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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. Cooper successfully coped with the crisis, but the high costs they had to pay for critical supplies and the late nights searching for those supplies convinced the organization that there had to be a better way.

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Outside-in Process Q&A

Supply Chain Shaman

On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. I love the questions when I present. The reason? The dialogue helps me to think more deeply to explain the concepts. Today, I am again teaching an open class on outside-in planning concept s. Over the next five weeks, seventy business/technology and consulting leaders will complete the course.

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Navigating the Roller Coaster Freight Market with Ryan Schreiber

The Logistics of Logistics

Ryan Schreiber and Joe Lynch discuss navigating the roller coaster freight market. Ryan is the Vice President, Industry and Growth, at Metafora , the leading business consulting and software development firm that exclusively serves the Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chain space. About Ryan Schreiber Ryan Schreiber is the Vice President, Industry and Growth, at Metafora.

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How AI can improve customer support? – Revolutionizing Customer Service with Artificial Intelligence

IT Supply Chain

By Richard Pearson (pictured) Content Writer The post How AI can improve customer support? – Revolutionizing Customer Service with Artificial Intelligence appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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4 Ways To Drive Supply Chain Excellence in the Food Industry

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.

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Beyond the Storefront: A Glimpse Into the Next Wave of Retail’s Tech-Powered Transformation

BlueYonder

Online and offline, simple and sophisticated technologies continue to shape and reshape the contours of consumer engagement. That’s before you even factor the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in retail. In Beyond the Aisle blog post , we unpacked the theory, and a 10-phase roadmap for how grocery retail can go from “value chain” to “value ecosystem” in ways that leverage next-level innovations, interoperability, mutual data sharing and KPIs across the entire chain.

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How to take the sting out of winter weather at your warehouse

C3 Solutions

Bad winter weather can impact your warehouse operations more than you might realize. Sure, there are obvious effects like increased heating bills , and the time , cost and efforts needed to keep driveways, parking lots and sidewalks clear of ice and snow.

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Cost Centers: How to Understand and Optimize Them

Precoro

For procurement professionals, systemizing and optimizing cost centers is not just a matter of financial management; it's a strategic task for driving efficiency, controlling costs, and enhancing overall performance. In this article, we delve into the intricacies of cost centers and explore strategies for improvement. Keep reading about: What Are Cost Centers?

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Food Supply Chains are Suffering From Climate Change

Supply Chain Brain

The James Beard Foundation has launched a campaign to bring chefs and farmers to D.C. to engage with Congress and share more about the mounting climate challenges they face.

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Warehouse Inventory Management: Processes & Best Practices

Unleashed

Warehouse inventory management is a sometimes complicated, always-vital process for managing a company’s physical goods. It touches on many key aspects of operations – including finance, sales, and logistics – and directly impacts the efficiency with which a company conducts business. With the right approach, effective warehouse inventory management will help you increase productivity and profitability while keeping customers loyal and happy.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

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?

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Majority of U.K. Retailers Suffering From Red Sea Disruption

Supply Chain Brain

The supply chain problems are expected to be exacerbated next month as China begins shipping again in earnest after its annual pause for the two weeks of lunar new year celebrations.

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What is CPFR? Full Guide to Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, & Replenishment in The Supply Chain

ShipBob

Supply chain optimization is vital for any ecommerce business that wants to increase its bottom line and improve its efficiency. However, you can’t optimize only some parts of the supply chain and expect great results as problems in one area can easily lead to inefficiency and issues in other stages. So the supply chain must be optimized in its entirety, involving all your processes and supply chain partners.

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Navigating Inflation and Workforce Retention: Strategies for Smarter Grocery Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

As grocery retailers navigate inflation and workforce retention, optimizing supply chains and pricing strategies becomes crucial.

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Localizing Production: Exploring Reshoring Trends in Supply Chains

All Things Supply Chain

The global supply chain landscape is experiencing a significant shift, with more and more companies looking to bring production and manufacturing activities closer to home.

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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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Supply Chain News on Mixed Signals in Market for Warehouse Space

Supply Chain Digest

Lease Rates Stay High even as Demand Slows, with Even the Inland Empire Seeing DC Jobs Fall

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AI and Digital Twins Revolutionize 2024 Warehouse Operations

Supply Chain Brain

Integrating AI and digital twins is actually quite useful and simple. Here are five ways these technologies can revolutionize warehouse operations in 2024.

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Supply Chain News on Amazon Web Services Unit AWS Launches Demand Planning Solution that Incorporates Demand Drivers

Supply Chain Digest

Machine Learning Applied to Improve Forecast Accuracy

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The Objectives in Forecasting

The Smart Software

A forecast is a prediction about the value of a time series variable at some time in the future. For instance, one might want to estimate next month’s sales or demand for a product item. A time series is a sequence of numbers recorded at equally spaced time intervals; for example, unit sales recorded every month. The objectives you pursue when you forecast depend on the nature of your job and your business.

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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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From Data to Decision Centric Thinking

Supply Chain Trend

Hi all, Next week Tuesday March 5th, I’ll be holding a webinar about moving from Data Centric to Decision Centric thinking. Decision Centricity is a key element of decision intelligence. Only when you think decision back, you can orchestrate the whole data to action process, digitize it and then augment or automate decisions. If you only think data forward, you can’t operationalize decisions at scale.

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Boeing Hit by Damning Report Faulting Safety Procedures

Supply Chain Brain

The U.S. planemaker was faulted for ineffective procedures and a breakdown in communications between senior management and other members of staff.

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Savant Talks: Gianfranco Cuzziol on CRM, Personalisation, & more

Savant Events

Gianfranco Cuzziol, a seasoned professional in the realms of CRM, Data, and Technology, brings a unique perspective to his journey through the world of customer relationship managment. Join us as Gianfranco Cuzziol shares insights into his career trajectory, including his pivotal roles at iconic brands like Aesop, as well as his views on the evolving landscape of CRM and personalization marketing.

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Improve Your Bottom Line with Better Inventory Management

Valogix

In this article, we will explore how better inventory planning and optimization can directly and significantly improve your bottom-line.

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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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Shortage of Oil Tankers at Hand as Red Sea Attacks Divert Trade

Supply Chain Brain

Oil deliveries have generally become more long-distance since a reshuffling of global oil flows following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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