Tue.May 31, 2016

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Targeted Marketing in the Age of Cognitive Computing

Enterra Insights

“The future of marketing,” writes Derek Newton (@DerekTNG), “is intensely personal — marketing targeted not just to you, but to … Continued. The post Targeted Marketing in the Age of Cognitive Computing appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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3 Key Decision Making Technology Enablers at Organizations

River Logic

Organizations Deploy to Improve Decisions and Business Outcomes. Forward-looking decision making in a business environment has always been about making rapid trade-offs in a highly constrained environment based on the available data in an organization. In this blog we explore how it will evolve in the future as well as 3 key technology enablers that needs to be adopted.

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B2B Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore e-Commerce Sales Strategy

Logistyx

Investing in an e-Commerce Supply Chain Strategy Pays Off for More B2B Companies For B2B companies that have hesitated to add an online store as a sales channel, it may be time to reconsider. Sure, the time and financial investment can seem daunting, but the boost in sales revenue that can be attained can be tremendous. According to […].

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What is “push” and “pull” distribution?” – Part 15

APICS

In the previous blog we examined closely the mechanics of the reorder point (ROP) pull system. Although reorder points do provide an effective technique for multiechelon inventory replenishment, they have several important drawbacks.

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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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Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part One

Arkieva

I pride myself on being an expert in designing and implementing Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning. Companies that have a good SiOP process can’t imagine how to live without it. It is the key instrument for the CEO to navigate the business along the budget towards its strategic targets. In Part One of the SiOP series of blogs we’ve distilled from the many projects we have done over the last 10 years.

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Made in India: an Impossible Dream or A Reachable Star?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Rafael Lozano, Vinay Kondapi, Christopher Tang, and Tommy Tseng. In February, 2016, India unveiled the world’s cheapest smartphone “Freedom 251” that sells for US$ 4! The Freedom 215 phone comes with a 4-inch display and a 3.2 megapixel front camera. It runs on Android 5.1 operating system with preloaded apps such as Women Safety, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Think Tank Report: Integrated Business Planning

All Things Supply Chain

On May 24, 2016 a group of nine supply chain and operations managers gathered together in Düsseldorf to discuss the pressing issues surrounding the topic of Integrated Business Planning and how the approach can be used to drive business growth.

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Cost Reduction in Supply Chains by Opportunity and by Design

Logistics Bureau

When customers step up pressure on prices and when economic growth flattens or dips, a supply manager’s mind turns to cost reduction. Or rather, it turns even more to cost reduction, as squeezing out savings that then show up directly on the bottom line is a goal that never goes away. Some of the dollars to be recovered may come from immediate actions, such as reducing inventory.

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Supply Chain News on Lean Thinking, where For Economies of Scale in Manufacturing, It is All about Repetition

Supply Chain Digest

Levelled Production Wins in the End over Economies of Scale in Most Factories

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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 US Manufacturers can Improve Manufacturing Productivity to Overtake China

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Daniel Waldron with Armagard. In this article, Daniel investigates how the US can overtake China with manufacturing productivity. According to the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index - developed by Deloitte and the Council on Competitiveness - China leads the way as the world’s most competitive manufacturing nation.

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Supply Chain News onThe Top Distribution Center Metrics for 2016

Supply Chain Digest

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I Did My Driveway

Tailwind

 And now. my truck’s in gear And so I face the final curtain My friend I’ll steer it clear I’ll state my case Of which I’m certain I’ve got, a truck that's full I’ve travelled each and ev’ry highway But more, much more than this I’m in my driveway Chargebacks, I’ve had a few But then again - too few to mention I did what I had to do What got me through were Tax exemptions And now. my truck’s in gear And so I face the final curta

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Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest Starting May 31, 2016

Supply Chain Digest

Show us your Supply Chain Wit

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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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Five good habits that make for better supermarket inventory management

RELEX Solutions

There are few challenges in retail tougher than managing groceries ; optimizing a broad inventory that includes fresh and short-shelf-life products is not easy. And there are few things that show better what a supply chain professional and a supermarket inventory management system can do and the impact they can have on profitability. Better replenishment of perishables means your displays look better, customers get fresher goods and you sell more.

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Implantable RFID Movement Seems to be Growing. Are You Ready for Your Chip

Supply Chain Digest

Dangerous Things has Sold Thousands of Implant Kits, Saw Sales Rise 50 Percent in 2015

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On-Demand Company Spotlight: wework

FLEXE

<p>You could probably come up with several on-demand service companies off the top of your head without hesitating; Uber, airbnb, Postmates… There are hundreds of companies founded on the idea that when consumers want something, they want it now. And in business, our expectations are no different. So, there is also a broad spectrum of companies that provide on-demand B2B services that enable businesses to quickly get what they need so they can pivot and shift with greater agility.

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On-Demand Company Spotlight: wework

FLEXE

You could probably come up with several on-demand service companies off the top of your head without hesitating; Uber, airbnb, Postmates… There are hundreds of companies founded on the idea that when consumers want something, they want it now. And in business, our expectations are no different. So, there is also a broad spectrum of companies that provide on-demand B2B services that enable businesses to quickly get what they need so they can pivot and shift with greater agility.

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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.