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Manufacturing
Optimizing Manufacturers' Use of Automation with Upskilling
Manufacturers will need to focus on hiring best-in-class employees that have the technical expertise in emerging technologies that help improve resilience and performance.
Professional Development
Clarity Through Consequences for Service Level Agreements
Software & Technology
The Modern Enterprise: Industry 4.0
Sourcing & Procurement
Center-Led Procurement Will Go Mainstream by 2030: Procurement Experts
Manufacturing
Digital Transformation, Supply Chain and Sustainability Remain Top Manufacturer Priorities
E-Commerce Solutions
What Social Commerce Means for Manufacturers
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Transportation
2023 Pros to Know: Candor Expedite’s Nicole Glenn Brings Honesty to the Transportation Space
Nicole Glenn, founder and CEO of Candor Expedite Inc., was named the overall winner of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2023 Pros to Know award.
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SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain 2023
June 6, 2023
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Topics revolve around Procurement, Warehouse Automation, Risk Management, Supply Chain Visibility, Achieving a Sustainable Footprint and more.
Sourcing & Procurement
Submissions Close March 31 for Top Supply Chain Projects Award
This award profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain. Submissions close March 31.
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Sourcing & Procurement
Cost-cutting Opportunities to Overcome Procurement Woes in 2023
Technology boom and sustainability goals remain top of priorities lists this year in the supply chain. For procurement, these trends are steady, but an increased awareness on costs amidst inflation woes from 2022 shape how these trends culminate.
Carbon Footprint
Energy Concerns Impact Workforce, Decarbonization Efforts
The key impacts on businesses due to rising energy costs in the last year include lower profit margins (34%) and cuts to spending in some areas (34%).
Sourcing & Procurement
Removing the Guesswork from Pricing During Inflation
Cost volatility is likely to stay for a while, with some indications that costs could move up and down faster rather than slower. How can companies respond to an increasingly fast-moving market while retaining and growing margins?
Financial Management Software
7 Tips for Boosting Cash Flow through your Supply Chain
If your business is experiencing poor on-time deliveries, growing backorders, slow or non-moving inventory or warehouse inefficiencies, the first step is reevaluating your inventory management and supply chain strategy. Here are 7 tips to help.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Imports to Slowly Climb, But Still Remain Below 2022 Levels Through Mid-Summer
Beginning this month, imports are expected to climb at least through mid-summer but will nonetheless remain below last year’s levels.
Sourcing Solutions
How Fashion Retailers Face Inventory Overhang in 2023
The threat of sitting on so much inventory is very real. Apparel retailers need solutions that allow them to quickly see where they do and do not have demand, so they can easily identify what needs to be cleared out to free up cash and ensure visibility.
Supply Chain Visibility
Visibility is the Solution to Today’s Transportation Woes
The best way to avoid seasonal transportation challenges is by planning ahead and communicating changes across the ecosystem to enable all partners to make the best decisions possible.
Material Handling Equipment
Pallet Racking for Modern Warehouses
Developed for third-party logistics (3PL) providers, integrators, small manufacturers and warehouse managers, Essential Pallet Racking offers ease in designing warehouse spaces while providing a bill of materials in real time.
E-Commerce Solutions
How eCommerce Providers can Offer an Efficient Reverse Logistics Process
For retailers and e-commerce providers, and their distribution, fulfillment or logistics centers, the processes they have in place to efficiently handle merchandise returns can impact profitability.
ERP
ERP Platform Purpose-Built for Manufacturers and Distributors
SYSPRO's latest ERP release provides enriched functionality for improved internal and organizational controls, a connected supply chain, deeper business intelligence and digital dexterity.
Retail
Only 19% of Retailers Have Strategic Returns Program in Place
Most retailers have yet to take a strategic approach to reducing returns and continue to view them as a cost of doing business, according to an Incisiv report.
Manufacturing
Insights Reveal Normalized Supply-Demand Balance with Semiconductors
85% of semiconductor pricing dimensions will be stable and the remainder will move squarely in favor of buyers for the second half of 2023, according to the Supplyframe study.
Sourcing & Procurement
Supply Continuity, Inflation Critical Procurement Priorities for 2023
Ensuring supply continuity and combatting inflationary price increases are the Top 2 priorities for procurement in 2023.
Sourcing & Procurement
Submissions Close March 31 for Top Supply Chain Projects Award
This award profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain. Submissions close March 31.
Manufacturing
How to Protect Your Bottom Line From MRO Suppliers
It’s no secret that corporate procurement and supply chain resources have been gradually leaned out over the last 15 years and what we are seeing is that the average procurement and supply chain professional is being overworked.
Emerging Technologies
Bringing Agility to the Forefront of the Supplier Value Chain
It is imperative to have systems in place that connect data, including beyond just the four walls of your company, in order to secure visibility and enable timely orchestration across your supply chain.
Sourcing Solutions
What Supply Chain Leaders are Most Concerned About in 2023
Supply chain leaders are concerned for the future because of the disruptions in 2020, and essential items will most likely be impacted by disruptions this year which means increased costs for supply chain leaders.
Emerging Technologies
The Use of Machine Learning for Demand Forecasting in a Volatile Market
Beyond being used to solve conventional challenges such as delivery lead time, transport costs, inventory waste or poor decision-making, ML can even predict users’ intent through cognitive search.
Manufacturing
Supplier Diversity Benchmarking Report Highlights Ways to Improve Supplier Diversity
The highest average spending is seen in energy (9%) and high tech (8%) and the lowest in retail (2.1%) and food and beverage (1.6%)
Warehousing
Record Set in 2022 for Most Industrial Leases
In 2022, a record was set for 1 million square feet industrial leases. Over 63 leases were signed in 2022 and the average size of the place leased went up from 2021.
Manufacturing
7 Steps and 5 Adjustments to Handle Today's Supply Chain Manufacturing Issues
Companies can apply some broader supply chain best practices to their manufacturing work, either directly or by adjusting practices for parts and raw material sourcing.
Manufacturing
6 Strategic Priorities for the Manufacturing Industry in 2023
“I have good news, and I have bad news.” That’s how most manufacturing meetings probably began in 2022. Here are 6 ways you can avoid this in 2023.
Manufacturing
A New Approach to Predictable Growth
Collaborative demand planning is essential for an organization to achieve its goal of having the right product in the right place at the right time — and at the lowest cost — with minimal investment to fulfill customer demand and drive revenue growth.
Software Solutions
The Impact of Digitalization on Major Manufacturing Shifts
Today’s manufacturing leaders are tasked with maintaining a consistent flow of raw materials into plants and finished goods out to buyers and 4 ways they tackle this balancing act.
Retail
Gen Z is Making Less Returns Than Millennials: Here's Why
Gen Z and Millennials have differences not only in how they shop but how they return as well. Could it be because of rising social anxiety rates from growing up in the pandemic? Research sheds some light on this question.
Manufacturing
How to Scale Battery Module Production in the U.S.
Ultimately, automating the battery module assembly process dramatically increases throughput and greatly cuts production costs—targets that manufacturers will be aiming for as investment in U.S. factories increases.
Supply Chain Visibility
Why Building Collaborative Supply Chains is Important
How can supply chains jointly build market share and optimize margins if they don’t have access to the same information? Supply chains finally have the sophisticated digital resources they need to collaborate effectively.
Software Solutions
3 Out of 4 Organizations Don’t Have Proper Technology to Keep Up with On-Demand Economy
59% of companies and hundreds of thousands of developers are building logistics solutions to meet the requirements of on-demand e-commerce. 71% of these companies are in the retail and manufacturing industry.
Software & Technology
Managing the Impact of The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)
SAP is helping companies comply with the new law, while using SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network solutions.
Material Handling Equipment
Order Picker Supports Forks Forward, Forks Trailing Operator Stances
The J2-192 Joey Order Picker’s controls support forks forward or forks trailing operator stances while maintaining consistent steering orientation.
