Tue.Sep 12, 2023

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Supply Chain Orchestration: Role, Components, and Importance

Cyzerg

In today's fast-paced and highly competitive business landscape, supply chain management is vital in determining a company's success or failure. By effectively orchestrating the various components of the supply chain, businesses can streamline operations and achieve maximum efficiency. This is where supply chain orchestration comes into play. In this article, we will dive deeper into the power of supply chain orchestration and explore how businesses can leverage it to streamline operations.

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What to do BEFORE Investing in Warehouse Technology

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Quick fixes and miracle cures aren’t just popular with consumers trying to lose weight, grow hair or improve their memory. There’s a similar mindset among some fulfillment operations managers who see warehouse technology as the performance-enhancing panacea to an under-performing warehouse.

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The Keys to Estimating TMS Implementation Duration and Budget

Talking Logistics

When it comes to implementing a transportation management system (TMS), a critical mistake many shippers make is setting the implementation budget and timeline based on a software vendors’ average implementation duration estimates. From there, many shippers will end up compounding the impact of this mistake by moving directly into implementation execution without a well-formed planning.

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Building a TMS Business Case: 7 “Must Haves”

Logistics Viewpoints

Here are 7 considerations when building a TMS a business case, designed to focus on achieving a cost-effective deployment.

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Rethinking warehouse work culture: Can automation create better workplaces?

Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.

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Automatic emergency braking mandate: Groups dissect shortcomings

Overdrive Online

Among larger trucking groups, OOIDA, CDL Drivers Unlimited, NASTC and others voiced displeasure with aspects of the proposed automatic emergency braking mandate.

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WorkWave to Launch Dynamic Routing for RealGreen, Enabling Customers to Automate the Routing Process in Seconds

WorkWave

Time To Read: 2 minutes HOLMDEL, N.J., September 12, 2023 – WorkWave® , a leading provider of SaaS software solutions that support every stage of a field service business’s life cycle, has announced plans to launch Dynamic Routing for its RealGreen product, giving customers the ability to plan the most efficient route in minutes with just the push of a button.

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It’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week!

Supply Chain Brain

The ATA invites everyone to join in celebrating truck drivers by sharing a message on social media, tagging ATA and using the hashtags #NTDAW23 and #ThankATrucker.

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Game planning for a successful sales team

Truck News

You know business is soft when you see carriers playing the sales equivalent of a neutral zone trap. They’re on their heels, protecting existing customers and slashing costs.

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How Prominent Video Game Technology is Changing Industrial Training and Manufacturing

Supply Chain Brain

Managers of manufacturing and training operations will need to see a faster ROI if this technology hopes to become a staple of supply chains.

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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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What Is the Ocean Shipping Time From Poland to US?

I.C.E. Transport

Poland has become a popular source of well-made, well-priced goods for US companies. But as you weigh the pros and cons of importing from Poland versus other parts of the world, one crucial consideration is average shipping time from Poland to the US.

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Corporate Investments in Supplier Diversity Remain Strong, Despite Challenges

Supply Chain Brain

Eighty-nine percent of companies expect to maintain or increase support for supplier diversity, according to Supplier.io’s 2023 State of Supplier Diversity Report.

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Pets at Home Line Marking at New DC

Logistics Business Magazine

Pets at Home selected inotec UK for an important contract to complete the line marking, infill walkways and floor painted meeting areas of their new 670,000 sq.ft fulfilment centre in Staffordshire, UK. This is a significant investment for Pets at Home, one of the UK’s leading pet care businesses. Located on a 70 acre site at Stafford North Business Park, this modern, purpose built fulfilment centre centralises distribution for the company by combining three warehouses into one superhub.

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Kroger and Albertsons Plan to Sell 413 Stores, Kroger Gains Supply Chain Efficiencies

Supply Chain Brain

Kroger said it has achieved “meaningful operational efficiencies” in its supply chain through improved transport capacity utilization and increased productivity in its warehouses and across its network.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.

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Conveying Sustainable Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Ammeraal Beltech, a leader in conveying sustainable solutions, is proud to introduce the new AMMdurance rPET, a revolutionary conveyor belt produced from recycled PET bottles, that delivers a unique combination of cutting-edge technology and eco-conscious design, ensuring a positive impact on the planet and business. Ammeraal Beltech’s AMMdurance rPET stands out from conventional conveyor belts.

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UPS Chief Says Year One of Pricey New Labor Deal Will Hurt Most

Supply Chain Brain

UPS said in August that the heated discussions caused about 1.2 million packages per day of lost volume — either directly to competitors or new business that didn’t occur.

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Crowdfunding for Ecommerce Brands

Ship Monk

You have a great idea, but no money to fund its development or build a business. You’re too small and your idea is untested, so you can’t attract investors and your uber-supportive friends don’t have any more money than you do. What do you do? You turn to crowdfunding, of course! Crowdfunding has become the go-to solution for small businesses and startups looking for a quick way to launch a product, project or get their business started.

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Watch: Big & Bulky Home Delivery Needs a Major Overhaul

Supply Chain Brain

Shobhit Elhance, vice president of business development at LogiNext, discusses the pain points faced by shippers and carriers in the delivery of big and bulky items.

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski

Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea

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Celebrating North America’s Truck Drivers, One Delivery at a Time

Blue Grace Logistics

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search Raddy Velkov - September 12, 2023 Celebrating North America’s Truck Drivers, One Delivery at a Time As we celebrate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Sept. 10-16 , it is crucial to recognize and honor the backbone of our economy – the truck drivers.

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EPA urged by members of Congress to finalize 'strongest feasible' GHG regs

Commercial Carrier Journal

A bicameral group of Democrats last week penned a letter to EPA regarding the agency's Phase 3 GHG regulations, and the Clean Freight Coalition responded.

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