Mon.Sep 10, 2018

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The Current State of E-Commerce Logistics

GlobalTranz

As recently as 2016, the state of e-commerce logistics triggered a rush to expand warehousing. International shipping and fulfillment grew more complex with time, and the demand for more efficient operations replaced the need to develop services. E-commerce takes an added level of finesse to manage, and customers will not hesitate to abandon your company if you cannot deliver.

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Cognitive Computing as a New Power in Business

Enterra Insights

In his 1597 Meditationes Sacrae , Sir Francis Bacon penned the phrase “ipsa scientia potestas est,” which means “knowledge itself is power.” Throughout history, the truth of that axiom has been proven time and again. As humankind’s knowledge base has grown, keeping up with new knowledge has proved extremely difficult. As a result, people have had to specialize in various fields.

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How Peapod drives supply chain innovation and efficiency with analytics

AIMMS

An interview with Daniël van Gool at Peapod. It’s an exciting era for retail as companies continue to focus on creating and providing a great experience for their customers, while driving innovation and market share. There’s no doubt that the role of data, technology and analytics in retailer decision-making is growing, and that this trend will further heat up over the next few years.

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NextShift Robotics, An Autonomous Mobile Robot that Optimizes the Picking Process

Logistics Viewpoints

313 million dollars has been invested in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for use in material handling in the last several years. An autonomous mobile robot is a vehicle that requires no change to a facilities infrastructure to implement and operate. Often, these vehicles are led around a facility and then create a map of the facility that is followed subsequently.

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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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How Peapod drives supply chain innovation and efficiency with analytics

AIMMS

An interview with Daniël van Gool at Peapod. It’s an exciting era for retail as companies continue to focus on creating and providing a great experience for their customers, while driving innovation and market share. There’s no doubt that the role of data, technology and analytics in retail decision-making is growing, and that this trend will further heat up over the next few years.

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How Peapod drives supply chain innovation and efficiency with analytics

AIMMS

An interview with Daniël van Gool at Peapod. It’s an exciting era for retail as companies continue to focus on creating and providing a great experience for their customers, while driving innovation and market share. There’s no doubt that the role of data, technology and analytics in retail decision-making is growing, and that this trend will further heat up over the next few years.

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Consulting Logistics: Episode 15 - Supply Chain Today w/ Eric Johnson senior editor, JOC

Freight Plus

Eric Johnson, senior editor of technology at the Journal of Commerce, joins the podcast this week to discuss the state of the logistics industry in 2018. We cover top news stories like the trade war, truck driver shortage and capacity crisis, as well as blockchain, transportation management systems, and other tech solutions that will soon shape the way you ship.

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It’s Time to Transform the Healthcare Supply Chain

Tecsys

Transformation is a disruptive undertaking, but the risks and opportunities within the IDN Supply Chain warrant a closer look into a health system's nextgen supply chain readiness. The post It’s Time to Transform the Healthcare Supply Chain appeared first on Tecsys.

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Consulting Logistics: Episode 15 - Supply Chain Today w/ Eric Johnson senior editor, JOC

Freight Plus

NEW PODCAST: Listen in as we discuss the trade war from the logistics media's perspective, the capacity crisis, and new tech!

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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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Italian Pharmaceutical Group Unifarm Manages Replenishment Orders of Customer Pharmacies with RELEX

RELEX Solutions

Read PDF. Unifarm S.p.A., a pharmaceutical products wholesaler which supplies 1900 pharmacies across Northern Italy and Sardinia, has implemented and fully rolled out RELEX’s system to improve the pharmacies’ inventory turnover and further increase the level of service they offer their customers. Unifarm is pioneering an innovative vendor managed inventory (VMI) service named SARA (Advanced Automatic Replenishment System, Sistema Avanzato di Riordino Automatico in Italian).

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Customers tell their inventory planing success story Part 1

Valogix

UK Laboratory Equipment Distributor.

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Supply Chain News on HP Claims to have Upped the Ante with New 3D Printer that Can Use Metals

Supply Chain Digest

HP Shooting for 3D Mass Parts Production, but that is Years Away

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Price list management: Mastering a multichannel pricing strategy

TradeGecko

In an age where information can be accessed instantly, it’s all too common for customers to pull out their phones in stores to see how the prices on the shelves compare with competitors’ prices. And, as more brands develop custom pricing strategies for different sales channels, savvy customers are even beginning to compare how a business’ prices differ in-store vs. online.

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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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Supply Chain News on Now Australian Paper Reporting on Tough Labor Conditions at Amazon Fulfillment Centers

Supply Chain Digest

The Reality is DC Jobs are not Very Good at Amazon or Anywhere

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The Dispatch | September 2018, Issue No. 8

Shipchain

Dear Community, September is here and we’re excited to fill you in on what has been going on at ShipChain. Make sure to read through everything outlined below, as there is quite a bit we have to share this month. September Q3 Tech Update. It’s here! We are excited to finally release the latest update from the dev team & fill you in on the progress they have made over the last quarter.

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Price list management: Mastering a multichannel pricing strategy

TradeGecko

In an age where information can be accessed instantly, it’s all too common for customers to pull out their phones in stores to see how the prices on the shelves compare with competitors’ prices. And, as more brands develop custom pricing strategies for different sales channels, savvy customers are even beginning to compare how a business’ prices differ in-store vs. online.

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Lego's Sweet Sustainability Plan: Plastic Made from Sugar Cane

Material Handling & Logistics

The beloved maker of plastic toy blocks wants to inspire a new wave of manufacturers to take a more creative approach to sustainable manufacturing. As the seas fill up with unwanted plastic and the world's reserves of oil—a raw material used in plastics production—go empty, Lego is trying to do what it has asked children to do for six decades: create something new out of a few building blocks and a lot of imagination.

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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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The Evolution of POS in Fuel Retailing – The Future’s Not What it Used to Be

Repl Group

The world of POS has evolved rapidly over recent years. Innovations such as contactless payment and biometric personalization have all made significant real world headway. One of the most creative evolutions in POS has been the ability to make store purchases on customers’ own mobile devices. In particular, the development of fuel payment systems that allow customers to pay for fuel (and other products) from the comfort of their car, with digital receipts and loyalty offers sent directly t

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SalesWarp Partners With Cool Pet Stuff

Saleswarp

SalesWarp is proud to announce their partnership with coolpetstuff.com. Cool Pet Stuff has made a niche in the pet products market by stocking hard to find pet items and specializing in professional and collegiate sports teams jerseys, collars, bandanas, and other sports team themed items for pets. Cool Pet Stuff stocks the majority of the products they sell, in their 10,000-foot warehouse located in Jonesboro, Arkansas.