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How to Evaluate & Buy Supply Chain Visibility Software

Turvo

In the modern supply chain, selecting the right supply chain technology and software can make or break company goals. Unfortunately, choosing the right supply chain visibility software is even more complicated. Every company promises access to more information, the latest market data, and a better way to manage the supply chain. The reality is simple.

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How bad supplier data undermines your decision-making

HICX Solutions

We know that bad data causes inefficiencies and creates vast sums of extra cost. It can also lead to inconsistent or bad decision-making. This is arguably the one of the most dangerous consequences, as it can result in some of the costliest mistakes that remain hidden – or potentially unaddressed – until it is too late. Omera Khan, professor of supply chain management at Royal Holloway, University of London, explains, “too few organizations appreciate the costs of incomplete, out of

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Top 5 Signs You Have Outgrown Your Planning System

Arkieva

Industry analysts, big-time consultants, and your peers are all talking about technology, digital transformation, and the future of the supply chain. It can seem like a lot of noise given the day-to-day pressure you feel while working to ensure that inventory is on hand and positioned where it is supposed to be. With all you have on your plate, are you aware of the signs that it is time for a change?

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Ahold Delhaize’s Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

In December of 2019, the global grocery retailer Ahold Delhaize announced it was investing $480 million to transform and expand its U.S. supply chain operations in support of a new three-year strategy to move to self-distribution. In self distribution, the company insources many supply chain activities that were formerly outsourced. Ahold Delhaize was formed in July 2016 from the merger of Ahold and Delhaize Group.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

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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The path to recovery from COVID-19 – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

e-Commerce delivery overview in Southeast Asia. The first half of 2020 has been a rollercoaster ride for global and regional e-commerce logistics, setting off supply and demand shocks throughout the industry. Parcel Monitor tracks parcels all over Southeast Asia. Data collected from billions of parcels over the last 5 years, allows us to analyze changes in the e-commerce delivery ecosystem.

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Five Signs It’s Time to Update Your Supply Chain Technology

Talking Logistics

Does technology hold you back or accelerate your success? Supply chain applications have changed so significantly over the past decade that the use of legacy applications can prevent companies from reaching their full potential. Legacy solutions work fine by the previous standard that was in force — but today it’s not near enough. True modernization.

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What an extra-active hurricane season could mean for freight

DAT Solutions

This season is proving to be very different, with COVID-19 adding another layer of complexity to supply chains. And since many markets are already behaving like they do when hurricanes hit, shippers, brokers and carriers will need to communicate even more than usual. .

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10 Huge Benefits of eCommerce Businesses for Retailers & Buyers – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Online transactions has become an essential behaviour all over the world these days. From the farthest African town to the streets of London, modern technology are applied to purchase online and businesses strive to respond to the increasing demand for online shopping. With this tremendous increase in online business, companies and brands are developing online presence exponentially.

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How Digital Agility Can Help Prepare Your Supply Chain for Anything

Kuebix

Businesses’ ability to successfully navigate unexpected events is a large part of an overall successful supply chain. Many companies have found ways to mitigate the effects of events like hurricanes and blizzards. However, most organizations were not prepared for the implications of a pandemic like Covid-19 and its long-term impact on global supply chains.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

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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Virtual Supply Chain Conferences

Talking Logistics

One of our most popular posts every year is our Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend post. A few weeks after publishing this year’s list, the COVID-19 pandemic began. It didn’t take long for every conference after March to either get cancelled or re-imagined as a virtual event. Moving forward, how important will it. Read more Virtual Supply Chain Conferences.

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Have truckload rates reached their peak?

DAT Solutions

With freight markets already upended by COVID-19, supply chains are in a precarious position heading into hurricane season. Further complicating matters: This season is expected to be an especially active one.

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Capitalising on Supply Chain Digitisation with Robotic Process Automation – 10 Areas of Opportunities – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A digital workforce weaves together disconnected automation tools – Robotic Process Automation (RPA), AI, and machine learning – to think, act and analyse the way a human worker would, and work alongside humans. RPA as it is also referred to, has the capability to transform supply chain management. RPA can automate critical yet repetitive processes, driving increased efficiency, error reduction and faster throughput.

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Re-valuating The Supply Chain: Transportation Execution Driven By Innovation In Uncertain Times.

PINC

REGISTER HERE. As markets demand not only efficiency but agility and adaptability from supply chains in our current reality, supply chain executives have been heavily investing in automated execution and real-time visibility technologies to continue moving inventory and delivering on customer expectations. The Logistics Industry in the U.S. represents approximately 10% of the GDP or close to 2 trillion dollars.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Transforming the Shipper, Freight Forwarder Relationship with Sarah Barnes-Humphrey

The Logistics of Logistics

Transforming the Shipper, Freight Forwarder Relationship with Sarah Barnes-Humphrey. Sarah Barnes-Humphrey and Joe Lynch discuss transforming the shipper, freight forwarder relationship. As the founder of a company designed to connect shippers and freight forwarders, Sarah understands the dynamics of the shipper, freight forwarder relationship. About Sarah Barnes-Humphrey.

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Is the Last Mile Ready to Deliver the COVID-19 Vaccine?

CHAINalytics

All over the world, scientists are closing in on a vaccine for COVID-19. The disease that has plagued the world for the past eight months has at least six vaccines undergoing final phase three trials. It’s been a record-breaking effort so far. But the most complex logistics challenge since World War II still lies ahead … The post Is the Last Mile Ready to Deliver the COVID-19 Vaccine?

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Optimising M&M Spares Supply Chain – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

10% increase in both forecast accuracy and revenue. 15% decrease in inventory. 10% increase in service levels. Improved productivity. With Blue Yonder capabilities, Mahindra & Mahindra Spares Business Unit (M&M SBU) now has greater visibility regarding demand, inventory, supply and distribution plans and are able to make more accurate and timely supply chain decisions.

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Pandemics, Trade Wars and Warehousing 2: Optimizing for Uncertainty with Real Time Business Networks

The Network Effect

The post Pandemics, Trade Wars and Warehousing 2: Optimizing for Uncertainty with Real Time Business Networks appeared first on The Network Effect.

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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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Should Manufacturers Consider Coming Home or Stay Offshore?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

It seems strange in August 2020 that only six months ago we accepted that many of our components should come from Asia. How times have changed! The thought of relying on one supplier in a far-away country now keeps many supply chain managers up at night. The primary consideration for procurement departments is no longer around cost […]. The post Should Manufacturers Consider Coming Home or Stay Offshore?

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It’s essential to intimately understand your suppliers – here are 5 ways to achieve this

IT Supply Chain

By Daniel Ball (pictured). Business Development Director, Wax Digital. The post It’s essential to intimately understand your suppliers – here are 5 ways to achieve this appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Accelerate Digitisation in the Supply Chain – Leveraging a Data-driven Approach to Optimisation – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Founded in 2001, Seamless Distribution Systems (SDS) listed on the NASDAQ First North Premier are renowned for enabling the digitization of sales and distribution processes across more than 50 markets. With a key focus on emerging markets around the world, SDS process over US$14B worth of transactions annually. SDS built its reputation for success and excellence on delivering robust and innovative solutions, enabling them to establish themselves as a trusted partner to the telecommunications, re

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Cognitive Automation and How it Could Transform the Logistics Industry

Shipchain

As we’ve discussed before, there is still a human element required for many technologically advanced supply chain operations, including automation and blockchain. That said, a future in which smart machines can make decisions on their own (with a touch of human guidance, of course) could be closer than we think. Enter cognitive automation. . First and foremost, cognitive automation and robotic process automation (RPA) are not the same, even though they are often confused for one another.

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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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Avoiding the bullwhip: Navigating volatile demand in a post-COVID world

Proxima

As countries begin to emerge from the turbulence generated by Covid-19, so too does the real impact on trade. Add a global pandemic to a market already brimming with volatility, and it’s no surprise the term unprecedented times has become ironically familiar. A heady mix of plummeting supply brought on by trade restrictions, and sky-rocketing demand from panic-buying, has led to an aftermath of misalignment and serious global supply chain disruption over the past months.

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After UPS, FedEx and USPS Increase Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

In the last week, two additional major carriers – FedEx and USPS – announced increased peak season surcharges. This continues to the trend we have seen throughout the COVID-19 crises, but also indicates that we aren’t going to be seeing a return to any sort of normalcy in the near future. These announcements follow a similar one made by UPS earlier this month in which the company introduced unprecedented changes that directly impacted the largest shippers.

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The Reverse Logistics Role in Supply Chain Trends!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What Exactly Is Reverse Logistics? Reverse logistics role article and permission to publish here provided by Kevin Jessop at cerasis.com. As customers continue to shop online the demand on reverse logistics—particularly the process of managing returns—will skyrocket. It’s the same story; customers want more and more.

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Talking better product launch and allocation decisions with Ferrero USA

Alloy

If you’ve eaten candy in the past year, there’s a good chance Glenn Lawse was responsible for getting it to you. As Vice President of Supply Chain at Ferrero USA , Glenn and his team keep the shelves of American retailers stocked with confections like Tic Tacs, Butterfingers, Crunches, Nutella and Ferrero Rocher pralines.

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More Than 40 New Manufacturers Join Configura’s Platform in 2023

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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Top 4 Labor Productivity KPIs Supply Chain Back Office Managers Should Track

MercuryGate

If you aren’t automating processes in your back office, you are wasting your company’s money and becoming less competitive in a fiercely competitive marketplace. According to Supply Chain Brain, “[The supply chain back office] is where one finds a huge swath of white collar employees, none of them touching, making, or moving any goods, yet […].

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Shipping During Hurricane Season

Freight Center

2020 will undoubtedly go down in the history books – and it’s not over yet. We are rolling right on into hurricane season, and the 2020 hurricane season is predicted to be very active. It’s a different kind of disruption because we can see when a hurricane is coming as opposed to a pandemic that no one could have predicted. As we know, when it comes to keeping your small business shipping smoothly, it’s important to have a plan, including a disaster recovery plan.

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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro! Lessons for Life and Business!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. I spent a year working in Colorado. In Colorado you can’t help but be drawn to the beauty of the mountains. Eventually I started climbing those peaks (called the Fourteeners, as they are over 14,000 feet high) in my spare time. I hadn’t even thought about Mount Kilimanjaro at that point.