Fri.Sep 20, 2024

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FedEx confident shippers will accept pricier holiday fees

Supply Chain Dive

Customers understand the shorter period between Black Friday and Christmas will pressure the carrier's network, Chief Customer Officer Brie Carere said.

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How Digital Thermo-Hygrometers Ensure Quality Control in the Supply Chain

SCMDOJO

In today’s globalized world, supply chains play a crucial role in delivering products to consumers. These supply chains are complex, involving several stages of production, storage, and transportation. One of the most important aspects of managing a supply chain is maintaining the quality of goods as they move through the system. Ensuring the right conditions, such as temperature and humidity, is key to preserving the quality of sensitive products like food, pharmaceuticals, and electronics.

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Linehaul rates rise year over year amid challenging August

Supply Chain Dive

“However, year-over-year comparisons are little consolation for truckers looking for better pricing now,” DAT Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo said.

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KFC, Coca-Cola and GenAI Secret Recipes?

Procurement Insights

I have yet to see a demo of anyone’s procurement GenAI platform that has surprised me or led to some revolutionary breakthroughs that have left me in awe. Don’t get me wrong, in my quest to find the handful of solution providers who get it, a few have really impressed me because they understand agent-based modeling and their potential for revolutionizing our industry with effective simplicity (versus hype cycle marketing content and graphics that are more confusing than revealing to

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Shopify's Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Shopify’s modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how Shopify’s composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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USPS reverses consolidation plans for 8 facilities

Supply Chain Dive

The agency will keep outgoing mail processing operations at plants in California, Florida and other states as part of its proposed transportation overhaul.

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Role of Stock Turnover Calculation in Inventory Optimization

SCMDOJO

Does it ever come into your mind how companies efficiently convert inventories into sales? What is the Stock turnover? How do you calculate the stock turnover ratio? What is the formula for the stock turnover to analyze the stock data? How will the stock turnover ratio show the current stock counts and the need for stock up to fulfill demand/ forecasting to different businesses?

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Procurement 6 – September 20th, 2024

Art of Procurement

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – September 20th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.