C3 Solutions
JULY 22, 2020
This article is part of our Retail Program. Designed specifically to support global leaders by aiding in creating a strategic plan to help them win the retail game. Learn more about it now! 5 Min Read. Download for later. Let's take a look at the absolutely fundamental importance of the software systems that underpin DC operations: Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
Requis
JULY 24, 2020
Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold earlier in 2020, supply chain has become a household word. Investors, like the public, have woken up to the fact that supply chains are the engine driving economic prosperity. Almost perversely, supply chain is also the final frontier of tech-based efficiency optimization. Insiders joke (quite fairly, as it turns out) about billion-dollar procurement-management-disposition cycles that are managed in spreadsheets.
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CHAINalytics
JULY 21, 2020
Supply chains have been front and center since the start of COVID-19. As cases spiked and state governments started rolling out stay-at-home orders, consumers stocked up on shelf-stable food, toilet paper, disinfectants, and more—leaving empty store shelves and the media pointing the finger at “supply chains.” For those of us in the industry, we knew … The post Pivot from B2B to B2C with Retail-Optimized Packaging appeared first on Chainalytics.
Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
JULY 23, 2020
Of all the emerging trends in online shopping, one of the hottest is subscription box services. According to Fuel, A McKinsey Company , the subscription box industry is now worth about $10 billion and is still growing. Even more enticing is the fact that, while there are certainly leaders in this market, there are still opportunities for newcomers to claim market share.
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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
MPO Multi Party Orchestration
JULY 20, 2020
There’s a lot of talk about supply chain resiliency, but what does that really mean in a practical sense? While the pandemic is an extreme and unprecedented example, disruption has many faces – from daily exceptions to lasting and impactful events, like tariffs and natural disasters. The first and most practical step all businesses must take to bolster their supply chain resiliency is to invest in a Control Tower and Visibility solution.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
C3 Solutions
JULY 24, 2020
This article is part of our Retail Program. Designed specifically to support global leaders by aiding in creating a strategic plan to help them win the retail game. Learn more about it now! 5 Min Read. Download for later. There is a bloody battle taking place in the world of retail sales. It's a fight to the death to win customers. Whether you operate in cyberspace trying to attract e-commerce buyers, or are focused on getting warm bodies into bricks-and-mortar stores, the struggle is intense.
3rdwave
JULY 20, 2020
Too often – make that almost always – importers and exporters (BCOs – Benefiticcial Cargo Owners) are dependent on their NVOCC, Freight Forwarder or 3PL (3PL) to provide them with visibility into their global supply chains. Too often they are dependent on their 3PL for reports and analytics that provide the meaningful information they need to really improve their global supply chain execution.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 19, 2020
Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. Tom Peters. The idiom, rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, symbolizes working on something pointless or insignificant because it will soon be overtaken by events. After finishing the Supply Chains to Admire report and the Youtube series (to be released this week), this is my feeling.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JULY 23, 2020
Let me start with a quote from a great leader!! “When the world changes around you, and when it changes against you, what used to be a tailwind is now a headwind — you need to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.”. — Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon. Reimagine Supply Chain of the future: There are many facets to imagining Supply Chain of Future.
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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.
GlobalTranz
JULY 23, 2020
Across returns supply chains—a core component of reverse logistics—the need to improve performance has never been higher. Companies across the globe have taken note of the value of big data analytics in logistics and how tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and core metrics can dramatically affect supply chain performance. As explained by Performance Magazine, improvement measurement.read More.
Talking Logistics
JULY 20, 2020
There are various supply chain and logistics certifications that industry professionals can pursue from APICS, ISM, CSCMP, and other organizations. Is getting a certification important for career advancement, especially for new supply chain professionals? Which certification would you recommend? We asked our Indago research community for their perspective on this topic.
ToolsGroup
JULY 21, 2020
A joint initiative focused on guaranteeing the availability of testing swabs through machine learning-powered demand modeling and forecasting. MILAN and BOSTON, July 21, 2020 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, and COPAN Group, the world leader in the production of pre-analytics and bacteriology swabs, viral transport media, and systems for molecular biology, announced today a joint initiative to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JULY 21, 2020
“Managing supply chain and logistics has never been more significant and challenging since the outbreak of COVID-19 that created a new norm with high uncertainty and enforced an inevitable shift”. Overview. Logistics and supply chain management is a rapidly evolving field. Digital technology continues to be the key mechanism for change and value creation.
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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
GlobalTranz
JULY 21, 2020
The application of analytics offers opportunities to increase supply chain value, and in today’s world, few applications of analytics carry the weight placed on reverse logistics analytics. The rate of returns and demands for reverse logistics continue to skyrocket, and with companies facing grave uncertainty already, disruptions within reverse logistics will only lead to added.read More.
Talking Logistics
JULY 21, 2020
Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This post from Manhattan Associates’ blog discusses the changing landscape of the grocery industry, with COVID-19 serving as a catalyst. 2020.
Arkieva
JULY 22, 2020
Inventory comes in many forms and flavors; it is the critical element of supply chains that enable a firm to respond quickly and take advantage of scale. However, managing inventory is one of the most. Inventory Management – Navigating the Trenches Without Losing Sight of the Big Picture was first posted on July 22, 2020 at 7:59 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JULY 20, 2020
Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the world, it is vital for organisations to ensure a reliable supply of products and services. Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. This challenge has contributed to the slowdown or cessation of production in some sectors (e.g. fashion, automotive, spare parts, airlines).
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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.
GlobalTranz
JULY 22, 2020
The modern supply chain is built on the premise of applied data and strategic performance measurement. As reported by Trimble, a well-thought-out strategy for tracking performance through reverse logistics KPIs allows organizations to reduce administrative costs, shorten cycle times, reduce TCO, increase customer service, and derive more value from returns management.
SCM Research
JULY 22, 2020
Have you ever missed a relevant call for papers (CfP) from one of your favorite SCM journals? It can indeed be quite tedious to regularly track all the different CfPs that are out there. Sunny Hasija from The Ohio State University has now provided a solution for us. His webpage specialtopicforums.com is generated nightly by scraping the websites of some of the leading SCM journals and other related journals for any CfPs.
Talking Logistics
JULY 24, 2020
When was the last time you tried driving somewhere new without using a navigation app on your smartphone or car? My daughter’s smartphone gave up its ghost on Tuesday, so the next day she had to rely on printed directions to get from the house where the girls she babysits live to a nearby pool. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (July 24, 2020).
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JULY 22, 2020
The answer is when he is a manager. Let me expand on that statement. “Manager” and “leader” are sometimes used interchangeably in the corporate world, but they are not the same. As an ex-corporate manager of thirty years and leadership Coach for the last sixteen, I have studied, taught and coached leadership. I have coached senior managers across all industries from pharmaceuticals to aviation to mining and many more, as well as the Singapore civil service.
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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.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 20, 2020
Among the many “gifts” of the coronavirus pandemic is a hard lesson about the fragility of food supply chains.
Enterra Insights
JULY 23, 2020
Two of the most obvious changes in consumer behavior during the novel coronavirus pandemic have been a spike in e-commerce and renewed interest in shelf stable food products. Kevin Beasley, CIO at VAI, explains, “As consumers hunker down at home because of COVID-19, their spending on packaged retail food items has surged. … Supply and retail companies continue to deliver, but there’s no doubt the supply chain is feeling the strain.
Talking Logistics
JULY 22, 2020
“The addition of 11 Chinese companies to a U.S. trade blacklist of entities Washington says are linked to human-rights abuses of the Uighur minority group in Xinjiang is entangling major brands and likely to further a reordering of supply chains that feed American consumers,” write Dan Strumpf and Liza Lin in the Wall Street Journal. Read more Forced Labor in Supply Chains: The Problem Persists.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JULY 20, 2020
Governments around the world are rightly concerned about the current and after-effects of Covid-19 on their economies and particularly, on small businesses. Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) are the backbone of domestic economies – generally accounting for more than 90% of all businesses, more than 50% of all employment and more than 50% of Gross Domestic Product.
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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.
Logility
JULY 21, 2020
According to a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) Digital Economy Model, by 2023 over 50% of all worldwide nominal gross domestic product will be driven by digitally transformed enterprises. And by 2025 at least 90% of new enterprise apps will have embedded AI capabilities.1 Gartner estimates that by 2021 AI augmentation will generate $US 2.9 trillion in business value and recover 6.2 billion hours of worker productivity.2.
ivalua
JULY 21, 2020
The Hackett Group report recommendations on IT & Procurement collaboration and how it can benefit your organization in the time of Covid-19 and beyond. The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact every area of our lives and our businesses in ways that were unimaginable just a few months ago. Whether you are returning to the office or remote working, we are all continuing to assess how we have coped, how we have changed and what we have learned.
All Things Supply Chain
JULY 20, 2020
Due to the enormous impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global supply chains, many companies are struggling to keep themselves ticking over.
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