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The “First Five” Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017

GlobalTranz

Where and how manufacturers make products for Americans will change in 2017. The solution to this problem lies in understanding the “First Five” core concepts and industrial manufacturing trends throughout 2017, and you need to think how they will impact the industry and your company in the coming year.

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Tata Steel Europe’s Connected Planning Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

The company sells directly and through channels; they have an extensive distribution network to provide postproduction processing, service, distribution, and sales support. This is a complex tool because doing IBP well is difficult. Tata Steel’s connected planning journey began in 2017. So, what is “connected planning?”

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Announcing Stord’s $2.4M Seed Round of Funding

Stord

MILLION IN SEED FUNDING TO GROW CATEGORY LEADING WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM Company expands team and software capabilities as it increases its warehousing facility footprint and offers improved supply chain optimization for its customers with data analytics — Atlanta-based STORD, has raised $2.4 STORD RAISES $2.4

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Retailers Embrace Gig Economy Fulfillment

Logistics Viewpoints

Target acquired Shipt in 2017 to provide the foundation of its same-day delivery. Other retailers and e-commerce merchants may lack the retail or distribution center footprint to rollout same-day delivery nationwide. Which stores and distribution centers will accommodate gig integration for various regions?

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Where Does Supply Chain Design End and Planning Begin? (Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

It was a strategic/tactical analysis, disconnected from day-to-day operations, and the software tools were difficult to learn and use. As an example, a heavy equipment manufacturer used SupplyChainPlanning.com to create a collaborative planning app with its dealers. What would this “next generation solution” be? Source: LLamasoft.

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Wenko Focuses on IT Transformation

Logistics Business Magazine

In 2017, the family-owned company invested in the semi-automation of the warehouse, which now covers more than 35,000 square meters. “In order to be able to control production and transport, we wanted to bring transparency into the supply chain with the help of a central tool. It was opened in 1997.

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MD of Eagle Eye Networks talks cloud-based security

Logistics Business Magazine

Rishi Lodhia is a veteran in the cloud video surveillance market – he was CEO and co-founder of Cameramanager back in the early 2000s, and after selling that business to Panasonic in 2013, bought it back again as part of Eagle Eye Networks in 2017. It sounds good – but can he give an example of how it might work?