Thu.Mar 07, 2019

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How to Improve Supply Chain Visibility Across the Order Lifecycle

EnVista

The ability to achieve supply chain visibility – from order to invoice – has quickly evolved from a “nice-to-have” to a “must-have.”.

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Are Your Suppliers in Trouble? Warning Signs and What to Do

Material Handling & Logistics

Tariffs, trade disputes and changes in consumer tastes can hurt your suppliers--and, in turn, you.

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Omnichannel Grocery: The Current Climate (Part 1)

C3 Solutions

Grocery shopping is the new frontier in e-commerce. When Amazon bought Whole Foods in June 2017, grocery retailers took notice, and the race to omnichannel grocery fulfillment was on. As more and more people look to online ordering to meet their grocery needs, a number of factors are creating a serious competitive challenge for grocery retailers.

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Regaining control: Inventory management best practices (Part three)

Kinaxis

by Richard Cushing In part one and part two of “Regaining control: Inventory management best practices”, we talked about controlling inventory, before being able to competently manage inventory. Here in part three, we’ll explore what other important supply chain inventory management best practices. This time around, we make specific recommendations on units of measure, the importance of repacking and resealing, and value of dedicating time to cycle counts.

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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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QAD Named to Food Logistics Magazine Top 100 Providers

QAD

Food and beverage manufacturing can be complex and challenging. For professionals in this industry, only a few things are guaranteed. They will always be busy. There will not be much time to stop and look around to see what is happening in the industry outside the four walls of their own world. Luckily in today’s digital age, there are resources available that are easy to access.

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Are Lean Manufacturing and Just-in-Time Manufacturing the Same?

RFgen

Key Takeaways: Just in Time Manufacturing was designed to improve the manufacturing and the supply chain processes. Lean manufacturing emphasizes customer desires. Each type is only productive if businesses have transparency into asset performance. A strong tracking solution for materials and assets is the cornerstone to JIT and lean manufacturing. When it comes to producing product, manufacturers have many options for the methodologies they adopt.

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Rise Above the Amazon Effect: Survive and Compete with DEM

Convey

It’s no secret that Amazon dominates the eCommerce space. With 49% of online market […]. The post Rise Above the Amazon Effect: Survive and Compete with DEM appeared first on Convey.

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Are Lean Manufacturing and Just-in-Time Manufacturing the Same?

RFgen

Key Takeaways: Just in Time Manufacturing was designed to improve the manufacturing and the supply chain processes. Lean manufacturing emphasizes customer desires. Each type is only productive if businesses have transparency into asset performance. A strong tracking solution for materials and assets is the cornerstone to JIT and lean manufacturing. When it comes to producing product, manufacturers have many options for the methodologies they adopt.

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New Technologies Changing the Supply Chain

Clear Spider

Over the past couple weeks, we have found that both augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), are assets throughout the supply chain. With new developments, increased availability, and reduced costs, they are becoming the technologies to key an eye out for. Businesses have access to a lot more data, and they are using this […]. The post New Technologies Changing the Supply Chain appeared first on [link].

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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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Future-Proof Your Technology Strategy

RELEX Solutions

Last week, RetailWire published some of my insights into a change I’ve observed in technology buying patterns. I discussed how retailers are modifying their technology strategies to match the rapid pace of today’s industry changes, and also weighed in on what types of technology providers are best matched to this new approach. Retailers take on massive legacy system challenges one module at a time.

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The 3 Vs of Supply Chain 20 Years Later

Supply Chain Digest

Art Mesher Updates his Thinking on One of the Most Important Frameworks in Supply Chain History

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The Key Driving Forces of a Growing Parcel Shipping Market in 2019

GlobalTranz

2019 is on track to demonstrate record-breaking growth in the parcel shipping market, and this will occur in tandem with the surge of e-commerce. According to the Journal of Commerce, the U.S. parcel shipping market handled more than 12.7 billion shipments in 2017, and the majority of these packages weighed less than five pounds. Preliminary.read More.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for March 8, 2019

Supply Chain Digest

An Ohio GM Plant Clodes its Doorsm Chinese firm JD.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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How to Mitigate Additional Costs in Transportation

Talking Logistics

Last year many shippers were caught flat-footed by rising transportation costs and capacity constraints. It’s safe to say that in 2019 shippers will likely be more vigilant and more proactive in looking for opportunities to better manage and control their transportation costs. What are some of these cost-saving opportunities? How can shippers realize them?

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10 Best Practices for Working with Freight Brokers

The Network Effect

How to get the most value out of your freight broker and foster a productive relationship An important factor in. The post 10 Best Practices for Working with Freight Brokers appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Good news for reefers: California has plenty of water

DAT Solutions

California experienced a 3-year period of exceptional drought in 2014-2016, but this year the state has plenty of water. The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains is the fifth largest in the past 40 years , and many of the state's reservoirs are at above-average levels. The Sierra snowpack supplies about 30 percent of California's water needs, as it melts in the spring to meet water demands throughout the summer and fall growing seasons.

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International Women’s Day: Meet the women of Axway

Axway

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the accomplishments of such talented women that work at Axway.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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International Women’s Day 2019 - #BalanceforBetter | Breakthrough Moment for Women in Global Trade

Supply Chain 24/7

Today is International Women's Day; Kathleen Marran, vice president of marketing, diverse segments, at UPS, writes about how this moment is a breakthrough for women in global trade, and even more, how inclusion represents a real chance to strengthen communities.

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Advantages of Marketing Fulfillment Inventory and Online Ordering

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

This is the third in a series of blogs focused on getting the most from your marketing fulfillment inventory program. The content is drawn from a recently published Amware-sponsored eBook titled 8 Experts on Marketing Fulfillment, which you can download here.

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Meet A Dragon: Tan Li - Project Manager Far East Team

Dragon Innovation

In the “Meet a Dragon” blog series we’ll be introducing our team members who help guide your product through the New Product Introduction (NPI) process and ongoing manufacturing. These people act as an extension of your team and are on the front lines with you day in and day out. They have hundreds of years of collective experience helping to build millions of complex products.

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7 Bold Steps to Ensure Freight Capacity

Consumer Goods Logistics

Freight capacity has historically been viewed as a commodity. The onus has been on the trucking company to position itself as the customer’s “carrier of choice.”. But if you haven’t noticed, that’s changing. The combination of a growing U.S. economy and the chronic truck driver shortage is turning freight into more of a seller’s market, requiring shippers to examine how they can become “ shippers of choice ” for carriers, who are now more selective about the loads they haul.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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WEBINAR: Digital Transformation Via S/4Hana: Now or Later

Bristlecone

In a fast-paced world, it’s imperative that organizations leverage digital technology to help business significantly improve performance and competitive edge. All roads lead to S4/HANA, but the question is why, when and how to adopt the new technology. Watch Bristlecone webinar Digital Transformation Via S/4Hana: Now or Later to learn more about the digital transformation journey with S/4HANA: Why move to S/4HANA now, benefits vs. risks.

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How to Increase Profit from Inventory in Multiple Warehouses & Store Locations

Herlitz Inventory Management

Before you order from outside the company, wouldn’t you like to know if you have too much of a given item at another warehouse or store? If you are overstocked and you can transfer from another warehouse or a store more quickly, you would realize a cost savings to the company. Mastering Overstock Transfer can help you do so. It can be extremely overwhelming for buyers to track overstocked and understocked items, especially when they are managing thousands, or millions, of SKUs.

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Road Report: Unmasking Inefficiencies at Field Service Medical

TrackVia

I recently attended the Field Service Medical Conference in San Diego. It’s the only peer-led conference for senior service and support leaders in the medical device industry. This conference was focused on bringing together the best in medical device customer success, service, and support. During my time at the conference, there were a few common themes that emerged in speaker sessions and conversations.

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How Industry 4.0 is Morphing and How Blockchain Fits!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Augmented Reality (AR) is the Future of the Supply Chain! Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by Tony Giovaniello, President of the Shasta EDC. There are many components of Industry 4.0, some of which are not yet fully defined, or fully understood. Other components may emerge as technology is continually emerging.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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IMAGINE SUMMIT Americas: Better Together

Axway

What happens when you mix senior IT professionals, best-selling authors, social responsibility and some Harry Potter magic? You get an action packed 3-day conference in sunny Orlando!

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Using Recipes to Increase Sales

Enterra Insights

We all have to eat to stay alive. For most people, however, eating is more than sustaining life — it’s an experience that makes life more enjoyable. Eating involves all of our senses. The sights, smells, texture, sounds, but, most of all, tastes of food add immeasurable pleasure to our lives. Recipes help enhance the flavors of the foods we eat by combining ingredients in exciting ways; and, the food industry has learned recipes are a good way to help companies sell their products to consu