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6 Strategies for Better Supply Chain Management in the Current Economy

Oracle SCM

By Maha Muzumdar. Original version published in APICS Extra , July 2010. The years from 2007 through 2009 were notable for their economic volatility, reflected not only in the global economic recession but also the instability of customer demand and rapid movement in raw material, fuel, and commodity prices. Supply chain executives were under pressure to develop more efficient, customer-centric supply chains while finding innovative ways to reduce costs and enable growth.

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Order Management System: What exactly is an OMS?

GlobalTranz

In modern order fulfillment, the demand for an order management system is unparalleled. Prior to the rise of e-commerce, orders were handled through faxes and direct mail. However, the growth of e-commerce and Big Box retailers required systems that could streamline the entire process, getting more orders processed with fewer delays. As customers grew to demand greater seamlessness between online, brick-and-mortar sales and every channel in between, the modern order management system (OMS) was

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5 Key Trends Driving Supply Chain Innovation

Talking Logistics

When we speak to supply chain leaders about innovations in their supply chain, it’s not always about drones, self-driving trucks, or automated warehouses. To the contrary, it’s often about rethinking how we view our operations, leverage all our stakeholders, and in the end, deliver the best experience to the customer. Trend #1: Customers Buying Experience Not Products.

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What can Gartner’s 2017 CSCO supply chain survey tell you about your business?

River Logic

More than likely, you’re going to be making significant investments in your supply chain over the next several years (or perhaps you’ve already started). If so, it’s worth looking at the recent findings from the 2017 CSCO Supply Chain survey by Gartner.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

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Blockchain and Trust

Enterra Insights

“A new technology is redefining the way we transact,” assert analysts from Goldman Sachs. “If that sounds incredibly far-reaching, that’s … Continued. The post Blockchain and Trust appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Editor’s Pick: 3 Things You Need to Know About Cross-Border E-commerce

Talking Logistics

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. In this post, Marie Delphine Achille from Quintiq shares three insights about cross-border e-commerce. Did you know that the value of cross-border and domestic e-commerce is forecasted to be worth a whopping $3.4 trillion in 2020?

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Avoid “Lost in Translation”. Monetize S&OP to Include Finance.

ToolsGroup

Finance speaks a different language than supply chain. But by monetizing Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), supply chain planners can speak the language of finance while developing S&OP into a more mature process. In its report Partner with Finance to Monetize the S&OP Conversation , Gartner says finance is not taking part in S&OP meetings at 40% of companies; mostly because finance leaders are unaware of how S&OP can help a business realize its financial goals and objec

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3 Ways API Technology Can Improve Your Supply Chain

TMC

As technology continues to revolutionize the way we do business and meet customer demands, are you leveraging the latest innovations to optimize your supply chain and stay ahead of your competition? Across industries, technology platforms, tools, and applications are built to help your business save time and money, help manage behind-the-scenes operations, and provide a competitive advantage.

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Supply Chain Talk: The 10 Rules of Collaborative Supply Chain Planning

Arkieva

Supply chain transparency and visibility are one of the topmost concerns for most manufacturing business leaders. Without the proper collaboration between the different players within the supply chain, it becomes difficult to create an S&OP that promote productivity, reduce costs, and improve service levels. In this week’s ‘Supply Chain Talk,’ Arkieva CEO Harpal Singh discusses the top 10 rules for creating a collaborative planning process.

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Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes with the Power of Generative AI

Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Visibility is the Key

Talking Logistics

I like to say that supply chain management is synonymous with risk management, and the risks are growing every day, everything from natural disasters to cyberattacks. Unfortunately, many companies are falling short in managing these risks effectively. In what ways are they falling short? “I think it’s in failing to have a supply chain risk strategy,” said Phil Lavin, Development Consultant IT at Siemens Postal Parcel & Airport Logistics, in a recent episode of Talking Logistics.

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Panama Canal: One Year Later

NFI Industries

This time last year, the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project was completed. The canal reopened with a new set of locks on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides for ships to easily flow through the canal without risk of delay due to accident or various water levels. During the expansion, there was also an. Read More.

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What Retailers Can Learn from Amazon Prime Day

ModusLink Corporation

We’re all used to Black Friday, and (more recently) Cyber Monday, but it now looks like Prime Day is set to be another date in the shopping frenzy calendar. Amazon’s third annual Prime Day is tomorrow (though deals are already underway – check them out here!), and early projections show that it could generate as […]. The post What Retailers Can Learn from Amazon Prime Day appeared first on ModusLink Global Solutions.

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3 Ways API Technology Can Improve Your Supply Chain

TMC

As technology continues to revolutionize the way we do business and meet customer demands, are you leveraging the latest innovations to optimize your supply chain and stay ahead of your competition? Across industries, technology platforms, tools, and applications are built to help your business save time and money, help manage behind-the-scenes operations, and provide a competitive advantage.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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This Week in Logistics News (July 10-14, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I will be climbing to the clouds this Sunday. Well, not literally. It’s a bike ride I’m participating in as part of my training for our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure team ride this September in support of JDRF. You know who else has been hitting the roads? My teammates Andrew Clarke, CFO at C.H. Robinson , and Steve Wallace, Inside Sales Executive at Elemica.

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Change Management Part One – Make People Aware That Change Is Coming…

CHAINalytics

In my last blog, I talked about the idea of transformational change, the great value the change management discipline brings and the powerful impact it has when used in conjunction with good project management. I shared that my experience has taught me that without a deliberate approach to change, transformation is fraught with trials. I … The post Change Management Part One – Make People Aware That Change Is Coming… appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Having Online Customers Pick Up at Store Could ‘Save’ Brick-and-Mortar Business

Material Handling & Logistics

By offering incentives to shoppers to use buy online and pick up in stores, retailers are driving more foot traffic into stores, and shoppers potentially can buy more than they intended to, boosting store sales. read more.

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3 Factors Driving Warehouse Management System Growth and What They Mean for You

RFgen

A variety of trends are coming together to transform the modern warehouse. The warehouse management system market is experiencing a period of rapid growth as a variety of industry conditions come together to make the supply chain, distribution and fulfillment aspects of businesses extremely important. Many of these systems involve warehouse automation.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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The Business Case for Freight Visibility

Talking Logistics

Bennett Adelson, CEO of MacroPoint discusses the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: Why is real-time freight visibility so important for shippers and 3PLs? What is Network Effectiveness and how does it impact the total cost and value of visibility? What benefits does real-time freight visibility provide to shippers, carriers, and brokers?

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Bell Lighting R-AMPs up supply chain with Opera 3 and Applied Business Computers

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Pegasus Software has announced that Bell Lighting, the manufacturer and supplier of light sources and fixtures to the electrical wholesale industry, has extended its Opera 3 deployment with a new warehouse system.

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3 Ways API Technology Can Improve Your Supply Chain

TMC

As technology continues to revolutionize the way we do business and meet customer demands, are you leveraging the latest innovations to optimize your supply chain and stay ahead of your competition? Across industries, technology platforms, tools, and applications are built to help your business save time and money, help manage behind-the-scenes operations, and provide a competitive advantage.

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3 Factors Driving Warehouse Management System Growth and What They Mean for You

RFgen

A variety of trends are coming together to transform the modern warehouse. The warehouse management system market is experiencing a period of rapid growth as a variety of industry conditions come together to make the supply chain, distribution and fulfillment aspects of businesses extremely important. Many of these systems involve warehouse automation.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.

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Technology Update: What’s the Status on Self-Driving Cars?

AFFLINK

The driverless car will certainly play an important role in your supply chain optimization within the upcoming years. Last year, we wrote an article about self-driving cars and how they will change the supply chain. We hear so much about self-driving cars, but the first prototypes still haven’t hit the open road. So the question remains: what are the most current developments on these self-driving dream machines that will revolutionize the supply chain?

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2017 Warehouse Capacity Economics and Trends Report

FLEXE

<p>For years, business strategies drove the supply chain to be linear and stable. Distribution channels and the buying experience were well defined, so supply chain operations could be, too. Today’s market is a little different.</p> <p>The rise of eCommerce and omnichannel shopping has disrupted traditional buying experiences and linearity of supply chain operations.

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Walmart Suppliers Will Be Fined for Both Early and Late Deliveries

Material Handling & Logistics

Beginning August items that are fast-turning must deliver orders 100% full on the correct date, 75% of the time. If items are late or missing during a month period the supplier will be fined 3% of the value. Early shipments are fined as well or will incur a fine of 3% of the values. read more.

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Data Integration Essential in the Supply Chain as Industry 4.0 Takes Hold

RFgen

Data integration is critical in today’s complex supply chain and Industry 4.0 environments. The growing Industry 4.0 movement offers the promise of connected devices bringing applications, IT services, robotics systems and humans together in a world where data moves between stakeholders at a breakneck pace. This would result in an overhaul of industrial processes, as increased access to data can lead to a greater degree of flexibility and responsiveness within the sector.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Supply Chain Consultants in New Zealand: Boosting Business Performance

Logistics Bureau

Supply chain consultants in New Zealand know that this far-flung corner of the world is replete with logistics opportunities and challenges, just like any other nation. However, they also know that few nations have the same combination of opportunities and challenges. New Zealand’s remote location, inter-island geography, and contrast in demand density between urban and rural regions, combine to make innovation vital for success in supply chain management.

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Small Business Fulfillment and Natural Red: What’s Next?

3PL Insights

For Natural Red , after having won Detroit Fulfillment Initiative’s recent “Pitch It” contest , the immediate goal is to go from selling 5 products a day, to selling 50 products a day. The ultimate goal? To see her products in a store like Target. Meeting with Natural Red’s founder, Karen Guilmette about her small business fulfillment needs meant asking the question: how can she get there?

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Failure to Connect: Five Ways to Alienate Your High-Tech Customers

Material Handling & Logistics

UPS. When customers go shopping for high-tech products, they expect companies to immediately connect with their needs. Steer clear of these five key pitfalls, or you’ll send your customers to the competition. Do the right thing, and you’ll better your bottom line. read more.

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