March, 2022

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Capacity Planning: What it is, The Benefits, and How to Implement Your Strategy - ToolsGroup

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Get all the details on maximizing output using capacity planning, including what it is, types of capacity planning, the benefits, and more.

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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Solving The Cold Chain Challenges. by Diane Reynolds – Project Director Healthcare Transformation at One Network Enterprises. Multiparty Networks are Proven Technology. One Network has years of experience in healthcare supply networks that provide medicines and vaccines to hundreds of millions of people in Africa and around the globe. For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing co

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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics strategy as an enabler of new business models. Today, successful companies are those who can make a great idea come true and create an organization to support its implementation. To do this, they must be able to adapt quickly, to rapidly get their offer on the market and to exploit changes in the market. The COVID-19 pandemic separated the wheat from the chaff, where companies who were able to immediately respond to the surprise massive upturn in online growth coming out clearly ahead.

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Paving the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

The past couple of years has been a remarkable time for e-commerce as more and more consumers have discovered the digital path to purchase. Nina Taniguchi, an Ads Research and Insights Manager at Google, writes, “ Much has already been written about how COVID-19 has dramatically changed consumer behavior. Across industries and regions, people prioritized essentials and reduced impulse purchases.

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

How can businesses gain a competitive edge in an era marked by relentless competition and economic fluctuations? The secret is mastering strategic cost management strategies. This GEP bulletin, "Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability," breaks this down into clear, actionable steps. Discover how these strategies can boost your enterprise's financial health, helping not only to keep up but to excel in today's market.

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Improving Capacity Planning and Operations with a Digital Planning Twin

River Logic

Defining the Objective. FedEx Office is comprised of nearly 2,200 retail stores, 15,000 employees, 18 commercial print facilities, and a nationwide transportation fleet. Tom DeGreve, Managing Director of Production Strategy & Engineering for FedEx Office, supported by advisement from Pierre Mawet, Managing Director of Supply Chain & Operations at Accenture NA, set out to better understand the complexities of print for the company’s customers, costs associated with transportation and prod

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Agile Supply Chain: How to Bend, Not Break, Your Supply Chain Planning Process - ToolsGroup

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An agile supply chain uses data, technology and collaboration to effectively navigate market volatility. Discover the strategies you need to stay flexible and competitive.

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The Evolving ‘New Normal’

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Evolving ‘New Normal’ by William Liu – Business / Money Advisor, Leadership & Management Mentor. Much has been said and written about supply chains and how it’s broken down globally since the onset of the pandemic. Shortage of commodities, raw materials, electronic components, computer chips, ships, lorries etc. left manufacturers and producers in limbo while millions of tons of finished goods were left sitting in containers at ports, at sea, in warehouses and in car pa

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Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms

Logistics Viewpoints

I recently changed continents and realized that my favorite hair styler wouldn’t work in the U.S., so I went online to order it. It is one of those high-end brands with global recognition, and to my surprise, the manufacturer’s own website did not have any stock and no indication on when it would be available. I was hoping the retail chains carrying this brand had some in their stores, but after checking 10+ retailers, to my surprise, it was nowhere to be found, and the only website that h

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Why you can no longer design your supply chain network with Excel

AIMMS

The post Why you can no longer design your supply chain network with Excel appeared first on AIMMS.

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The Art of Consistent Perfect Order Delivery: Smart Order Fulfillment Through Orchestration

Shippers and logistics service providers are pressured to match the “Amazon effect” for fast and efficient service across multiple B2C, B2B, and D2C channels. Perfect order delivery - on-time and in-full at the lowest possible cost – is critical. However, recent surveys of supply chain stakeholders reveal that many don't have the technology necessary to achieve it.

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Google Making Inroads Into Supply Chain and Logistics

Talking Logistics

I’ve made many supply chain and logistics predictions over the years, and have been wrong many times, including this prediction from December 2014: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor. Here is what I wrote at the time: It’s no secret that Google and Amazon.com are continuously looking to. Read more Google Making Inroads Into Supply Chain and Logistics.

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Visibility 2.0: Accelerating the Customer Experience with Ron Richardson

The Logistics of Logistics

Visibility 2.0: Accelerating the Customer Experience with Ron Richardson. Ron Richardson and Joe Lynch discuss Visibility 2.0: accelerating the customer experience. Ron is the Chief Revenue Officer at Turvo Inc. , the world’s first multi-enterprise collaborative platform specifically designed for the global supply chain. About Ron Richardson . Ron Richardson is the Chief Revenue Officer at Turvo , a technology company that empowers shippers, carriers, LSPs, and brokers with a streamlined, connec

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Nespresso Optimizes Orders and Inventory with End-to-End Digital Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

The name Nespresso conjures images of rounded coffee capsules and luxury brewing machines for caffeine lovers worldwide. But there’s much more than expert coffee roasting and craftsmanship behind this iconic company’s success. Nespresso’s complex coffee supply chain. It’s no simple task providing customers access to the full range of capsules and coffee machines on all sales channels, across more than 70 boutiques in Italy, while optimizing inventory levels.

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LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – March 2022

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Big Chill - Solving the Cold Chain Challenge Download the latest LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine. In this edition we have several news updates, interesting & enlightening articles and contributions on people & management – topics which are most crucial to the development of the Supply Chain Industry across regions as well as globally. Download the latest LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine now!

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How to Conduct Workplace Incident Investigations to Create Safer Workplaces

This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of global workplace incident trends, focusing on the top three biases leading to such incidents. It also highlights the significance of CSA Z1005 as a risk management standard and outlines the ROI of thorough incident investigations, covering emergency response to post-incident interviews. Additionally, it introduces an Investigation Evidence Gathering Matrix.

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A Deeper Look into Time Slot Management

Logistics Viewpoints

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article on the benefits of time slot management. In that article, I highlighted the importance of the network effect on time slot management and related technologies, as well as the main benefits of a time slot management application. Time slot management helps to organize warehouse resources to prepare for an incoming truck.

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Supply Chain Planning for Uncertain Times

The Network Effect

The post Supply Chain Planning for Uncertain Times appeared first on The Network Effect.

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It’s Now 2022: Are Consumers Growing Tired of Supply Chain Shortages and Rising Costs?

Talking Logistics

Two years ago, when many of us first experienced the supply chain impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, some situations were unprecedented — like empty store shelves, lack of availability of common household goods and only one means of shopping — e-commerce. Consumers adapted and anticipated a return to more typical conditions for purchasing CPG items.

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Intelligent IBP – The Rise of Autonomous

Supply Chain Trend

Preview – Most IBP cycles around the world are based on a 20-year-old process definition supported by 20-year-old planning concepts. This traditional IBP is not set up for a fast-changing world, where speed of decision making confers a competitive advantage. Intelligent automation will change this. In a series of short blogs, I will discuss the transition of traditional IBP towards a more intelligent IBP.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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What Are The Factors That Cause Lack of Freight Capacity?

C3 Solutions

With the demand for order fulfillment steadily increasing in today’s modern logistic world, many factors contribute to the lack of freight capacity. Many organizations face challenges on the road to recovery from the 2020 pandemic. As the transportation sector saw rapid growth throughout this unpredictable occurrence, meeting the demand of the market requires businesses to overcome these pressing obstacles.

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The Green Corridor – Logistics’ Role In Preventing The Next Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Green Corridor – Logistics’ Role In Preventing The Next Pandemic. by Tim Foote, Founder of Susymbio. What does the transportation industry have to do with a global pandemic? I’m not talking about how shipping and logistics are key in keeping the supply chain connected during global health crises so we can keep essential supplies like medicine, food, and toilet paper moving.

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MODEX 2022 – Back in Action and in Person (finally)

Logistics Viewpoints

MODEX 2022 kicked-off on Monday and I spent the full-day Tuesday on the floor. Needless to say, it was liberating to be back at a trade show in person – my first since March 2020. From the looks of the high attendance and the extensive booth displays, there was clearly some pent-up demand for the technology on display and the insights being conveyed.

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Future-proof and boost your business with a software-driven supply chain

Supply Chain Movement

Accurate and demand-driven forecasting has never been more important than in the past two years. Companies that rely mainly on their experience and gut feeling inevitably hit their limits during the covid pandemic. By Jan van der Burg. For an professional wholesaler, key KPIs like the service levels towards its customers, the service levels of its suppliers, the turnover of its inventory and the potential overstock should be in balance.

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Your Supply Chain Challenges, Solved!: 5 Guides

Download these 5 comprehensive guides designed to solve the toughest challenges facing supply chains today. After helping 1,200+ of the world’s most recognized brands to enhance and optimize their supply chains, FourKites has crafted step-by-step guides to help you solve your business’s most pressing challenges. The guides include: reducing transportation costs, improving customer satisfaction, optimizing inventory management, increasing workforce efficiency, and achieving sustainability and ESG

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Tai TMS Leverages Industry Expertise to Provide Brokerages with the Opportunity to Scale Growth

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We love to shine a spotlight on transportation and logistics companies that are making waves with new technology, bringing the supply chain into the future, and helping companies meet their goals. Today, we’re handing out a round of applause for the folks at Tai TMS, one of our TMS partners. Tai TMS Helps Brokerages of All Sizes Scale Tai TMS’s dedicated team is constantly innovating, finding new ways to help their brokerage customers succeed.

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Create Continuous Supply Chain Visibility Through Modelling

CHAINalytics

As the supply and demand disruptions of COVID-19 continue to draw attention to the global supply chain, more companies – from big multinationals on down – are taking advantage of the benefits of supply chain models to find missed cost-saving opportunities and explore ways of increasing risk tolerance. Supply chain issues are in the mainstream, … The post Create Continuous Supply Chain Visibility Through Modelling appeared first on Chainalytics.

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What Are the Supply Chain Cost Impacts of Chronic Driver Detention?

C3 Solutions

Many issues can impact the drivers on the road, and delays can lead to driver detention. The supply chain cost of ongoing detention affects profit margins and creates safety concerns. The more uncertainties a driver faces, the faster activity is rushed. This leads truckers and other supply chain team members to scramble to catch up, leading to injuries.

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How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet. by Terry Seetoh Head of APAC & Oceania at International Log Tech Company, Adnavem. Last year the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, released their most damning climate report ever. While the facts and the consequences discussed in the IPCC report are frightening, they are not new. Released at the same time as the world was ravaged by some of the worst floods, wildfires, and heatwaves that humankind has ever seen, the report only confirm

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Mastering Supply Chain Sustainability: Where Does ESG Fit In?

Speaker: Hortense Grouvel

In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op