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Effective Supplier Collaboration Is Critical

Logistics Viewpoints

McKinsey, the global consulting firm, has done research and writing on supply chain collaboration. In one McKinsey survey of more than 100 large organizations in multiple sectors, companies that regularly collaborated with suppliers demonstrated higher growth, lower operating costs, and greater profitability than their industry peers.

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Being Adaptive Drives Resiliency and Margins in Collaborative Supply Chain Networks (CSCN)

Logistics Viewpoints

By embracing collaboration, real-time data, and a focus on sustainability, companies can build resilience, improve margins, and gain a competitive edge. Finally, the company collaborates closely with local suppliers, sharing real-time data on production requirements and inventory levels.

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Ecommerce Logistics Innovation with Stephanie Cannon

The Logistics of Logistics

Stephanie is the Senior Vice President of Operations Excellence and Collaborative Innovation at Pitney Bowes , a global shipping and mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial services to help clients simplify the complexities of sending parcels and mail. It serves more than 90% of the Fortune 500. The Greenscreens.ai

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Leading Inventory Attack Teams with Richard Lebovitz

The Logistics of Logistics

This award-winning platform synchronizes execution across the supply chain, empowering manufacturers to prioritize and collaborate to resolve critical material shortages and excesses. The company centralizes data from multiple sources to manage inventory, simplify change management, and improve data quality. The Greenscreens.ai

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Gartner Report: Everything You Need to Know About Supply Chain Control Towers

According to Gartner, "Advanced control towers now provide real-time visibility, collaboration, and AI capabilities to move beyond decision support to decision making, and even a degree of autonomous control.". Create –– What are the steps manufacturing organizations need to build a control tower? Technology. Governance.

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Greenscreens: Benchmarking for Shipper Success with Matt Harding

The Logistics of Logistics

Joe Lynch chats with Matt Harding, CTO of Greenscreens.ai, about harnessing the power of dynamic pricing, and data analytics to optimize shipping efficiency. Learn how seasoned shipping managers can leverage benchmark data to make informed decisions, while understanding the risks of underpaying for shipping. About Greenscreens.ai

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FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success

The Logistics of Logistics

FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success. Original Article: FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success. Collaboration. I do believe … that the next generation is about collaboration,” she said. We took an API-first approach because the fluidity of the data has to be there. It can’t be manual.

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Leveraging Data Analytics to Build a Truly Connected and Collaborative Supply Chain

This GEP-sponsored report will show you how to leverage data for a collaborative supply chain that delivers results and how to future-proof supply chain management strategies. The C-suite is laser-focused on supply chain performance.

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How Data Analytics Can Solve the Challenges Faced by SC Leaders in Discrete Manufacturing

Supply chain analytics can arm the supply chain leaders to meet various supply chain challenges, including: Lack of real-time data visibility. Inconsistent data on safety stock levels. Lack of collaboration between supply chain stakeholders. Imbalance in product lines, creating asset underutilization.

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The Evolution of Control Towers to Command Centers

Real-time data from every tier of your network, combined with focused applications, AI, and actionable analytics, enables cross-functional collaboration for swift disruption resolution. Explore the evolution of control towers to command centers leveraging cross-functional visibility and a unified operating platform with this eBook.

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Port Congestion Shines Light on Visibility Gaps

This report, built from extensive survey data from a myriad of shippers and logistics providers, shines light on visibility gaps that have contributed to the current crisis of port congestion. How collaborative, real-time data can solve visibility gaps for shipments moving into and out of ports.

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How Automation in the Supply Chain Will Make Employees More Strategic & Improve the Overall Supply Chain

Speaker: Adam Robinson, Director of Marketing, Cerasis

Using Automation Driven Data for Improved Actionable Insights. Find Freight Capacity & Reduce Freight Costs with Automated, AI, & Blockchain Driven TMS. Importance of Integrating Automation for Improved Supply Chain Visibility. We look forward to having you at this webinar! February 6, 2019 11.00 AM PST, 2.00 PM EST, 7.00

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The New Tech Toolbelt: Digital Twins, IoT, Cobots, & More

Speaker: Cory Skinner, Founder and CEO of FactR

From limited visibility and a lack of real-time data to a lack of agility and responsiveness to changing market conditions, there's no shortage of difficulties that today's supply chain professionals can encounter. What can be done to not only address these challenges, but overcome them?