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The Secret of Getting Ahead (Takeaways from Command Alkon ELEVATE 2018 Conference)

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According to a McKinsey Global Institute study , the construction industry is among the least digitized, ranking 21 out of 22 industries (only Agriculture and hunting ranked lower). The post The Secret of Getting Ahead (Takeaways from Command Alkon ELEVATE 2018 Conference) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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BASF Video Case Study: The Value of Real-Time Freight Visibility

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A few weeks ago at the Descartes Evolution 2018 User Conference , I had the opportunity to interview William Wehrle, Director of Supply Chain at BASF, and David Bazzetta, Business Advisor – Process Optimization at BASF, about the importance and value of having real-time freight visibility.

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Find your Warehouse Rhythm

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Michael Brandl, Executive VP EMEA for Koerber Supply Chain, told the conference that the company’s objective is to become the global supply chain management (SCM) leader. A ‘unified control system’ to orchestrate and optimise supply chain technology, IT and staff is Brandl’s vision.

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

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LLamasoft entered the supply chain planning realm in November 2015 when it acquired Barloworld’s Supply Chain Software (SCS) Division , a provider of supply chain design (“CAST”) and supply chain planning (“OPTIMIZA”) solutions. What would this “next generation solution” be?

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Real-time Capacity Matching: Making Brokers More Efficient

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Visibility Enables Faster Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash processes : for example, you can leverage Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD) and geofencing to initiate invoicing and payment process. . In case you missed it, check out my short video interview with William and David and our write-up of the case study.

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Takeaways from Manhattan Associates’ Momentum 2017 Conference

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Addressing this problem is at the heart of Manhattan Associates’ Active Solutions, which the company introduced a couple of weeks ago at its Momentum 2017 conference. Director of Transportation at Giant Eagle, presented a great customer case study on how the company transformed its transportation operations.

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Takeaways from the IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit

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I haven’t attended an industry conference over the past year, or participated in a client meeting, where blockchain — along with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning — hasn’t been part of the conversation. Take EDI, for example. Find the right technology partners to help you innovate.