Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 19, 2018

For the Ninth Consecutive Year, Leading Solution Provider Earns Spot on Inbound Logistics Magazine’s Annual Who’s Who of Top Supply Chain Management Software Companies. March 20, 2018 – Fair Lawn, NJ – For the ninth year running, UltraShipTMS is included in Inbound Logistics magazine’s Top 100 Logistics IT Providers list. This year, honorees were selected from a pool of more than four hundred logistics IT solution providers.

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The Network Effect

APRIL 20, 2018

Bitcoin steals the limelight, but blockchain and smart contracts offer considerable benefits to business and the supply chain. Here are. The post Essentials of Blockchain and Smart Contracts in the Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 20, 2018

I love Excel. There, I said it. It is an incredibly powerful, versatile tool that I’ve used for everything from finance to carbon modelling. With such a powerful tool, there is a temptation to use it for almost every business need. When it comes to supply chain data collection and for achieving responsible sourcing goals, most companies start with an Excel-based assessment that is sent out via email to a few key, strategic suppliers.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 20, 2018

Over the years, the concept of the wisdom of crowds has been applied to any number of predictive efforts, from sports and entertainment to economic trends. Now it has emerged as a tool for assessing the financial stability of suppliers and other supply-chain partners. The concept is embodied in a financial-risk score known as FRISK, developed by CreditRiskMonitor.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 20, 2018

I love Excel. There, I said it. It is an incredibly powerful, versatile tool that I’ve used for everything from finance to carbon modelling. With such a powerful tool, there is a temptation to use it for almost every business need. When it comes to supply chain data collection and for achieving responsible sourcing goals, most companies start with an Excel-based assessment that is sent out via email to a few key, strategic suppliers.

Supply Chain Efficiency 40

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 19, 2018

The report on Monday by CNBC said little about whether Amazon would ultimately enter the broader retail prescription-drug market, but the idea that the online giant might not take on one segment of the supply chain was enough to send shares of pharmacies and drug distributors surging. Bloomberg has previously reported that Amazon’s health efforts have been mostly focused on selling basic medical supplies to physician offices and hospitals.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 17, 2018

It’s called oat milk, and baristas love its light, hearty flavor that lets the java beans take center stage. As more consumers choose plant alternatives to dairy, it’s gotten so popular that just in the last month, some coffee shops were left without oat milk for days, even weeks. To meet demand, producer Oatly Inc. is working with its manufacturing partners to increase output by 50 percent by this summer, said Mike Messersmith, general manager for U.S. operations, which are based in New York.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 16, 2018

So far, economic performance doesn’t seem to have been negatively affected by political turmoil the world over, and in the U.S. in particular. Growth in this country should be in the range of 3 percent this year and next, said Nariman Behravesh, chief economist with IHS Markit. The Eurozone , only recently in danger of becoming a basket case, is experiencing its strongest growth since 2007.

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