Convey
MARCH 4, 2019
Thanks to Amazon, fast and free shipping is now the norm—and customer expectations are […]. The post How Can Direct to Consumer Brands Compete in the Era of Amazon? appeared first on Convey.
Veridian Solutions
MARCH 4, 2019
Supply chain leaders are under increasing pressure to improve productivity and efficiency in the warehouse. Demands from labor resources for better pay, better treatment, and more opportunity have never been higher. In the goal of achieving warehouse cost savings, WMS automation must be a top priority for your organization. However, supply chain leaders need to understand the challenges in WMS automation, why WMS automation is the new standard for effective warehouse management , and a few tips
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The Network Effect
MARCH 4, 2019
This “unglamorous” process can uncover hidden problems and opportunities for better warehouse operations While there are many new cool technologies. The post Tune Up: Auditing Your Warehouse for Peak Performance appeared first on The Network Effect.
ivalua
MARCH 4, 2019
In less than a month, the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union, meaning the end of the freedom of movement and goods, and many of the regulations UK and European businesses have come to benefit from over the decades. Despite this major overhaul to the business environment, organisations are still no closer to understanding what kind of Brexit the UK will end up with.
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
OptiProERP
MARCH 4, 2019
The possibilities are endless with digital transformation, limited only by an ability to think about your business – what you do, how you do it, how you could do it better, quicker or smarter. In our blog, “What is Intelligent ERP?” , we looked at the enablers of digital business: cloud, mobile technologies, analytics, the internet of things (IoT), big data, and machine learning, all leading to smart factories.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
OptiProERP
MARCH 4, 2019
You may have heard about Intelligent ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), but what is it? In two words, CONNECTIVITY and ACCESS. IDC defines Intelligent ERP as ERP applications or suites that use machine learning and advanced analytics built on a large, curated data set to forecast, track, learn, route, analyze, predict, report, and manage these resources and business processes.
CHAINalytics
MARCH 4, 2019
The post A Spotlight on Seasonal Items and the Need for Forecast Value Add Analysis appeared first on Chainalytics.
Resilinc
MARCH 4, 2019
The authors of the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Global Risks Report pose the question, “Is the world sleepwalking into a crisis”, at the beginning of their sobering description of an economic and political climate in which “global risks are intensifying [while] the collective will to tackle them appears to be lacking.” Of utmost concern, according to the report, are the “geopolitical and geo-economic tensions” that are creating turmoil and uncertainty in trade and investment relations between cou
NC State SCRC
MARCH 4, 2019
A group of executive joined SCRC faculty and staff for a one-day workshop held on February 28, 2019. Companies represented included Advanced Auto Parts, John Deere, Hanes Brands, UPS, FHI, Lenovo, GSK, Altria, and UNC Healthcare. The topics of discussion covered a wide spectrum of issues associated with the current state of the challenging job market, including the current landscape, key criteria for consideration of labor outsourcing options, alternate models of employment, dealing with seaso
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.
Resilinc
MARCH 4, 2019
For corporations with international supply chains, 2018 provided many familiar challenges—from managing the impacts of fires and natural disasters on suppliers and logistics vendors to analyzing the risks that a merger and acquisitions (M&A) could lead a supplier to stop producing certain parts or components. But Resilinc’s 2018 EventWatch data and our qualitative analysis of supply chain issues affecting our customers reveal that highly fluid geopolitical issues— especially the U.S.
TPSynergy
MARCH 4, 2019
In most supply chains, warehouses and 3pl (third party logistics) providers are an essential part in ensuring that products arrive on time and are accounted for properly. Many businesses today rely on paper documents to convey information to and from warehouses, which takes time and is prone to errors, both of which slow down your supply chain. However, modern technology allows businesses to use EDI messages, which come with a variety of benefits, including: Collaboration : Some benefits of havi
Bristlecone
MARCH 4, 2019
The post Responsive Supply Chain: Designing and Evaluating an IT Solution appeared first on Bristlecone.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 4, 2019
Driver Shortage Remains at Root of Higher Freight Costs, which are Triggering Inflation
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Bristlecone
MARCH 4, 2019
The post Supply Chain Transformation: Enabled Effectively By SAP S/4HANA appeared first on Bristlecone.
GlobalTranz
MARCH 4, 2019
The U.S. parcel market is the largest sector of the logistics industry. In 2017, the U.S. parcel market was worth $84 billion and 12.7 billion shipments, reports the Journal of Commerce, and the vast majority of those shipments weighed less than 5 pounds. With the rise of e-commerce, demand for parcel has skyrocketed, and shippers.read More. The post Top Trends in Parcel Shipping for 2019 appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.
3GTMS
MARCH 4, 2019
By J.P. Wiggins, Vice President of Logistics Visibility is a hot topic in transportation right now, and it should be. With TMSs able to deliver better visibility than ever before – including connecting internal and external systems, as well as gathering, translating and sharing data – visibility in-transit helps you address problems as they happen […].
GlobalTranz
MARCH 4, 2019
The U.S. parcel market is the largest sector of the logistics industry. In 2017, the U.S. parcel market was worth $84 billion and 12.7 billion shipments, reports the Journal of Commerce, and the vast majority of those shipments weighed less than 5 pounds. With the rise of e-commerce, demand for parcel has skyrocketed, and shippers.read More. The post Top Trends in Parcel Shipping for 2019 appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 4, 2019
Pricing Remains Mostly Below Operating Costs
ivalua
MARCH 4, 2019
By Christopher Bourez. Many providers in the market talk about leveraging machine learning to capture and digitize information such as that from an invoice. The truth is that the improvement in accuracy that machine learning can offer really varies widely – they are not all made equal. For example, some may call a rule-based engine machine learning.
Supply Chain Digest
MARCH 4, 2019
This Wee, Observations from John Santagate of IDC
Talking Logistics
MARCH 4, 2019
Last week FedEx introduced its FedEx SameDay Bot. Here are some details from the press release: With the bot, retailers will be able to accept orders from nearby customers and deliver them by bot directly to customers’ homes or businesses the same day. FedEx is collaborating with companies such as AutoZone, Lowe’s, Pizza Hut, Target, Walgreens and Walmart to help assess retailers’ autonomous delivery needs.
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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.
Supply Chain Brain
MARCH 4, 2019
The conventional notion about online shoppers is that they want it now, and they want it for free. But a new study refutes that assumption, at least partially.
Unleashed
MARCH 4, 2019
In our increasingly digital, and moreover, consumer-driven world, inventory management can be tough for business owners. Whereas traditional inventory management was fulfilled in bulk and only took into account the brick-and-mortar store, these days it’s much different. Consumers are increasingly demanding newer, more efficient and more convenient ways of ordering and receiving products.
Supply Chain Brain
MARCH 4, 2019
Well-managed product inventory can be a marketplace differentiator — especially when a product is produced in one country and sold in another.
Supply Chain Network
MARCH 4, 2019
Not the company you expect to hear is closing stores… But Amazon has now closed all of their 87 Pop-Up Stores! [link].
This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.
Enterra Insights
MARCH 4, 2019
When talking about big data, the modifier “big” could just as easily apply to its effect on business as it does to the amount of data being collected. The digital age is all about data and companies failing to leverage big data could find survival difficult. Big data touches almost every aspect of a business and marketing is no exception.
Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
MARCH 4, 2019
Amware recently sponsored the publication of a Mighty Guide titled 8 Experts on Marketing Fulfillment. In this eBook, marketing executives from a variety of industries share their insights of outsourcing fulfillment and getting the most from their companies’ marketing fulfillment programs.
My Office Apps
MARCH 4, 2019
Where Did Your ERP System Originate From? If you had a very experienced finance manager, would you want them to head your production department? Or would you rather have someone with deep experience in production and inventory control do that job? The same questions should be raised with the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software that you choose.
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