May, 2016

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The Amazing Supply Chain of a Five-Euro Coin

All Things Supply Chain

Two weeks ago, the Five-Euro coin “Planet Earth” made its debut on the market. Coin collectors around the world kept a close eye on this new market entrant due to the coin´s special design and unique material.

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How to get Ready to Execute your Company Strategy

Supply Chain Trend

Your company has a strategy. Are you confident it is ready to be deployed and executed? Most likely not, as 60%-90% of strategy implementations fail and only 14% of executives are satisfied with the execution of a strategy. This post introduces a framework to assess your company’s strategy execution readiness, in order to align leaders around how to bridge your strategy to execution gaps.

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UltraShipTMS Integrates MacroPoint for Superior Shipment Visibility

Supply Chain Collaborator

Software-as-a-Service Solutions Provider Enables MacroPoint Load Position Monitoring Capability for More Effective Transportation Execution. Friday, May 27, 2016 – Fair Lawn, NJ – UltraShipTMS is proud to announce it now provides connectivity between its award-winning TMS platform and MacroPoint, a leading provider of freight monitoring and tracking solutions for shippers, brokers and 3PLs.

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The Future of the Omnichannel Retail Supply Chain

The Network Effect

Jim Tompkins, CEO, Tompkins International, discusses the importance of a consumer-driven supply chain in terms of the biggest threats and opportunities to retailers today. I’m not sure that the retailers get the level of disruption or the level of transformation that’s taking place in the workplace. Obviously they see some of it because they’re very smart people but they’re so busy executing and so busy following what they’ve done for years, I’m not sure they get the store versus eCommerce thing

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Memorial Day in the USA

Supply Chain Action Blog

Let us remember and honor all who serve a higher good than their own comfort and fulfillment. This is Memorial Day weekend for us in the U.S., but may our memory serve us well when the calendar does not. Let us never forget when uncommon valor becomes a common virtue and those who shirk not their duty, nor shrink from their sacrifice leave their families bereaved.

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Think Tank Report: Integrated Business Planning

All Things Supply Chain

On May 24, 2016 a group of nine supply chain and operations managers gathered together in Düsseldorf to discuss the pressing issues surrounding the topic of Integrated Business Planning and how the approach can be used to drive business growth.

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A pearl necklace and automobile logistics

All Things Supply Chain

So what does automobile production have to do with a pearl necklace? A seemingly far-fetched question. At first glance, the two have nothing in common.

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Managing Supply Chain Processes: Use Your Senses!

All Things Supply Chain

Unfortunately, I have never had the pleasure of stepping into the virtual commissioning world.

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UltraShip’s Rich Chrzanowski “Inbound Logistics” Interview

Supply Chain Collaborator

Best Practices for Effective Carrier Management. Q: Can you share some best practices for effective carrier management? A: There are three that I always recommend. First, seek a TMS platform supporting the use of carriers of all sizes – small to mid-sized to large. It should support EDI and other contemporary technologies utilized by the larger carriers, but also deliver things like a mobile app and online portal for smaller carriers.

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3 Trends Underscore Food Shippers’ Need for Supply Chain Management Software

Supply Chain Collaborator

Food shippers have grown increasingly reliant on supply chain logistics IT solutions over the last decade and for a number of reasons. The number of food producers adopting software solutions like TMS, YMS, WMS, optimizers and others – from agricultural concerns to processors to retailers – continues to grow. Yet, there are still many food shipping organizations that are using old-school, spreadsheet and email based processes to manage logistics.

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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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9½ Tips to Build your Confidence

Supply Chain Trend

We all question our performance and abilities sometimes. If we dwell on this for too long, this might decrease our confidence. Confidence is a measurable attribute of Mental Toughness and it can be influenced and improved. The confidence attribute of Mental Toughness has two elements: Confidence in own abilities. Interpersonal confidence. Individuals with confidence and Mental Toughness perform better under pressure and generally have better mental and physical health and well-being.

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“Cloud-Enabled TMS” – Like Bolting Propellers to a Mail Truck

Supply Chain Collaborator

The world is anticipating a revolution in the shopping/consumer experience as the technology seems nearly ready for widespread drone delivery of online purchases. Oddly, none of the traditional parcel delivery companies are rushing to bolt propellers and wings to their panel vans. There simply isn’t much demand for three ton, flying mail trucks. Similarly, when it comes to TMS solutions, there are still many organizations (either willingly or unwittingly) comfortable with an equally absurd pr

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Logistics IT Technology (TMS and Optimizers) is the Key to Retail “Fortunes”

Supply Chain Collaborator

A Chinese proverb recently observed in a fortune cookie states, “May you live in interesting times”. Today’s retailers should consider themselves lucky then, because their industry is experiencing some very interesting times. Driving unpredictability are technologies both causing retailers’ challenges (like online sales portals) and solving them (like TMS, YMS and other logistics IT).

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Frost & Sullivan Celebrates Innovation and Excellence Across the Globe

The Network Effect

Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Awards is an annual award that recognizes companies for superior leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. The awards are conferred upon companies around the world and across a diverse range of industries. Frost & Sullivan presents the awards “to companies that are predicted to encourage significant growth […].

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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The Plane That Eats Trains

The Network Effect

The Soviet Union produced a range of airplanes during the Cold War era, from flawed to the occasionally fantastic, the sleek to the bulky and clumsy. One that stands out is the Tupolev TU-144, aka “The Conkordski,” an obvious copy of the Concorde then nearing completion. The TU-144 was the first transporter to fly supersonic […]. The post The Plane That Eats Trains appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Is Retail Still Stuck in the Seventies?

The Network Effect

The 1970s were great, but do you want to shop there today? Retail is getting hammered by online merchants such as Amazon. We’ve seen many great retailers sink, and many more are showing signs of taking on water. As Jim Tompkins says, it’s time to respond to the titans. But where is that response? Gene […]. The post Is Retail Still Stuck in the Seventies?

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How to Nurture and Grow Your Customers

The Network Effect

By Valerie Bonebrake, Senior Vice President, Tompkins International Spring has arrived. It is time to cultivate. Use this primer to protect and grow your customer base. I recently met with the CEO of a mid-sized third party logistics (3PL) company. We discussed the usual topics: industry trends, what is happening in mergers and acquisitions, and […].

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The “Impossible” U-Turn

The Network Effect

Well if you’d asked me to turn this truck on this road, I’d have said “impossible” But this driver doesn’t let the difficulty deter him. It helps if you have skill too. H/T: The Speed Society You might also like… The post The “Impossible” U-Turn appeared first on The Network Effect.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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Memorial Day in the USA

Supply Chain Action Blog

Let us remember and honor all who serve a higher good than their own comfort and fulfillment. This is Memorial Day weekend for us in the U.S., but may our memory serve us well when the calendar does not. Let us never forget when uncommon valor becomes a common virtue and those who shirk not their duty, nor shrink from their sacrifice leave their families bereaved.

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3PL Strategy: How to Nurture and Grow Your Customers

The Network Effect

By Valerie Bonebrake, Senior Vice President, Tompkins International Dear 3PL Provider: Spring has arrived. It is time to cultivate. Use this primer to protect and grow your customer base. I recently met with the CEO of a mid-sized third party logistics (3PL) company. We discussed the usual topics: industry trends, what is happening in mergers […].

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Total Disruption: A Better Business Model

The Network Effect

With the new solution model, that of a network with extensible solutions, comes the possibility of a new business model that makes software vendor and customer, not adversaries as they often seem to be, but partners. With traditional ERP, each customer needs to buy, implement, customize and maintain their own instance (or outsource it, pay a premium and manage that relationship).