Mon.Aug 13, 2018

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The Experiential Supply Chain

Elementum

First it was the industrial economy. Then, creeping into the 21st century we saw the rise of the service economy. Now, supply chains are being disrupted by the experience economy. Led by Millennials who demand both more customized experiences and more granular visibility into the lifecycle of their purchases, the experience economy is forcing huge changes in the way business is done.

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Omnichannel Fulfillment and the Amazon Effect

Enterra Insights

Many analysts assert the rise of e-commerce and the emergence of Amazon as an online retailer created the so-called “Amazon Effect” and set the stage for the Retail Apocalypse. Lin Grosman, Director of Communications and PR at GoDataFeed, observes, “The Amazon effect has dramatically changed the way we shop since the company debuted in 1994.

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Optimize Your Freight Spend Without Negotiation

Talking Logistics

Companies across all industries are dealing with rising transportation costs and a key question many CEOs, CFOs, and supply chain executives are asking is, “What can we do to better manage and control our freight spend in today’s market?” To get an expert’s response to that question, I interviewed Michael Falls, Senior Manager of Operations at enVista , in a recent episode of Talking Logistics.

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FMCG cost savings versus sales & marketing budgets!

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

There is your dilemma. You need to save cash towards an expensive year-end holiday but you really do not know the best place from where to take the money. Do you take it from your day to day current account which is already set up to pay the routine monthly bills and invoices? Do you take funds out of an investment account that has not yet actually matured?

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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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Unlocking the Value in Blockchain for Logistics

GlobalTranz

The value in blockchain for logistics is about more than just retaining information. Blockchain technology builds value in the supply chain through better transparency and process standardization, but it holds additional value through new logistics services and business models. For instance, blockchain enhances freight auditing and invoice management, as well as cybersecurity.

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The Experiential Supply Chain

Elementum

First it was the industrial economy. Then, creeping into the 21st century we saw the rise of the service economy. Now, supply chains are being disrupted by the experience economy. Led by Millennials who demand both more customized experiences and more granular visibility into the lifecycle of their purchases, the experience economy is forcing huge changes in the way business is done.

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Supply Chain Management in the Automotive Industry

Supply Chain 24/7

In this paper, we discuss why industrial computing plays a major role throughout the entire automotive supply chain, from allocation and storage of raw materials and components to production and delivery to timely spare parts procurement.

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Supply Chain News on Eight New Ways Procurement Managers Can Drive Value

Supply Chain Digest

From Insisting Suppliers Buy Your Products to Bartering Some Interesting Ideas from Airline Procurement Exec

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Summer freight: Calm before the storm?

DAT Solutions

Brokers and shippers have had an easier time finding trucks in recent weeks, at least when compared to the frantic first half of the year. That extra capacity has taken some of the pressure off of pricing. Freight rates have steadily declined since the Fourth of July, but they're still high. Spot market volume is also now on par with 2017, with load-to-truck ratios for each trailer type finally coming back to earth.

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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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Controversial 2007 Prediction that RFID Would not Replace Bar Coding in the Supply Chain Still Proving Accurate More than 10 Years Later

Supply Chain Digest

Noteworthy Blog Post by Ronan Clinton of Heavey RF is More Right than Wrong more than 10 Years Later

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Manage Your E-Commerce Inventory Like a Pro

APICS

Without a well-groomed inventory system, your e-commerce business will never reach its potential. Following are some common e-commerce errors. By establishing what the worst practices are, you can ensure that your business only does the best.

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Retail Compliance: Solving for Walmart Vendor Guidelines

Zipline Logistics

Strategic appointment times and booking of preferred carriers makes meeting retail compliance standards simple. A producer of organic superfoods engaged Zipline Logistics to solve reoccurring delivery problems for one of its largest customers – Walmart. Orders for the big-box store were consistently rejected. This caused orders to be late, extra paperwork, and the potential for […].

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

Provenance has partnered with the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis Agency (Growth Analysis) , to explore how blockchain technology can help to valorise sustainable practices in the Rare Earth Elements mining sector. The result? A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability.

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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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Injection moulding machines trends in 2018

Exapro Hub

Do you know the latest injection moulding machines trends in 2018? Your company needs to know every possible prediction because technology evolves faster than you think. History shows that new materials are constantly being created alongside new techniques that need to be mastered. Perhaps you are already implementing them. You think they are made to last or maybe you think they won’t last very long.

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How to Increase Transparency Along the Supply Chain: Lessons from the Automotive Industry

EcoVadis

After 18 months of piloting and deployment, Michelin is ready to investigate the results from Rubberway, an app designed to map the upstream natural rubber supply chain. As much as 85 percent of rubber tree plantations in the world are made up of small farms, with the average size of around three hectares, which are managed directly by owner-operators.

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In Times of Trade War, Companies Get Creative to Avoid Tariffs

Material Handling & Logistics

Tactics range from using free-trade zones to bonded warehouses. Facing the barrage of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Steve Katz is ducking for cover in the trade-war version of a demilitarized zone. Katz manages a plant at United Chemi-Con in Lansing, North Carolina, a village of about 150 people with no traffic signal. The facility, which makes capacitors for industrial and consumer products, is covered by a foreign-trade zone based in Greensboro.