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The AI Revolution: Transforming Supply Chain and Logistics with Artificial Intelligence

Supply Chain Brain

As this vital technology continues to advance at an exponential rate, businesses that embrace AI in their supply chain operations will be well-positioned for long-term success.

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Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51 and Market6 Data

Alloy

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. Kroger collaborates with thousands of food and beverage, health, beauty, and personal care companies to service roughly 2,800 stores. Due to its size, Kroger typically manages its distribution network in-house.

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How 2D Barcodes Support Supply Chain Visibility

Supply Chain Brain

The power of 2D barcodes lies in their ability to provide extensive content and visibility, meeting the demands of both consumers and supply chain stakeholders.

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Planning & Inventory Management

Vecco International

Vecco International announces the rollout of a game-changing supply chain Planning & Inventory Management (PIM) product for “smaller” manufacturing, distribution, and construction businesses (SMBs). This platform enables these companies to move from primary reliance on spreadsheets for supply chain and sustainability planning to managing with enterprise level capabilities.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

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Transparent Software Supply Chains Will Usher in Healthcare Cyber Quality

Supply Chain Brain

As software bills of materials analysis yields business-relevant risk information, customers will use it to make more informed decisions about what to buy and how to price risk transfers.

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The Top Three Crops Threatened by Climate Change in 2024

Supply Chain Brain

In the coming year, here’s how producers of three essential food categories can proactively plan their supply chains to mitigate risks associated with extreme weather and climate change.

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Retail Inventory Management: Basic Steps & Best Practices

Unleashed

For retailers, inventory is more than just a list of products: It’s also the mainstay of your retail operations, the source of your revenue, and the foundation of customer satisfaction. Retail inventory management is therefore the key to managing inventory costs and movements effectively. This article will help you understand how it works, why it’s so important, and which best-practice retail inventory management techniques can ensure efficient stock control.

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Don’t Forget the Human Side of the SRM Equation

Supply Chain Brain

Development of SRM tools using artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies is rapidly proliferating, but supply chain organizations shouldn’t forget to personally nurture supplier relationships.

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Asset Management / Equipment Rentals

Vecco International

Vecco has built a Control Tower (Asset CT) for use by multi-site equipment rental companies. Vecco’s unique system will: 1) Assist in improving the Return on Controlled Assets (ROCA) at all levels optimizing the frequency and cost of asset transfers between branches while achieving customer service fill rate and asset utilization objectives. 2) Provide a platform to execute the fleet optimization algorithms utilized by the Rental Company. 3) Tools to apply region and corporate level forecast par

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7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders are presented with their fair share of challenges, with a host of tools and strategies to resolve them. That said, what’s the best path forward to leverage this year’s trends? In this recap of a recent GEP-WBR webinar, 7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024, GEP’s Pramod Sethumadhavan explores seven vital leadership trends that will help guide procurement and supply chain decision-makers.

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Refocusing on High-Impact Sustainability Wins

Supply Chain Brain

Organizations face mounting pressure to ensure the sustainability of not just their operations and supply chains, but also those of their domestic and overseas supply chain partners.

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Industrial / Manufacturing / Auto

Vecco International

The Vecco platform provides cost effective, full featured functionality for enterprises with large and highly complex international value chains and is inherently scalable with no reengineering required. Vecco’s software supports a comprehensive set of collaborative business processes that encompass OEM best practices. Vecco software has been proven in the world’s largest hi-tech supply chain in a “mission critical” application to manage inbound inventory movement among over 250 global business

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Overcoming an Ethical and Sustainability Crisis in the Cotton Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Expect to see users of cotton seeking to improve the visibility of their multi-tier supply chains to avoid regulatory fines, protect themselves from reputational damage, and understand their risk exposure.

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Building Industry

Vecco International

The building industry is experiencing multiple supply chain and sustainability challenges as it transitions to a more manufacturing centric and environmentally friendly model of construction. This briefly lays out the key functional elements reflecting how the Vecco solution can be applied to solve critical supply chain problems currently being experienced by GCs, large and small contractors, distributors, developers, manufacturer reps and other key participants (large and small) in the construc

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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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A Global Logistics Outlook for 2024

Supply Chain Brain

While many shippers have made great strides toward building resilience into their supply chains over the years, it’s important that they don’t pump the brakes on progress.

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Going the Extra Mile for the Last Mile

Supply Chain Brain

As supply chains become more digital, it should get easier to provide proof of delivery, enhanced order tracking and real-time visibility.

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For Automotive Manufacturers, a New Age of Nearshoring

Supply Chain Brain

Nearshoring is going to alter global supply chains for years to come. By considering the right factors upfront, you can avoid unexpected costs and complications.

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Strengthening Freight Networks Amid Mounting Geopolitical and Climate Pressures

Supply Chain Brain

The transportation sector faced significant challenges in 2023, including rising operational costs that impacted each step in the supply chain.

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Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes with the Power of Generative AI

Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.

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Accelerating Adoption of Supply Chain AI: The Critical Role of Trust

Supply Chain Brain

As many organizations struggle to achieve full value realization, the importance placed on trust in the user-AI relationship continues to grow.

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The Imperative of Multi-Tier Supply Chain Visibility

Supply Chain Brain

An understanding of ESG risk will become essential in light of investor and consumer demands, the financial impact of regulatory penalties, and carbon taxes

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Watch: Building an Effective Digital Marketing Campaign

Supply Chain Brain

Russ Henneberry, a digital marketing consultant and founder at theCLIKK.com, describes the five main elements of a successful digital marketing campaign.

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Optimizing Cold Chain Logistics for Fresh Produce

Supply Chain Brain

The landscape of produce transportation is evolving, and in the coming years, we can expect a continued commitment to optimizing cold chain logistics.

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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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Majority of HR Leaders Think Half Their Workforce Will Need to Be Reskilled

Supply Chain Brain

Thirty-four percent of participants said that they are concerned about how their skills will rise to meet changing expectations brought on by automation and new technology.

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Flexitanks: A Game-Changer in Beverage Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

These innovative containerized shipping options offer an enhanced means of transporting non-hazardous bulk liquids both domestically and globally.

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Revolutionizing Retail: Aisle-Ready Pallets and Speedy Deliveries

Supply Chain Brain

As we navigate the e-commerce age, the pivot toward automation underscores the industry's commitment to meeting the demands of a dynamic market while fortifying against unforeseen disruptions.

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Redefining Trade Compliance in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape

Supply Chain Brain

As trade compliance regulations become more complex and nuanced, this is a pivotal moment for global organizations to build a more holistic framework of compliance risk mitigation.

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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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Securing a Satellite Communications Future Through Green Business Practices

Supply Chain Brain

Despite the many advantages offered by satellite internet, especially in areas lacking traditional telecom infrastructure, it’s crucial to acknowledge and address the associated environmental impacts.

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Are the Days of Voluntary GHG Reporting Over? Not for EPA SmartWay

Supply Chain Brain

Successful strategies will use a combination of high-quality primary data — like that of the SmartWay program — and other global frameworks to meet freight efficiency goals and reporting requirements.

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Navigating the Changing LTL Market

Supply Chain Brain

If the economy plays out favorably, freight volumes will increase, and capacity constraints will emerge. That could put pressure on companies when shippers scrambled to find available truck space.