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How the Total Cost of Ownership of Electric Trucks Influences Fleet Decisions

GTG Technology Group

Comparing the Total Cost of Ownership of Electric Vs. Diesel Trucks . In the past, diesel gas was the only option for fueling a big rig. Thanks to modern technologies, however, truckers may soon have another option: electric trucks. While battery-powered commercial trucks are not yet widely available, companies such as Tesla are coming close to a big debut.

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The Case Against Spreadsheets in Last Mile Logistics

Convey

Last mile logistics and supply chain have changed at an unbelievable rate in the […]. The post The Case Against Spreadsheets in Last Mile Logistics appeared first on Convey.

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Three Ways Supply Chain Finance Can Fund the Future

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply chain finance improves cash flow by allowing buyers to optimize their cash conversion cycle by focusing strategically on payment terms with their suppliers.

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Understanding Machine Learning: A New Era of Intelligence and Business

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that. Ever since the fictional ‘sentient computer’ HAL 9000 went rogue in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, people have been uneasy about the idea of machines being able to think for themselves. Recent business thinking has come around to the more enlightened view that machines that are exclusively programmed […].

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Speeding Robotics Automation with AI

The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.

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Digital Representation and our Obsession with Optimization

AIMMS

I’ve watched many times as customers experience the power of modeling and prescriptive analytics for the first time. It’s like they are opening a great gift. True mathematical optimization is so incredibly attractive to supply chain professionals, that despite a crowded field of supply chain planning technologies getting to a point where you can hit the ‘optimize’ button, watch as the technology runs through thousands, sometimes millions of permutations, and marvel at the fully formed prescripti

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Selecting an E-commerce Fulfillment Partner with AJ Khanijow

The Logistics of Logistics

[00:20] Opening / Introduction. AJ Khanijow is the founder and CEO of Fulfyld, an e-commerce fulfillment company that specializes in B2C shipments and home delivery. Fulfyld is based in Huntsville, Alabama. AJ grew up in Huntsville, AL and studied industrial engineering at Auburn University. [01:30] What was your first job? AJ’s first job was in the business intelligence space for a consulting company.

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New advisory report highlights benefits of concurrent planning

Kinaxis

by Teresa Chiykowski. In its January 2019 Research Advisory report, 2019 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains , The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group advised supply chain management teams to prepare for continued higher levels of global supply chain risk , complexity and overall uncertainty. At the same time, organizations must be prepared to meet industry needs for increased digital transformation and highlights benefits of concurrent planning in this period of business uncert

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Digital Representation and our Obsession with Optimization

AIMMS

I’ve watched many times as customers experience the power of modeling and prescriptive analytics for the first time. It’s like they are opening a great gift. True mathematical optimization is so incredibly attractive to supply chain professionals, that despite a crowded field of supply chain planning technologies getting to a point where you can hit the ‘optimize’ button, watch as the technology runs through thousands, sometimes millions of permutations, and marvel at the fully formed prescripti

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Commissioned Study reveals digital maturity in procurement is lagging behind perceived progress

ivalua

Digital transformation often fails because of an inability to onboard suppliers and poor user adoption. Ivalua has announced the findings of a worldwide survey of supply chain, procurement and finance business leaders, on the status of their digital transformations, the obstacles encountered and keys to success. The research, conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by Ivalua, used a digital maturity index to assess organizations’ structure, strategy, process, measurement and technolo

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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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What’s Pushing Warehouse Automation Strategies Forward: Technology and People

GlobalTranz

Warehouse automation is expanding at a phenomenal rate, and the capabilities that are considered best in class in 2017 will start to experience limitations in 2019. Further, the vast growth of e-commerce and demand for better, faster service from customers will force more supply chain leaders to rethink their existing warehouse automation strategies.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019)

Talking Logistics

I received a few questions yesterday about Indago , our new market research community for supply chain practitioners that benefits charities. The most common question was “What does Indago mean?”. Indago is a Latin word that means “to investigate, search out, try to find/procure by seeking.”. We investigated two questions with our members this week: “How often is risk considered in your supply chain decision-making discussions?

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Sustainability: How do Food & Grocery Supply Chains Stack Up?

C3 Solutions

Nearly 900 million people around the world are malnourished. Yet every year we waste 1.6 billion tons of food – fully a third of all the food produced globally. It's estimated to be worth US$1.2 trillion now and may grow to $1.5 trillion by 2030 if nothing is done to stop it. And if that's not scary enough, food waste is deemed responsible for eight percent of global greenhouse gases – the ones that cause global warming. [1] Now, if we tell you that this waste is largely avoidable, and as a supp

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How a Blockchain Platform Will Help Truckers Be More Efficient and Earn More Money

Shipchain

The trucking industry moves more than 70% of America’s freight, and gross freight revenues from trucking exceeded $726.4 billion in 2015, reports TechCrunch. Today, shippers are demanding more availability, time and capacity, and truckers are struggling to meet these demands. In response, the value of a blockchain trucking platform will grow, and according to our CEO John Monarch, “all the jobs a driver does, the business, the maintenance, the taxes, and so on, can be done with the push of a few

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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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Why Shippers Are Focusing on Inbound Logistics Visibility to Become Shipper of Choice

GlobalTranz

Improving supply chain visibility is a goal of most organizations, but inbound freight is much more than simple dock scheduling. Shippers were faced with the need to understand the cost, transit, purchase order associations, carrier selections, vendor requirements, specifications within the inbound freight routing guide and much more. Unfortunately, many different issues resulted in shippers.read More.

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Be Uncommon

Talking Logistics

“There’s a way to do it better — find it.” — Thomas Edison. I love that quote by Thomas Edison. There is always room for improvement in whatever you do. Finding a better way, doing it better, is what drives entrepreneurs, athletes, scientists, and so many others. The journey to better is rarely quick or easy, but finding it is always fulfilling.

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

Thanks to the popularity of e-commerce, warehouses are some of the hottest properties in real estate. Erica E. Phillips ( @EricaEPhillips ) reports some retailers were so desperate to find warehouse space this past holiday season they created pop-up warehouses in vacant suburban lots and parking garages.[1] “The explosive growth of e-commerce and the competition among retailers to deliver goods quickly,” she writes, “is running hard up against the scarcity of warehousing near p

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Welcome to the Adaptive Era of Enterprise Resource Planning

QAD

Next week will kick off QAD Explore 2019 in New Orleans, and we couldn’t be more excited! QAD hosted Explore in New Orleans in 2014, five years ago. It was soon after our previous “Big Easy” Explore that we launched an internal project called “Channel Islands.”. The Beginning and End of Channel Islands. What compelled QAD to undertake Channel Islands?

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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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[PODCAST] Transportation Management System Adoption & ROI Improved thru Effective Change Management

GlobalTranz

Listen to “TMS Adoption & ROI Improved thru Effective Change Management” on Spreaker. Transportation Management System Adoption & Supply Chain Technology Resources to Download The Uses and Substantial Benefits of Transportation Management Systems Download a Copy of the E-Book The Future Of Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing: How Technology Is Transforming Industries Download a Copy.read More.

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Transforming Your Supply Chain Into an Opportunity Center

Supply Chain Brain

Last year, supply-chain disruptions hit a record high, with North America at the top of the list as the most affected region.

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Applying Lean 6 Sigma Principles to the Supply Chain

Logility

Fifteen years ago, I worked for a company that embraced Lean 6 Sigma as a core operating fundamental. Just about every member of the management team was a Lean 6 Sigma Black Belt and many had attained a level of Master Black Belt. As Director of Logistics and Planning, part of my responsibilities were to manage our relationships with outsourced manufacturing partners including quality.

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Global Trade Management and Best Practices

QAD

Understanding, managing and streamlining international shipping processes can be time intensive. Global trade management practices done right can leverage detailed data to help you make proactive, informed decisions that move the business forward. From its origins in the 1990s as part of early supply chain integration projects, Global Trade Management (GTM) has since evolved into a refined discipline that links people, processes and enabling technology into a seamless, cohesive solution for mana

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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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Inbound Freight Visibility: 10 Benefits & 8 Steps to Get More Visibility

GlobalTranz

Poor inbound freight visibility is associated with significant problems in supply chain management. Shippers may not know when a delivery will arrive, which trucks it is located on, whether multiple trucks are necessary and how much labor will be required to unload the freight within a given time successfully. The problems only grow worse from.read More.

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Statistical Modeling VS Machine Learning

Arkieva

Sometimes statistical prediction is confused with statistical forecasting. Forecasting can be considered a prediction model but not all prediction models can be considered forecast models. Statistical Modeling VS Machine Learning was first posted on April 30, 2019 at 9:28 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Improving Supply Chains with IoT Implementation

Enterra Insights

Improving supply chain visibility produces a number of beneficial results and Internet of Things (IoT) implementation has the potential to improve visibility dramatically. I deliberately use the word “potential” because the Internet of Things (sometimes referred to as the Industrial IoT) remains in its infancy. Alan Griffiths ( @cambashi_alan ), a principal industry analyst of industrial IoT and digital transformation at Cambashi, underscores the fact that supply chain IoT implementa

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The Digital Transformation in Logistics: Technologies, Barriers and Predictions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain (SC 4.0) Overview! What You Need to Know! (Video). Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Andrei Klubnikin at at R-Style Lab. According to a recent survey conducted by Forbes Insights , 65% of logistics, supply chain and transportation executives acknowledge the necessity to revamp existing models and add flexibility to business operations in ord

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Revolutionizing Hiring: Remote-Insourcing That Slashes Turnover & Training Costs!

What is Remote-Insourcing? Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Not anymore. Remote-Insourcing isn’t outsourcing—it’s a revolutionary staffing model that lets our clients fill key entry-level positions with top-tier, loyal, long-term talent, integrated seamlessly into their businesses—just like local employees but without the turnover or W2 HR hassles. With under 4% unwanted attrition, you train once and keep the same team for years.

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How Demand Forecasting Helps You Manage Inventory

AFFLINK

As businesses scale, they need to investigate the accuracy of their inventory management and forecasting processes. Demand forecasting goes beyond simple estimates of product demand, looking into complex patterns over time to produce more accurate and timely predictions. Through better demand, an organization will be able to better manage inventory, increase revenue, and improve customer support.

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Winning with Hyper-localization: How to Overcome the Challenge of Meeting Local Market Needs

JDA software

Today’s blog comes from me alongside guest contributor Andy Grady-Smith, global capability director for category optimisation, dunnhumby. dunnhumby is a JDA partner working to provide companies with prescriptive, consumer-based insights to improve their merchandising strategies and decisions. Increasingly retailers are looking at ways to deliver hyper-localization of assortment for their customers.

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The Impact of the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

Thirty years ago few people would have predicted a growing number of consumers would complete much of their shopping using a mobile phone. It was only 29 years ago Tim Berners-Lee invented hyperlinks which gave rise to web browsing and eventually led to e-commerce. The impact of e-commerce and the consumer digital path to purchase has been significant.