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This Week in Logistics News (October 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Last week I highlighted that many toy manufacturers were looking to maximize holiday profits by selling more “ squishy ” toys. With its new team of robots and the advanced facility, both operated by GXO Logistics, Saks is aiming to keep up with surging online sales.

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Is Workforce Planning the Weakest Link in Your Supply Chain Transformation Journey?

Talking Logistics

While many companies have invested significant time and money over the years to improve their demand, supply, and manufacturing planning capabilities, they have underinvested in workforce planning and optimization, and they’re now starting to feel the consequences. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Innovations that drive business decisions forward

DELMIA Quintiq

At Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia 2016, attendees were encouraged to think about the past, present and future of their businesses from a fresh perspective as they gained insights into the latest analytics and optimization technology. Covering wide ground on manufacturing. Making logistics operations more versatile.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper includes southern New Jersey’s only Level I trauma center (Cooper University Hospital), which is the busiest trauma center in the Philadelphia region. Many of their suppliers were using the same sub-tier manufacturers. Hospitals throughout the region send the most complex and critically ill and injured to Cooper for treatment.

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4 reasons not to miss the Quintiq World Tour

DELMIA Quintiq

Robert Meyers , Planning Manager Americas, BP Lubricants, Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia 2014. Lora Cecere , Supply Chain Insights, Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia 2014. Andreas Novak, Director Manufacturing, Vlisco Netherlands. Adrian Gonzalez, President at Adelante SCM and founder/host of Talking Logistics.

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Supply Chain Matters Perspectives From Your Editor

Supply Chain Matters

They provide a series of ongoing themes: Production and supply chain activity levels continuing to reflect global manufacturing recession and by our lens, again at a crossroad for added shifts. Continued data and developments reinforcing recessionary conditions among global freight, logistics and online retail activity levels.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. What will happen in 2016? Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. and L Brands Inc.’s