Wed.Feb 19, 2020

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What Is Demand Sensing and How Do You Get Started?

ToolsGroup

“Good old supply chain. It just gets simpler every year!”. … said no VP of supply chain ever. . We’ve created quite a monster with all the sophisticated tools we use to influence demand with pricing, new product introductions and promotions. Internet-fed trends are changing at hyper-speed. As businesses use more “levers” to influence demand, demand variability grows.

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How to Dispute a Walmart Deduction

SupplyPike

What is a retail deduction? For retail suppliers, deductions can have a drastic impact on their bottom line. Deductions ( also known as chargebacks ) are the fines that suppliers receive from their retailers when a perceived issue has happened in the supplier’s supply chain. Anything from shortages in shipping to a price difference between a purchase order and invoice can trigger one of these costly charges.

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What are Ecommerce Shipping Zones?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Shipping Zones article originally published by, and permission to publish here provide by Jake Rheude at redstagfulfillment.com. Carriers such as FedEx, UPS, and USPS use shipping zones to determine the shipping cost of a package. Zones relate closely (but often not exactly) to distance traveled.

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Freight & Transportation Management Trends for 2020 to Know

GlobalTranz

The transportation management trends for 2020 reflect a growing consensus that new technology and visibility will define the successes of the future supply chain. Adoption rates for new services and cloud-based technologies are climbing, and the global transportation management system (TMS) is expanding. In fact, according to FreightWaves, the global TMS market will achieve a.read More.

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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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Confused About What to Do? Try Prescriptive Analytics.

Enterra Insights

Most humans are curious about the future. This curiosity motivates people to visit oracles, study the stars, consult shamans, get their palms read, stare into crystal balls, and turn over tarot cards. Business leaders are not immune to this curiosity; however, their methods for divining the future generally involves gathering smart people together to perform what-if analysis, identify trends, and produce forecasts.

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Coronavirus supply chain disruption: How APIs can help

Axway

Wuhan province is the largest industrial material component sourcing region in the world. It’s what Detroit was 50 years ago—where everything is made.

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Be Predictive Not JUST Responsive

Adexa

I am sure you have noticed that the younger a child is the less planning they do. A toddler crawls or walks seemingly purposelessly, touches objects curiously and observes intensely. It is all execution with no plans. A lot of supply chains operate in more or less the same way using Excel spreadsheets to “plan.” And when they try to execute, they run into all kinds of surprises and manual adjustments, just like a little toddler, keep adjusting the execution.

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An Entrepreneurial Spirit

BlueYonder

Christina Luna, senior director, digital experience at Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software), channels her entrepreneurial spirit in everything she does in her role and 15-year career at the company. From an early age she took interest in retail and the customer experience. That interest is the common thread throughout her career, which is sprinkled with passion and dedication to breathing new ideas and innovation into everything she does.

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Inside Arena: Meet Your Customer Success Coach

Arena Solutions

After PLM or QMS “go-live”, who helps you maximize your investment? How do you continue during transition times when your Arena administrator leaves? What if your organization changes due to a merger? We sat down with some of our Arena Customer Success Coaches to learn more. Your Success Is Our Success. Arena Success Coaches are available to all Arena customers who are using Arena PLM, QMS, Empower, or PLM for AWS GovCloud.

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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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Gaming Out Your Logistical Response to the Corona Virus

The Smart Software

This short note is about one way your business can develop a plan to adjust to one of the likely fallouts from the virus: sudden increases in the time it takes to get inventory replenishment from suppliers. Supply chains around the world are being disrupted. If this happens to you, how can you react in a systematic way? The post Gaming Out Your Logistical Response to the Corona Virus appeared first on Smart Software.

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Reducing Driver Detention at The Home Depot: A conversation with Ron Guzzi [Podcast]

CHAINalytics

The post Reducing Driver Detention at The Home Depot: A conversation with Ron Guzzi [Podcast] appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Air Cargo on the Lower Deck – Lower Carbon Emissions Than You Think

Freightos

Air cargo has a bad reputation as the freight mode with by far the worst CO 2 footprint. It turns out that this negative reputation may be highly exaggerated and air cargo is less of an environmental hazard than often thought. CO 2 emissions for the various modes of freight are usually measured in terms of grams of CO 2 emitted per ton-kilometer of freight – that is per ton of freight and per kilometer (km) of distance.

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Reducing Driver Retention at The Home Depot: A conversation with Ron Guzzi [Podcast]

CHAINalytics

The post Reducing Driver Retention at The Home Depot: A conversation with Ron Guzzi [Podcast] appeared first on Chainalytics.

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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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ARC’s Analysis of the Global Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) Market

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group’s framework and process for analyzing the global AS/RS market provides valuable insights into the competitive environment, influential factors, and growth dynamics of this rapidly evolving and expanding market. AS/RS in this context includes traditional AS/RS, shuttle systems, and cube-based automated storage systems. The post ARC’s Analysis of the Global Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) Market appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Supply Chain Graphicof the Week on Ocean Cargo Ships Increasingly at Risk Due to GPS Interference

Supply Chain Digest

Governments, Military and Criminals Jamming and Faking Real GPS Signals

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[Watch] On-Demand Recording: Live Q&A on Design for Manufacturing

Dragon Innovation

Dragon Innovation, CEO & Co-Founder, Scott N. Miller and Dr. Hassan Rashidi were featured in a live Q&A session, answering questions on Design for Manufacturing for this live webinar recording , that has been packaged to be watched on-demand.

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7 Steps to Build Your Strategy and Roadmap for Digital Transformation – Part 2

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Digital technologies are transforming how businesses operate. Manufacturers today understand the importance of these changes but many find it hard to keep pace with technological advancements. Without a precise strategy in place, successfully deploying your first initiative towards digital transformation is going to prove extremely challenging. According to Jonathan Gross of Pemeco Consulting, here are 7 steps to help you […].

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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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Herlitz Inventory Management Celebrates 10 Years in Business

Herlitz Inventory Management

How HIMPACT Started from a Legacy of Innovation in Inventory Management. When I reflect back on the past decade, the word that comes to mind is…wow! I can’t believe we are already at our ten-year anniversary! I’d like to start off by thanking our clients for trusting us and for all those who have supported us along the way. It is because of our clients and the experience we gain from them that we are able to do great work and create products that truly generate results.

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Overcoming Amazon Guilt: Win Over Shoppers Throughout The Customer Journey

Convey

[This blog is part of a four-part series. Using SurveyMonkey, we surveyed 2,000 shoppers […]. The post Overcoming Amazon Guilt: Win Over Shoppers Throughout The Customer Journey appeared first on Convey.

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How a Customer-Focused 3PL Can Save You Time

Zipline Logistics

Outsourcing logistics through a third-party transportation services provider has become a common practice. In fact, 73% of shippers report outsourcing their domestic transportation. It’s a popular choice because there are numerous benefits to working with the right logistics provider. A customer-focused 3PL can take daily logistics to-dos off your plate, add efficiencies, solve problems, and save you money.

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Common MDM Pitfalls and How to Steer Clear of them

Vinculum

Over the past decades, the significance of data for successful day-to-day business operations has witnessed a surge. Simply put, data has become the backbone of business enterprises irrespective of their industry, size, and expertise. Data and the derived insights are essential in conceptualizing, planning and executing every strategic business initiative and daily operations.

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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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Supplier Engagement Surveys Made Simple

EC Sourcing Group

A simple way to increase supplier engagement is to utilize your RFI tool. Most organizations list supplier engagement as a top goal. Motivated suppliers help your bottom line and organizational efficiency. If it is a headache to do business with your company, many suppliers will look for other business partners. Your RFI tool can help you automate the process if you follow some simple rules.

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Warehouse and DC News Roundup- February 2020

Lucas

A Buyer’s Market For Warehouse Space? The 5-year building boom in new warehouse and DC construction is expected to continue in 2020. But supply may finally be catching up with demand. According to a recent. Keep Reading. The post Warehouse and DC News Roundup- February 2020 appeared first on Work Execution Software Solutions.

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Machine Learning Overview, Part 2

DELMIA Quintiq

Part 2 of a 2-part series. In case you missed it, check out Machine Learning Overview, Part 1 in our DELMIA Blog. Unsupervised Machine Learning. In contrast to supervised Machine Learning, unsupervised machine learning doesn’t have any monitoring or teaching system. We let the machine to figure out its own model from unlabeled data. In figure 2 the data set consists of ‘n’ images of cats and dogs but now this image is unlabeled (means we don’t mention their tags to learning system), for instance