The Logistics of Logistics
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The New World Of Warehousing with Matt Fain. Matt Fain and Joe Lynch discuss the new world of warehousing. Matt is the Co-Founder and CEO of popcapacity , which is dedicated to simplifying the process for sourcing warehouse space. About Matt Fain. Matt Fain is the Co-Founder and CEO of popcapcity , which provides a cloud-based platform that enables shippers and suppliers to seamlessly connect.
Logility
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Increasing scrutiny of labor practices requires supply chain technology that proves accountability and compliance. Key Takeaways. Consumers are demanding greater transparency and want more information about worker treatment in the supply chain. . Lack of transparency also carries a huge reputational risk. Companies are using social audits, which are often ineffective without essential support. .
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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
The Enchange Supply Chain House ; the one-stop shop for all of the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence.
ToolsGroup
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management business was formerly known as JustEnough Software. Combined company gives retailers a powerful new technology arsenal to efficiently improve product availability under constrained supply and outperform the competition. Acquisition coincides with significant new growth investment from Accel-KKR. BOSTON (Nov 8, 2021) – ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management b
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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.
The Network Effect
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The post Inside Next Generation Supply Chains appeared first on The Network Effect.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Freightos
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
It’s rare for ocean liners like Maersk to live in the same category as tech giants like Amazon or Alibaba. But more blatantly than ever, container liners – and especially Maersk – are on a collision course with the tech companies that provide digital infrastructure for selling goods. And both shifts will have major ramifications on customers – importers, exporters, and online sellers.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
O, my oldest daughter’s pet hamster, died this week. He was a dwarf hamster with a giant personality. She got O in March 2020, shortly after I accidentally helped her previous hamster, Speedy, escape from his cage in the middle of the night. Despite setting food traps all over the house, Speedy never returned. O, Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 12, 2021).
SCMDOJO
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, blockchain – the list of emerging digital technologies is long. There is much discussion on their application and use and they are omnipresent in today´s society. Furthermore, they also have large impacts on companies and especially their supply chains. Companies realize that they do not only need to look.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Nestle SA, Pepsico Inc. and 25 other companies are backing a project that calculates a product’s environmental impact from farm to store and then grades it with a color-coded label. It’s the first time a partnership this big is working to find a one-size-fits-all way to assess the supply chain.
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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?
The Logistics of Logistics
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Is Sustainability Really a Problem with Matt McLelland. Matt McLelland and Joe Lynch discuss is sustainability really a problem. Matt is the VP of Sustainability and Innovation at Covenant Transport Services , a premium service provider of transportation services with focus on temperature controlled products, regional, and long haul delivery. About Matt McLelland.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
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.
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Over a century ago, the late English educator Frederick William Hackwood wrote, “Man has to eat to live; and to this primary condition of life he raises no particular objection. Man, indeed, eats and drinks with gusto; and not unfrequently, let it be confessed, without actual necessity.” Whether you eat to live or live to eat, one thing you don’t want to eat is tainted food.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
Jordan Strauss, managing director in the Forensic Investigations & Intelligence Practice of Kroll, LLC, details the major risks of corruption existing in supply chains today, and offers tips on addressing them.
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
Logility
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Collaboration in life sciences is not new but there is so much more to accomplish if the industry keeps pace with digital transformation. “Hyper-collaboration is based on the fundamental belief that it is innovation ecosystems, not individual companies, which will deliver the novel solutions the world is waiting for. Hyper-collaboration means seeing ecosystems for what they are: not just candy stores full of opportunities, but fiercely competitive arenas in which companies fight for the best par
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
For logistics leaders, continued supply chain volatility has increased the use of shorter-term contracts and reliance on the spot market to access freight capacity. According to FTR Transportation Intelligence, contract truckload rates are 10% higher year-over-year. Rates are expected to remain above that level for the remainder of 2021 — and likely beyond.
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
A score of years ago, my friend Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett wrote, “The defining achievement of the New Economy in the globalization era will be the Evernet, a downstream expression of today’s Internet, which most of us still access almost exclusively through bulky desktop personal computers anywhere from a few minutes to several hours each day. Over the next ten or so years, this notion of being ‘online’ versus ‘offline’ will completely disappear.”[1] Over the intervening decades, we have witnessed
IT Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
By Angel Mendez (pictured). Executive Chairman of LevaData. The post The New “Survival of the Fittest” for Supply Chain Management appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
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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.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
A supply chain consulting arm is essential to modern-day commercial real estate brokerage firms, says Joe Dunlap, managing director of the supply chain advisory of CBRE.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
One of the things that makes supply chain management so complex and challenging is that there are so many dimensions to it. One of those dimensions is inbound logistics and supplier management, which often doesn’t get as much attention as the outbound side. What are the main challenges companies face with supplier management and the. Read more Supplier Management: An Important Piece of Your Digital Transformation Puzzle.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Two predictions have come true during the pandemic. In a 2015 TED talk, Bill Gates warned about the spread of a potential virus and that organizations and governments were not prepared for it. A year before, in 2014, a Harvard Business Review article pointed out that supply chains were becoming increasingly global and complex and consequently more at risk than before.
CHAINalytics
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
When you need to make quick, high-confidence supply chain decisions in near-real-time, nothing beats a digital supply chain twin. However, if you’re laying out a three-to-five-year strategic plan, well, you may be barking up the wrong tree. As you might imagine, in Chainalytics’ supply chain design practice, we often have clients asking about developing a … The post A Digital Twin Is a Great Tool, but Is It What Your Supply Chain Needs?
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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.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
When federal unemployment benefits ran out in September, the thinking went, the resumes would come flowing in. So much for that theory.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Back in March 2014, I wrote the following in Keeping Control: What 3PLs Must Convince Their Customers: For many years, companies viewed logistics as a cost center, a “non-core” business function that made more sense for a third party to manage. Logistics professionals, as well as analysts and consultants, always hated this “cost center’ characterization, Read more Taking More Direct Control of Your Supply Chain.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
The electronics industry has experienced dramatic changes on the customer and supplier side in the last 18 months – from sudden purchasing changes by customers to shortages of parts and components from suppliers. Given the radical changes of the pandemic, one strategic question electronics manufacturers should be asking themselves is whether they are prepared for further changes in the coming five to ten years.
IT Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
By Emma Sutton (pictured). Chief Customer Officer, EMEA Business Transformation Oracle Consulting. The post UK economic growth slows sharply; what’s next for businesses? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
The 2024 Newcastle Systems Worker Satisfaction Survey provides insights into the life of a warehouse worker and what matters to them.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
Global supply chains were clearly in trouble before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, but when it did, the weakness of our time-honored strategies for procurement, production and delivery became shockingly evident.
BlueYonder
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Calling myself a Taylor Swift fan would be a gross understatement. My younger friends would say I’m a stan , but the label I’m most comfortable using for my 16-year obsession with the 11-time Grammy Award winner is that I’m a “Swiftie,” the nickname lovingly donned by millions of other superfans around the globe. Here’s the thing about us , Swifties — we will defend Tay at all costs.
Logistics Bureau
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Confused about supply chain KPIs and performance benchmarking? Here are some tips on how to use them together. Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check them out: How to Select the Right KPIs for Supply Chain Benchmarking. 11 Golden Rules for Meaningful Supply Chain KPIs. KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics.
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