Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. Located in the United Kingdom (UK), he has more than twelve years of experience in progressive roles driving demand-drive projects for their global supply chain. Nick is a master of influence skills and building cross-functional, horizontal processes. At the Supply Chain insights Global Summit , Nick shared his story on driving demand-based improvements.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Editor’s note: Due to the upcoming holidays, this will be our last blog for 2018. The next posting will be on January 8 th , 2019. In Lora Cecere’s Supply Chain 2020 study, the Internet of Things (IoT) was considered one of two disruptive technologies with the greatest potential impact on supply chain effectiveness, above technologies such as 3D printing and robotics.

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AFFLINK

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Effectively managing your company's supply chain can lead to increased revenue and less expense on preventable problems. However, it's difficult to control a supply chain that you can't fully visualize. Many businesses today have difficulty with maintaining control and visibility over their supply chains so they can effectively monitor the cost of merchandise or supplies, which is often the most significant expense for a company—even more than overhead costs.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Omnichannel is a term frequently used in today’s modern supply chain management. Omnichannel capability is associated with getting product to the customer in any possible fashion, that is convenient for the customer. The emergence of e-commerce mainly drives this, and in the process, is turning traditional supply chain models on their heads. While omnichannel refers to the integration and seamless experience across channels for supply chain partners, omnichannel 2.0 takes it a bit further.

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

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Manufacturing has always been a complicated affair. Today’s hyper-connected, fast-evolving markets only add to that complexity. Companies are constantly facing pressure to keep up with digitalization, growing competition and customer demands. To respond, businesses must be faster, more integrated and more agile than ever. Quintiq experts Walt Bednarz and Mark Reissig recently addressed this challenge during the inaugural Dassault Systèmes Online Manufacturing Summit.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from “ Construction Is Lagging In Digitization LET’S GET UNSTUCK ,” a research e-book produced by Adelante SCM and published by Command Alkon (a Talking Logistics sponsor). What is so new about digital transformation? Haven’t we been using the internet, Web, email, and other digital tools for decades in our business?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Maintaining an efficient and productive supply chain is the backbone of any successful business, and ensuring that your supply chain is well-managed and cost-effective is of vital importance. Surprisingly though, many businesses aren’t operating the chain as smoothly as they could. When it comes to your logistical operations, you need to be thinking about several key things.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Technology is an ambiguous word referring to a wide range of marvelous (and sometimes scary) man-made gadgets. Deciding what technological trends are important depends on the activities in which you or your organization are involved. Regardless of your area of interest, technology of some sort is going to impact it in the years ahead. Prolific inventor Dean Kamen once stated, “Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Blockchain technology is a major disruptor in the supply chain. It stands to change the game as we know it by giving companies a better way to ensure traceability throughout vast supply chain networks. In order to properly disrupt the supply chain of today, you need to know everything there is to know about it. At ShipChain, we make it a priority to stay up to date on all of the latest and greatest in supply chain innovation.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Editor’s Note: Above the Fold is a new segment on Talking Logistics where we spend a couple of minutes discussing a headline or two from last week’s supply chain and logistics news and raise a question for you to answer. Today’s segment is on same-day delivery. How will the same-day delivery market shake out? Post a comment and share your perspective on this question and topic!

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Hello and welcome back to another episode of “The Freight Project Podcast!” On today’s The Freight Project Podcast episode Cerasis welcomes Jason Rosing, co-founder of Veridian the leading professional services provider of supply chain solutions & services. Veridian helps clients deploy Manhattan Associates, HighJump Software, and JDA Software’s latest supply chain suite to talk about the current state of warehouse management systems.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The Hackett Group and Ivalua have been working together for some months to assess the status of Digital Procurement transformation and lessons learned from early adopters. CPOs in many organisations have progressed beyond the planning stage, with Ivalua actively working with many of them and supporting their journey. The Hackett Group published this Report, State of Procurement Digital Transformation, Part 1: Value Drivers and Expectations in April 2018 and Lessons Learned by Early Adopters

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Retail transactions are some of the oldest human activities. To spur trade and create wealth, explorers have plied the world’s oceans and have traversed the globe’s landmasses. The next arena of exploration for the retail sector is artificial intelligence (AI). Arthur Zaczkiewicz ( @arthurzaczkiew1 ) observes, “Retailing is being forced to change as consumer preferences shift and technologies such as artificial intelligence power a new breed of company that brings to market pro

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 21, 2018

As 2018 comes to an end, a quick thank you to all of our readers, followers, and sponsors for another great year of learning and conversation on Talking Logistics. The numbers speak for themselves: 49 episodes produced in 2018, totaling more than 1,200 minutes of conversations with thought leaders and newsmakers in the supply chain and logistics industry. 228 posts published on a wide range of timely and important industry topics, including the most comprehensive weekly news roundup in the indus

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SCM Research

DECEMBER 18, 2018

There has recently been surge of interest in ecosystems as a distinct solution to the problem of inter?firm coordination. Ecosystems play a particular role in sectors such as IT, telecommunications, video games, among others. In their recent SMJ article, Jacobides et al. (2018 ) define an ecosystem as “a set of actors with varying degrees of multilateral, nongeneric complementarities that are not fully hierarchically controlled” From their research it becomes apparent why and when ec

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APICS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

We keep hearing about the potential of the Internet of Things (IOT), but how will it help supply chain professionals specifically? Last week, Industrial Distribution ran “Improving Process Flows in the Delivery System through the Internet of Things,” which outlines the practical applications of IOT.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Join us at The 13th Annual Health Care Supply Chain Summit 2019. Ivalua is working with many Healthcare organisations such as Select Medical and Maxim Healtcare. We look forward to meeeting you at the event where we will be represented by Ty Levine, our Marketing Director for North America. Here’s a short video of our CEO & Founder, David Khuat-Duy, talking about what makes Ivalua special!

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Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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The Network Effect

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the executive’s user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, has announced the recipients. The post Supply & Demand Chain Executive Green Award appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2018

If consumers ever think about supply chains and how the items they desire manage to find their way into their homes, they likely picture fleets of trucks, trains, airplanes, and cargo ships — the logistics part of supply chains. That’s because the most personal contact consumers have with the supply chain is when a package is delivered to their doorstep.

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C3 Solutions

DECEMBER 20, 2018

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Whether it’s one-day, same-day or one-hour shipping, how can retailers fulfill delivery promises?

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E2open

DECEMBER 17, 2018

AUSTIN, Texas, December 17, 2018 – E2open, the one place in the cloud to run your supply chain, today jointly announced with Phillip MorrisInternational (PMI) that the companies will partner to create a digital supply chain for the smoke-free future. PMI has a commitment to the world, its employees and shareholders to create a smoke-free future. Success in the cigarette business, and more than a decade of scientific research and technology development, gave PMI the resources to pursue this ambit

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Provenance

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Set your transparency strategy and start your new year off right with a workshop hosted by Provenance. Over the coming months, we’ll be hosting a series of workshops tailored around business who are seeking to navigate transparency and sustainability – via environment, social impact, animal welfare, health, etc. Jump starting us into the new year, we’re proud to host a workshop in partnership with the British Fashion Council as part of their Positive Fashion initiative.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2018

A National Retail Federation report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of organized retail crime in the past year. Organized retail crime is on the rise, with nearly three-quarters of retailers surveyed reporting an increase in the past year, according to the 14th annual ORC study released recently by the National Retail Federation.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Introduction. Soon we shall bid adieu yet another year and sing about not forgetting old acquaintances. But I’m sure many of you in the wholesale and distribution business are thinking: “ What does 2019 hold for the wholesale and distribution industry? ” Well, we sat down with our best customers. And we summarised their insights along with ours in this exclusive report.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 20, 2018

If you are reading this article you are either a subscriber to the DynaSys blog or the title sparked your interest to read further. Either way, you want to know more about disrupting the supply chain solutions market. In order to understand the disruption, one must first identify and understand the common characteristics of a supply chain: the “super-user,” the challenges and the needs.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 20, 2018

A technological transformation is taking place in supply chains across the globe today.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In recent years, there's been a spike in spot market rates in December. That hasn't happened so far in 2018. Prices could still go up if there's a capacity crunch around the holidays or if winter weather disrupts supply chains. But for the time being, rates are going the opposite direction. Dry van pricing and activity continues to slow as we creep closer to winter.

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