October, 2020

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Next-Generation Digital Supply Chain Planning

DynaSys

From Unpredictable to Resilient and Agile. Despite the disruptions of the past years, there are some emerging key trends in Supply Chains that provide both challenges but also opportunities for manufacturers. Sustainability. The momentum towards more sustainable supply chains is coming from many directions. Consumers are demanding more environmentally friendly products, and this demand comes more strongly now after the lockdown and its effect Governments are legislating more environmentally fri

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Triple Bottom Line: measuring social and environmental KPIs

ChainPoint

The main KPI to measure the success of a company has always been profit. The bottom line. The shareholder value so to speak. Profit has often been the only measure and the only goal. And while we all understand that companies must be financially sustainable, there are also other factors that contribute to a company’s overall health, performance and footprint.

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Meet the crisis with end-to-end Supply Chain Visibility

Prophetic Technology

The current pandemic affecting our daily life demands an end-to-end Supply Chain (SC) Visibility. COVID-19 showed us increasing emptied-store shelves as a result of the crisis effects; there was a lack of products, food, and various household items were scarce, people panicked, and buying patterns changed drastically.

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What is Multimodal Shipping?

GlobalTranz

Multimodal shipping represents how companies can find new value within their supply chains and augment efficiency without dramatically increasing landed costs. While multimodal continues to change in the wake of disruption from the pandemic this year, interest in new shipping strategies has exploded. The supply chain has been suffering due to the growing conglomerates like.read More.

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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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Industry Trends in High Technology Manufacturing & Operations

DELMIA Quintiq

High Tech remains one of the most vibrant, innovative and fast paced industries in the world. Even with global disruption from COVID-19, demand for products has remained positive, albeit with far less predictability! As consumers, we continue to drive this demand for new products and experiences and the challenges for companies to keep up have become extreme: Sudden shortages of supply and supply chain networks Increasing regulatory pressures New form factors and integration into other products

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Why You Can’t Ignore the Inbound Supply Chain

Talking Logistics

Considering that customers are at the tail end of the outbound supply chain, and companies across all industries are competing on customer experience, it’s not surprising that the outbound supply chain gets a bit more love and attention than the inbound side. But the fact is that supply chains end-to-end are an interconnected system, so. Read more Why You Can’t Ignore the Inbound Supply Chain.

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How Can Companies Safely Surf the Pandemic’s Storm Waves?

Logistics Viewpoints

Companies have been whiplashed by the combination of a long running pandemic and the recession it kicked off. Better planning can help companies mitigate the effects of this crisis. Sandy Evett, the vice president of distribution and supply chain at Dawn Foods, gave a presentation on how her company has responded. The post How Can Companies Safely Surf the Pandemic’s Storm Waves?

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How Do You Plan for the Unpredictable? Advice for Supply Chain Planners in 2020

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup’s GM of North America, David Barton, sat down for a video interview with Robert Bowman, managing editor at Supply Chain Brain , to share anecdotes and advice for supply chain planners in a year no one could have planned for. What are your customers experiencing this year in the wake of COVID-19? For some businesses, demand is soaring. For others, demand has fallen off almost completely.

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

In my work with clients, customers bandy about the term “customer-centric supply chain.” I find most of these discussions are loquacious, even bellicose, but not actionable. As a pragmatic gal, they make me itch. I have a passion for clear and direct communication. I think that we should earn a five-star rating with customers every day.

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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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Leveraging Technology to Achieve Operational Excellence | Panel

DELMIA Quintiq

We are more than six months into the COVID 19 global pandemic. We all have read about the toll this has taken on humankind. However, Covid as a global crisis has been also called the great enabler: we are discovering many things that we did not know about ourselves. With a small, fast pivot of the business and supplies we can enable companies to do things they thought they might not have otherwise been capable of doing.

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3PL Basics: An Introduction to 3rd Party Logistics with Roberto Cadena

The Logistics of Logistics

3PL Basics: An Introduction to 3rd Party Logistics with Roberto Cadena. Robert Cadena and Joe Lynch provide an introduction to 3rd party logistics. 3rd party logistics services include 5 major categories: 1.) Transportation 2.) Warehousing 3.) Logistics 4.) Technology and 5.) Special Services. Robert is the Co-Founder and CEO of a company that provides operational, sales, marketing, and technology support to over 100 3PLs, so he has a very thorough understanding of the business.

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How to Use Transportation Technology to Minimize Disruptions

Talking Logistics

Even in normal times, transportation professionals have their hands full dealing with all sorts of exceptions and disruptions. The current COVID-19 pandemic is further magnifying those challenges. There is only one thing we know for certain: the transportation market will continue to change and transportation professionals will need to respond effectively to whatever changes lie.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week, guitar legend Eddie Van Halen died after a decade-long battle with cancer. He was often referred to as a guitar god, playing with blistering speed and bringing the tapping technique to the mainstream. One of the coolest stories I have heard about him this week was how he came to play the solo on Michael Jackson’s Beat It. Apparently, he had a deal with his bandmates that they would never do any […].

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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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Podcast: Designing Supply Chains for Sustainability

ToolsGroup

In episode four of Be Ready for Anything, hear from Martin Jertz, ToolsGroup’s Business Development Manager for Central Europe, about how organizations can build sustainability into their supply chains while trimming costs and improving efficiency. ToolsGroup · Episode 4: Designing Supply Chains for Sustainability.

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Take Back Control and Build the Resilient Supply Chain

Logility

You can’t control circumstances, but you can control your response. Take charge now to ensure the best outcomes later. We just wrapped up Disruption RX, a virtual supply chain summit designed to help companies rebound from unplanned shocks to their digital supply chain. Logility, Demand Solutions, and NGC customers, industry experts and thought leaders gathered to discuss how businesses can run smarter and faster with innovative technology that drives growth and boosts profitability.

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Collaboration? When It Comes to Cash-to-Cash, We Don’t Know How to Walk the Talk

Supply Chain Shaman

If the word collaboration was listed on a card as a drinking game at supply chain conferences, we would be drunk at many. The word, while bandied about frequently in speeches, is largely meaningless due to overuse and abuse. Here I share perspective on cash-to-cash abuse. While we speak of collaboration, the focus is on driving enterprise results not value in value chains.

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What Is an Automated Freight Settlement?

GlobalTranz

More supply chain leaders are learning to leverage technology to improve performance and lower landed costs. Unfortunately, there remain opportunities to recapture freight spend within the freight settlement process that automated freight settlement could solve. Consider this example. According to Inbound Logistics, the costs of failure to consider automation in logistics and freight settlement is.read More.

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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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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (Q3 2020)

Talking Logistics

We’re now in the fourth quarter of a year none of us imagined twelve months ago. The COVID-19 pandemic will certainly continue to dominate the headlines in the weeks and months ahead, but it’s only one of many factors that will impact supply chains moving forward. For example, there’s the upcoming elections in the United. Read more Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (Q3 2020).

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Hexion is Blazing New Trails to Improved Profitability by Optimizing Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Many companies have a sales & operations planning process. If S&OP could be adhered to, it would maximize profitability. But it can't. Hexion is implementing a sale & operations EXECUTION process to improve agility while preserving profitability. The post Hexion is Blazing New Trails to Improved Profitability by Optimizing Agility appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Optimizing Inventory Is About Improving Service While Lowering Inventory. Wait, What?

ToolsGroup

Optimize. /??pt?m??z/. verb. 1. make the best or most effective use of (a situation or resource). (Oxford Languages). One of the hardest parts of my job is helping customers get to grips with complex, counterintuitive supply chain concepts. Take the “ bullwhip effect ”: a key principle that’s so counterintuitive a “Beer Game” simulation was invented to prove to doubters the extent to which even minor fluctuations in demand can cause chaos upstream.

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Kickstart Your Machine Learning Investment with These 3 Initiatives

Logility

Among other aspects of a modern-day business, forecasting has become more complex, with many firms striving to incorporate product, pricing, discounts, channel, and other available data to improve accuracy. This increase in forecasting demand complexity and the associated massive increase in data volume requires a machine learning (ML) forecasting solution.

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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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Using Resilience to Get Out of Your Own Way with Ann Holm

The Logistics of Logistics

Using Resilience to Get Out of Your Own Way with Ann Holm. Ann Holm and Joe Lynch discuss using resilience to get out of your own way. In times of stress, people need to become even more aware of their mental fitness. In this interview, Ann describes some of the challenges people face when under stress along with some strategies to become more resilient.

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[WHITE PAPER] How to Create an Evolving Peak Season Shipping Strategy

GlobalTranz

Fill out the Form Below to Get a Free Copy of the White Paper to Your Inbox! Keeping freight spend under control and maintaining logistics visibility has always been a top priority for supply chain leaders going into peak season. Unfortunately, peak season costs continue to soar. For 2020, peak season costs are likely to.read More. The post [WHITE PAPER] How to Create an Evolving Peak Season Shipping Strategy appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (October 30, 2020)

Talking Logistics

The bikes have been taken out of the garage and put in the basement to make room for my car.This can only mean one thing: it’s the first snowfall of the year. Tomorrow is Halloween. Or has it been Halloween all year? We “fall back” an hour on Sunday. We have an election on Tuesday. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (October 30, 2020).

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This Week in Logistics News (October 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

As Boston sports fans, we have become accustomed to duck boat parades. Since 2000, the city has hosted 12 rolling rallies for major sports championships, including 6 for the Patriots, 4 for the Red Sox, and 1 each for the Celtics and Bruins. And if not for a few heartbreaks along the way, that number could easily be 15 or more. This year, unless the Patriots are able to pull off some magic, we will […].

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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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Forward-Thinking Technology is Improving Safety on the Roads

Kuebix

In recent years, technological advances have influenced nearly every aspect of the transportation industry. Technology has improved the ease and efficiency of training new drivers, optimizing truck routes, managing inventory and more. Trimble Transportation offers video intelligence, onboard event recording and safety analytics to help understand accidents and prevent future collisions.

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Dock Management and Storage Technologies: A Match Made in Automated Supply Chain Heaven

C3 Solutions

Dock management is continuously changing. While traditional strategies relied on manual processes, digital transformation holds the power to reap significant gains through automated scheduling software and the breakdown of organizational silos. In fact, take a look at these reasons automation and storage solutions are the next frontiers to gain more effective management.

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ToolsGroup Supply Chain Forecast | Inventory Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

ToolsGroup

Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to ToolsGroup Supply Chain Forecast | Inventory to improve forecast accuracy and customer service levels, while reducing investment in stock. BOSTON, USA-October 15, 2020-ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, today announced the availability of Supply Chain Forecast | Inventory in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Microsoft Azure.