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How to Choose a Warehouse Management System

Tecsys

Take a look at five key questions that will help you paint a clearer picture of how to choose a warehouse management system. The post How to Choose a Warehouse Management System appeared first on Tecsys.

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Green Supply Chain Management gaining pace

Prophetic Technology

Green Supply Chain Management, defined as integrating environmental thinking into supply chain management, includes product design, sourcing and material selection, manufacturing processes and the final product delivery to consumers, and the product end-of-life management after its useful life.

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How Shippers Can Combat the Effects of the Trucking Shortage

C3 Solutions

Over the last decade, the trucking industry has seen an unprecedented shortage in the availability of truck drivers throughout the industry. Logistics technology and innovative tools have made a difference in how shippers deal with disruptions and deviations. The driver shortage has a tremendous impact on the national economy as more than half of all freight shipped in the U.S. travels over the highways.

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An Example of Simulation-Based Multiechelon Inventory Optimization

The Smart Software

For most small-to-medium manufacturers and distributors, single-level or single-echelon inventory optimization is at the cutting edge of logistics practice. Multi-echelon inventory optimization (“MEIO”) involves playing the game at an even higher level and is therefore much less common. The post An Example of Simulation-Based Multiechelon Inventory Optimization appeared first on Smart Software.

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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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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Semiconductors. Plastics. Coffee. Copper. Building Supplies. Motors. The list goes on and on. Supply chain shortages abound. Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Unloading times are double and costs are triple. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world.

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The Counter to Constant Supply Chain Volatility Is Pervasive Visibility and Industry Collaboration

Logistics Viewpoints

For more than a year, global supply chains have been buffeted by one major disruption after another. The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. The impact? Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , r

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The Next Evolution in Supply Chain Technology

Talking Logistics

The 21st Century has seen tremendous innovation in supply chain technology driven by the Internet, web services, mobile technologies, GPS, cloud computing, and so many other developments. What is the next evolution in supply chain technology? What factors are driving it and why is this important for supply chain professionals? Those are the main questions.

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Customer Experience and Technology

Enterra Insights

The pandemic has increased the importance of customer service and customer experience. In a previous article, I wrote, “As we struggle to find a way out of the pandemic, companies can help by ensuring their customer experience efforts include the human touch.”[1] In that article, I quoted Valerie Nechay, a Marketing Technology and customer experience (CX) observer at Iflexion, who believes companies with the right perspective about customer experience will be the winners in the post-

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How to Choose the Right Demand Variance Method to Calculate Safety Stock

Arkieva

In today’s blog, we will share some examples to help Inventory Planners explore different methods available to calculate Demand Variance and decide which method is best suited for their products and businesses. How to Choose the Right Demand Variance Method to Calculate Safety Stock was first posted on September 29, 2021 at 8:39 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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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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Accelerate Innovation in Industrial Equipment by Building Lean, Operationally Efficient Teams

DELMIA Quintiq

Innovation is at the forefront of the Industrial Equipment industry, with electrification, autonomy, expanded functionality and new forms, footprint and features driving change. Naturally, this comes with its own set of unique challenges, which have forced Industrial Equipment companies to adapt in a very short time. Addressing these innovations while managing industry growth and capturing market share requires getting new products to market as fast as possible with high quality and low cost.

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Part 1: Getting Schooled in Supply Chain: Three Recommendations for Students

Elementum

Tl;dr It’s good to see supply chain management getting more attention in higher education. Supply chains are both more complex and more important than ever before. We will see a major shift towards supply chain management as a core competency for senior executives at Fortune 1000 companies. Here are recommendations for students and new grads looking to get their careers off to the right start.

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The Key to Unlocking Your Sustainability Goals: Scope 3 Emissions

Talking Logistics

In the last ten years, corporate promises and initiatives to promote sustainable business practices that reduce the carbon footprints of massive organizations have emerged across all industries. More than ever before, emissions and carbon accounting are a central part of executive-level boardroom conversations and businesses are clamoring to meet consumer demand for a greener future.

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China’s Electricity Crunch Is World’s Latest Supply Chain Threat

Supply Chain Brain

China’s energy crisis is shaping up as the latest shock to global supply chains as factories in the world’s biggest exporter are forced to conserve energy by curbing production.

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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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Amplify the Value of Global F&B Networks with Scenario Planning

Logility

What-if analysis for F&B is quickly becoming a tool of choice to coordinate sales and operations planning (S&OP), align with supply chain partners, and track the effectiveness of the overall network. Just like every aspect of our modern society, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested how food and beverage (F&B) networks navigate continuous and dramatic changes.

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Retailers Could Start Holiday Sales Before Halloween

Enterra Insights

For years now, retailers have been advancing the date for Christmas holiday sales. For decades, holiday sales began after Thanksgiving on Black Friday. In the past few years, however, it has not been unusual to see holiday store displays and sales shortly after Halloween. This year those sales could begin before Halloween thanks to continued supply chain disruptions and delays.

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[Video] Supply Chain Talent: Why It’s More Important Than Ever

Talking Logistics

In the supply chain and logistics world, we often talk about the importance of people, process, and technology. The people side, however, often gets overshadowed by the other two, especially technology. The reality is that developing and retaining supply chain talent is more important than ever. Why is that so? What are some of the. Read more [Video] Supply Chain Talent: Why It’s More Important Than Ever.

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Enchange Supply Chain House - Supply Chain Evaluation

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

The Enchange Supply Chain House ; the one-stop shop for the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence.

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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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Life Sciences Supply Chains – The Backbone of Quality Healthcare

Logility

When it comes to healthcare, one of the greatest hopes people have for themselves and their loved ones is an emergency intervention, treatment, medical device, or cure that can improve and potentially save their lives. But these advancements do not happen in the lab alone. It also takes a supply chain that contributes to the ingenuity and innovation required to conquer today’s health issues and provides those breakthroughs in perfect and compliant condition.

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Analog Supply Chains are an Anachronism in a Digital World

Enterra Insights

According to Oxford Languages, an anachronism is “a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.” In the Digital Age, many analog processes are quickly becoming anachronistic. Supply chain processes are not immune to this trend. EY analysts Edmund Wong and Glenn Steinberg ( @GlennSteinberg ), ask, “Are you running an analog supply chain for a digital economy?

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (October 1, 2021)

Talking Logistics

Every morning, before having my coffee and eating breakfast, I shuffle out to my driveway to get the newspaper. Yes, I still get the newspaper. Just like virtual events don’t provide the same experience as attending an in-person event, reading a physical printed document (a newspaper, a book, etc.) is a different experience than reading. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (October 1, 2021).

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From Nairobi to Ningbo: The Supply Shocks Spanning Globe

Supply Chain Brain

From high-class problems to difficulties finding life’s necessities, the pandemic has convulsed global supply chains on such a scale that few industries, socio-economic classes or regions are immune.

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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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Logility Partners with Visus to Further Enhance Digital Offerings

Logility

Customers to benefit from web and mobile technology to help drive value. ATLANTA – September 28, 2021 – Logility, Inc., a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, has partnered with Visus LLC to support analytics customers and their digital transformation journeys. The partnership leverages digital solutions using web and mobile technology to help drive value.

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Office workers boost footfall, but how can retailers maintain momentum?

IT Supply Chain

By Melissa Minkow (pictured). Retail Industry Lead, CI&T. The post Office workers boost footfall, but how can retailers maintain momentum? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Transplace Shipper Symposium: Transformation and Innovation

Talking Logistics

The streak ended at 19 months. When I spoke at the Food Shippers of America Conference in February 2020, I never imagined it would be the last time I would attend an in-person conference that year, and for eight more months after in 2021. The dry spell ended earlier this month when I attended and. Read more Transplace Shipper Symposium: Transformation and Innovation.

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Four Ways Mobile Apps Are Advancing Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

Supply chain digitization can’t be fully realized without a mobile component.

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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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Social Supply Chain Sustainability: How Businesses Can Achieve Its 4 Goals

Logility

The tools, capabilities, and strategies companies must embrace to achieve the 4 goals of social supply chain sustainability. Social supply chain sustainability is one of the three pillars of a sustainable supply chain and crucial for the long-term prospects of a company. As regulators tighten scrutiny and customers become ever more vocal about their expectations for the brands they invest in and champion, a socially sustainable supply chain is a must for any progressive company.

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How ERP can help the automotive parts and accessories industry in a post-COVID world

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

At the beginning of 2020, the global market for automotive parts and accessories had enjoyed several years of high margins and steady growth in a stable environment. It was valued at $390 billion, according to a report. Then the COVID pandemic hit, and the once recession-resistant industry took a massive knock. The disruption changed the industry so significantly that it’s likely there won’t be a return to normal.

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The chaos of legacy equipment

IT Supply Chain

By Johan Jonzon (pictured). CMO & Co-Founder, Crosser. The post The chaos of legacy equipment appeared first on IT Supply Chain.