Tue.Oct 31, 2023

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Ground parcel delivery costs fall as carriers offer up discounts

Supply Chain Dive

The pricing environment has shifted in favor of shippers with demand cooling off, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index.

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The Supply Chain Disruption Survival Guide

Supply Chain Brain

This report delves into the crucial relationship between last mile delivery solutions and preparedness for potential supply chain disruptions, notably major carrier strikes.

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Walmart opens third ‘next gen’ fulfillment center in Texas

Supply Chain Dive

The 1.5 million square-foot facility in Lancaster, Texas will enable faster delivery as the retailer prepares for the holiday season.

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Supply Chain Resiliency: Driving Innovation Through Evolution

Supply Chain Brain

Ongoing disruption requires companies to make a fundamental shift in their supply chain strategy. What makes this transformation so difficult is that the scope of change required is extensive, involving many internal (and external) stakeholders, data and technology.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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Microsoft adds AI-enabled demand planning features to supply chain tools

Supply Chain Dive

The tech company deployed the features to its Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Center product in a bid to help customers reduce inventory and increase working capital.

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Over 75% of Companies Consider Using Tech to Improve Product Development

Supply Chain Brain

Responders raised concerns about workforce productivity with 62% of interviewees claiming they are training existing staffers in order to enhance their skills and productivity.

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7 Signals for Supply Chain Planning Success

Supply Chain Brain

Seven Signals for Supply Chain Planning Success" is a guide simplifying the complexities of supply chain management by highlighting key indicators crucial for understanding and optimizing your business's health, eliminating the need for uncertain future gambles.

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Walgreens pauses expansion of micro-fulfillment centers

Supply Chain Dive

The drugstore chain is looking to improve its rollout process for the facilities before opening another five centers.

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IDC: The Utility of AI in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Brain

Read the IDC Analyst Connection sponsored by SAP, “The Utility of AI in Supply Chain Planning,” to explore how forward-thinking companies are already using AI.

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Amazon tweaks tech to create first 100% fiber-focused fulfillment center

Supply Chain Dive

Two main technologies are being tested at an Ohio facility to determine how best to transform other facilities to handle only fiber — not plastic — packaging.

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From Reactive to Resilient: Charting Your Supply Chain Maturity

Learn strategies to develop supply chain maturity and save on costs. In this webinar, supply chain industry experts share insights and best practices for enhancing supply chain efficiency, resilience and adaptability. Delve into the stages of supply chain maturity, from foundational management to advanced optimization and innovation. Discover actionable first steps to boost your operations and reduce costs.

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Transformation for Supply Chain Resilience: Engineering and Manufacturing’s Crucial Role

Supply Chain Brain

Companies are urgently evolving to new levels of technology and process maturity to address increasing challenges. But, what does supply chain resiliency look like and how do companies need to innovate to achieve it?

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Inventory Pressures, Visibility Improvements Among Issues Challenging Supply Chain Managers

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Companies are facing the desire to increase inventory risk management strategies while balancing cash flow needs according to a new McKinsey survey.

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Two Considerations in Building Trustworthy Supply Chain AI Models

Supply Chain Brain

How does the data that fuels artificial intelligence models impact accuracy and utility? In other words, can we trust it to provide useful intelligence?

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Leveraging IBM Cloud for electronic design automation (EDA) workloads

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Electronic design automation (EDA) is a market segment consisting of software, hardware and services with the goal of assisting in the definition, planning, design, implementation, verification and subsequent manufacturing of semiconductor devices (or chips). The primary providers of this service are semiconductor foundries or fabs. While EDA solutions are not directly involved in the manufacture of chips, they play a critical role in three ways: EDA tools are used to design and validate the sem

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Foundational ABM Building Blocks

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a key strategy for driving sustainable growth. Today, many B2B companies use ABM teams or technologies to make sales. But getting a program off the ground successfully doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Watch this webinar with Rachael Foster, Director of Account-Based Experience at ZoomInfo, and Dan Dolph, Manager of Account-Based Experience at ZoomInfo.

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Accelerating Business Growth in the Service Economy: Transforming Service Management for Success

Supply Chain Brain

Learn how the business landscape is experiencing a rapid and unprecedented transformation across the globe, primarily driven by continuous technological advancements, evolving customer preferences, and the rise of service-oriented economies.

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What Are the Biggest Supply Chain Risks Lurking This Halloween?

Procurement Insights

When it comes to supply chain risk, Halloween isn’t just on the 31st of October. That said, the 31st does seem to be an appropriate date to ask yourself what supply chain risks are hiding that you don’t see or expect? In short, what risk would be your worst “jump scare?

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“Dirty” Vehicles on London Roads Almost Halved Since June

Supply Chain Brain

Roughly 77,000 fewer non-compliant vehicles were detected on an average day in London during September 2023, a 45% decrease from June 2023.

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Retail in Reverse: Surveying the state of returns

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

A Supply Chain Management Review/ Peerless Research Group survey finds that retailers are adapting but there is still work to be done on reverse logistics.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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Bottoming Out: Freight Rate Rebound Poses Risk for Shippers

Supply Chain Brain

Data analytics point to a market inversion: Rising spot rates are about to exceed contract rates for the first time since early 2022. The history of such inversions tells us that contract rates will follow the upward path of spot rates after a few months’ lag. How can shippers take steps to protect their profits in this new environment?

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Going “GLOCAL” The case of the 10,000-pound cotton “dirt-to-shirt” project

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Taking the 3T approach—transportation, transparency, and trust—allows TS Designs to create global products locally.

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Using Data Science to Drive Continuous Improvement in the DC

Supply Chain Brain

Data analysis can also be used to compare the performance of different facilities to understand where improvements need to be made. Companies considering technology investments to optimize DC operations should do so sooner rather than later.

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Fortifying the future: Procurement’s role in building resilient organizations

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

The need to establish resilient supply chains capable of withstanding and swiftly recovering from disruptions has become a strategic imperative.

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AI in Sales: How AI is Transforming Go-to-Market

How will generative AI transform sales? It’s a question that promises to drive billions of dollars in revenue opportunities over the next five to 10 years. And if you’re not leveraging AI solutions in your go-to-market motions, you’re already behind. In this eBook, we’ll cover: How today’s top sales leaders are incorporating AI into their go-to-market motions.

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Watch: Answers to Three 'Whys' in the World of Trucking

Supply Chain Brain

Anshu Prasad, co-founder and chief executive officer of Leaf Logistics, explains why the freight business is caught in an endless cycle of boom and bust.

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Change Management Tips for Procurement Professionals

Una

Change Management Tips for Procurement Professionals Practical change management tips for overcoming resistance from stakeholders and getting your procurement changes to stick for good. By Hugo Britt | October 31, 2023 Search Search You know how kids sometimes resist trying new foods, even if they turn out to be delicious? Anyone who has been around small children knows how it goes… You slave over a meal only to be met with disgust.

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Local Leaders Scrutinizing Railroad Infrastructure More Following Ohio Derailment

Supply Chain Brain

Some politicians are urging companies to speed up their rail infrastructure improvement projects in order to prevent any future accidents.

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Art of Procurement Acquires Buyers Meeting Point and MyPurchasingCenter

Art of Procurement

Art of Procurement, a media company focused on the value potential of corporate procurement and supply management, has announced its. The post Art of Procurement Acquires Buyers Meeting Point and MyPurchasingCenter appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.

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Dominion Wins Approval for Biggest-Yet U.S. Offshore Wind Farm

Supply Chain Brain

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is set to encompass as many as 176 turbines installed approximately 23.5 nautical miles off Virginia Beach.

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JAGGAER Announces Integration with Trustpair

Jaggaer

JAGGAER's latest news on procurement & sourcing. Read now: JAGGAER Announces Integration with Trustpair.

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Automated Right-Sized Packaging Solutions for E-Commerce

Supply Chain Brain

Download our free eCommerce industry guide to learn how an automated right-sized packaging solution can streamline process flows and boost customer satisfaction.

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Predictive Procurement orchestration – Edmund Zagorin from Arkestro

The Procuretech Podcast

In this episode of The Procuretech Podcast, host James Meads welcomes back Edmund Zagorin, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Arkestro. They discuss the use of predictive models in various areas of procurement and supply chain. Tune in for an insightful and forward-thinking conversation about the future of procurement and technology. Predictive procurement orchestration: what is it?

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Marketing Operations Efficiency: The Essential Checklist

As marketing becomes more tech-driven, the role of marketing operations (MOps) is getting more complex. Today, the discipline is increasingly interwoven with other vital go-to-market motions — including sales and customer support — and is responsible for all business elements associated with marketing, including the tech stack. In this eBook, we’ll show you how marketing operations can create efficiencies in your tech stack, reporting, and budget that will not just improve internal processes, bu