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7 Proven Dock Scheduling Strategies for Seamless Logistics

C3 Solutions

Efficient dock scheduling has become essential to supply chain management and logistics. It has gained popularity because it provides excellent convenience to all stakeholders, including dock operators, warehouse managers, and carriers.

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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2016, we finished a study on continuous improvement. When I started this research project, I was busy. The survey was one of many, and I found the project relatively nondescript, bordering on boring. One of my lessons learned in completing survey-based research over the past twelve years, is that projects are full of surprises. The hypothesis that seems so right are often wrong, and surprises lay in each nook and cranny.

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A Marriage of Inconvenience? Service Level Agreements (SLA)

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

If you do not specifically agree on what is expected between two parties before you start a relationship then anything and everything but success is likely.

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ToolsGroup Exhibiting and Franke Speaking at Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium/XPO™, June 10-12, in Barcelona 

ToolsGroup

Discover Franke’s Success Story in Implementing Cutting-Edge Digital Supply Chain Technology for a Robust S&OP Process BARCELONA and BOSTON – May 21, 2024 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is thrilled to announce its participation at the upcoming Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, June 10-12.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for

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Tired Truck Drivers: A Ticking Time Bomb

IT Supply Chain

By Claire Lloyd (pictured) Content Writer The post Tired Truck Drivers: A Ticking Time Bomb appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Common Complications That Arise in Truck Accident Cases in Los Angeles

IT Supply Chain

By Dwight J. Lawrence (pictured) Content Writer The post Common Complications That Arise in Truck Accident Cases in Los Angeles appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Embracing Change: The Internal Shift to Decision-Centric Planning 

ToolsGroup

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the need for flexibility and rapid response has never been more critical. Companies that cling to outdated, rigid planning methods risk falling behind. In the first two blogs of this series, we explored the foundational concepts of decision-centric planning and how it can revolutionize supply chain management, addressing real-world challenges with agility and responsiveness.

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Resilinc’s Disruption Vulnerability Index (DVI) Predicts Supplier Risk Exposure

Resilinc

Learn how Resilinc’s Disruption Vulnerability Index (DVI) rewards resilient suppliers and penalizes risky suppliers. Do you know who your most risky suppliers are? They’re not your Tier-1 suppliers. 85% of supply chain disruptions occur in the indirect supply chain. When a disruption strikes in these hidden tiers, it takes a long time for the news to go up the chain.

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Top 5 IT Supply Chain Trends in 2024

IT Supply Chain

By John Hall (pictured) Customs Specialist The post Top 5 IT Supply Chain Trends in 2024 appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Automotive Supply Chain Management Lessons for Life Sciences

QAD

Transitioning from Automotive to Life Sciences In a recent episode of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast, Carrie Uhl, a seasoned supply chain executive, shares her journey from being the Vice President of Purchasing at the world’s fourth largest automotive supplier, to her move to medtech, and now in her current role as Chief Purchasing Officer at Danaher, a global life sciences and diagnostics organization.

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Fleets of the Future: Data analytics for OEMs

IT Supply Chain

By Alan Glazier (pictured) Commercial Director, One Nexus Group The post Fleets of the Future: Data analytics for OEMs appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Do Plastic Pallets Have a Place in 2024?

Supply Chain Brain

By understanding the use cases best suited for each pallet material type, supply chain practitioners can make significant strides in sustainability while ensuring efficiency.

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What the Economic Outlook Means for Demand Planning

Arkieva

Forecast as accurately as possible, even in uncertain economic conditions. Review demand planning strategies that can help you navigate hazy market conditions. What the Economic Outlook Means for Demand Planning was first posted on May 21, 2024 at 8:28 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Brace for Impact. Unpredictable Tariff Disruptions Are Here––Your Playbook

Tariffs will have a major impact on your supply chain, margins, and operations. Drawing on our work with global companies across manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, software, technology, financial services, and a range of service industries, we outline the key strategic and tactical actions companies are taking to navigate this period of heightened uncertainty.

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How Brave Books Manages Its Fulfillment with Stord E-Commerce Software

Stord

Exposition: Managing Your Orders By Hand When brands scale, oftentimes the supporting infrastructure is an afterthought - growth and delivering for the customer is rightfully front of mind. But as brands quickly scale, they add new tools on top of legacy systems, taking protocols that were effective when shipping 50 orders per month and bolting on other systems hoping they can all work seamlessly together when they hit hundreds of orders per day.

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How are shippers and carriers implementing AI?

IT Supply Chain

By Jonah McIntire (pictured) Chief Platform Officer at Transporeon, A Trimble Company The post How are shippers and carriers implementing AI? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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20 Essential Financial & Operational KPIs for Manufacturing Businesses

Silvon Software

Performance tracking using metrics and KPIs can often be perplexing for many organizations. KPIs generally track longer-term company goals and are typically more financial or strategic in nature, such as increasing revenue by a certain percentage within a specified period. Operational metrics, on the other hand, measure the progress of various actions implemented to achieve those goals over a shorter timeframe.

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Reinventing Supply Chain Management at Hannover Messe

BlueYonder

More than 120,000 visitors descended on Hannover Messe in April, as leaders from the electronics, automotive, industrial, aerospace, and energy sectors came together to educate, inspire and connect for higher performance and improved sustainability. The theme this year was “Energizing a Sustainable Industry,” and much of that “energy” over the course of the five-day event could be found at the Microsoft stand.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Top 10 Reasons to Work with an Asset-Based Full Truckload Carrier

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

To be successful in today’s dynamic business world, creating an effective supply chain that supports your business and customers is essential. At the heart of supply chain management lies transportation, and choosing the right partner can make all the difference. Enter asset-based truckload carriers , a critical component of modern supply chains that offer many benefits for businesses looking to streamline their logistics operations.

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Launch of Federal Reserve New Supply Availability Indexes

Supply Chain Matters

The Federal Reserve Bank Of New York has announced that the bank will bolster its data reports to track the state of supply chains. Supply Chain Matters readers may recall that this site provides monthly and quarterly highlights of the state of production global production and supply chain activity in respect to global and regional PMI reporting. Our latest was highlights from April reporting.

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Crisp partners with Weather Trends, empowering CPGs with actionable weather intelligence

crisp

Revolutionize your sales and supply chain planning with new weather-driven retail insights. You might figure that sunscreen sales rise when UV levels do, or that hearty soups sell through when the weather is frightful – but did you know that just a 1ºF temperature increase can boost strawberry sales by 8% ? These inextricable links between weather patterns and consumer behavior are why Weather Trends International compiles granular, historical weather data and forecasts from across the globe, re

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ThroughPut.AI and Inteligistics Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform Agriculture and Fresh Produce Supply Chains

ThroughPut

The Partnership focuses on driving maximum optimization of both the supply chain and interwoven cold chain to improve sales, profit margins, output, safety, and traceability. PALO ALTO, CA, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc. , the industrial AI supply chain Decision Intelligence pioneer, and Inteligistics , the leading digital visibility solutions provider for perishable supply chains, today announced a strategic technology alliance to accelerate profitability for the sales of perisha

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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French Shipping Giant Expects Slump in Cargo Rates

Supply Chain Brain

With the windfall that came as a result of soaring cargo rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMA CGM and others ordered vessels that are now entering service.

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20 Trailblazing Mompreneurs Redefining Business

Loginext

Meet 20 trailblazing mompreneurs who are redefining business across various industries. From technology to beauty, these inspiring women balance the demands of raising children with running successful enterprises. Learn how they achieve extraordinary success through innovation, leadership, and resilience, proving that motherhood and entrepreneurship can go hand in hand.

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Watch: What's Right — and Wrong — With Robotics

Supply Chain Brain

Bringing technology into a warehouse — especially robotics — is no simple task. Kim Losey, chief growth officer with Rapid Robotics, discusses the right way to introduce innovation.

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Maximize Technology ROI with your Transportation Management System

MercuryGate

When your Transportation Management System (TMS) is optimized, it can dramatically improve the way goods move from suppliers to customers. This efficiency level is critical for thriving and resiliency in any market conditions. Whether you are kicking the tires on a new TMS or looking to get more out of your current solution, conducting a technology ROI analysis can uncover insights into the strategic benefits of TMS investments and further drive return on your investment.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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Philippines Seeks Asia Logistics Hub Status, Banking on U.S. Ties

Supply Chain Brain

President Marcos said the Philippines is seeking greater participation in global value chains and increased foreign direct investments to sustain economic growth.

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National Maritime Day 2024: America Still Depends on Ocean Trade

Enterra Insights

Tomorrow (May 22) is National Maritime Day. The staff at the Maritime Administration (MARAD) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) reports, “[In 1933], Congress declared National Maritime Day to commemorate the American steamship Savannah’s [1819] voyage from the United States to England, marking the first successful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean with steam propulsion.”[1] The staff at Days of the Year adds, “National Maritime Day is not necessarily about the ocean

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Finland and U.K. Seek Further Blocks to Russian ‘Shadow’ Tankers

Supply Chain Brain

A $60 a barrel price cap on Russian oil imposed in December 2022 was designed to deprive insurance from a tanker transporting oil at above the price cap.

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