November, 2024

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Thriving in a Down Trucking Market with Cyndi Meurrens

The Logistics of Logistics

Cyndi Meurrens and Joe Lynch discuss thriving in a down trucking market. Cyndi is Project Solutions Manager at H&M Trucking , a contract carrier trucking company that specializes in bulk hopper and van transportation of dry goods, bulk ingredients, and hazardous materials. About Cyndi Meurrens Cyndi Meurrens is the Project Solutions Manager at H&M Trucking, a leading contract carrier based in Omaha, NE, specializing in bulk hopper and van transportation, including hazardous materials.

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Autonomous Drones vs. Autonomous Vehicles: Analyzing Logistics Applications of Amazon, UPS, Tesla and More.

Logistics Viewpoints

As automation continues to evolve in logistics, two technologies are becoming central to modern delivery methods: autonomous drones and autonomous vehicles. Both are advancing through operational trials led by companies like Amazon, UPS, Alphabet’s Wing, Tesla, and TuSimple. However, each technology serves different purposes within logistics, and the question remains: Which will ultimately shape the industry’s operational structure?

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The Best Websites To Learn Supply Chain

SCMDOJO

Ready to unlock the secrets of the supply chain? These websites offer a treasure trove of knowledge to elevate your skills and drive business success. We have compiled this information after careful and in-depth research. Before we deep dive into the details of each website, look at the summarised value proposition table we have made for you: Which Platform to Choose?

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FMCG Complexity - A Practical Reduction Guide

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Recondite complexity? I recently discussed how complexity negatively affects cost and service including how a floppy SKU tail inhibits growth. Do you understand the impact unnecessary SKUs have on FMCG success? CEOs should be seeking leaner and performance-focussed SKU portfolios but how do you approach this ongoing challenge?

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketer's 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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Supply Chain: Top 10 Supply Chain faux pas!

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Morning woes I have just had one of those mornings. I missed the alarm and the 10-minute snooze and from then on everything went downhill. Jumped in the shower for a brief cleanse but then once waterlogged I realised there was no soap, not even a hotel-like sliver. So, soaking wet I get out, but can I find anything remotely soapy? There was no time to waste so the yellowed William & Kate souvenir tablet had to be sacrificed.

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Generative AI: Force Multiplier for Autonomous Supply Chain Management

BlueYonder

With the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) the world has come to anticipate a huge increase in productivity. Businesses have a tremendous opportunity to capitalize on these technologies not only for supply chain productivity improvements but for overall efficiency, resilience, and agility. At first, the market achieved significant success with this first advancement of advanced planning solutions.

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AI’s Role in Construction and the Supply Chain

All Things Supply Chain

AI technology continues to take the world by storm with its innovative tools and revolutionary systems. Industries around the globe are reaping the benefits, including the construction supply chain.

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Rethinking Supply Chain Management

The Network Effect

The post Rethinking Supply Chain Management appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Cultivating an AI Mindset: Growing with AI

Supply Chain Trend

AI is infiltrating our personal lives and the workplace, and soon will be everywhere and irreplaceable in everything you do. At home and in the workplace. Developing and cultivating an AI Mindset will become a must for the modern knowledge worker. In a series of short blogs, I will explore core elements of an AI mindset. In this blog; Collaboration.

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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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Step Past AI Hype Drive Real Value

Supply Chain Shaman

The booths at the National Retail Federation (NRF) on January 12 th -14 th will shine brightly with AI plastered everywhere. However, based on my discussions with the technologists, the real improvements to drive value will be few and far between. Venture capitalists are high on Artificial Intelligence (AI), and over-exuberant professors with shiny new models are jockeying into position to get rich.

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Supply Chain AI: 25 Current Use Cases (and a Handful of Future Ones)

Logistics Viewpoints

When it came out, ChatGPT seemed like magic. It has led supply chain vendors to discuss how they currently use artificial intelligence. Further, virtually every supplier of supply chain solutions is eager to explain the ongoing investments they are making in artificial intelligence. Any device that can perceive its environment and can take actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal is engaged in some form of artificial intelligence.

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Navigating the Big Trends in Logistics Technology: How to Position Yourself for Implementation Success

Talking Logistics

If you’ve seen the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, you know the line: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Nowhere is that truer than in the supply chain and logistics realm, especially when it comes to technology. With so much change and. Read more The post Navigating the Big Trends in Logistics Technology: How to Position Yourself for Implementation Success appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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A Trillion Dollars in Freight Transactions with Ken Adamo

The Logistics of Logistics

Ken Adamo and Joe Lynch discuss a trillion dollars in freight transactions. Ken is the Chief of Analytics at DAT Freight & Analytics. DAT operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Shippers, brokers, carriers, news organizations and industry analysts rely on DAT for trends and data insights based on a database of $150 billion in annual market transactions.

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The Evolving Retailer's Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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ToolsGroup Recognized as The Technology Leader in Retail and Supply Chain 2024 SPARK Matrix™ Categories by QKS Group

ToolsGroup

Company earns top ratings for technology excellence and customer impact in the 2024 SPARK Matrix™ for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment and the 2024 SPARK Matrix™ for Global Supply Chain Inventory Optimization Boston—November 12, 2024 — ToolsGroup , a leading provider of retail and supply chain planning solutions, has been named the technology leader in QKS Group’s 2024 SPARK Matrix™ Retail Forecasting and Replenishment and their 2024 SPARK Matrix™ analysis of the Global Supply Chain Invent

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Supply Chain Resilience is Essential in an Uncertain World

Enterra Insights

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains and upended the global economy, supply chain experts insisted that supply chain resilience was essential. Back in 2019, Joseph Shamir , Founder of ToolsGroup, wrote, “If the last decade has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected — from extreme weather events to endless political psychodramas to tech startups disrupting whole industries.

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Unlocking Digital Efficiency in Logistics – Data Standards and Integration

Freightos

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. More Resources Home Unlocking Digital Efficiency in Logistics – Data Standards and Integration Judah Levine Get Started FreighTech 2024 Key Themes Series: Unlocking Digital Efficiency in Logistics – Data Standards and Integration Freightos was delighted to host its seventh annual FreighTech conference recently, bringing together leaders in freight technology a

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Interoperability in the Supply Chain: Leveraging the OSI Model for Seamless Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

In the rapidly evolving world of global supply chains, interoperability—the ability of systems, devices, and organizations to work together seamlessly—has become a critical factor for operational efficiency. By applying the ISO OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) seven layer model, traditionally used in networking, to logistics, businesses can achieve a structured framework that enhances communication, reduces friction, and improves collaboration throughout the 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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Blue Yonder Cyberattack: How Prepared Are You If Your TMS or WMS Goes Down?

Talking Logistics

When a cyberattack takes down your TMS, WMS, or other supply chain software (it’s a question of when, not if), will you be ready to respond as effectively as possible or will everyone on your team look at each other and frantically ask, “What do we do now?” I wrote that back in June 2024. Read more The post Blue Yonder Cyberattack: How Prepared Are You If Your TMS or WMS Goes Down?

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Beyond Intermodal Visibility with Jon Housknecht

The Logistics of Logistics

Jon Housknecht and Joe Lynch discuss beyond intermodal visibility. Jon serves as Senior Sales Manager at Blackberry Radar , a complete asset tracking solution that provides reliable trailer, chassis, container, railcar and ISO Tank status. About Jon Housknecht Jon Housknecht , Senior Sales Manager for BlackBerry Radar, currently partners with Domestic and Global Intermodal companies to represent BlackBerry Radar products and services to help provide greater visibility to their non-powered assets

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Ciavarella Pneumatici Selects ToolsGroup to Revolutionize Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

Leading Italian Tire Distributor Aims to Enhance Demand Forecasting, Inventory Management, and Customer Service MILAN and BOSTON — November 19, 2024 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been chosen by Ciavarella Pneumatici, one of Italy’s premier B2B tire distributors, to enhance its supply chain planning processes.

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Supply Chain Sustainability and the Future of Business

Enterra Insights

Discussing sustainability in today’s politically-charged business environment is tricky. It shouldn’t be. Sustainability is all about the future — the future of business and the future of the planet. Last year, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) published a report entitled The State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2023.

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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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Driving Responsiveness and Profitability via Flexible Production Planning: Three Customer Case Studies 

BlueYonder

Many of the challenges faced by the world’s automotive and equipment manufacturers can be mitigated via flexible production planning. By digitalizing and automating their production planning processes, manufacturers can respond faster and more profitably when confronted with demand variability, materials shortages, logistics roadblocks and other supply chain issues.

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October 28th – 31st Supply Chain & Logistics News

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply Chain & Logistics News (October 28th – 31st) A day late but, Happy Halloween! According to the S&P Global Market Intelligence Americans are spending upwards of 4.1 billion dollars on Halloween candy this year. This is nearly double the amount from a decade ago and it seems to be in line with the trend of Halloween gaining popularity in the last few years with the help of social media.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 22, 2024)

Talking Logistics

A banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million yesterday at a Sotheby’s auction. The man who bought it plans to eat the banana. Now, if this had been a chewed wad of gum stuck to the bottom of a school desk, ora peeling Scratch and Sniff sticker on a worn out 80s binder, Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 22, 2024) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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The iDrive Logistics Story with Glenn Gooding

The Logistics of Logistics

Glenn Gooding and Joe Lynch discuss the iDrive Logistics story. Glenn is the President of iDrive Logistics , a national network of top-tier owner operated warehouses for brands and retailers who require the highest level of service with a focus on customer experience. About Glenn Gooding Glenn Gooding , a veteran of the small parcel supply chain, brings 39 years of industry expertise to iDrive Logistics.

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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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Don’t Just Recover from Black Friday and Cyber Monday—Get Ready for Christmas and Future Promotions

ToolsGroup

As Black Friday rushes past, you may be reviewing your inventory performance, especially if certain items sold out too fast or if slow-movers are now taking up too much space. Even worse, maybe you did have inventory in your network, but it was in the wrong location to meet customer demand. If you’re left wishing you’d had a better handle on inventory, you’re not alone.

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Containerised Freight Trends, Challenges and Opportunities in 2025: How Can Partnerships Resolve the Challenges and Mitigate Costs?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Containerised Freight Trends, Challenges and Opportunities in 2025: How Can Partnerships Resolve the Challenges and Mitigate Costs? Date / Time 27 November 2024 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Venue Singapore Attendee Personas (Shipper) Head / Director / VP / Chief Supply Chain Officer CPO COO CEO Associate Director / Executive Director / Director / Lead / Head / Senior Professionals from Regional / APAC / SEA / Global Region Agenda 1:50 PM – 2:00 PM Arrival of Guests 2:00 PM – 2:10 PM

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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Artificial intelligence is offering new and better ways of making supply chains more sustainable, by improving efficiency, enhancing decision-making, and increasing transparency in operations.