DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

'Start where the customer can’t see. Back in university, I was fully engaged with the topic of multi-channel retailing thanks to a marketing professor who had a long-standing passion for everything retail and digital. I learned a lot about omni-channel retailing and the customer’s way of looking at it. The marketing classes helped me appreciate the why’s and what’s, but the how’s of multi-channel retailing remained largely unknown.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'I’d been interacting with Mark Kuta, who works for Oracle in the Value Chain Planning group, and he sent me a book he wrote called Think Like a CEO. The book seems to be directed at sales people; the subtitle is “Sell to Any Company in Any Industry… Better and Faster than a Harvard MBA.” […].

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The Network Effect

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

'Assuming excellence in customer responsiveness is a given, in order to achieve excellence in operating performance all employees should have a solid education and understanding as to how their roles and responsibilities contribute to their supply network outcomes in addition to their budget or financial performance. And more importantly, accountability must become a key component to any organizational and measurement alignment.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

'I have long argued that third party logistics providers (3PLs) should set themselves apart from the competition by fully harnessing the power and value of their customer and employee communities. The reason is simple: companies want their 3PL partners to provide them with insights about leading industry practices and trends, as well as to facilitate networking and knowledge-exchange opportunities with other shippers in the 3PL’s community.

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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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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

'Start where the customer can’t see. In the first part of this blog series , I talked about the multi-channel retail experience and the critical prerequisite retailers need to fulfill to get started on this journey. In this post, I will explore how retailers can design their bottom line with the customer in mind. In the context of multi-channel retailing, the expression “putting the customer at the heart of everything we do” translates into: Providing value for the price a customer is payi

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

'“Very few companies – a mere five percent – believe they are ‘advanced’ when it comes to omnichannel capabilities,” a … Continued The post The Digital Path to Purchase Requires Mastery of Omnichannel Capabilities appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

'Global Trade Data (aka “trade content”) is one of the “3Cs” of Global Trade Management , but its value extends well beyond facilitating import and export processes. Defining Global Trade Data, determining which supply chain processes benefit from it, and figuring out how supply chain applications integrate with and use the data aren’t always straightforward.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'I was recently interviewed by Jon Hansen on Blog Talk Radio , discussing my new book “The Procurement Value Proposition” co-authored with Gerard Chick. In the interview, I discuss some of the major changes going on in the procurement area, and how we are at a crossroads for driving change. Gerard added a great blog post to the discussion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

'Supply chain management is a critical function at any business that involves production, distribution, or inventory management. But being a critical function does not make it strategic in the traditional Michael Porter definition of providing a unique, valuable and sustainable competitive advantage. So, how can the supply chain management function elevate itself to that of […].

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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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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Multimodal 2015. Date: 28 – 30 April 2014. Venue: NEC Birmingham. Organiser: Clarion Events. URL: www.multimodal.org.uk. Entering its eighth year, Multimodal has grown to become the UK and Ireland’s premier freight transport and logistics event. It is a firm fixture in shippers’ diaries, whose decision-makers visit to find ways of operating more efficiently and sign contracts with those that can help them achieve their aims.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'I bet you are racking your brain trying to figure out what the heck Lucille Ball and friends would have to do with supply chain. While it may not be readily apparent, consider the famous episode where Lucy and Ethel put their skills to the test in a chocolate manufacturing plant. The job is relatively easy and straightforward: wrap each piece of chocolate candy as it comes out of the manufacturing line.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Responding to large-scale crises such as the Ebola outbreak requires government resources. I’m no fan of Big Government, but there are some cases where a system-wide view is much more efficient than a localized, distributed view. An example in the supply chain space is US maritime policy. A broader, and more topical example, is managing the Ebola crisis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

'In last Thursday’s Wall Street Journal there was a front page article titled U.S. Boom Can Stand Further Fall in Oil Prices. “Oil prices would need to fall at least another $20 a barrel to choke off the U.S. energy boom, industry experts say, though some smaller American producers would face serious problems from a […].

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

'Why do transportation budgets fail? It’s a thorny topic, even for transportation professionals trying to trace an increase back to its source. Imagine what it’s like for senior executives who have no background in transportation as they try to understand it. At a CSCMP conference session, participants offered case after case of how business decisions—both unintentional and intentional—can wreak havoc on transportation spend.

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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Carriers Like 3PL Services a Lot More than Straight Truckload Carriage, Amazon Testing Taxi Deliveries, Troubles and Costs Crossing Mexican Border May be Changing, FedEx Battling Unionization Efforts'

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Supply Chain Cowboy

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

'Back to Marketing Class. In a recent marketing class, we discussed a case of a startup company segmenting its customers. The startup had two primary customer types that were beginning to require different solutions. The company had to decide which segment to focus on and which one to let go. Running through the numbers, we came to a clear conclusion that customer segment A would be more profitable with the largest growth potential.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

'For many years, “fall back” was a good thing. I could go to the bed at my normal time on Saturday night and enjoy an extra hour of sleep. Sure, it meant that the cold of winter was coming and that it would be dark by 4:30, but for one glorious day, I got to […].

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

'I suppose it’s inevitable with age. Everything starts to fall apart eventually and it is amazing how it creeps up on you. You remember giggling silently when someone of a certain age walked in to a room and could not remember why or what they are supposed to be doing. I do this and like millions of others I have to return from whence I came to try and remember why I purposely strode into another room.

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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

'Joe DiIorio from Seagate Technology provides a case study on its hugely successful effort to build a COE to drive its supply chain transformation.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

'I’m off to a CSCMP New England Roundtable Executive Breakfast to discuss (what else!) transportation capacity, with Jason Seidl , Managing Director at Cowen and Company, leading the conversation. I’ll share my learnings in a future post, but in the meantime, here’s the news that caught my attention this week. Starbucks just announced big news about delivery (CNBC).

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Demand Solutions

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It has been a tough job market over the last couple of years. But things have definitely gotten better, especially in the supply chain field. . Last year, Demand Solutions held our user conference at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando, Florida. I was struck by the juxtaposition of the rock star paraphernalia up on the walls with all the rock star supply chain pros we work with.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore on what the 2014 election means for the supply chainm and other legisltative and regulatory issues'

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Tompkins Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

'There was a brief news article last week about the future opening of an e-commerce fulfillment center. What made the article jump off my computer screen were the uninformed statements made about American retail business.

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Logistics Middle East

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

'Incredible surge follows relocation of all-cargo flights from DXB.

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More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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The Network Effect

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

'Note, this is the final post of an ongoing series. In part one , part two , and part three I explained how the terms “shelf-connected” and “demand-driven” have been in use for years within the supply chain community, but only recently has demand-driven value network technology emerged and matured enough to truly be a game-changer. Here is part three of the checklist with explanations.

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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

'About a Quarter Get TMS from ERP Provider, While Total Best of Breed Tops that Number'

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Tompkins Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'More than 130 days ago we released the video The Alibaba Effect. Yesterday, the video surpassed 80,000 views. Yes, 80,000!

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