers and Carriers

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Six Features in TMS Designed to Mitigate the Capacity Crunch

Supply Chain Collaborator

Gonna keep it brief. Shippers’ transportation departments are scrambling to find capacity as the ELD mandate and other economic forces place constraints on capacity at levels the industry has rarely witnessed. So we know time is of the essence. Here are X ways a good TMS solution helps shippers mitigate a capacity crunch. Spot Market Reporting. With so many shippers being forced into the spot market to find haulers, having robust spot quote reporting is crucial, providing insights into which

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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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Amazon Go’s AI Driven Grocery Store Opens Today

Supply Chain 24/7

The much-anticipated Amazon Go check-out free grocery store will open its doors to the public today, having weathered challenges that delayed its launch by almost a year the enhanced AI-driven technology appears ready for the Seattle masses.

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Case Apoteksgruppen: Managing the Complexity of a Pharmacy Business

RELEX Solutions

Case Apoteksgruppen: Managing the Complexity of a Pharmacy Business. Resources » Case Studies. Introduction. Apoteksgruppen has been using RELEX’s solution since 2014 to make its replenishment and inventory management more efficient. RELEX has provided Apoteksgruppen with highly effective tools that support decision making, optimize reordering and improve the organization’s control over its entire product range.

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Collaborative Logistics’ Role in the Emergence of the Physical Internet

Material Handling & Logistics

Imagine moving cargo across continents as smoothly as computers process data. It may seem impossible today, but the physical Internet could be embedded into freight supply chains by 2050. Today, the physical Internet is an amorphous construct, with its scope and limits undefined. If its full potential is ever realized, then it will have the power to transform the movement of goods and people.

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JDA Labs Hosting Meet-up on “The Art of Data Visualization”

BlueYonder

On Tuesday, January 30 at 6 p.m., JDA Labs is hosting their first meet-up of 2018. This month’s innovative meet-up topic is “ The Art of Data Visualization ,” and will feature speakers from JDA Labs and MapD. Guidelines for Data Visualization. Ignacio Alvarez from JDA Labs will speak about guidelines for data visualization. As technology is using more and more data and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive business, people tend to forget how much this information affects users.

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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.