Bristlecone

MARCH 31, 2020

By: Sunil Pandit, Director, Global Practices, Bristlecone. The financial crisis of 2007-08 was referred to as a black swan event because it caused catastrophic damage to the global economy and triggered widespread disruption to people’s lives. But the world recovered from it, and following that event, we experienced an impressive 11-year upswing. In fact, until recently, we were enjoying a booming economy and seeing overall improvement in the lives of people around the world.

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CHAINalytics

MARCH 30, 2020

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has created profound uncertainty, and catapulted the vulnerabilities of interconnected supply chains front and center. Supply chain managers who are experiencing supply risks, demand uncertainty, and “wait and see” leadership directives are asking: What should I do now? The answer to this question is quite extensive.

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EMERGE App

MARCH 16, 2020

Can I Interest You in a Hot Sports Car? Have you ever passed a parking lot of a used car dealer and eyed a dream sports car on sale? Unbeknownst to you, it’s likely that the used car dealer is selling most or all of the cars on consignment. Think about it. There’s no business sense for the dealer to purchase second-hand cars from prospective sellers in order to resell them for a profit (if any!).

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Gravity Supply Chain

MARCH 31, 2020

It’s not just the supply chain! Entire logistics networks, manufacturing bases, and workers face a multitude of unprecedented disruption challenges.

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Arkieva

MARCH 17, 2020

Probabilities are persuasive in supply chains and analytic methods – especially in machine learning where conditional probability is a dominant underlying structure that makes or breaks the success of an application. In this blog, we will learn how to take the mystery out of the term ‘conditional probability’. Conditional Probability Made Easy – Heart of Machine Learning was first posted on March 17, 2020 at 11:40 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is fo

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

As I flew to Dallas, I worked on this post. Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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TMC

MARCH 10, 2020

Using technology to drive strategy and improve performance—and ultimately create financial value—is top of mind for shippers today managing complex global supply chains. A key component of this technology trend is the need for a supply chain visibility platform. Research shows that having real-time supply chain visibility is necessary to build a responsive, resilient, competitive, and profitable operation.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 13, 2020

Supply chain leaders often interchangeably refer to both a warehouse management system and an inventory management system as one and the same. However, systems used to manage inventory refer to the combination of technology, including hardware and software, for the following: Product identification Product matching to orders Data analysis Product labeling and management Documentation Reporting The use.read More.

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Logility

MARCH 13, 2020

Everyone is working hard to figure out how to stay safe, what is going on, how to minimize the impact to our personal lives and the companies we work for, and to plan for the future. Over the last few weeks, I have spoken with several of our customers as well as industry analysts from ChainLink Research, Gartner and IDC to gain some additional perspective on how the supply chain is coping with this quickly escalating risk.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 4, 2020

Over the years we’ve built strong relationships with hundreds of global companies, and we hear the same challenges again and again: they can’t accurately plan for intermittent demand, they’ve got too much capital tied up in inventory, and their planners are overwhelmed by data management and complicated math. In an ever-changing global economy with all its unexpected twists and turns, supply chain leaders are looking for a way to be ready for anything the real world throws at them.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 31, 2020

Back in December, when we were making supply chain and logistics predictions for 2020, none of us envisioned the situation the world finds itself in today due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When it’s all said and done, there will be many lessons learned, but the question right now is: How can supply chain and logistics. Read more Getting Through the COVID-19 Crisis: Advice for Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals.

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River Logic

MARCH 10, 2020

According to Supply Chain Digital Magazine, many manufacturers are falling behind with more than two-thirds of them being unable to provide data-driven analytical information to support their business decisions.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

By mid-March, it had become difficult to keep track of what seemed like the high-speed unravelling of the world’s economy and its means of social connection. Abrupt governmental decrees, designed to contain the rapid global spread of COVID-19, were being matched by equally unsettling private-sector decisions to cancel or postpone public events, college classes, athletic competitions, worship services, and much, much more.

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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 Game Changer

MARCH 26, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 10 Best Inventory Management Articles! Inventory Management Best Practices article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Dave Joseph at veridian.info. Supply chain leaders are continuously looking for ways to improve inventory management, and the role of technology in the supply chain offers significant advantages.

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C3 Solutions

MARCH 19, 2020

The decision to invest in dock scheduling software can lead to significant benefits in the supply chain and reduce stress. As with any change to supply chain management systems or records, it is imperative shippers thoroughly consider the software vendor and evaluate their service levels. As explained by Manhattan Associates , shippers that follow the right steps to selecting the best dock scheduling software can quickly manage fluctuations and ensure the system chosen adds value and generates a

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The Network Effect

MARCH 6, 2020

The post Global Disruption Due to COVID-19 Removes Decades of Supply Chain Inertia – Now What? appeared first on The Network Effect.

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AIMMS

MARCH 30, 2020

Just like you, we’re taking the news day by day and continuously brainstorming ways to serve our community. The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on our lives, the kind we have not seen in centuries. It’s taking a profound humanitarian and economic toll , impacting supply cha ins in many ways. T he apparel industry, for instance, is bracing for a prolonged period of low activity.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 18, 2020

If you’re a supplier, nothing makes you happier than receiving a customer order—and the more orders you get, the better. However, there are many different ways for customers to transmit those orders, from highly automated approaches to manual entry. What challenges does this create for suppliers? How can technology and digital networks streamline and automate.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2020

The strategies of supply chain management are of paramount importance when it comes to boosting the profitability of the business and distribution network. It is highly important that the customers’ demands related to the quality, quantity, timely response and timely delivery without any unnecessary delay are being met in a cost-effective manner. The various steps.read More.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 27, 2020

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Logility

MARCH 6, 2020

Machine Learning for demand forecasting has matured to a level of accuracy, transparency and replicability that translates into transformative results, including in these five areas: Accuracy, transparency, thoroughness of analytical options and results. Ability to ingest and use a broad range of data; a system that is ‘greedy’ for data that yield new insights.

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The Network Effect

MARCH 9, 2020

The post The Coronavirus and the Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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AIMMS

MARCH 16, 2020

The world of supply chain has changed. Just a few decades ago, processes were still fairly linear and easier to control. Fast-forward to today, and you’ll find that external factors like changing consumer tastes, geopolitical shifts and global disruptions like the coronavirus outbreak have a much deeper impact on demand, complicating planning.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2020

Optimization of the entire source-to-pay process for nearly all Körber locations worldwide. Redwood City/Warsaw/ Hamburg – March 17th, 2020 | Ivalua, a leading global provider of procurement management solutions, and OptiBuy, Ivalua’s long-standing implementation partner, announced their selection by Körber to enable a digital procurement transformation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2020

Start making your contingency plans for coronavirus immediately. Here are 20 things to keep in mind. The post Start Planning for the Coronavirus Now! 20 Things to Keep in Mind appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 26, 2020

Supermarkets are heavily impacted by unexpected peaks in demand and product unavailability from areas that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This global health crisis has uncovered vulnerabilities in our food supply chains, affecting the capacity of food retailers to ensure its continuity. It is critical for retailers to quickly respond to these sudden changes, but many struggle with this because their planners still rely on spreadsheets and legacy tools to plan their logistics operat

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2020

Take a moment to think about the state of last-mile logistics in the last year. An argument does exist for the continued support of last-mile innovation and a relentless push to build better customer experiences within the final mile. Unfortunately, supply chain professionals can get so wrapped up in the logistics of the final mile,read More. The post Trends in Last-Mile for 2020 appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

With supply chain planning software you can automate the achievement of service levels, even under changing constraints resulting from major disruptions. As COVID-19 continues its malevolent spread around the world, concerns grow regarding the continued impact on supply chains and business continuity. A few months ago, we highlighted a major theme from Gartner’s Supply Chain Planning Summit in our blog: winners change their mindsets–and accelerate through economic turns.

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