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Digital Twin is an old idea – just new to supply chain

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

It has been many decades since a circuit is designed digitally and its performance tested using a digital twin, an architect constructed the building and laid out its HVAC and plumbing on the building’s digital twin, a company invested in a new distribution center only after significant number of simulations and animations on the digital twin, a dentist scanned a mouth and planned for the treatment on the digital twin and pilots learned how to fight an enemy or transport passengers safely on fli

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Predicting The Predictable – Successful 2020 Supply Chains

Gravity Supply Chain

In our previous blog post ‘The Evolution Of The Supply Chain’ we looked at what changes occurred within supply chains over the last two decades; in this article, we will highlight areas that need addressing to ensure the success of the future supply chain! The post Predicting The Predictable – Successful 2020 Supply Chains appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.

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Smart Cities: If I Only had a Brain

Enterra Insights

We’re all familiar with the Scarecrow’s musical lament in the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” Part of the lyrics read: “ And my head I’d be scratchin’ while. my thoughts were busy hatchin’ If I only had a brain. I’d unravel every riddle for any individ’le, In trouble or in pain. With the thoughts I’d be thinkin’ I could be another Lincoln, If I only had a brain. ” Most urban areas have their share of trouble and pain; and, w

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Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) – Visibility is the Key

TPSynergy

VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) is the one of the best Inventory Management tools that will reduce the inventory carrying cost. By making your suppliers carry the inventory on behalf of you, you are reducing the risks and costs of inventory obsolescence. In VMI process, the supplier is expected to carry the inventory and make it available as and when it is needed.

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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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4 Supply Chain Trends to Watch in 2020

AFFLINK

Which trends are set to change the world of supply chain management? 2020 is going to be an interesting year. Not only is the manufacturing and production industry experiencing global changes, but the world, is, too — people are moving towards being greener and more sustainable. With a potential global recession looming and many people worried about tariffs, there's going to be a lot to track.

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Best Contract Management Software for 2020

ProcurePort

The best contract management software for 2020 requires an easy-to-use cloud-hosted contract management software that provides you with simple and secure ways of managing your contracts. This takes away the risks usually associated with poorly executed contracts. ProcurePort ensures that you keep up with the contract execution timeframe by helping you to organize all of […].

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Voice picking or pick to light: which is best for your business?

SCJunction

We’ve worked with several companies who progressed through the stages of pick technology evolution, from paper to RF, and seen huge productivity and accuracy improvements. One of the hottest topics in these discussions is around "Which is better, Pick To Light or Pick To Voice?".

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How Blockchain Can Increase Your Supply Chain Security

Shipchain

Supply chain security is something that all supply chain managers should be closely monitoring. Today’s supply chains face a unique array of threats, both in the physical and digital realm. Several years ago, the biggest supply chain issues to combat were things like supply chain terrorism, theft (internal or external), and piracy. Nowadays, you must also consider digital threats like data breaches and hackers.

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10 Keywords Logistics Professionals Should Keep an Eye on in 2020

Kuebix

The start of a new year means that it’s time to realign priorities and set new goals. This doesn’t mean you have to start from scratch! There are plenty of topics and information from 2019 that are important to carry over into 2020. Below are a few keywords that are sure to make headlines this […]. The post 10 Keywords Logistics Professionals Should Keep an Eye on in 2020 appeared first on Kuebix.

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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 Transparency Starts With This Basic Relationship Advice

Supply Chain Brain

Fuel and freight make up nearly two-thirds of logistics costs. Supply-chain and logistics managers need to optimize those costs to improve the bottom line.

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A High Five for Hand-Raisers!

BlueYonder

I am a serial hand raiser. I raise my hand for all kinds of things. Room mom at school. Booster club president. Team photographer. Faith coach at church. Office engagement committee sponsor. The list goes on and on. I raise my hand for one-time opportunities; if you’re serving lunch at the Salvation Army and need more help, count me in! I raise it for longer commitments; when the call for mentors goes out, I sign up.

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6 Reasons Why Ripple Is An Effective Investment!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Article provided by Thomas Wright at [link]. Ripple, aka XRP, is the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency as of this writing and an independent digital asset. Financial institutions and liquidity providers all around the world tend to settle their finances on this digital currency. Ripple is the only centralized crypto in the world that is directly interlinked with the banking community.

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Multi Currency ERP for Small Businesses – EMERGE App

EMERGE App

Why You Need to Deal with Multiple Currencies. You’ve most likely heard of the phrase, “Money Makes The World Go Round” from a famous musical play. Perhaps it should be “Multi-Currency Makes The World Go Round” in today’s mobile web world. As a wholesaler and distributor, I’m willing to bet that you’re dealing with at least two currencies for your purchases and sales.

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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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The Evolution Of The Supply Chain

Gravity Supply Chain

Numerous studies have taken place, been documented, and released regarding what will change in 2020, but very little gets reported regarding what may not! The post The Evolution Of The Supply Chain appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.

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Getting Proactive with Markdowns [Video]

BlueYonder

Predicting demand, and creating markdown strategies, for items with short life cycles — such as winter apparel — have traditionally depended on historic sales data and regression analysis. Today, clustering algorithms from JDA can help you predict demand and create markdowns more accurately, based on real-time demand data segregated by item color, size, store location and other granular details.

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The 10 Best Apps to Have While Travelling!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Article and permission to publish here provided by Harry Poulson. Although it is a fun and refreshing activity, the planning process in traveling can be a chore. You need to find reasonable flights, accommodation, activities, means to travel around and make many other decisions. For this, plenty of your hours can be taken from your time.

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Use ‘Transshipment Ageing’ to raise ‘Hot Load’ Requests.

Shipsy

We at Shipsy are always striving to improve our platform by learning from and responding to the Industry needs! In an attempt to bring in more visibility and analytics, we have introduced a new section to our Shipment Tracking Dashboard Insights- Transhipment Ageing. . Shipsy’s Container Tracking software comes powered with a Insights dashboard which keeps track of your Transshipment Ageing.

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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 things we’ve seen, in 2019

DELMIA Quintiq

Here we are, just about to turn the calendar to 2020. As we end the year (and the decade!) we at Dassault Systèmes want to take some time to reflect on our 2019. Our corporate mission is to provide business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. As such, it shouldn’t be a surprise that you’ll see a clear theme about this topic in all we did in this year.

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A High Five for Hand-Raisers!

BlueYonder

I am a serial hand raiser. I raise my hand for all kinds of things. Room mom at school. Booster club president. Team photographer. Faith coach at church. Office engagement committee sponsor. The list goes on and on. I raise my hand for one-time opportunities; if you’re serving lunch at the Salvation Army and need more help, count me in! I raise it for longer commitments; when the call for mentors goes out, I sign up.

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4 Fascinating Freight Facts

Freight Center

The freight industry is a key component to the success of modern commerce. After all, almost everything we use or consume is part of or passes through a logistics chain in one way or another. Check out these fascinating freight facts that perhaps you never knew. Freight Fact #4: Trucks are King. According to the American Trucking Association , “trucks move roughly 71.4% of the nation’s freight by weight.

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Convey’s Top Six Supply Chain Blogs of 2019

Convey

With both peak season and Returns Day gone, retailers are finally ready to focus […]. The post Convey’s Top Six Supply Chain Blogs of 2019 appeared first on Convey.

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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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The Best of Sustainability Content in 2019

EcoVadis

Now that 2020 has arrived, it’s time for us to look back and reflect on the content we produced last year. We sifted through our analytics to gauge which topics were piquing the interest of our audiences in 2019 and discovered some interesting trends. Above all, our readers showed an interest in original research related to sustainable procurement: They wanted to know how the field was changing, what their peers were doing to drive innovation, and which best practices were being standardized on.

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Meet the New Convenience Store Shopper

BlueYonder

Today’s C-store customers are a different breed, with a new generation of wants and needs. How well do you understand and address these shoppers’ preferences? There’s no doubt that convenience stores have experienced a radical transformation. Once a specialty source for gasoline, cold beverages and prepackaged, shelf-stable foods, now convenience stores have evolved into much more.

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The Most Listened To Freight and Logistics Podcasts of 2019

GlobalTranz

Today’s post will cover the top 10 podcasts of “The Freight Project Podcast” in total listens that were published in 2019. This year’s freight and logistics podcasts featured fantastic thought leaders from all around the industry who were guests in a Q&A type format with Cerasis Marketing Manager – Adam Robinson as the host. The.read More.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 3, 2020)

Talking Logistics

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday. We’re just three days into the new year and we already face a growing risk to supply chains around the world: an escalating conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Let’s hope it doesn’t get worse. It was a relatively quiet week for supply. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 3, 2020).

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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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New California owner-operator law on hold for now

DAT Solutions

One day before California's AB5 law was to take effect, a judge granted a temporary restraining order that prohibits enforcement of the law.

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Getting Proactive with Markdowns [Video]

BlueYonder

Predicting demand, and creating markdown strategies, for items with short life cycles — such as winter apparel — have traditionally depended on historic sales data and regression analysis. Today, clustering algorithms from JDA can help you predict demand and create markdowns more accurately, based on real-time demand data segregated by item color, size, store location and other granular details.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Top US Metro Areas for DC Workers

Supply Chain Digest

LA Suburbs Top the List, with Most of the Usual Suspects Rounding Out the Top 10

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