IT Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
By Eisele Candace (pictured). Copywriter. The post Using of Supply Chain Automation Solutions for Operational Tasks appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
PLS Logistics
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has irrevocably altered the e-commerce environment. As a result, new market demands are straining retail supply chains worldwide due to strong digitalization and the exponential expansion of internet shopping.
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GlobalTranz
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
The state of the trucking market in 2021 is uncertain, filled with risk, and continues to evolve, making logistics management challenging.? Let’s consider these top factors affecting the trucking market, their implications on supply chains and how they are driving change within the industry. . Capacity Constraints Continue to Arise. Capacity constraints continue to come under microscope as shippers look for a better understanding to the state of the market.
DELMIA Quintiq
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
An increasing lineup of advanced digital solutions have given manufacturers the edge to transform and achieve better inventory control. The manufacturing industry is constantly searching for new and inventive ways to improve inventory management. From Vilfredo Pareto’s 80-20 principle to just-in-time and pull-based manufacturing, minimizing excess inventory has been a continuous quest—spurred on by the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
AIMMS
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
The post Data Tips for Supply Chain Network Design Part II: Data Collection appeared first on AIMMS.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ToolsGroup
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
I’ve worked in enterprise supply chain technology for more than 20 years, and, especially in the earlier years, collaborated in teams where I was the only female in the room. Over time, I’ve been fortunate to work in groups where both men and women were well represented, and I’ve had excellent leaders who championed my career by giving me the freedom to chart my own path.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Over the years, sustainability has been increasingly embraced by consumers and brands alike. For many, this has caused them to re-examine the foods that they eat. In recent years, there has been tremendous growth in the plant-based meat market, with new entrants joining those that have been around for decades. The plant-based meat supply chain is taking advantage of hiccups in traditional food supply chains, especially during the Covid pandemic.
River Logic
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
If we didn’t know what real supply chain disruption was before, we do now. Events over the past 18+ months (COVID-19, Brexit, Suez Canal blockage, India-China border conflict, natural disasters, cyberattacks on pipelines and shipping lines) forced companies to find new ways to deliver goods and services, secure alternative sources for needed materials, and simply determine how to survive.
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
As highlighted in a June 2021 Wall Street Journal article by Bob Tita, Polaris, which manufactures boats, motorcycles, and other vehicles, is “changing its manufacturing and sales strategies on the fly to cope with shortages of materials and parts and an unreliable global transportation system that has disrupted precise production planning…The company is juggling 30.
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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.
C3 Solutions
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Anyone who has paid attention to the industry knows about the unprecedented trucking driver shortage impacting the transportation network supply chain. The connections between supply chain success, market trends, customer demands, supply chain technology , and future growth are easy to see. Understanding the cause of this shortage and its impact on the industry as a whole remains a critical step in working to respond and react to the disruption it has caused.
Supply Chain Brief Submitted Articles
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
The SIOP (Sales, Inventory, Operations Plan) process is an important supply chain function that also drives many executive decisions.
Arkieva
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
When many companies produce products, they also produce by-products. Often, they have no use for these by-products and so they are discarded or sold off as scrap. But companies that embrace sustainability do not accept this fate. Some companies have found a way to turn their waste streams into revenue streams. Sustainability in Supply Chain Planning: Waste or Revenue?
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
Stuck in a loop of fluctuating demand, capacity problems and ongoing disruptions, shippers and third-party logistics providers say they’re investing in technology that connects people, processes and information to navigate supply chain challenges, according to a new study.
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.
Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Most consumers have become comfortable shopping online due to the pandemic, but the rise in online shipments leads to apprehension about supply chain sustainability in eCommerce. High order volumes mean more parcel delivery trucks on the road, more packaging waste in the trash, and more power consumption in fulfillment centers, among other concerns.
3PL Insights
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Summer is coming to an end which means retailers and supply chains need to start preparing for the holidays. With e-commerce on the rise, supply shortages, and COVID-19 restrictions causing shipping delays, this will prove to be a challenging year for order fulfillment. Now is the time to get your holiday plan ready to ensure on-time shipments. After facing many disruptions last year, businesses are coming into the holidays more prepared than ever before.
MIT Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Paradoxically, truck drivers are both scarce and underutilized. Optimizing drivers’ time can address both problems. The truck driver shortage problem that has dogged supply chains for many years is contributing to transportation bottlenecks that are constraining businesses as diverse as construction companies and furniture manufacturers. In some cases, the bottlenecks are preventing companies from fulfilling orders.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
The U.S. supply chain is squeezed, with industry reports stating that the country needs to add at least 330 million square feet of warehouse space dedicated to e-commerce by 2025 in order to keep up with the current rate of demand.
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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.
Unleashed
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Cross docking is an option to consider if you’re thinking about ways to streamline your supply chain – it’s a popular distribution system for fast-moving consumer goods, but can be used in a variety of other industries. Here we look at how you can work out if cross docking would suit your business – and if so, how you’d go about implementing it.
IT Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
By Alex Mills (pictured). Sales & Marketing Director at ProSKU. The post Price Too High? What Are You Comparing It With, & Why? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The New Mission for Employee Health and Safety! Delivery vehicle accidents article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. The rise in the demand for goods being shopped online has also brought about a new phenomenon of more and more delivery vehicle trucks and drivers on the road.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
You might think that the recent spate of supply chain disruptions would have caused a stampede of manufacturers out of China, or at least prompted them to diversify sourcing. But that hasn’t been the case.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
BlueYonder
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Ruth Porat has been the CFO of Alphabet (the parent company of Google) since 2015. She is a role model, a glass-ceiling breaker, a change maker, a superb businesswoman. In 2016, during Alphabet’s annual stockholders meeting, one of the (male) stockholders referred to her as the ‘lady CFO’ of Alphabet. Why did this happen? A couple of years later in 2017, a group of (female) physicians from the Mayo Clinic had noticed that when speaking at conferences, they were more often introduced by their fir
IT Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
By Douglas Mulvihill (pictured). UK Marketing Manager, Ringover. The post The 19th century called, it wants its phone system back appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How Technology is Transforming the Food and Beverage Industry! Ways technology has transformed business article and permission to publish here provided by Harry Miller. The concept of businesses functioning without technology is puzzling today. Like all other spheres, technology dominates business dimensions too.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Nick Banich, chief revenue officer for North America with Miebach Consulting, Inc., relates how a combination of growing demand unpredictability and new technology tools is motivating supply chain managers to speed up the decision-making process.
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Turvo
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Amazon captures more than 30% of all e-commerce activity. Most people today have likely used its services at least once. As an innovator in customer service across multiple industries, this market giant has forever transformed the face of retail as it is known today. Thanks to the Amazon Effect, innovative supply chain strategies and state-of-the-art technological deployment have become the norm rather than the exception among industry leaders. .
IT Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
By Andrew Tavener (pictured). Head of Marketing, Descartes UK. The post Extending drivers’ hours is not the solution to the HGV driver shortage appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Outsourcing Sourcing! 5 Lessons from Around the Globe! Outsource Logistics article and permission to publish here provided by Carol Trehearn. Logistics are a vital part of many businesses and are integral to the company’s overall business system. If you and your business are currently doing everything yourself, then you might not only wonder if you could free up more time to do the things you need to be doing but also how thi
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