Tue.Nov 19, 2019

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How Gen Z's Consumer Expectations Drive New Supply Chain Trends

AFFLINK

Generation Z is coming of age. They're entering the workforce and becoming part of the economy. And that's driving many retailers to change their focus to meet their expectations. Generation Z has grown up with eCommerce, and they expect certain things to be on-demand. They also expect more of their retailers, in terms of sustainability and ethical production.

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What is Deep Learning? And What Does it Mean for Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Preparing Business for the Digital Supply Chain! (Oracle Interviews Mike Mortson). When I start writing text messages or emails these days I automatically receive prompts for the next words that I may want to use, or even phrases to complete my sentence, as I’m typing. The word and phrase suggestions are ones that are consistent with the type of language I would use.

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What is a pick and place robot?

6 River Systems

Pick and place robots are commonly used in modern manufacturing environments. Pick and place automation speeds up the process of picking up parts or items and placing them in other locations. Automating this process helps to increase production rates. Pick and place robots handle repetitive tasks while freeing up human workers to focus on more complex work.

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Five Questions to Ask About Third-Party Vendors and Cybersecurity

Supply Chain Brain

From marketing consultants and supply-chain partners to accountants and IT service providers, organizations today depend on all kinds of third parties for virtually every conceivable business function.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Attributes as Expert Systems

Adexa

If you are a client of Adexa, did you know that the supply chain planning engine that are you using has an AI expert system built into it? This is uniquely due to Adexa ‘s ability to deploy attributes for every object in the supply chain and form dynamic constraints that are used in search for the optimal plan. Expert systems are composed of a set of rules that the users train the system with.

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How Nevro Achieves Design Controls Success

Arena Solutions

Highlights from our discussion with Vis Ayer, Senior Director of Quality at Nevro. In our last blog, we explored why Good Design Controls Are Critical to Avoid FDA Issues. In this second part of our series, Vis Ayer of Nevro shares his experiences on the importance of good design controls. Nevro helps people who are living with chronic pain with an evidence-based pharmacologic neuromodulation platform to treat chronic back and leg pain.

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Insurance concerns for Truckers

Freight Plus

Lane Munson, VP of Commercial Risk & Benefits at Aon Transportation and Logistics Practice, joins Consulting Logistics to discuss the insurance marketplace for carriers and why some current trends should be concerning for shippers. Lane can be reached on. LinkedIn. Kyle can be reached on. LinkedIn. Future proof your supply chain. today! Subscribe now on. iTunes. , Spotify. , or simply search your favorite podcast player for Consulting Logistics!

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Visibility in Freight: Where’s My Stuff?

MercuryGate

The post Visibility in Freight: Where’s My Stuff? appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Insurance concerns for Truckers

Freight Plus

Lane Munson, VP of Commercial Risk & Benefits at Aon Transportation and Logistics Practice, joins Consulting Logistics to discuss the insurance marketplace for carriers and why some current trends should be concerning for shippers. Lane can be reached on. LinkedIn. Kyle can be reached on. LinkedIn. Future proof your supply chain. today! Subscribe now on. iTunes. , Spotify. , or simply search your favorite podcast player for Consulting Logistics!

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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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How Freight Bidding Can Boost Capacity and Strategic Value

GlobalTranz

Freight rates are in a state of constant flux, and while the market appears on the bridge of stabilization, the current peak season and uncertainty in global economies threaten to bring it to a halt. Also, the next set of general rate increases is around the corner, and shippers need to realize a few things.read More. The post How Freight Bidding Can Boost Capacity and Strategic Value appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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5 coming regulations that threaten trucking

DAT Solutions

There are a number of new regulations coming soon that have the potential to hit the trucking industry hard. Individually, each regulation may not move the needle much, but combined, they could turn the trucking environment from one of excess capacity to situation where trucks are hard to find. DAT load boards are the largest and most trusted digital marketplace for truckload freight. 1.

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TireHub Partners with ToolsGroup to Optimize Supply Chain Efficiency

ToolsGroup

PRESS RELEASE. TireHub Partners with ToolsGroup to Optimize Supply Chain Efficiency. Demand forecasting and inventory planning will bolster TireHub’s service-driven strategy. BOSTON, Mass. (Nov 20, 2019) ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, is pleased to announce TireHub has selected ToolsGroup as a partner to implement an innovative demand and supply systems solution that will support the company’s rapid growth.

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How to Prepare Your Fleet for Harsh Winter Roads

DELMIA Quintiq

For most businesses, a fleet keeps their business moving — even during the harsh winter months. Unfortunately, winter roads can damage the same fleet that makes your business possible. If you live in an area that regularly receives ice and snow, what should you be doing to prepare your fleet for the winter months? The Danger of Salt and De-Icing Chemicals.

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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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Brokerage profits grow as revenues decline in Q3

DAT Solutions

2019 was a mixed bag for brokers, and Q3 was no different. Revenue is lower than last year's for transportation intermediaries of almost all sizes, but many still preserved profits.

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How to Prepare Your Fleet for Harsh Winter Roads

DELMIA Quintiq

For most businesses, a fleet keeps their business moving — even during the harsh winter months. Unfortunately, winter roads can damage the same fleet that makes your business possible. If you live in an area that regularly receives ice and snow, what should you be doing to prepare your fleet for the winter months? The Danger of Salt and De-Icing Chemicals.

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The Need to Exceed: The Race to Become an ‘xPL’

Talking Logistics

Last month, Adrian Gonzalez’s blog post on value-added services for third-party logistics providers (3PL) provided statistical evidence from a survey that supports the transformational trend in the trade and logistics space. Carriers, freight forwarders and logistics service providers (LSPs) are aiming to fend off new disruptive competitors by building innovative digital platforms and tools to.

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Modern Transportation Management Systems Make Bottom-Line Impacts with True Optimization

3GTMS

Modern Transportation Management Systems Bring New Meaning to True Optimization When it comes to transportation management system (TMS) capabilities, many companies are skeptical of optimization. And for good reason: Old-generation TMS systems required a bolted-on optimization engine which was often clumsy and rarely out-performed actual human route planners.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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20 benefits of yoga for truckers

DAT Solutions

While out on the road, a truck driver’s movement can be limited and stress can be high. Yoga offers truckers a chance to move and stretch and decompress.

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Ensuring Supply Chain Continuity in a World Full of Uncertainty An Industry Week Special Report

ivalua

The post Ensuring Supply Chain Continuity in a World Full of Uncertainty An Industry Week Special Report appeared first on Ivalua.

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Reefer demand spikes ahead of Thanksgiving

DAT Solutions

Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away and there's an urgency to get fresh and frozen goods to supermarkets before the big day. Last week we saw the highest reefer volumes in the past three months.

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Art of Procurement Podcast – Harmonizing Global Procurement Processes And Technology At Deutsche Telekom

ivalua

The post Art of Procurement Podcast – Harmonizing Global Procurement Processes And Technology At Deutsche Telekom appeared first on Ivalua.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Actionable Insights: Inventory Value Action Center

QAD

In our previous Actionable Insights blog , we discussed QAD’s Customer Sales and Service Action Center. Next we will provide an overview of the Inventory Value Action Center as well as the associated key performance indicators (KPIs). Inventory Value Action Center Overview. Managing inventory is one of the most complex and critical jobs in all of manufacturing, so the ability to keep a close eye on fluctuating inventory values is crucial to any company’s success.

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Enhancing Supplier Engagement to Drive Competitive Advantage An IndustryWeek Special Report

ivalua

The post Enhancing Supplier Engagement to Drive Competitive Advantage An IndustryWeek Special Report appeared first on Ivalua.

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Supply Chain Planning in the Digital Age

Enterra Insights

In 2017, Gartner introduced a Supply Chain Planning Maturity Model with five planning stages. In the lowest stage (Stage 1), supply chain planning is inside-out, fragmented, local, unconstrained, and focused on revenue. In Stage 2, supply chain planning remains inside-out but achieves functional scale, local optimization, and focuses on reducing costs.

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Why Fulfill Orders from a Long Beach Warehouse?

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

When people say the Port of Long Beach is long on logistics advantages, they’re not exaggerating. Together with the Port of Los Angeles, this busy international gateway handles approximately 40% of all inbound U.S. ocean containers -- all while offering easy access to a vast land transportation network and huge consumer market.

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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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B3 streamlines deliveries with Axway AMPLIFY Platform

Axway

With the traffic of files over 80 GB, B3 uses the Axway platform to securely streamline their processes.

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It’s easier with Evans

3PL Insights

This has been true since we opened our doors. For nine decades, Evans Distribution Systems has answered customers’ logistical challenges in a timely, agile, and efficient manner. Since the beginning, in 1929, our customers have expressed how easy it is to work with us. However, it was not until the early 2000s that we really embraced what they were saying.

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Flash sale events! How to win the last mile on days like Black Friday or Thanksgiving

Loginext

What’s with same-day or next-day deliveries? Well if haven’t forgotten important dates such as Valentines’ or any other such day, you won’t much appreciate the urgency of fast deliveries to save face. All’s well that end’s well, and that’s why the right logistics technology, especially last mile, is critical for flash events.