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Blockchain & Supply Chain Visibility: Will Blockchain Finally Eliminate Supply Chain Black Swans?

GlobalTranz

Supply chain risk is at the forefront of supply chain executives’ minds. Proper risk management can help supply chains navigate the complexities of post-hurricane recovery and increase productivity. Home Depot’s work in risk management served to increase profitability in the aftermath of the 2017 hurricane season. Unfortunately, not all supply chain leaders take the time to consider what may happen and how it will adversely affect productivity and the flow of products.

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How Supply Chain Lost Its Mojo

Supply Chain Shaman

mo·jo: noun. A magic charm, talisman, or spell. “someone must have their mojo working over at the record company” In the 1990s supply chain had MOJO. Then it was sexy. Today, it is not. 90% of public manufacturing companies are treading wate r. There is struggle. Improvement on the key metrics of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is elusive.

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The Blurring Line Between Retail and Logistics

Elementum

Our notion of convenience is evolving. Being able to offer options, from product variety to flexible delivery schemes, is essential for every business. That’s probably why some of the biggest companies in the world are moving beyond retail to establish their own logistics task forces. From Amazon to FedEx, the line between e-commerce retailer and logistics provider is blurring.

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FMCG Supply Chains – The most important roles?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

I am often asked which job in the extended Supply Chain is the most important. For FMCG producers this may be the demand planner while for retail partners the key role could be innovation planning. I do have a view on this so park the question for now and read on.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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[PODCAST] Blockchain and The Digital Supply Chain’s Role in Creating a Competitive Advantage & Reducing Operational Costs

GlobalTranz

Hello and welcome back to another episode of “The Freight Project Podcast!” On today’s episode we welcome Chris Kirchner, CEO & Founder of Slync a supply chain automation platform revolutionizing the ways partners collaborate using Artificial Intelligence, Workflow, and Blockchain. We hope you enjoy “The Freight Project Podcast.” You can subscribe and find this podcast on Apple iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Soundcloud , YouTube , and iHeartRadio!

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Fighting Fake Drugs in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

The Network Effect

With the lucrative profits to be made from fake pharmaceutical drugs, even more than in the narcotics trade, fake drugs. The post Fighting Fake Drugs in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Transitioning to Digital Supply Networks

Kinaxis

by Mike McAllister By APICS CEO Abe Eshkenazi, CSCP, CPA, CAE. This article was originally published on apics.org, and is republished with permission. With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, supply chain professionals are expected to embrace many new technologies – from artificial intelligence and robotics to predictive analytics and cloud computing.

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Supply Chain Management With Blockchain: How the Blockchain Enables Supply Chains to Focus on Customer Experience

GlobalTranz

Customer experiences have a vital bearing on the success or failure of today’s supply chains. In recent months, sustainability and ethical business practices have become cornerstones of the ongoing conversation about how to govern people and manage a business effectively. Without political diversion, today’s companies must take an active role in increasing positive customer experiences and meeting stringent ethics and sustainable practices.

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The Beginning of the End of the “Extended Workbench”?

SCM Research

Exports can be decomposed into a foreign value added (FVA) and a domestic value added (DVA) component. FVA is a key measure of the importance of global supply chains. It refers to the imported goods and services incorporated in a country’s exports. DVA relates to the contribution of a country’s own (i.e. domestic) factors of production. The 2018 World Investment Report , recently published by UNCTAD, shows that “[f]rom 1990 until 2010, the share of FVA in total exports rose continuou

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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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Blockchain Gains Traction in the Food Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

12 of the world’s biggest companies, including Walmart and Nestlé, are building a blockchain to remake how the industry tracks food worldwide. The group is focused on solving the traceability problem is known as Food Trust. There are many initiatives using Blockchain. This initiative is further along than any other. The post Blockchain Gains Traction in the Food Supply Chain appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Announcing Enterra Solutions 2nd Annual Cognitive Computing Summit

Enterra Insights

You are invited to join Enterra Solutions® for in-depth conversations on the rise of the Intelligent Enterprise with a focus on Supply Chain Optimization. Cognitive Computing, defined by Enterra as Artificial Intelligence in the form of Semantic Reasoning + Sophisticated Mathematics, addresses the complex, multi-faceted problems faced by leading organizations today by creating an autonomous decision sciences platform that enables game changing applications.

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GreyOrange to showcase its end-to-end robotics logistics solutions at CeMAT Australia

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

GreyOrange, a multinational robotics and supply chain automation company, and Advanced Warehouse Solutions, its distributor in Australia, will showcase the Butler range of robotics solutions at CeMAT Australia 2018, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 24 to 26 July.

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Forecast Accuracy: Why It Matters and How to Improve It

E2open

Demand forecasts underpin essentially every major business decision, but discussions about forecast accuracy rarely get visibility outside of supply chain organizations, let alone at the board level. In this white paper, learn why forecast accuracy matters and how it drives key financial metrics. The post Forecast Accuracy: Why It Matters and How to Improve It appeared first on E2open® | Demand.

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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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Devon Energy Uses Real-time Visibility to Improve Trucking Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

Devon Energy generates huge volumes of data. The company’s real-time data system monitors 6.5 million data points from multiple sites, with more than 10,000 updates per second. Devon Energy has worked to change real-time visibility into actionable insights for better truck scheduling. The post Devon Energy Uses Real-time Visibility to Improve Trucking Operations appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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What’s Ahead in the Logistics Arena?

Enterra Insights

Supply chains have been around since humankind first began trading goods millennia ago. The global economy was built on the shoulders of trade and the legs of supply chains. Yet, the supply chain industry has been accused of being slow to adapt to changing circumstances. For example, the editorial staff at Material Handling & Logistics note, “When it comes to digital maturity, the supply chain and logistics industry are lagging.”[1] Kaushal Dave ( @KDplan ), vice president of cognitive sol

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The Blurring Line Between Retail and Logistics

Elementum

Our notion of convenience is evolving. Being able to offer options, from product variety to flexible delivery schemes, is essential for every business. That’s probably why some of the biggest companies in the world are moving beyond retail to establish their own logistics task forces. From Amazon to FedEx, the line between e-commerce retailer and logistics provider is blurring.

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Survey Results: Strategies for Inventory Optimization

E2open

Inventory management is a key contributor to the bottom line for every company with a supply chain. Clear visibility to all inventory in all locations eludes many companies, leading to inaccurate inventory forecasting and costly expedites, among other problems. The results from this survey highlight the challenges and opportunities that leading companies across multiple industries have with their inventory visibility, levels and more.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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The Indispensable Role of WMS in Reverse Logistics

Veridian Solutions

Reverse logistics is filled with risk, and the rate of reverse logistics in e-commerce is higher than any other channel, reports Business2Community. Among e-commerce sales, up to 30 percent will be returned to the shipper, which reflects a huge demand for effective returns management and reverse-logistics process standardization. Using a WMS in reverse logistics can help meet this rise in demand and increase customer satisfaction.

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Three Real-World Motives for Greening the Supply Chain

MIT Supply Chain

Enterprises have devoted – and continue to devote – resources to green supply chain initiatives. Officially, companies often champion their environmental credentials in glossy reports, speeches and media interviews. Behind the scenes, however, many will admit that they do only the minimum for three basic reasons. Risk mitigation. Regardless of the degree to which company […].

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Inefficient supply chains are costing UK business £1.5bn per annum

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Supply chain inefficiencies and miscommunication through "Chinese Whispers" are costing UK businesses over £1.5bn in lost productivity according to analysis of industry data from digital freight forwarder Zencargo.

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Raytheon Streamlines and Automates Its Material Requirement Planning Processes with Exostar’s Supply Chain Platform

E2open

Learn about how Raytheon shifted away from siloed, manual processes to improve its material requirement planning (MRP) approach using Exostar’s Supply Chain Platform powered by E2open software. The post Raytheon Streamlines and Automates Its Material Requirement Planning Processes with Exostar’s Supply Chain Platform appeared first on E2open® | Demand.

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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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Tips for Maximizing Warehouse Space

Veridian Solutions

The 2018 State of Logistics Report , sponsored by 3PL Central , indicates warehousing models are evolving at a phenomenal rate. Online and mobile innovations are at the heart of increased traceability and visibility, and products must be delivered at break-neck speeds. More importantly, demand for warehouse space is at an all-time high, and warehousing is still short two million workers.

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Your Supply Chain Needs a New Place to Put Plastic

AFFLINK

In today’s regulated supply chain, the end of a product lifecycle is just as important as the beginning. Your manufacturing facilities need to dispose of the end-products of the manufacturing process – plastic scrap, offcuts, and the like. In some cases, your consumers must be instructed as to how to safely dispose of their device. With recent changes to the geopolitical landscape, your pre-existing disposal plan may now have to be rewritten.

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An Act with no action: businesses not doing enough to find slavery in UK supply chains

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

UK businesses are not doing enough to identify modern slavery in their supply chains, research from the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) has found. A survey of 897 supply chain managers found that almost a third (31%) of UK supply chain managers admitted they did not think their business was taking the necessary steps to tackle the issue.

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Perfecting the Manufacturing Machine: Collaborative Planning and Execution for the Industrial Manufacturing Industry

E2open

After decades of improving their engineering and production functions, the world’s leading industrial manufacturers now are working to improve the performance of their supply chains, which are among some of the most complex in the world. In this industry point of view, hear E2open’s take on how the industrial manufacturing industry can boost supply chain efficiency, lower costs, and ultimately, grow the customer base and increase customer loyalty.

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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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Spotlight On: Additional Storage Media

Logistics Bureau

This article, written by Mal Walker , Manager at Logistics Bureau, was first published in the May / June 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. Following from my last article , I have included some additional storage modes. Included are static storage equipment, automated systems and some common shelving configurations. The features of each are described along with tips on when to use or avoid them.

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Potential no-deal Brexit adds pressures on supermarket supply chains

Brookes Supply Chain Planning Blog

In the on-going saga that is the Brexit negotiations, supermarket supply chains are now in the front line. Brexit secretary Dominic Raab recently implied that it is the role of the grocery industry to ensure there are "adequate food supplies". The immediate response from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) was that stockpiling was "not a practical response" - retailers lack the facilities to house stockpiled goods.

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The need for dynamic people in electronics manufacturing and supply chain

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Victoria Bonnar, Human Resources Manager, Dynamic EMS. Electronics manufacturing plays a crucial role in the UK's economic, social and technological landscape, providing quality employment, on a substantial scale and enabling an active supply chain, that physically distributes products across the world.