Tue.Mar 07, 2023

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When Execution Meets Visibility

Talking Logistics

It’s time to think beyond appointments. While improved appointment scheduling for the gate and warehouse is a worthy application of real-time transportation visibility data, estimated time of arrival (ETA) knowledge alone isn’t sufficient to meaningfully improve your operations and their efficiency or reduce operational costs at your facility. Visibility data for appointments and gate-in/gate-out events.

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Supply Chain Optimization Technology for ESG Compliance

AIMMS

The post Supply Chain Optimization Technology for ESG Compliance appeared first on AIMMS.

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The Top 3 Takeaways from EuroShop 2023

ToolsGroup

EuroShop 2023 has closed a successful five days of exhibitions and networking in Düsseldorf, Germany. Attended by an international audience of over 81,000 visitors, the event highlighted the latest retail innovations and boasted best-practice keynotes and presentations on timely and crucial industry strategies. Here are the three key takeaways on retailers’ minds. 1.

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Augmented Reality: A Game Changer for the Logistics of the Future

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

REGISTER NOW Augmented Reality: A Game Changer for the Logistics of the Future Synopsis: At this exclusive event, discover how Augmented Reality solutions running on smart glasses and other can help tackle warehouse challenges and optimize your logistics processes. We will also be sharing key customer use-cases which had benefited from using TeamViewer Frontline and how it was a game changer in their warehouse management.

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Tail Inventory: The Silent Cost Driver You Shouldn't Ignore

Learn how centralizing slow-moving SKUs can help reduce fulfillment costs by $300M+ while boosting fulfillment efficiency.

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ToolsGroup Announces Significant Enhancements To SO99+ For Improved Supply Planning

ToolsGroup

Version 8.60 of the ToolsGroup supply chain planning solution enables supply chain teams to make informed decisions faster BOSTON — March 7, 2023 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has announced the latest version of its Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) software, adding new dynamic planning capabilities and modularization to SO99+ and enhancing existing supply planning functionalities.

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How to ensure your domain name portfolio supports your business goals

IT Supply Chain

By Tim Brown (pictured) Head of Brand Protection, Com Laude The post How to ensure your domain name portfolio supports your business goals appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Tesla’s Master Plan 3 and Its Implications for the Auto Industry

QAD

Tesla unveiled their “Master Plan 3” on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at their investor day. By “investor,” they meant stakeholders in planet Earth. What was shared were not small ideas. The Big Idea The announcement tied out to Tesla’s mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. They delivered a viable plan to do this by 2050.

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Payment Fraud in eCommerce: The Role of Payment Gateways & Processors

IT Supply Chain

By Moyofade Ipadeola (pictured) Content Strategist, UX Writer & Editor The post Payment Fraud in eCommerce: The Role of Payment Gateways & Processors appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Tips

Logistics Bureau

Supplier Relationship Management is so important and yet many organisations are not good at it. What things do people get wrong with SRM? Let ‘s learn from Trent as he provides us with some helpful SR M tips.

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.

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How Would You Explain Supply Chain to Your Grandmother?

BlueYonder

My grandma recently asked me to explain what is supply chain, and this is how our conversation went Granny: Tell me, my boy, explain to me again what you do at work? Me : I work in supply chain. Granny : What, chain? ??: Supply chain, Granny. A supply chain is a term that describes all the processes from suppliers to customers. This includes planning, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, and delivery of products or services from the point of origin to destinations.

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Toys & Games Brands: Choosing the Right 3PL For Retail Deliveries

Zipline Logistics

Did you know…? In 2022, the global toys & games industry reached a value of $109.3 Billion. This industry includes segments such as dolls, toy cars, plush toys, construction sets, and board games. Top manufacturers of toys & games by revenue include Hasbro, The Lego Group, LeapFrog Enterprises, MGA Entertainment, and Vivid Imaginations.

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Advice to Tackle Supply Chain Volatility: It’s Time to Ditch Outdated Tech

John Galt

Explore ways to get more tactical in your planning and mature your supply planning capabilities to remain competitive in a fast-evolving marketplace.

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7 Steps to Weatherproof Your Supply Chain for Extreme Weather

Resilinc

What a winter it’s been! The US has seen extreme storms from coast to coast (yes, even in typically sunny California ), proving that you can’t predict the weather. In February alone, there were multiple winter storms. In fact, on February 21 st , Resilinc tracked three, separate winter storm warnings for the Southwest, Northern Great Lakes, and Parts of New England — across all these regions over 45,000 supplier sites were potentially impacted by the weather!

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Stord Named to Forbes List of America's Best Startup Employers 2023

Stord

Atlanta, GA, March 7, 2023 – Stord , the leading Cloud Supply Chain provider, was ranked 350 on Forbes’ top 500 America’s Best Startup Employers 2023. Stord brings together the best minds in logistics and tech to make fragmented and under-optimized supply chains a thing of the past - fueling growth for customers and employees. Forbes, in partnership with market research company Statista, evaluated 2,500 businesses that had at least 50 employees and were headquartered in the U.S.

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5 Hospital Pharmacy Supply Chain Myths Dispelled

Tecsys

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o9 Solutions Ranks No. 92 on Inc. Magazine’s List of the Southwest Region’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

o9 Solutions

DALLAS, March 7th, 2023 – o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced it has made the fourth annual Inc. 5000 Regionals Southwest list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies based in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. It’s the third consecutive year that o9 solutions has made the Inc.

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Supply Chain Volatility Indexes Moderate in February

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights two February 2023 published indexes of supply chain volatility both reflecting moderation of disruption and higher logistics costs. This commentary provides a follow on to our published highlights of February’s global wide PMI activity levels. GSPI Index Returns to Normalcy The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Global Supply Chain Pressures Index (GSPI) compiles 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes

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How Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform

Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.

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eCommerce Warehouse Management: Top 3 Priorities for Growth

Ware2Go

Looking for an ecommerce warehousing solution? Prioritize these three things for sustainable ecommerce growth. Finding just the right ecommerce warehousing solution to stand up to customer expectations for 1 to 2-day delivery is one of the most important decisions an ecommerce seller will make for their business. Many merchants find that the demands of building a fully in-house ecommerce warehousing solution is a drain on internal resources that is ultimately less efficient than an outsourced wa

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Considerations for China Plus Supply Chain Sourcing Actions

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers added indications that China Plus materials supply or production strategies are garnering increased attention from businesses large and small. The Altasian Option The Economist magazine in its February 25 th 2023 edition featured a report titled: The Altasian Option- Can Asia’s alternative supply chain steal China’s thunder?

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Supply Chain News on Logistics Hall of Fame Inducts Two Pallet Pioneers as New Members

Supply Chain Digest

Most Members are European, but Fair Share of Americans, including this Years George Raymond and Past Honorees such as Bezos, Smith and Clark

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Fulfillment Processes: Advice for Growing Companies from IZBA’s Jennifer Polce

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

The Unboxing Fulfillment podcast recently hosted Jennifer Polce, the Director of Consulting at IZBA Consulting, for a discussion about the operations challenges related to rapid sales growth. Listen to the episode or read her key takeaways below. The IZBA client roster includes many B2C brands who have experienced tremendous growth streaks. Here are Jennifer’s top five tips for ecommerce companies who are managing sudden growth – or who just want to be ready to manage it when their time comes.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Supply Chain News onCarrier ArcBest Corp. Hopes to Change Market Dynamics with Automation for Trailer Loading and Unloading

Supply Chain Digest

New Movable Racking System Reduces Times from 45 minutes to Less than 5, Company Claims

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Reshoring & Reuse: How Circular Manufacturing Can Drive Value for Business and Surrounding Communities

Supply Chain Brain

Rooted in three core principles of social responsibility, environmental regeneration, and economic success, circular manufacturing is not just theory anymore.

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Synergy to unveil future of warehouse orchestration at ProMat

SnapFulfil

The experts behind leading edge cloud-based WMS software, SnapFulfil, are launching their latest breakthrough tech solution at ProMat 2023.

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Best Buy Disappoints With Sales Outlook as Consumers Retreat

Supply Chain Brain

The sober forecast echoes the outlooks of Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and Home Depot Inc., which all emphasized uncertainty around consumer spending and the U.S. economy.

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Procurement Is Navigating a Tech Tsunami (and It’s Upending How You Work)

Procurement is in the middle of a tech tsunami. And if it feels like the old playbooks aren’t working anymore, that’s because they aren’t. Agentic AI. Autonomous procurement. Unified source-to-pay ecosystems. These innovations are converging and transforming how procurement teams operate. The GEP 2025 Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report breaks it all down.

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TMS RFP Questions to Be Sure and Ask

MercuryGate

Selecting the right TMS can be a massive undertaking for an organization. Whether your company is implementing a TMS for the first time or seeking more functionality over an existing system, the process starts with your TMS RFP. This article presents the first steps toward soliciting proposals from TMS providers, as well as a template for TMS RFP questions to consider during evaluations.

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Kuehne + Nagel Seeks Expansion, CEO Says

Supply Chain Brain

Stefan Paul believes Kuehne + Nagel is well positioned to weather freight volatility and that a cargo recovery could begin as soon as the second half of this year.

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JAGGAER addresses leading MENA oil and gas companies by showcasing how the industry could make billion-dollar savings

Jaggaer

The post JAGGAER addresses leading MENA oil and gas companies by showcasing how the industry could make billion-dollar savings appeared first on JAGGAER.