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Houthi Rebels' Attack on Container Ship is First in Two Weeks

Supply Chain Brain

Houthis launched a missile at the Liberian-flagged Groton on August 4, shortly before the Yemeni rebel group said that it had also shot down a U.S. spy drone.

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SnapFulfil Named a 2024 Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain

SnapFulfil

Leading cloud-based warehouse management system, SnapFulfil , is proud to announce its recognition as a 2024 Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain. This prestigious accolade celebrates the top 100 companies providing outstanding solutions and services in the supply chain industry.

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Partnerships in the Real World: Great Supply Chain Partners 2024 Case Studies

Supply Chain Brain

Our annual 100 Great Supply Chain Partners issue is dedicated to showing what supply chain excellence looks like in the real world — through partnership.

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Developing a Successful Business Strategy: Key Elements and Best Practices

IT Supply Chain

By Mike Bronson (pictured) Content Writer The post Developing a Successful Business Strategy: Key Elements and Best Practices appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski

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

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Hurricane Debby Impacts US Southeast

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights increasing reports of flooding potential for portions of the U.S. Southeast as a result of Hurricane Debby. Hurricane Debby Meanders Across U.S. Southeast As we pen this posting Hurricane Debby , classified as a Category One hurricane has made landfall in the area of Big Bend, Florida in southeast panhandle of this state.

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AI in Action at Locus 1: Enabling Excellence With AI in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Locus

This is the first in a series of blogs that will showcase how Locus has been able to leverage AI and ML’s unique capabilities to deliver real-world growth. We will cover our areas of focus, and in subsequent blogs, go deeper into how we use AI in various parts of the fulfillment chain to bring about real business value. If you do a little digging, you can see that have been thinking about and developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for nearly 70 years!

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Entrepreneurs Can Navigate the Essentials of Business Contracts With This Guide

All Things Supply Chain

Establishing effective business contracts is crucial for securing the foundations of any enterprise. These documents serve not only as safeguards but also as frameworks for clear operational guidelines.

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Understanding Social Engineering Threats

Locus Robotics

Home August 05, 2024 Understanding Social Engineering Threats Fouad Khalil , Senior Director, Enterprise Security, Risk and Compliance In a perfect world — mature processes, effective controls, security aware workforce — why do you need security professionals? Well, let us state the obvious: security threats are forever brewing globally, always changing, and continuously evolving and we need all the help we can get.

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Innovating the OEM Aftermarket with AI-Driven Inventory Optimization

The Smart Software

The aftermarket sector provides OEMs with a decisive advantage. It offers a steady revenue stream and fosters customer loyalty through the reliable and timely delivery of service parts. However, managing inventory and forecasting demand in the aftermarket is fraught with challenges, including unpredictable demand patterns, vast product ranges, and the necessity for quick turnarounds.

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How to Master Product Portfolio Management

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.

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Box First or Box Last? Punching Through Your Packaging Process

Supply Chain Brain

The complexity of order fulfillment is at an all-time high with warehouses utilizing technologies such as WMS, ASRS, AMR’s and AGV’s to manage, store, and move items throughout a systematic process with the goal of getting orders out the door quickly and accurately. But what about the shipping box?

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Bulk Connection Celebrates 25 Years of ISO 9001 Certification

Bulk Connection

ISO 9001 is recognized as one of the most rigorous quality management standards in existence. But despite its benefits, many 3PL transportation providers shy away from adopting it due to the significant challenges it presents. At Bulk Connection, however, we take great pride in our ISO 9001 certification and are happy to announce that 2024 is our 25 th year of being ISO-9001 certified.

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Visibility Is Key to Transportation Management Success

Supply Chain Brain

A survey by Descartes shows a correlation between financial performance and the strategic importance that senior management places on transportation management and related technology.

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The Ultimate Guide to Dispatch Software: How to Boost Efficiency & Save Costs

Loginext

Discover the ultimate guide to dispatch software for 2024. Explore how the latest dispatch solutions streamline operations, boost efficiency, and drive success in logistics. From trucking to delivery and courier services, find out what makes LogiNext the best dispatch software in the market. The post The Ultimate Guide to Dispatch Software: How to Boost Efficiency & Save Costs appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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The Ultimate Guide to Transportation and Load Building Optimization

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.

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AS/RS: Not Just For Retail Anymore

Supply Chain Brain

In this webinar from SupplyChainBrain, experts from Tecsys, EXOTEC and Sedlak debunk this myth to reveal how integrating advanced systems can transform industrial distribution. Explore the benefits of AS/RS, discover how to implement it, and get tips for transitioning from legacy systems.

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Galvanize Therapeutics Optimizes Work for Everyone With Arena + Botable

Arena Solutions

Galvanize Therapeutics Optimizes Work for Everyone With Arena + Botable Full transcript below: Ann McGuire Welcome, everyone. Today, we have Deborah and Penny from Galvanize who are going to share the solution that they’ve developed with Botable, an AI company, and Arena. We also have Greg here from Botable. So, Deb and Penny from Galvanize. Greg from Botable, and Heatherly and I from Arena.

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Long-Feared Canada Rail Strike Could Arrive by End of August

Supply Chain Brain

The Railway Association of Canada says that more than half of the country's exports are moved by rail each year, worth an estimated $200 billion.

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Global Manufacturing Levels Continue Contracting in July 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series, specifically in providing highlights on reported July 2024 global wide PMI activity levels. The latest data reinforces indications of a global manufacturing slowdown. Product demand levels are essentially focused on domestic market needs. Meanwhile there are building concerns of excess capacity, and other than lower-cost country production regions such as India, there are little signs o

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11 KPIs for Measuring Innovation Success

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.

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New York Cannabis Dispensaries Struggle With 'Supply Crunch'

Supply Chain Brain

CANY blames the issues on changes in growing practices, with 26% of cultivators saying they planted less in 2024 than they did in the previous year.

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July PMI from ISM finds US Manufacturing was in Contraction for 20th out of Last 21 Months

Supply Chain Digest

Most Other Measures also Negative

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U.K. Food Industry Says Imports Being Sent Back to EU Because of Lack of Testing Capacity

Supply Chain Brain

The U.K. is now facing a shortage in laboratory capabilities and is more reliant on international partners for help with sample testing.

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Schrödinger’s Inventory: Managing Returned Stock

BlueYonder

Erwin Schrödinger came up with his now-infamous cat partly out of frustration with the complexities of quantum physics and the apparent impossibility to know with certainty where things would be. That’s a relatable frustration to anyone who works in inventory management! For the unfamiliar, the thought experiment involves a cat in a box with a complicated setup that could potentially kill the cat at any moment.

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What Makes a Warehouse Worker Happy?

The 2024 Newcastle Systems Worker Satisfaction Survey provides insights into the life of a warehouse worker and what matters to them.

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CrowdStrike Says Delta CEO Ignored Help Offer During Outage

Supply Chain Brain

The allegation builds upon CrowdStrike’s claim that Delta rejected the cybersecurity provider's repeated attempts to help.

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PUMA’s Sustainable Financing Program Helps Them Achieve their ESG Goals

Logistics Viewpoints

Frank Waechter, Vice President of Treasury and Insurance at PUMA PUMA SE (PUMX: GER), with revenues of €8.6 billion in 2023, is one of the world’s leading sports brands, designing, developing, selling and marketing footwear, apparel and accessories. PUMA is working to improve its environmental, sustainability, and governance performance. For example, by 2030 PUMA – headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany – wants to reduce absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from its supply cha