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How Will 3D and 4D Printing Change Your Supply Chain?

All Things Supply Chain

At the beginning of Terminator 2, Sarah Connor has a surreal moment when she realizes she must trust her previous nemesis, played by Schwarzenegger, to protect her son from a…

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Is Your Supply Chain ‘Ready for Anything’?

ToolsGroup

Over the years we’ve built strong relationships with hundreds of global companies, and we hear the same challenges again and again: they can’t accurately plan for intermittent demand, they’ve got too much capital tied up in inventory, and their planners are overwhelmed by data management and complicated math. In an ever-changing global economy with all its unexpected twists and turns, supply chain leaders are looking for a way to be ready for anything the real world throws at them.

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How Barcode Scanning Can Revolutionize Your Inventory Management

DELMIA Quintiq

Effectively running and maintaining a successful warehouse in the modern supply chain is increasingly challenging. New processes and innovations continue to reinvent the world of logistics. Implementing something as simple as barcode scanning can completely transform your inventory management system. Barcoding. Barcodes have developed from an early innovation to a nearly mandatory tool for. inventory optimization and management.

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The Supply Chain Digital Twin: Is It Just Another Fad?

River Logic

A lot has changed. Simulation and modeling software allow organizations to create realistic and verifiable supply chain digital twins of their supply chains. Data mining techniques along with inputs from Internet of Things (IoT) sensors allow them to feed real-time data into models. They can monitor and determine what's happening in the real world and plan the appropriate corrective action.

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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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5 Key Benefits of Implementing a Dock Scheduling Software

C3 Solutions

The increased complexity of global supply chains presents new challenges for facility managers and warehouse executives. Failure to properly maintain and proactively manage the yard, warehouse managers, the dock, and transportation will result in higher freight spend. Unfortunately, these factors can influence one another, and shortfalls within the dock will lead to problems throughout the rest of your supply chain.

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Even if Consumers Aren’t Aware of Human Trafficking, Companies Need to Be

Enterra Insights

“It’s been 20 years since passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 ,” writes Robert J. Bowman, Managing Editor of SupplyChainBrain. “Yet public awareness of human trafficking in global supply chains remains shockingly deficient.”[1] Raising awareness could make a difference. Bowman reports a national survey by SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass found, “60% of consumers would stop using a product if they knew that human trafficking or forc

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5 Key Steps to Improve Your Distribution Network

GlobalTranz

The strategies of supply chain management are of paramount importance when it comes to boosting the profitability of the business and distribution network. It is highly important that the customers’ demands related to the quality, quantity, timely response and timely delivery without any unnecessary delay are being met in a cost-effective manner. The various steps.read More.

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The Top Five Benefits of Using Machine Learning for Demand Forecasting

Logility

Machine Learning for demand forecasting has matured to a level of accuracy, transparency and replicability that translates into transformative results, including in these five areas: Accuracy, transparency, thoroughness of analytical options and results. Ability to ingest and use a broad range of data; a system that is ‘greedy’ for data that yield new insights.

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Creating a Resilient Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Today we recognize that the supply chain is a source of strategic advantage. In our quest to drive scale and reduce costs, we have architected supply chains spanning the globe. However, as these supply chains become increasingly globalized, they are also more vulnerable to disruption. Natural disasters, weather events, business cycles and more recent challenges, such as the threatened tariffs on Mexican goods, the ongoing trade war with China, and the outbreak of the coronavirus, […].

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Embedded Analytics: A Force Multiplier for Business

The possibilities for embedded analytics to drive real value for businesses, end users, and society are as fascinating as they are limitless. No matter the industry, brand after brand is finding that analytics can be the solution to a multitude of business challenges. Go deep with five insightsoftware customers as they share the details of their analytics journeys and discuss the transformative power of data.

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Editor’s Pick: Data is the New Fuel for Transportation and Logistics

Talking Logistics

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This post by Brian Hodgson from Descartes’ blog discusses how companies can leverage data to strengthen their supply chains, deliver better.

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Effective Freight Management 2020: What Do Shipper’s Need to Compete?

GlobalTranz

Effective freight management 2020 initiatives will help supply chains stay relevant and competitive with Amazon and the big box retailers. As the world watches the coronavirus’ epidemic spread, the time for rethinking existing freight management 2020 strategies has arrived. More importantly, shippers must recognize that the use of data could solve this crisis and those.read More.

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The Supply Chain Professional of the Future Will Need These 4 Skills

Logility

The supply chain professional of the future will need the types of skills you won’t find online or in a textbook. The Internet is awash with content designed to help business professionals succeed now and help the next generation¹ succeed someday. Google searches will yield a bonanza of advice served up as scholarly articles, celebrity secrets and everything in between.

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BJ’s Wholesale Clubs Competes Based on Sheer Supply Chain Efficiency

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon gets plaudits for their supply chain innovation. But when it comes to sheer cost savings driven by supply chain efficiencies, it is hard to beat BJ's Wholesale Clubs. Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are said to be struggling because of Amazon. There is research that shows wholesale clubs and supercenters have been the bigger threat. The post BJ’s Wholesale Clubs Competes Based on Sheer Supply Chain Efficiency appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Global Disruption Due to COVID-19 Removes Decades of Supply Chain Inertia – Now What?

The Network Effect

The post Global Disruption Due to COVID-19 Removes Decades of Supply Chain Inertia – Now What? appeared first on The Network Effect.

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[PODCAST] The Growing “Influence” of Content Marketing in the Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Listen to “The Growing Influence of Content Marketing in the Supply Chain” on Spreaker. Business and Marketing Resources Marketing Logistics Services: A Discussion on Getting Attention Online Listen to the Podcast Example of an Effective Transportation Management Case Study View Case Study How Industrial Companies Can Pivot to Inbound Organizations & Increase Customer Experience Listen.read More.

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Performance Reviews: Evaluating Supply Chain Talent (Insights from Indago Members)

Talking Logistics

In addition to yourself, who participates and provides input in conducting your performance review? We asked our Indago research community that question back in September 2019. Not surprising, all of our Indago member respondents (100%) said that “The person I report to directly” participates and provides input in conducting their performance review.

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Collaboration, Procurement with Purpose and the Entente Cordiale…

ivalua

Last week, round 40 Procurement leaders got together in the very pleasant surroundings of the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London to talk about collaboration, and to celebrate Ivalua’s increased presence in the UK. The Procurement technology firm was founded in France in 2000 and has become very strong in the US, as well as in its homeland and other continental European countries.

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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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Spot rates stall for van freight in uncertain market conditions

DAT Solutions

Van carriers may be glad to see February recede in the rearview, as rates and volume slid lower in a typical winter slump. As of last week, rates seemed to have hit a plateau, and truckload volumes were picking up. The much-anticipated spring recovery may be delayed or canceled, however, due to the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus on supply chains worldwide.

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Freight Invoice Auditing Trends: Shippers Now Leaning on Technology Providers

GlobalTranz

There was a time when freight invoice auditing was just an opportunity. It was an option for companies with the biggest revenues and shipping volumes. However, carrier actions and the rapid growth of the supply chain through e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment created a problem where invoices began to succumb to error and inconsistency. As a.read More.

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Global Disruption Due to COVID-19 Removes Decades of Supply Chain Inertia – Now What?

The Network Effect

The post Global Disruption Due to COVID-19 Removes Decades of Supply Chain Inertia – Now What? appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Women’s History Month: Spotlight on Women in Supply Chain and Transportation

Kuebix

Each year, Women’s History Month is celebrated in March to honor women who have made waves in their various spaces. It’s a time to reflect on women’s contributions to culture, history, and society as a whole. Influential and impactful women are prevalent, though sometimes overlooked. In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th and […]. The post Women’s History Month: Spotlight on Women in Supply Chain and Transportation appeared first on Kuebix.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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Don’t Automate Inefficiency with Robotic Process Automation

Enterra Insights

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has received a lot of media attention over the past several years. It has been demonized as the harbinger of mass unemployment and lauded as the gateway technology to the intelligent enterprise. Most analysts view RPA as a way to free employees from having to do repetitive, tedious tasks making them available to concentrate on more productive activities.

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Supply chain in control with coronavirus

Supply Chain Movement

Slowly but surely, everyone is realizing that supplies from China are stagnating as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Containers are stuck at the ports in Hong Kong and Shanghai. And factories have temporarily shut down. So how is coronavirus impacting on business life and supply chain in particular? The impending coronavirus pandemic is not only affecting factories across the board in China.

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Recommendations for Managing Supply Chain Risks and Challenges

Unleashed

Globalisation means that our supply chains are more entwined and complex than ever. When a global disruption like the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak happens, its impact will be felt on both social and economic levels. Disruptions in the supply chain. The COVID-19 outbreak is having a major impact on global supply chains, especially as governments respond to the growing concerns by closing their borders, imposing quarantines, mandating factory shutdowns and more.

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Construction of Toyota’s ‘Smart City’ is Set to Begin in 2021

Kuebix

Artificial intelligence, robots and self-driving cars are establishing themselves within the transportation industry thanks to improved operational efficiencies and long-term benefits. These technologies are being adopted more commonly as their success stories continue to grow in number. Toyota, a Japanese automobile manufacturer recognized for their reliable and durable cars, has another plan to accelerate the […].

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Mastering Order Management: Backorders & Out-of-Stock Inventory

The unfortunate truth is that you will always have low stock and backorder issues with your supply chain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared to handle them. This brief video explores some of the primary drivers of inventory issues – and how modern technology and best practices can mitigate these issues and ensure a superb customer experience.

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Cognitive Technologies and the Future of the Internet of Things

Enterra Insights

We are in the early stages of what many, if not most, analysts believe is a fourth industrial revolution (aka Industry 4.0). Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explain the first three revolutions were driven by steam, electricity, and automation. They write, “Industrial production was transformed by steam power in the nineteenth century, electricity in the early twentieth century, and automation in the 1970s.”[1] The fourth revolution is being driven by data.

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Factoring Risk & Business Continuity into Holistic Supplier Management

Jaggaer

Research reveals a rise in disruptive incidents deep in the supply chain. What is the optimal way to categorize your suppliers so that you can manage them better and maximize business continuity? The latest Supply Chain Resilience Report published by the Business Continuity Institute in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) provides some fascinating insights.

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The coronavirus supply chain

Supply Chain Movement

The media coverage of supply chain has increased exponentially as a result of the coronavirus epidemic in China, South Korea and Italy. All companies that produce and ship tangible goods are currently working hard to assess the impact of the outbreak on their own supply chains. Professor Yossi Sheffi from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston advises firms to conduct scenario analysis to minimize the business risks.