The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

In 2016, Seamless was awarded the Global Telecoms Business Award for Software and Applications Innovation, showing their commitment to providing exemplary and innovative technologies through a result driven approach, and demonstrating that the success of their customers is embedded in their core DNA.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The atoms and electrons of the supply chain are changing. Transmitted perfectly, replicated indefinitely; and with a one-time investment in network infrastructure, a digital task performs well with zero marginal cost. The third Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over. 3D printing. The Internet of Things.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

I am facilitating a workshop between supply chain business visionaries and technology innovators. At the session, together through education, sharing case studies, and reviewing research, we will explore the opportunities to build a Network of Networks to improve B2B supply chain connectivity.

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Unleashed

APRIL 10, 2023

Overstocking became a necessary evil for many companies as they struggled to meet customer demand throughout the recent onslaught of supply chain disruptions. Cash flow 101: Back to basics The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent supply chain disruptions caused a great shift in the way product businesses now operate.

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Slimstock

MARCH 26, 2019

Andrew Thomas, founder of Skybell Video Doorbell, reports that it takes roughly 40 positive customer experiences to undo the damage of a single negative review. Though it’s often overlooked as an element of customer satisfaction, procurement is an essential component for delivering that satisfaction. 4 Ways to Improve Procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

We finished our report on the maturation of hospital supply chains , and I have put the finishing touches on the Healthcare Supply Chain Index for this Thursday’s webinar. We have to change the mental model of our organizations to move forward.” Supply Chain Leader of a Large Hospital. “We

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

In a prior post on 2018 supply chain predictions, I shared how NC State’s Poole College of Management engages directly with industry through student-led projects. And everyone I know has issues and challenges with their supply chains! MUFG Union Bank Strategic Performance Metrics.

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BlueYonder

JULY 31, 2023

In an increasingly challenging commerce space where order management capabilities form the backbone of a retailer’s fulfillment infrastructure, retailers, distributors, 3PL’s, and manufacturers are challenged by monolithic, legacy technology that no longer fits their needs. Value This metric sounds obvious but is often overlooked.

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SupplyShift

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to Gartner’s Future of Supply Chain: Crisis Shapes the Profession report, 77% of companies say that they’re investing in deeper and more collaborative supplier relationships to build resilience. For example, procurement, quality, and sustainability divisions at larger companies often sort suppliers into segments.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. A social media presence is essential in today’s e-commerce world where recent data suggests that more than 44 percent of global internet users purchased products through a social media site. People are using their mobile devices to make purchases now more than ever.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Many companies within aerospace and defense , electric vehicle (EV) technology , medical devices , biotechnology , and clean tech sectors are seeing lucrative business opportunities to compete in the market. Christine said, “I have used internal audits as the baseline to improve our overall business metrics. billion to $855.62

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. And suppliers provide the goods, supplies, software and other items required by every function in your company to conduct day to day business. He spent his entire career in Purchasing and Procurement. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Looking Down on Suppliers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Strategic, well-planned audits can help you focus on your business—developing innovative quality products, creating a collaborative supply chain, driving company growth, and meeting customer demand. The latest analytics demonstrate that 81% of consumers say brand trust is a deciding factor when making a purchase.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

P2P Process Owners Strategy Workshop. Global P2P departments are still on the journey towards true touchless end-to-end purchase-to-pay function. This workshop stream will serve as a platform for benchmarking best practices and successful approaches to resolving key P2P goals and obstacles that are on the way to those goals.

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EcoVadis

JULY 11, 2016

Before the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York City June 22, a pre-conference roundtable session on supply chain sustainability was held at the UN Headquarters. EcoVadis Senior Account Executive Daniel Perry was invited by UNGC to present, and has reported here on the discussions and outcomes of the workshop.

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SupplyShift

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to Gartner’s Future of Supply Chain: Crisis Shapes the Profession report, 77% of companies say that they’re investing in deeper and more collaborative supplier relationships to build resilience. For example, procurement, quality, and sustainability divisions at larger companies often sort suppliers into segments.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Luckily, the current movers and shakers of the logistics and supply chain world are all too happy to dole out sage advice in the form of blog posts, interviews, podcasts — you name it. The tips below cover everything from unified supply chains to automated collaboration integration and beyond.

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Shipchain

OCTOBER 25, 2019

ShipChain airs its first webinar, The State of Technology in Food Supply Chains 2019: Produce. We aired our first webinar about Technology and its impacts on the Food Supply Chain in June. Attending different workshops in which we were able to fine-tune our timed 3-minute pitch (want to hear the whole thing?

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SupplyOn

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Hamburg calling: Preceding the ‘Aviation and Space Regions’ day, the Supply Chain Excellence Initiative (an association of regional aerospace associations and clusters, BDLI and SPACE) chose the Hanseatic city for its 5th SCE Forum on September 19.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

We are watching the redefinition of the principles of safe and secure supply chains and corporate liability. PCA was a small player in a complex supply chain of big brands. I think that we should pray today for all of the leaders of food supply chains in food and pharmaceutical companies. What happened?

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SupplyOn

OCTOBER 23, 2018

BoostAeroSpace President Patrick FANGET presented BoostAeroSpace at a glance, with its mission to implement collaborative and secured tools for the global European Aerospace Supply Chain through Service Providers. Celonis was an important enabler as data mining tool.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 1, 2024

How do you communicate within your own teams, across teams, across sites, with your supply chain, which is very critical today. So, your choices are manual processes, so paper-based workflows; basic digital tools, spreadsheets. Basic digital spreadsheet, tools, excuse me, spreadsheets [9%]. So, still coming in.

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ShipBob

MARCH 2, 2023

A Salesforce report found that almost 90% of shoppers consider the customer experience as important as the company’s products or services. In general, a great retail experience is when a customer has a positive interaction with your brand that makes them feel confident to purchase from you — and hopefully again and again.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

However, we also identified a series of important issues that may impede the development and growth of biobased technologies and limit the ability of biobased products to penetrate industrial and consumer markets. One of the big insights from the analysis in our report is that the biobased economy is emerging in states all over the country.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 18, 2021

Unfortunately, when it comes to slavery in the supply chain, some companies don’t care, some companies are willfully ignorant, and some companies are truly unaware of on-going abuses. ” Finding Supply Chain Violations. ”[3]. Few things grab a person’s attention like the threat of time behind bars.

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EMERGE App

AUGUST 22, 2019

Your business needs cash to pay your salary, your employee’s salaries, rent, supplier invoices and all the running costs of running a business. And purchasing inventory means that you’re tying up a valuable and finite resource — working capital — in your stock. They typically cost less than $10.

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SupplyOn

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The author of this article visited the Airbus Innovation Centre and was not disappointed: Among the highlights was the Altair research balloon in the form of a “Zeppelin” weighing only 30 kg, which was developed in cooperation with Vodafone 5G technology.

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EMERGE App

AUGUST 5, 2018

Inventory management, in a nutshell, describes your efforts to manage, assess and report on the flow of your stock of goods. You might be using pencil-and-paper, spreadsheets or sophisticated inventory management software to do this. Sale, purchase, return or exchange. Simplifying the Supply Chain. Time and day.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

According to the 30th Annual State of Logistics Report by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), companies spent $1.64 Rising costs mean that companies must continue to innovate and implement strategies that can help reduce logistics costs and boost the bottom line.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 25, 2017

Independent workshops have traditionally struggled to keep pace with OEMs and authorized workshops on vehicle diagnostics, tools & technology, vehicle electronic information and quality of service / parts. Authors: Ravindra Hunagund , Lead Consultant, MFGDCG, Infosys Ltd., saurabh.sharma@infosys.com.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Rob Handfield has over 30 years of experience in supply chain as an educator, researcher, consultant, and author. He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 29, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. If a customer has an emotional connection with your brand, they are more likely to purchase your products and services. Ensure you conduct workshops and training to sharpen your employees’ skills to handle customers, resolve conflict, and communicate. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95 It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. The rings are “one of the first pieces of wearable technology to be deployed by Walmart Canada,” the company said.

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RFgen

JANUARY 18, 2024

The goal is to equip businesses with the knowledge and tools for a successful transition to a cloud-based ERP system, enhancing efficiency and competitiveness in today’s competitive environment. As much as 70% of enterprise companies are migrating to an ERP system in the cloud , according to a report by Cloud Security Alliance.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Supplier relationship management is a process for developing and managing collaborative relationships with suppliers at all levels to achieve the required business objectives and overall supply chain strategy. The sourcing or procurement function will own the relationship and manage the overall process. All Aboard!

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