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Santander, SAP Partner To Optimize Corporate Banking in Supply Chains
Santander CIB and SAP make an agreement to develop solutions to help companies navigate supply chain disruptions from a financial standpoint.
3PL/4PL
Network Manager Helps 3PLs Build Collaborative Distributed Fulfillment Networks
Transportation
New COVID-19 Cases in China Disrupt Manufacturing and Logistics
Trucking
AI Dashcam Boosts Driver Safety
Trucking
Uber Freight Survey Highlights Future of Autonomous Trucking
Top Supply Chain Projects
Top Supply Chain Projects: Verusen AI Creates Harmony Through 400,000 Different SKUs, 55 Facilities
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How 3D-Based AR/VR Drives Today’s Automation, Robotics Technologies
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Transportation
Where the Biden Administration Missed the Mark With the Flow Initiative
With the goal being to share information among the various players along the chain, the group of participating companies/entities didn’t include anyone who makes it easier to share that information – logistics technology companies.
Top Supply Chain Projects
Top Supply Chain Projects: ALOM Overcomes "Great Resignation" Through Workforce Development
ALOM explains its focus on its workforce in an attempt to circumvent problems from the "Great Resignation" through development, opportunity, inclusion and growth. The project was selected as one of SDCE's Top Supply Chain Projects of 2022.
Transportation
Why a Multimodal Modal Strategy Delivers More When Capacity Is King
A multimodal logistics approach expands capacity, which is why the strategy becomes more important as those demands increase.
Packaging
Appropriate Documentation and Labeling: The Golden Ticket to Global Trade Efficiency
The global supply chain has never been easy to navigate. Unfortunately, the complexities continue to loom thanks to difficulties experienced around the world over the last 18 months.
Warehousing
Don’t Let Your Supply Chain Problems Ruin a Couple’s ‘Big Day’
As celebrations for couples who’ve been engaged anywhere from three days to three years collide with supply chain backlogs, labor shortages and inflation pressures, businesses that service wedding vendors are left in a very difficult situation.
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5 Key Factor To Consider for Best-of-Breed
To be successful, organizations need an agreed plan as to how new software is identified, selected, and implemented.
Sourcing & Procurement
How to Optimize the Buyer’s Journey in B2B E-Commerce
It’s more critical than ever for manufacturers to assess each step along the buyers’ journeys to ensure that customers have a clean, straightforward, enjoyable digital experience.
Top Supply Chain Projects
Top Supply Chain Projects: 3PL Gains 99.9% Accuracy Rates with inVia
inVia Robotics explains how it was able to help a 3PL increase productivity rates, reduce labor needs and drive accuracy through a robotics project. The project was selected as one of SDCE's Top Supply Chain Projects of 2022.
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Winning the Supply Chain Disruption Battle with Technology
As stakeholders found ways to overcome challenges, they learned that solutions had one thing in common: Technology is the key to greater efficiency and collaboration.
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Overcoming Logistics Woes: Lessons for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Around the world, e-commerce companies and their logistics providers face three uniquely challenging problems.
Professional Development
Empowering Your Workforce Through a Historic Labor Shortage
While we can’t prevent every employee from retiring or resigning, we can increase our efforts – across industries – to provide new and existing employees with reasons to stay.
Transportation
Female Drivers Comprise 13% of Driver Workforce
The number of women gaining their CDLs and becoming professional drivers has continued to grow in recent years, making up over 10% of over-the-road truck drivers, an increase of almost 30% over the 7.89% seen in 2018.
Trucking
US Government Drags its Feet on Safe Parking While Drivers Leave in Frustration
While there are numerous reasons why drivers are leaving, the low number of available, safe parking spaces is a challenge for long-haul truck drivers.
Automation
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Top Supply Chain Projects
Top Supply Chain Projects: Ndustrial Forecasts Electric Grid Peaks With 85% Accuracy
Ndustrial dives into how it is able to save Lineage Logistics significant costs on energy with accurate forecasting on power in this Q&A. The project was selected as one of SDCE's Top Supply Chain Projects of 2022.
Last-Mile
Route Optimization for Final Mile Carriers
The last mile is still one of the costliest parts of the shipping process, estimated to make up about 40% of the total cost of the process.
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The Impact of Russia Sanctions on Oil, Gas and Energy
As expected, bans on Russian oil and gas exports are affecting the global economy in significant ways.
ERP
Success Begins With Integration For Postmodern ERP
It’s an IT modernization version of the age-old chicken and the egg dilemma. Companies looking to implement or modernize Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are asking themselves the question of which comes first: the ERP or the Integration?
Transportation
Taking a Personalized Approach Towards Shipping: Key Considerations for SMBs
At a time where small and medium businesses (SMBs) face a plethora of challenges, they need insights into where supply chain breakdowns are happening and how they are impacting shopper preferences.
Software & Technology
Workers’ Resistance to New Technology Falls
We’re starting to see some fears subside as more autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are rolled out across the supply chain and workers see that their purpose is to help, not replace, humans
AI/AR
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WMS/TMS
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Safety & Security
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