Mon.Feb 27, 2017

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How Important is 1% to Your Supply Chain?

BlueYonder

Perhaps you’ve seen the recent mobile service ads, where the pitchman talks about a 1 percent difference in reliability. He and other characters in the commercial mock the importance of spending more for only a 1 percent difference in service. Perhaps I’m just tired of seeing this guy; he’s gone from pitching the “Can you hear me now?” provider to this new gig.

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Sustainable Logistics: Quantifying Sustainability Measures of Your Logistics

GlobalTranz

Calculating the carbon footprint of a company’s comprehensive logistics framework is tremendously complex. WorldShipping.org cites data from The Network for Transit and the Environment that shows that measured by grams/kg/km air freight as the largest carbon footprint impact and steamships as the lowest. Diesel rail is twice that of steamships, and the impact from trucks, while a fraction of air, is three times rail.

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Cognitive Computing in the CPG Sector = Efficiency and Innovation

Enterra Insights

Kraft-Heinz’ recent failed attempt to purchase Unilever for $143 billion dollars is unlikely to be the last news of mergers … Continued. The post Cognitive Computing in the CPG Sector = Efficiency and Innovation appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Supply Chain Visibility and Collaboration – How ERP Falls Short

synchrono

TR Cutler, Inc. Market Research (TMR) just released the results of a survey conducted in the first two weeks of February, 2017. The respondents were all discrete manufacturers and all held VP or C-level titles. The universe of completed surveys totaled 401 and inquired about the highest priorities for manufacturers today. (The sample size ensures statistical significance to a probability of +/- 3%).

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How Logistics Companies Are Cutting Labor Costs & Solving Turnover

Logistics companies face relentless challenges, from soaring labor costs to constant turnover. Many are now achieving remarkable results by adopting a groundbreaking staffing strategy that's rapidly transforming the industry. Unlike traditional staffing solutions, this innovative method integrates dedicated professionals directly into logistics operations, functioning as a seamless extension of internal teams.

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Top 5 Supply Chain Management Challenges Managers May Face

RFgen

Supply chain managers will have a lot of obstacles to overcome this year.,Supply chain managers will have a lot of obstacles to overcome this year. Supply chain managers constantly face problems that can hinder their ability to quickly and efficiently ship products. These issues can have cascading, damaging effects on their entire supply chain and supply chain management strategy.

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Top 5 Supply Chain Management Challenges Managers May Face

RFgen

Supply chain managers will have a lot of obstacles to overcome this year.,Supply chain managers will have a lot of obstacles to overcome this year. Supply chain managers constantly face problems that can hinder their ability to quickly and efficiently ship products. These issues can have cascading, damaging effects on their entire supply chain and supply chain management strategy.

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Green Supply Chain News on Climate Disclosure Project Annual Report Once Again Shows Progress on Emissions but Says It is not Enough

Supply Chain Digest

More than 4300 Suppliers to Large Companies Complete Survey, with About OneThird Saying they Reduce CO2 Emissions in 2016

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Inventory Overflow “How-To” Guide for Shippers

FLEXE

Seasonal inventory peaks. Expanding to new markets. Product launches. Sometimes you need more warehouse space. But that doesn’t mean you should have to source space and invest in long-term leases. That would be expensive, tie up valuable capital, and leave you with more space than you need. Instead, with on-demand warehousing from FLEXE, you gain a network of vetted professional warehouse providers nationwide that have room for your inventory.

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Supply Chain News on Number of Warehouse Workers Continues Significant Rise, Finally Starting to Put Upward Pressure on Wages

Supply Chain Digest

300,000 More Warehouse Jobs Since 2007, but Wages have Been Slow to Rise Until Recently

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Precision in Motion: Why Process Optimization Is the Future of Manufacturing

Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management

In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.

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Dedicated Fleet: A Growing Piece of the Transportation Puzzle

Talking Logistics

In a guest commentary we published back in July 2013 titled “ Dedicated Fleet and Common Carrier Network: A Match Made in Heaven? ,” Scott Nemeth writes: Say you’ve always used a for-hire common carrier to deliver goods and materials. Or, maybe you prefer to use your own private fleet. Or you only use a dedicated fleet from a trusted partner. In today’s complex and volatile business environment, that strategy may no longer work.

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Announcing the Freightos International Freight Index

Freightos

Announcing the Freightos International Freight Index. By Noam Fraenkel, VP Data and Analytics, Freightos. Today, Freightos is giving away statistical analysis of some 300 million international freight market data points, launching the Freightos International Freight Index (FIFI). And we’re doing it for free. Here’s Why. As the VP of Data and Analytics at Freightos, I find freight data incredibly exciting.

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What Angels Need To Do To Get The New, Best Deals

Marianne Hudson

Entire dev. teams, w/ significant experience (2-3 yrs+) working together, are leaving giant tech companies to found startups. These teams are typically funded quickly and their rounds are oversubscribed. How do angels access these companies and make a quick, reasoned decision on the opportunity?

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EcoVadis 2016 Year in Review

EcoVadis

We took some time to reflect back on 2016. It was a great year for EcoVadis – we have expanded further across the globe, reinforced our internal structure and raised our first external funding. Here are some highlights and achievement in the infographic below – click on the image to view in full. .

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Reducing Global Lead Times To Improve Customer Experience At Becton Dickinson

Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global

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QF: Monday Info-graphic

Quantified Freight

All the best. -QF. The post QF: Monday Info-graphic appeared first on Quantified Freight.

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Heavy Haul, Oversize Freight Transportation – Case Studies

Freightera

Project 1 – Heavy Equipment Hauling. Customer : Large US chemical and refinery services company. Industry : Chemical Processing, Oil & Gas. Goal : Freightera was tasked to move 8 heavy, oversize refinery units from Houston, Texas to Toledo, Ohio, USA (over 1250 miles) and 10 flat-bed loads. Back in August 2016, a client had to move 8 refinery pieces of 14 ft x 16 ft x 45 ft long and each weighted an excess of 50,000 pounds, some were almost 100,000 pounds loaded on a truck.