Freightos
JULY 30, 2024
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Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 30, 2024
For retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, the busy shipping season came early. The peak inbound season typically starts around this time of year. But shippers looking to avoid disruptions and ensure that tight inventory levels don’t lead to missed sales opportunities pulled their orders forward. In the past month, imports — both ocean and air — surged as disruptions exacerbated congestion at the ports.
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Talking Logistics
JULY 30, 2024
Supply chain leaders of enterprise organizations and rapidly growing businesses know: The best thing they can do to streamline and supercharge their operations is hire best-in-class logistics expertise. The second-best thing they can do is to equip those experts with a best-in-class Transportation Management System (TMS). The modern transportation management system (TMS) is the cornerstone.
Logility
JULY 30, 2024
Continuous network optimization recognizes that supply chains are complex organisms. They need to respond to many changing factors, including: variation in demand, supplier capabilities, freight rates, commodity pricing, Disruptions, And the list goes on… Supply chain leaders need a more efficient way of managing these smaller, faster changes.
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The Supplier Relationship Management Playbook is your guide to building effective supplier partnerships that drive supply chain excellence. This playbook equips supply chain professionals with strategies for managing compliance, tracking performance, and fostering collaboration to reduce supply chain risks. Inside, you’ll find: Strategies for Compliance: Best practices to help meet regulatory standards.
ToolsGroup
JULY 30, 2024
Leading beauty retailer choose ToolsGroup to optimize inventory and automate omnichannel supply chain planning across multiple countries. MILAN, ATHENS, and BOSTON – 29 July 2024 — ToolsGroup and its Greek partner, THellas, announced that SLF Greece -a distributor of KIKO MILANO products in Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, and Romania- has implemented ToolsGroup SO99+ software.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
C3 Solutions
JULY 30, 2024
As supply chain and logistics managers, we all know planning. We live and breathe the coordination of transportation, goods, demand and supply on a daily basis. This kind of planning is the lifeblood of what we do.
Arkieva
JULY 30, 2024
This blog covers 7 seps to improve scheduling, essential concepts for successful responsiveness, including data requirements and managing objectives. Essential Concepts for Successful Responsiveness: 7 Steps to Improve the Scheduler’s World was first posted on July 30, 2024 at 11:58 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.
SCMDOJO
JULY 30, 2024
Financial stability and access to quick capital are pivotal for businesses and consumers. In the intricate web of modern commerce, every component has a role in the smooth flow of goods from manufacturers to consumers. But have you ever considered how financial products like car title loans influence retail supply chains? This blog post will explore this unexpected connection and unravel how car title loans can impact the retail sector.
QAD
JULY 30, 2024
Direct Spend Management Explained Direct spend management refers to the processes of tracking, controlling and optimizing the purchases directly tied to producing a company’s products or services. It covers the procurement of items like: Raw materials Operational supplies Manufacturing machinery Product components Capital equipment With direct spend, procurement teams dedicate significant time to supplier development and maintaining supplier relationships, focusing on negotiating pricing,
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
BlueYonder
JULY 30, 2024
Supply chain and IT leaders are under tremendous pressure to make the right decisions regarding supply chain planning technology investments. This investment should not only solve today’s problems but also be ready to tackle unseen future challenges, including Black Swan events like the recent IT outage. At the same time, this investment should support strategy, increase shareholder value, improve customer experience, help achieve sustainability goals, improve planner experience, enable global
Exiger Perspectives
JULY 30, 2024
Strategic Acquisition Addresses Urgent Need in Organizations’ Ability to Verify and Secure Operational Technology and Software Providers WASHINGTON, DC. July 30, 2024 – Exiger , the market-leading supply chain and third-party risk AI company, announced the acquisition of software supply chain risk visibility platform aDolus Technology Inc. This acquisition enhances Exiger’s software supply chain visibility capabilities by integrating aDolus’ ability to generate software bills of material ( SBOM
IT Supply Chain
JULY 30, 2024
By Richard Pearson (pictured) Content Writer The post How to Mitigate Risks in Global Supply Chain Management appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Arena Solutions
JULY 30, 2024
Despite our transition to a post-pandemic era, the global supply chain is still fragile. Labor shortages, natural disasters, regional conflicts, and other supply chain disruptions continue to pose barriers to new product development and introduction (NPDI). According to a recent manufacturing report 1 , optimizing supply chain management and minimizing risks are top priorities for companies in 2024.
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Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea
Supply Chain Matters
JULY 30, 2024
Today brings breaking news of yet another SAP SE Supervisory Board change involving this enterprise, ERP and supply chain technology field sales, customer success and marketing senior leadership. The announcement indicates that SAP has reached a mutual agreement with Executive Board Members Scott Russell and Julia White to depart the company’s operational management board effective at the end of August.
IT Supply Chain
JULY 30, 2024
By Dennis Pederson (pictured) CEO of PayFasto The post How businesses and sellers can spot online payment scams this summer appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Bristlecone
JULY 30, 2024
FIVE STEPS TO ACHIEVE USER ADOPTION People tend to resist organizational change due to a lack of communication and participant involvement, resulting in slow or no adoption of the change and a considerable loss to the organization. This white paper explores how organizational change management (OCM) practices can help smooth rocky transitions and increase the pace of change adoption.
IT Supply Chain
JULY 30, 2024
By Rob Jackson (pictured) Content Writer The post Understanding the Role of a Car Accident Lawyer: Navigating Legal Challenges After a Collision appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
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Pursuing product portfolio management excellence empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of their offerings. This comprehensive guide unveils 10 essential keys that serve as the building blocks for success.
Tai Software - Freight Broker Software Articles
JULY 30, 2024
Shipping AI Enhances Efficiency There are numerous benefits of applying shipping AI to logistics software. The implementation of artificial intelligence can simplify difficult processes, improve efficiency, and reduce human errors within the supply chain. Simplifying Complex Tasks One of the main benefits of shipping AI includes correctly linking the shipper to the carrier.
IT Supply Chain
JULY 30, 2024
By Ian Benson (pictured) Content Writer The post 20 Important Tips for Creating a User-Friendly Website appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 30, 2024
Drug cartels typically rely on Chinese suppliers to smuggle precursor chemicals in shipments to ports they control up and down Mexico's coast.
MercuryGate
JULY 30, 2024
Compared to incumbent TMS solutions, an enterprise TMS offers comprehensive features that can significantly improve resource management and overall operational efficiency. The post TMS Incumbent or Enterprise Solution? Why an Incumbent Software Provider Might Not be In Your Best Interest appeared first on MercuryGate International.
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Enhance your transportation and load building efficiency with our comprehensive guide. Learn to tackle today's supply chain challenges and optimize your approach with advanced planning strategies. This guide covers: Supply Chain Challenges: Discover how transportation planning can address critical issues and improve efficiency. Load Building Benefits: Understand how effective load building can enhance your transportation processes.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 30, 2024
As geopolitical tensions increase, the countervailing benefits of Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) become more self-evident. Here’s how they work, and why companies should take advantage of them.
Tai Software - Freight Broker Software Articles
JULY 30, 2024
Increased efficiently and automation are high on most people’s wish list when investing in technology for their business. With increased competition and slimming margins in the LTL market, businesses are looking to automate most of their operations to compete and stay profitable. Here are a few ways businesses have implemented technology to automate their LTL operations: – Pull LTL Freight Contracts Directly From Common Carriers: Building out freight contracts and managing the fu
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 30, 2024
The British railway network plans to invest £2.8 billion ($3.6 billion) over the next five years to keep trains running safely even with “more frequent and extreme weather” conditions.
Tai Software - Freight Broker Software Articles
JULY 30, 2024
The Role of NMFC NMFC plays a big role in domestic LTL freight. The NMFTA created the NMFC. It helps determine the freight class of the freight. Each commodity has its own NMFC number. Usually, this is something that the shipper supplies. With these numbers, it helps you calculate a rate for LTL. For example, we use ZIP Codes to calculate most LTL. It helps to determine origin and destination, freight class, and weight.
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Measuring innovation success is critical yet challenging for organizations, often leading to confusion over which KPIs to use. Many rely on inappropriate metrics borrowed from other departments, wasting resources and overlooking valuable opportunities. This guide outlines why innovation metrics are hard to track and offers a framework for creating effective KPIs.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 30, 2024
The railroad has routinely given freight trains preference over passenger trains along a 1,140-mile stretch of the Crescent Route, a violation of federal law.
Tai Software - Freight Broker Software Articles
JULY 30, 2024
Transportation Management System Functions Transportation management system software is a platform for various companies to manage their business. It’s something that 3PLs , freight brokers , and even asset-based carriers use. It’s a centralized platform for every internal user in the company. They all use transportation management system to help manage the quoting process and the covering process.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 30, 2024
In 2022, the airline adopted a 2030 target to cut its emissions by almost 29%, much more than a 5% reduction goal set by the global aviation industry.
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