MPO Multi Party Orchestration

JULY 9, 2019

When thinking about rigidity in the supply chain, it’s common to call out the usual suspects – ahem, spreadsheets – that are routinely blamed for making management less flexible. Less noticeable, however, are the historical boundaries that restrict even the most modern, cloud-based, digital solutions. Cloud and SaaS technologies have made extraordinary strides toward breaking the systemic and spatial boundaries that otherwise limit effective, networked collaboration.

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The Supply Chainer Report

JULY 8, 2019

Passionate Supply Chainers all around the world are wondering whether studying a Certification makes sense or not. Allow me to say this is quite normal taking into account the huge number of them. Check out the Top 8 according to CIO magazine. You could have arrived to the Operations department a long time ago. Perhaps you’re a New joiner … It really doesn’t matter.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 11, 2019

Nowadays everyone’s writing and speaking about supply chain complexity , but not many are talking about how to turn around all that complexity and variability for business advantage. That’s exactly what Franke, a world leading provider of solutions and equipment for residential kitchens and bathrooms, was able to do. . According to Inbound Logistics , there are three main sources of supply chain complexity: meeting the needs of customers, globalization, and internal pressures.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2019

Trade and specialization at the individual, corporate, and regional level are catalysts behind the growth and increasingly important role of supply chain in today’s global economies. To capture the benefits from trade, organizations need superior logistical capabilities and more sophisticated coordination of activities to receive final goods at one’s location of choice.

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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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AIMMS

JULY 8, 2019

Sales and Operations Planning and demand forecasting are two sides of the same coin. For many, a well-executed S&OP process should start with a demand forecast on one end and supply and resource plans to meet that forecast on the other. But in today’s VUCA world, the future is getting harder and harder to predict. Demand forecasts are only becoming less accurate.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 10, 2019

What skills and attributes will be the most important for supply chain young professionals to succeed moving forward? We asked members of our Indago research community that question back in April. Our community was relatively small at the time (18 supply chain and logistics executives), but they are all high-level leaders (more than a third. The post The Most Important Skills for Supply Chain Young Professionals appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 11, 2019

Nowadays everyone’s writing and speaking about supply chain complexity , but not many are talking about how to turn around all that complexity and variability for business advantage. That’s exactly what Franke, a world leading provider of solutions and equipment for residential kitchens and bathrooms, was able to do. . According to Inbound Logistics , there are three main sources of supply chain complexity: meeting the needs of customers, globalization, and internal pressures.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve done it again! The US Women’s National Soccer Team has won a fourth World Cup championship in Lyon, France last Sunday. This victory also marked back-to-back World Cup championships, which is the first time a women’s team has accomplished the feat, joining only men’s winners Italy (1934, 1938) and Brazil (1958, 1962). To say this team faced a lot of adversity is an understatement.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2019

Supply chain leaders recognize the value of a transportation management system (TMS). Unfortunately, adoption rates across the country continue to reflect the sub-standard use of a TMS to manage freight spend resulting from shippers that failed to realize the value of a TMS as few as 66% of US shippers take advantage of a transportation.read More. The post How to Build the Business Case for TMS appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2019

The impact of e-commerce on the retail grocery industry and perishables supply chains has created a phenomenon called Micro Supply Chains. It’s driving rapid change across the industry, which has presented challenges for all stakeholders, but also new opportunities to differentiate and capture market share. What are some of these challenges and opportunities?

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SCM Research

JULY 10, 2019

Our guest post today comes from Christoph Flöthmann, an expert in strategic and digital procurement, who has recently co-authored a new report. Digitalization already has a major impact on procurement, as we write in our new report: 21st Century Procurement Skills. Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA), process-mining tools can be used to reshape and analyze all kinds of processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 11, 2019

Supply chains are running at full steam as the economy is booming in parts of the world, while in other parts of the world, economies are taking a hit from obstacles that hinder open commerce and trade. Protectionist trade policies are leading companies to shift their country sourcing practices as well as investments in automation and technology to help keep goods moving and visible.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 12, 2019

Depending on the sports you follow, the long game could mean different things. Lisabeth Saunders Medlock ( @LisabethMedlock ), clinical psychologist, explains, “It means throwing the football down the field, AKA the passing game, or driving the golf ball toward the green.”[1] In the business world, however, the long game has a different meaning.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 9, 2019

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. This post from Descartes Systems Group’s blog discusses how to get the most value from transportation optimization technologies.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2019

Tyler, please introduce yourself (your title / company / location). I’m Tyler Hildebrand and I am an account executive at Reliable Transportation Solutions in Cincinnati, OH. Please tell us about your background. Where did you grow up? Go to school? What was your major in college? Born and raised in Cincinnati, OH. Growing up I worked in lots of warehouses and was very interested in art.

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ModusLink Corporation

JULY 10, 2019

In the 1990s and early 2000s, postponement—the practice of delaying customization of a product—helped many companies respond to the increasing demand for personalization while still driving efficient inventory management. Sooner or later, everything old is new again—even supply chain strategies. With this tactic, a company begins the manufacturing process in one location and sends a […].

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Enterra Insights

JULY 11, 2019

The relentless press of technology into our lives remains unabated. Critics constantly debate whether advancements are good or bad for humanity. Futurist Jason Silva ( @JasonSilva ) once stated, “Technology is, of course, a double edged sword. Fire can cook our food but also burn us.” People need to remember technology’s duality trait as they create or advance new ones.

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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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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2019

The used car salesman lives on. I’ve been searching online for a used car to buy for my daughter before she heads back to college. Nothing fancy, nothing too expensive. I found a car at a Honda dealership about an hour away. I called them and spoke to Philip there about the car: How did. The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (July 12, 2019) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Kuebix

JULY 11, 2019

What’s the Big Hype About Amazon? Amazon is an e-commerce company that has become one of the Big Four technology companies alongside major businesses such as Apple, Google, and Facebook. For Amazon Prime members, FREE 2 day shipping and streaming of music and videos are just a couple of benefits provided for a cost of […]. The post How Amazon Prime Air Will Change the Transportation Industry appeared first on Kuebix.

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QAD

JULY 11, 2019

One of the primary responsibilities of QAD’s Research and Development team is to stay ahead of the needs of our customers. We work to develop solutions that can help our customers address their challenges. As a result of the work of these creative and innovative minds, QAD has rolled out solutions such as Adaptive User Experience (UX) , which is formerly known as the Channel Islands UX project, QAD Supplier Portal and the QAD Enterprise Platform.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 9, 2019

Organizations are often counseled to prepare for the unexpected. Even better advice is to prepare for the expected. Hurricanes fall into the expected category. There is a reason meteorologists define a hurricane “season” — roughly from June through November. Seasons are annual events. They may be mild or severe, but they will take place.

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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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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2019

Darren Miesner, VP of Operations at Transplace, discusses how companies can prepare their supply chain for transportation capacity challenges. Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] How to Prepare Your Supply Chain for Transportation Capacity Challenges appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Darren Miesner, VP of Operations at Transplace, discusses how companies can prepare their supply chain for transportation capacity challenges.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 10, 2019

Using digital, customer centricity and ecosystems strategies smart companies can shift from chasing incremental cost savings to creating new value,

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Stord

JULY 9, 2019

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 2019 Warehouse Robotics Usage Increases to 25% Supply chain consultancy EFT has reported 7% more survey respondents are testing robotics in selected warehouses in 2019, up from 18.4% in 2018.Small to medium-sized businesses are limited by the cost of technology and concerns over ROI, but robots may be a solution to the labor gap in the warehousing industry.

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Shipchain

JULY 11, 2019

“Retail is dying,” or so they say. But that certainly isn’t the case; rather, retail is changing. The way that we shop today is drastically different than it was ten years ago, and the same will probably be said in another ten years. That is just the world we live in, thanks to technological innovation. Today’s consumers are all about instant gratification — we want what we want, when we want it, and we want it now.

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Provenance

JULY 10, 2019

Waiting for perfection will mean we won’t do anything. There’s tension in the transparency space around when is the right time to become a transparent business. It’s a delicate and often quite risky move to open up and be honest, knowing that highlighting the product or process that you’re championing could mean lots more questions around another aspect of your business.

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USC Consulting Group

JULY 9, 2019

Abraham Lincoln once suggested that if you really want to test a person’s character, give them power, rather than adversity. But what about businesses? How do you test their fortitude and tenacity? Many would say these characteristics come from introducing changes — and having the ability to adapt to them over time. Despite change being life’s only constant, people — particularly employees — tend to be resistant to it, comfortable with how things are and not wanting to divert from th

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Stord

JULY 7, 2019

Monday, July 8, 2019 Meet Jamil, our first operations intern, and learn why he chose STORD and how his work here will leave a lasting impact. Why did you choose to intern at STORD? I was first introduced to the complex world of logistics and supply chain in one of my freshman courses at the University of Pennsylvania. Learning about capacity management, inventory control and structured decision-making sparked my interest in the industry and made me want to find a way to learn more about supply c

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