ProcurePort
JULY 27, 2022
• Strategic sourcing is a practice in procurement that seeks to utilize a single, integrated process for purchasing and supply chain management. • Strategic sourcing tailors data collection, spend analysis, negotiation, market research, and contracting to achieve profitability and efficiency in purchasing and supply chain management. So, as opposed to sourcing which is the actual […].
The Logistics of Logistics
JULY 25, 2022
Kary Jablonski and Joe Lynch discuss Trucker Tools. Kary is the CEO of Trucker Tools, the leading carrier relationship management platform that helps brokers grow their carrier network, book loads digitally, track freight, and build enduring relationships with carriers to drive reuse.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 28, 2022
Across the global business ecosystem, sourcing and retaining top talent labor is of utmost importance. This is no less true of the supply chain industry, which must manage high customer demand while simultaneously experiencing unprecedented labor issues. What’s more, the physical rigors and repetitive nature of supply chain work are creating massive challenges when it comes to employee retention.
Talking Logistics
JULY 29, 2022
It’s the last Friday in July and I’ve yet to go to the beach. Well, I did visit a beach in Iceland, but the water was way too cold for my Cuban blood (and probably Icelandic blood too), and there were signs everywhere warning about “sneaker waves” that can pull you out to sea. This. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (July 29, 2022).
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Logility
JULY 29, 2022
How to properly optimize your logistics network with network design. The Challenge. Modern business means fast distribution. Amazon is not the only company driven to one- and two-day delivery; all industries are headed to shorter service windows. This means more distribution points, closer to your customers. Now, supply chain leaders are caught between a cost versus service crunch.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 26, 2022
Supply chains have experienced significant disruptions in the first half of 2022, from a global pandemic to wars, rising fuel costs, and a potential recession. Throughout the past six months, rates and capacity have been highly volatile as the industry deals with other ongoing challenges. The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) continues to rank driver shortages, driver retention, and the costs of extensive regulatory compliance on carrier operations as top concerns for carriers.
ToolsGroup
JULY 26, 2022
Prestigious award presented by Microsoft at the Inspire event. Milan, July 27 , 2022 – ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to announce it has been awarded Microsoft Italy’s Best Independent Software Vendor Partner Award for the second year in a row. It was announced at Inspire 2022, the annual event dedicated to the Microsoft partners ecosystem.
Logility
JULY 27, 2022
(Or a cautionary tale about cutting corners.) Are you helping your teenagers with their SAT preparation? Here is a good test question: You have two customers 300 miles apart. Customer A has 600 units of demand and Customer B has 300 units of demand. Where is the best place to put a distribution center? What is your answer?
DELMIA Quintiq
JULY 25, 2022
The CPG-R industry is still learning how to deal with disruption. Now, nearly three years from the start of the pandemic, it is clear that variability in supply and demand will continue to test the resiliency and agility of extended supply chains around the globe. Hoping for a return to any sort of “normal” stability is not an effective strategy for maintaining business operations in a sustainable and efficient manner.
Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 25, 2022
Nathan Sanders, CEO of Brook Furniture Retail. When you think about digital transformation, you probably think of multinational giants like McDonald’s or Sephora. But it’s the small to midsize companies that often reap the most rewards from such transformation. Case in point: Brook Furniture Rental has invested in new technologies to undertake a true digital evolution, significantly improving customer service and reducing operational costs along the way.
Arkieva
JULY 27, 2022
Whether you are a manufacturer, retailer or distributor, inventory is likely one of your largest assets – after cash of course. Managing this asset takes a cross-functional team, all (hopefully) moving in the same direction. Weak management of the inventory process results in a porous supply chain. How to Have a Serious Conversation About Inventory was first posted on July 27, 2022 at 7:53 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial
Logility
JULY 26, 2022
Supply chain design is no longer the ‘create it, set it, and walk away’ exercise that it once was. The acceleration of e-commerce, impact of shortages, and ever-evolving shifts in customer demand and economic realities require a framework that is flexible enough to change under the best of conditions as well as the worst. In his article featured on SupplyChainBrain, Steve Johanson, senior vice president and industry principal at Logility, insightfully explains why supply chains need a more fluid
SCMDOJO
JULY 28, 2022
The purchasing department purchases different types of goods and services. However, when you buy something, you may not always know all the suppliers that offer a particular product. Then the Supplier registration form comes in handy. You probably only know a handful of providers. This means that every time you host a sourcing event, the same suppliers bid on the same products at the same prices.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 29, 2022
Toy companies are always looking for the next big thing. And for Mattel, that next big thing might be Space X. Mattel inked a multiyear deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to create a line of toys inspired by the space venture, the companies announced Wednesday. “As space exploration advances more quickly than ever before, we are thrilled to work with SpaceX and help spark limitless play patterns for the space explorer in every kid,” said Nick Karamanos, Mattel’s senior vice president of entertainment
Enterra Insights
JULY 28, 2022
Planning would be a lot easier if the world were a less complicated and more predictable place in which to conduct business. Unfortunately, the business environment is constantly changing. An acronym used more and more often by supply chain planners to describe the business environment is VUCA, which stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity.
ivalua
JULY 27, 2022
The post Ivalua’s Procurement & Supply Chain Summer Reading List appeared first on Ivalua.
SCMDOJO
JULY 29, 2022
Economic order quantity is one of the “most commonly used inventory-control techniques”. The objectives and advantages of Economic Order Qty (EOQ) are to minimize inventory carrying costs and ordering costs while simultaneously limiting the probability of stock out to avoid any lost sales or customer loss. Like safety stock calculations , EOQ is one of the most important equations in supply chain planning.
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AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 25, 2022
The water levels in a crucial waterway in Europe’s economic heartland are running dangerously low in the region's searing heat, posing another risk to global supply chains.
Enterra Insights
JULY 27, 2022
Thanks to the pandemic there has been a significant paradigm shift in the retail sector. That shift, according to Ilias Simpson (@IliasSimpson), CEO at Radial, involved a "transformation of omnichannel buying behavior."
ivalua
JULY 26, 2022
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are rapidly becoming boardroom priorities and companies are increasingly investing in these initiatives to achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Likewise, customers and employees are increasingly demanding that companies are environmentally conscious. More and more companies are adopting a low-carbon footprint and sustainable approach to procurement, and for good reason.
IT Supply Chain
JULY 29, 2022
By Sam Linford (pictured). AVP EMEA Channels at Deep Instinct. The post US federal court system still suffering from prolonged impacts caused by a cyberattack appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon
This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 25, 2022
Sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine are having an undeniable impact on global supply chains, but individual companies might have a hard time determining precisely how they’re affected.
Enterra Insights
JULY 25, 2022
The Digital Age is all about connectivity and so is the emergence of the digital supply chain. Consumers expect to be connected to retailers. Retailers expect to be connected to manufacturers. Manufacturers expect to be connected to suppliers. And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
JULY 26, 2022
Can specialist ISV solutions solve unique business challenges faced today? Spurs in consumer demand, rising globalization and the dependence on fragile global supply chains are changing the manufacturing landscape as we know it. While navigating these challenges, businesses are expected to produce higher return of capital than their competitors or face the risk of redundancy.
IT Supply Chain
JULY 27, 2022
By Ron de Bos (pictured). Director Product Management - Payments, Digital River. The post Consumers struggling to keep up with buy now, pay later schemes appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 25, 2022
The pandemic has put unprecedented strain on global supply chains— and also on the workers who’ve kept those systems running under tough conditions. It looks like many of them have had enough.
PLS Logistics
JULY 26, 2022
In July 2022, we saw the supply chains inching back to normal, and the potential new normal for container shipping spot rates.
All Things Supply Chain
JULY 29, 2022
Grain exports from Ukraine may resume ‘within days’ Ukraine has announced that the first set of vessels loaded with grain could be leaving the Black Sea ports in a matter…
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