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UK retailers gather in London for annual Unified Retail Planning seminar

RELEX Solutions

Haylea Smith and Jag Banwait from the UK’s leading newsagent WHSmith talked about the growing importance of food in their offering, with chilled items now being sold in 241 of its stores, particularly targeting people wanting affordable meals on-the-go, often at transport hubs or visiting hospitals.

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The 7 Best Events For Freight Shipping in 2015

GlobalTranz

FTR Transportation Conference 2015 Indianapolis, Indiana; September 15-17. Early bird registration is already open for 2015’s FTR Transportation Conference, which dubs itself “The Premier Forecasting Event of the Year.” 2015 Surface Transportation Summit Toronto, Ontario, Canada; October 14.

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Headlines UCLA Anderson.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

UCLA Anderson Forecast. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Headlines UCLA Anderson Forecast Conference. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (center) with the UCLA Anderson forecasters. Garcetti’s second plank is to commit to infrastructure, including public transportation, as much as Los Angeles is committed to job creation.

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Avoid “Lost in Translation”. Monetize S&OP to Include Finance.

ToolsGroup

For instance, a Gartner industry benchmarking shows that a 1% increase in forecast accuracy typically achieves: 2-7% reduction in the value of total inventory as a percentage of sales (working capital). 3-9% reduction in transportation costs as a percentage of sales (overhead costs and profitability).

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals. It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865.

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Musk's Electric-Car Vision Doubted by Major Auto-Parts Suppliers

Material Handling & Logistics

auto production would be electric in 10 years, the parts makers have issued modest forecasts and spoken in circumspect, even defiant, tones. And investors seem inclined to reward those trying to transform transportation, with all-electric Tesla surpassing the likes of Ford Motor Co. said August 8 at a JPMorgan conference in New York.

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26 warehouse pros reveal the most important factors to consider when moving to an automated warehouse

6 River Systems

Leibman is a partner at the law firm McCarter & English , where he focuses on the supply chain management, transportation and logistical needs of manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, carriers and third-party logistics providers. Supply chain: How would this flow down through transportation? mccarterenglish.