AIMMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Big data, analytics, BI…Everyone in business today has heard these terms at some point, and yet the path to analytics-driven business improvement remains somewhat elusive. We spoke with Keith B. Carter, Actionable Intelligence Expert and Decision Sciences Visiting Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore Business School and Affiliate Professor Business Analytics Center, to unravel some of the difficulties managers face while embracing an analytics culture and discuss some best

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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. There is also no Santa Claus. Yes, our parents perpetuated the image of that elderly white-haired gentleman, a symbol of Christmas love. This bunny in the basket is not real. Sorry to break the news.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Abraham Maslow created his magnum opus “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” by studying the best performing humans and their needs. While reading more about his theory, I realized that best performing supply chain systems also possess certain hierarchical needs. Similarly to a human being’s need of self-actualization, supply chain systems are designed to achieve high service levels while being cognizant of competing pressures such as demand volatility, competition, etc.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Recycling and reuse of scrapped products have become hot-button topics in the modern world. A quick scan of Craigslist shows how entire businesses have been created on the sole purpose of reclaiming raw materials from existing goods. For example, some people are offering to pay up to $10 for old, discarded car batteries. Old computer equipment, such as monitors, printers, and hard drives, can fetch great value when recycled and reused properly.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

I’ve made the argument before that the Internet of Things is nothing new. In the logistics space, for example, we’ve been taking RF scans and using that data to improve warehouse processes since at least 1975 when McHugh Freeman, an early warehouse management system supplier, began business. Internet protocols make it easier to communicate that sensor data to applications.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

As you may have heard, AIMMS was recently featured in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning (SCP). The Hype Cycle is a great resource for Supply Chain and IT leaders. It offers an overview of the enormous breadth of solutions for Supply Chain planning, giving you insight into the many fields where you can leverage technology to boost your company’s performance.

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Supply Chain Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Our philosophy is, “You give to us. We give to You.” This is how our research process works. It is unique. We believe in Open Content. Unlike other analyst firms, we do not believe that research should be locked behind a firewall. When you see us field a research study you will know three things: Confidence. Your responses are held in confidence. We only report the data in aggregate.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

A question I often hear from supply chain practitioners engaged in running and improving their company’s sales and operations planning process is, “When should we implement a system dedicated to facilitating our S&OP process?” As with many complex supply chain processes the answer is not black and white and depends on a number of factors.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Supply chain risk management and resiliency are hot-button topics in the industry. However, minute supply chain entities do not understand how resilience relates to risk management and what it means for improving focus on the supply chain. As the supply chain continues to grow in complexity and regulation, the opportunities for problems and other events to impact operations negatively will consequently grow.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Back in 1933, MIT Professor Dugald C. Jackson wrote, “Those who allege that the general introduction of machinery has been … Continued. The post Re-skilling is Key to Industry 4.0 Jobs Sustainability appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Robert J. Bowman at Supply Chain Brain has an interesting article on how retailers can take on Amazon, by using the one thing they have in their favor that Amazon lacks. —-. The outsourcing of logistics is supposed to save businesses big money. They pay only for the services they need; they turn over complex operations to a pro, and they get expensive assets off their books.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Big data, analytics, BI…Everyone in business today has heard these terms at some point, and yet the path to analytics-driven business improvement remains somewhat elusive. We spoke with Keith B. Carter, Actionable Intelligence Expert and Decision Sciences Visiting Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore Business School and Affiliate Professor Business Analytics Center, to unravel some of the difficulties managers face while embracing an analytics culture and discuss some best

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Same-Day Delivery Startup Deliv Gets Funding Boost From UPS (WSJ – sub. req’d). Now Amazon’s Free Shipping Will Cost You at Least $49 (Wired). With new law, U.S. takes on slavery by banning forced labor imports ( Reuters ).

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

ARC Advisory Group conducts annual analyses of the major technology components within the global supply chain management market. These market studies include a deep analysis of the transportation management system, warehouse management system, supply chain visibility, supply chain collaboration, managed transportation services, warehouse automation, and global trade management markets, among others.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

by Alexa Cheater I recently had the opportunity to hear our CEO John Sicard talk about the challenges supply chain software providers such as Kinaxis face when demonstrating to businesses the value in updating their supply chain management practices. It likely doesn’t come as any big shock to most of you that a lot of times, organizations are resistant to change.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Gartner asserts there are five underlying digital marketing trends currently shaping the advertising landscape.[1] They are: “The purchase funnel has … Continued. The post Targeted Marketing Landscape Predicted to Change appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

In part 1 of Future of Transportation , we looked at the exciting concept of The Hyperloop. There are some exciting experiments going on with far less exotic technology, technology that has been around for a while and that you probably have in your home right now, but that is being used in creative ways to solve longstanding problems. Samsung’s “invisible” Safety Truck is a perfect example.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

As you may have heard, AIMMS was recently featured in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning (SCP). The Hype Cycle is a great resource for Supply Chain and IT leaders. It offers an overview of the enormous breadth of solutions for Supply Chain planning, giving you insight into the many fields where you can leverage technology to boost your company’s performance.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Live Episode: Thursday, March 3, 2o16 at 12:00 pm ET. The current outlook for the rail freight industry is, at best, mixed. Where rail freight once was the price-competitive transport mode of choice, low fuel prices and increased availability of trucks in the spot market have resulted in low freight rates that are expected to remain low. Simply put, it is becoming increasingly difficult under current circumstances for rail freight operators to earn sustainable margins and create returns for shar

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

A rich stream of data has long been available to improve ocean visibility. AIS is an automatic tracking system used on ships. But CargoSmart is doing something new – they are using this near real time data to improve vessel scheduling and shipment tracking.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

by Jonathan Lofton Continuing the story of a man, his dog, and … actually we’re continuing a conversation reflecting on the “10 Principles of Good Design” as applied to Supply Chain and Supply Chain Management ( Design for the Supply Chain ). The topic this week is Principle #2: Good design “Makes a product useful” , which states that, “A product is bought to be used.

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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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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

“Supply chain industry leaders have access to more information today than ever before in history,” writes Adam Robinson (@TweetsByARob). “As … Continued. The post Supply Chain Analytics and Digital Enterprise Transformation appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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C3 Solutions

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Is it possible, you may ask, to identify only 6 supply chain hot topics for 2016? Supply chain is such a broad topic, covering so many industries and territories that we will attempt to give it some focus. We hope our readership will understand by now that our perspective, due to the dock scheduling and yard management solutions we offer, is one where we see both the challenges in the trucking industry and those at the facilities’ docks.

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Supply Chain Trend

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It is Saturday morning 8.18 am here in Melbourne and I read that River Logic just put me in their top 10 must read Supply Chain blogs for 2016. Of course I’m very pleased and honoured with this. River Logic correctly calls out that ‘my twist’ is a focus on mindset and behaviours in combination with strategy execution and S&OP. I also just realized we still got a long way to go in this area.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The El Niño weather pattern, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts will be among the strongest on record , is already causing flooding and mudslides in California. And last month, we witnessed the havoc that winter storm Jonas unleashed along the east coast , dumping more than two feet of snow in Washington, DC, New York City, and other major cities, leading to thousands of flight cancellations and gridlock on the roads.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In September 2015 I began the update of ARC Advisory Group’s global supply chain planning (SCP) market study. In a Logistics Viewpoints article published at that time, I discussed some of the major changes in SCP over the previous decade. I am now concluding this SCP market study update. I have spoken with the vast majority of large SCP software suppliers within the market, discussed their companies’ SCP product roadmaps, learned about the evolving requirements […].

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

There is a shift underway right now in the refrigerated freight segment. Two main factors are involved. More restaurant spending, more contract freight. The first, and perhaps the most important influence, is on the consumer side. As a nation, we are spending more money in restaurants and proportionally less in grocery stores. That has a big impact on the supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

“The results for Q3 2015 are in on the state of global supply chain risk,” reports Dr. Warwick Knowles, Dun … Continued. The post Supply Chain Risk Management: Dealing with Complexity appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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