Sat.Dec 17, 2022 - Fri.Dec 23, 2022

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Preparing Your Supply Chain for 2023 – 4 Areas of Focus

Logility

As we navigate through the end of the year and the holiday season, we’re also looking ahead to 2023. We know we’re going to see ongoing disruption. We know the chances of recession are growing. We know our clients need more and more ways to take control of their supply chain operations, end to end. Check out four of the areas we’re advising our clients to be thinking about heading into the New Year, to help prepare their supply chain for 2023. .

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The Next Phase of Remote Work: The Factory Floor in Your Living Room?

Supply Chain Brain

Imagine an individual sitting on their living room couch and wearing VR goggles, not to play a video game but to carry out a day’s work of production.

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The Future of Food Security

Enterra Insights

One of the topics discussed at the recent COP-27 gathering in Egypt was global food security. Patricia Scotland ( @PScotlandCSG ), Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, told COP-27 participants that every available tool must be leveraged to improve food security. She stated, “We must use big data and digital tools to protect food security and increase climate resilience.

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They’re Making a List & Checking it Twice: FMC Promises Fines to ‘Naughty List’ Carriers

Intelligent Audit

As the holidays rapidly approach, carriers are nervously eyeing a newly-emboldened Federal Maritime Commission. After the passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, the FMC is looking to test the limits of its new regulatory capabilities. But that’s not the only news waiting under the tree for logistics professionals this year: plummeting volumes continue to plague FedEx Ground, and Walgreens is branching out into an already overcrowded last-mile delivery sector.

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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 chain risk management: looking back on 2022 & preparing for 2023

IT Supply Chain

By Skyler Chi (pictured). Associate Managing Director, Exiger. The post Supply chain risk management: looking back on 2022 & preparing for 2023 appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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What to Do When Volatility Is the Norm

Supply Chain Brain

Uncommon Goods can experience sales spikes during its typical six-week peak period of up to 10 times the average volumes in Q1 and Q3, and typically does two-thirds of its business in Q4.

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AI for Supply Chains Needs Cause-and-Effect Reasoning

Supply Chain Brain

Intelligent prediction is more important than ever in enabling our vastly complex supply chains to operate in real time and deliver on customers’ needs.

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Options for inventory planning and forecasting

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In an increasingly unpredictable world environment, practices for planning and forecasting inventory levels that worked in the past need to be reviewed. Rules of thumb and techniques that were used only ten years ago cannot match the number-crunching applications that leading-edge companies are employing. In the 1990s, APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) arose as a solution for making better decisions about inventory.

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The Connected Ecosystem with Bill Vitti

The Logistics of Logistics

Bill Vitti and Joe Lynch discuss the connected ecosystem, which is one of the best ways to describe Transflo. Bill is the President and CRO of Transflo, the trusted industry leader in mobile, telematics, and business process automation solutions to the transportation industry. About Bill Vitti . Bill Vitti joined Transflo as President in early 2022, with more than 25 years’ experience in the transportation industry.

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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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Top 10 Talking Logistics Posts in 2022 (Plus Indago & Other Highlights)

Talking Logistics

Earlier this month, one of my guests on Talking Logistics said, “Supply chain and logistics professionals have wanted a seat at the C-suite table for a long time. Nobody said, however, that it would be the hot seat.” Whether it’s figuring out how to “do more with less” due to labor constraints, preparing for potential. Read more. The post Top 10 Talking Logistics Posts in 2022 (Plus Indago & Other Highlights) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Freight Cost Volatility Impacts on Inflation – An Analysis

Freightos

The global economy has gone through an incredibly tumultuous time since 2020. From lockdown-induced purchasing highs, soaring logistics costs and supply chain snarls to waning demand, soaring inflation, and fears of recession – there has never been a dull moment. . The sheer influx in demand, combined with the variety of supply chain stressors, also catapulted global freight to new levels of infamy (although none perhaps as famous as the Suez Canal blockage).

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How the IoT Can Drive Sustainable Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

More and more companies are adopting advanced technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things (IoT) to transform their supply chains and keep pace with market requirements.

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Doing Business in Time of War: Nestlé and Ukraine

Enterra Insights

Nestlé, the largest publicly held food company in the world, recently announced it was investing “40 million Swiss francs ($42.88 million) to launch a new production facility in western Ukraine.”[1] Olena Harmash , a Strategic Communication Adviser with CGIAR, notes, “Nestlé is one of very few international companies to announce new investments in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country in February 2022.”[2] Nestlé executives have learned that carrying on operations as a

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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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Ivalua Partners with Hillenbrand to Centralize its Data and Improve Visibility across its Supply Base

ivalua

Redwood City, CA, December 20, 2022. Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI), a global industrial company, has selected Ivalua to centralize its supplier communication, contract data, and help consolidate best-in-class procurement processes. Hillenbrand required a platform to centralize supplier communication, contract data, and support its growth while providing the basis for future scalability into Procure-to-Pay (P2P).

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[Video] Improving Supply Chain Resilience: How A Digital Supply Chain Orchestration Platform Can Help

Talking Logistics

As we near the end of 2022, supply chain and logistics executives are busy preparing their strategies, plans, and budgets for the year ahead. One key objective for many of them is improving supply chain resilience, which includes improving their supply chain visibility capabilities and developing stronger and more transparent relationships with carriers and other.

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Reactive Pandemic Response Strategies and Their Implications for Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Proactive pandemic management strategies are an investment in business viability and supply chain resilience, and also enhance business operational capabilities.

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Tech Tools You Might Want to Use as a Business Manager

IT Supply Chain

By Jessica Sweet (pictured). Content Writer at makeLifeSweeter.com. The post Tech Tools You Might Want to Use as a Business Manager appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Options for inventory planning and forecasting

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In an increasingly unpredictable world environment, practices for planning and forecasting inventory levels that worked in the past need to be reviewed. Rules of thumb and techniques that were used only ten years ago cannot match the number-crunching applications that leading-edge companies are employing. In the 1990s, APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) arose as a solution for making better decisions about inventory.

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The Year in Review: PLM/QMS and Everything Between

Arena Solutions

As we bid farewell to 2022, let’s take a moment to look back at key industry topics that were top of mind for our readers along with a few of Arena’s highlights and milestones. Since the pandemic, supply chain disruption still tops the list. Many industries continue wrestling with inventory challenges, product availability, higher prices, labor shortages, political and industry mandates, or bracing for softer demand in some cases.

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Achieving Supply Chain Success in the Face of Global Disruptions

Supply Chain Brain

Winter is upon us, and with the arrival of cold weather, rising energy prices, and oil and gas supplies being impacted by geopolitical tensions, businesses once again face potential supply chain challenges.

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What You Need To Know About VPS Hosting For Online Businesses

IT Supply Chain

By Amanda Nelson (pictured). Professional Content Writer. The post What You Need To Know About VPS Hosting For Online Businesses appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Managing the Holiday Rush in the Warehouse

BlueYonder

This blog was co-authored by Mark Severns , Product Marketing Director, and Logan Kluth , Product Management Director. Whether you are a retailer, manufacturer, 3PL, or in most any other industry, “Black Friday” likely initiates a dramatic shift in the dynamics of your business. In your warehouses the day-to-day flow of goods see peaks and valleys, but the spikes in demand this time of year require flexibility and adaptability in process and technologies to efficiently address the increased thro

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The Final Wrap-up of this year – the ATSC Awards 2022

All Things Supply Chain

The days are getting shorter, the nights longer (in the northern hemisphere) and Christmas is practically upon us.

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The Future of Warehouse Automation: What to Expect in 2023

Supply Chain Brain

t’s highly likely that warehouses will more actively embrace automation technologies in 2023 to manage tight labor markets, increase inventory capacity and expand visibility into their supply chain operations. .

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Boxing Day sales will bring increased risk of online scams

IT Supply Chain

By Emma Whitmore, (pictured). Group Vice President, EMEA at Edgio. The post Boxing Day sales will bring increased risk of online scams appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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DIVE In Round-Up: 12 Lessons Blue Yonder Associates and Customers Taught Us in 2022

BlueYonder

Each Wednesday, we share how Blue Yonder associates and customers DIVE in — their personal stories of diversity, inclusion, value and equity. Throughout the year, each has offered meaningful takeaways that allow us to see the world through their eyes. As we reflect on the year, let’s look back at 12 — one for each month — remarkable lessons Blue Yonder associates and customers taught us in 2022: January: As an African immigrant to this country that I love so much, I proudly bellow our national a

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How to get an A for your thesis

Supply Chain Movement

A few years ago Martijn Lofvers gave a presentation about Strategy Mindmapping to an audience of roughly 80 persons at a supply chain conference in Paris. Afterwards about 20 attendees lined up to hand over their business cards because they wanted to receive the presentation. At the end of the line a woman in her mid-twenties was waiting. “I would like to thank you”, she said.

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Shipment Consolidation for a Greener Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

A retail consolidation program benefits both the supplier and the retailer, while making a significant difference in carbon footprint.