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Freight Technology Transforms the Supply Chain for Global Growth
Although technology cannot provide a solution for all of the world’s current problems, there are technologies that if leveraged in the right way, can help increase overall global growth.
Warehousing
A Center of Excellence Enables Better Collaboration
AI/AR
Building for the Future: Decision Intelligence and Resilient Supply Chains
Transportation
Freight Costs in the New Era
Software & Technology
ShipHero Targets Greater North American Presence With Acquisition
3PL/4PL
Quantix’s New Divisional Structure Focuses on 3PLs, Transportation, Distribution, Import/Export and More
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Companies Need to Play 3 Primary Roles for True Value Chain
Suraj Patil, assistant manager of Aranca, explains that value chain-developing edge-enable industrial machine ecosystem will require entities playing three primary roles.
Professional Development
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Opens Nominations for 3rd Annual Women in Supply Chain Award
This award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network.
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SCN Summit | State of the Supply Chain 2022
June 6, 2022
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Register right now for the June 6-9 event, where industry experts from Enable, Movilitas, Oracle, Generix, Blue Sky Capital Strategies, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and more come together to discuss the state of the supply chain.
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Retail
US Parcel Volume Reaches Record High
Pitney Bowes forecasts U.S. parcel volume to reach 25-40 billion by 2027, with a 5-10% CAGR from 2022-2027.
Warehousing
Staying Ahead of the Visibility Evolution is Key for Profit Success
An executive from Armada reveals that a key strategy for the organization is to stay on top of supply chain visibility innovation for its clients.
Sourcing & Procurement
The Global Chip Shortage: Sourcing Through Disruption
What started as a ‘pandemic problem’ has quickly evolved into a long-term crisis. Sourcing agility will be key to navigating the volatility.
Retail
Supply Chain Delays Replace COVID-19 Concerns: Report
Findings from DHL show that business executive's concerns shift the more supply chain disruptions become prevalent. Most companies are already preparing for the holiday season due to delays.
Transportation
Tips for Effortless Trailer Maintenance
It’s only natural to want an easier solution for efficiency-draining tasks like maintenance. However, as any pro athlete will tell you, advancing to the point where something becomes effortless is rarely easy.
Automation
Bringing Visibility to Indoor Industrial Spaces
The data helps operators make educated decisions via insights and event reporting about labor and asset activities, live as well as historically with heatmaps and path tracks.
Software & Technology
The Impact of Digital Optimization on Supply Chain Operations
The impact of digitally optimizing operations cannot be overstated. But where to start?
Last-Mile
Don’t Underestimate the Final Mile
The concept of a distributed fulfillment network immediately clicks with most merchants when it comes to speed to delivery, but there’s often a disconnect when it comes to cost-justification.
Supply Chain Visibility
Extend Visibility Beyond Tier 1 Suppliers
Thanks to advances in technology, gaining information on supplier performance and potential disruptions is no longer such a time-intensive task.
SCN Summit
Companies Need to Play 3 Primary Roles for True Value Chain
Suraj Patil, assistant manager of Aranca, explains that value chain-developing edge-enable industrial machine ecosystem will require entities playing three primary roles.
Last-Mile
How To Successfully Drive Last-Mile Delivery Logistics in Today’s Commercial Environment
Supply chain shortages put added pressure on the construction market.
Last-Mile
What Einstein Got Right About E-commerce Delivery
Back in 1905, Albert Einstein argued that how you experience time is always in relation to something else; there’s no “absolute” frame of reference.
Warehousing
Negotiations Get AI Boost To Combat Market Volatility
A new solution from Pactum creates autonomous short-term rate negotiations to innovate in contracts within the supply chain industry.
Professional Development
Pros to Know: Understand the Big Picture First
David Rink, director of solutions consulting at Slync.io and a winner of our Prost to Know award, gives advice to his younger self, saying that it is important to understand the big picture so you can get to the bottom of the root causes.
Warehousing
5 Small Innovations That Had a Big Impact on the Supply Chain
When you think about how a product that you order at your computer or via your phone gets delivered to you within days or even hours, you can thank many of the innovations that were developed over the past 100+ years for the supply chain.
Packaging
How Supply Chain Leaders Can Feed the Industry’s Change in Packaging
As e-commerce continues to increase its market share of overall retail sales, packaging often becomes the first physical interaction the consumer has with a brand.
Professional Development
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Opens Nominations for 3rd Annual Women in Supply Chain Award
This award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network.
Warehousing
Rising Costs Prompt New Records for Import
United States retailers are importing materials and goods at a record pace, according to the NRF, ahead of rising costs and fear of more supply chain disruption.
Warehousing
SCN Summit | State of the Supply Chain 2022
June 6, 2022
Register
Register right now for the June 6-9 event, where industry experts from Enable, Movilitas, Oracle, Generix, Blue Sky Capital Strategies, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and more come together to discuss the state of the supply chain.
Risk/Compliance
5 Practical Ways Risk Management Builds Supply Chain Resiliency
Companies across all industries are feeling pressure to reevaluate their supply chain vulnerabilities and strategies - and it’s not just the big companies that need to take action.
Warehousing
Surpassing the Mechanical Limitations of Legacy Systems
The need for automation has become more exacerbated during COVID lockdown challenges. Throughout the global pandemic, the need for automation has outpaced the solution cost.
Warehousing
Supporting Continuous Improvement Is Key
Karen Lobdell of Thomson Reuters divulges three key points the company looks for at a high level for partners.
Material Handling Equipment
Warehouse Automation Market to Reach $41B in Next 5 Years
Mega-trends like aging population, globalization, health and safety, mobility, green logistics, autonomous world, urbanization, individualization and digitization need to be given more consideration and weight than in the past.
Warehousing
Diverse Backgrounds Help Build Supply Chains Stronger
May 3, 2022
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Four of this year’s Pros to Know winners from SAP sat down to talk all things supply chain, how the pandemic has affected the way companies do business, what advice they would give their younger selves and more.
Warehousing
Why Future-Proofing the Supply Chain Starts with Partnerships
Planning for unexpected supply chain challenges requires a considerable amount of forethought. Brands need to prioritize changes that maximize their chances of weathering supply chain woes. Let’s take a look at three changes brands can make this year.
Packaging
How To Pick the Right Co-Packing Partner
Co-packing is a critical, largely invisible, part of the process that transforms their bulk cargo into their retail-shelf-ready products.
Automation
150,000-Plus AGVs to be Deployed in Seaports by 2027
What's more is, over 7,000 inspection robots were deployed in rail infrastructure globally in 2021.
Warehousing
The Secrets to Surviving the Supply Chain Resignation
Despite growth, the job market is still in the hands of applicants – proving that to remain attractive to prospects, organizations need to jump through hoops just to garner attention.
Warehousing
L.I.N.K. | Fleets Need Intelligent Route Optimization to Keep Up
As demand continues to increase in the logistics sector, while a labor shortage and other major supply chain disruptions occur, fleets turn to intelligent ways to optimization their route planning.
Manufacturing
Pros to Know: Focus on Growth, People, Equipment & Process Improvement
Kirk Wehby, COO for Smith, explains why investing in people, equipment and facilities is what makes or breaks survival amid supply chain disruptions.
