Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

The level of sophistication in the consumer chain has advanced a thousand-fold in the past decade alone. What was formerly a rather simple process of planning promotions has now become a complex blend of technology and skill at predicting consumer behavior. It hasn’t been too long ago that a typical consumer products manufacturer rep would replicate last year’s plan, make any adjustments for an account’s expanded stores, new markets, or new product launches, and dub it the new current year fore

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2017

No one can argue that the rise of ecommerce and omni-channel fulfillment has dramatically impacted the supply chain in recent years. Once consumers were shown what was possible in the world of online retailing and home delivery, their behavior – and expectations – began to change. This shift forced retailers to change how they did business, worked with suppliers and served their customers.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Concerns about cyber security are nothing new. Elena Kvochko (@elenakvochko), a cyber security expert, observes, “Cyber security has long become … Continued. The post Supply Chain Cyber Security Risks Rising appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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3PL Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

A family-owned tomato products company, Stanislaus Food Products creates superior quality tomato-based food. Providing tomato goods for use in cooking from scratch, to ready-to-serve tomato products, Stanislaus only uses the best and freshest tomatoes, and doesn’t compromise on finished quality. From the start of the process, to the final finished goods in the hands of the customer, Stanislaus strives to partner with quality tomato growers and maintains high-quality standards, and uses the manpo

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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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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 3, 2017

At a recent meeting I attended, several members of a quality team noted that suppliers sharing process capability data from their line would provide enormous benefit. Emerging real-time quality data systems being deployed by companies will improve the exchange of information between suppliers and Quality personnel, especially around inspection reports.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2017

An East Coast version of Southern California’s Inland Empire? It may be too early to make a claim of that magnitude, but that’s what some people are saying about Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley – home to KANE’s Allentown warehousing campus.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 3, 2017

Deanna Peters of Printpack and Dale Stout of Johnson and Johnson Take Home the Prize with Great Captions

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 3, 2017

Would you add a stop to your route if it meant potentially boosting your revenue by 25%? By 35%? Maybe even 50%? With DAT’s one-of-a-kind TriHaul™ tool, you get automatic suggestions for triangular routes that can help you avoid low-paying lanes and backhaul rates. TriHaul is included in every DAT TruckersEdge Pro subscription, which lets you plan your routes more efficiently while putting more money in your pocket, HOW DOES DAT TRIHAUL WORK?

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 3, 2017

Walmart Putting More Pressure on Vendors for Green Supply Chain Retail Grocery Space in US Reaching Saturationm Charleston Says Let Barges Move Containers, Air Freight Volumes Continue Surge

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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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TradeGecko

AUGUST 3, 2017

The wholesale business is changing. As the market opens up to a global audience on both the buy and sell side, businesses are responding by moving online to take advantage of new customers internationally and remain competitive. Some wholesalers are also opening B2C sales channels in order to diversify their business.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 3, 2017

When designing the layout of their stores, retailers understandably pay close attention to the front spaces—the places where consumers purchase goods and interact with staff. The dynamics of these customer-facing areas are well understood. Backroom spaces, on the other hand, tend to attract less attention and are not as well understood, especially in the context […].

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 3, 2017

Parcel shipping makes up a major portion of the total transportation and shipping industry, and the volume of parcel invoices coming into even small shippers can be overwhelming. In addition, parcel shipping can be a cost center filled with instances of double billing, inaccuracies, and problems. As a result, shippers need a dedicated way to ensure this multitude of invoices is correct, but creating and managing an in-house parcel invoice auditing team can be complicated at best.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 3, 2017

Recently I had the opportunity to contribute to a Supply Chain Quarterly article about the value of moving from a single-mode supply chain approach centered on operational excellence to a multimodal, segmented supply chain strategy. Following is an excerpt of the article, which was co-authored by Ehap Sabri, an adjunct professor for the MBA program at University of Texas at Dallas, and Shiva Esturi, supply chain fellow at Western Digital Corporation: “This single-mode approach works well for a l

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 3, 2017

Recently I had the opportunity to contribute to a Supply Chain Quarterly article about the value of moving from a single-mode supply chain approach centered on operational excellence to a multimodal, segmented supply chain strategy. Following is an excerpt of the article, which was co-authored by Ehap Sabri, an adjunct professor for the MBA program at University of Texas at Dallas, and Shiva Esturi, supply chain fellow at Western Digital Corporation: “This single-mode approach works well for a l

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