Wed.Jul 10, 2024

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Editor’s Pick: A Guide to Managed Transportation Services

Talking Logistics

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This recent post from Uber Freight’s blog provides a guide to managed transportation services, including its core components, how to implement managed.

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Supply Chain Planning – A Market Viewpoint

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group has been covering the Supply Chain Planning ( SCP ) market for 17 years. The market has been growing at double-digit rates for several years, even during the pandemic. The pandemic brought home the need for companies to run agile and resilient supply chains. SCP is a critical application to help companies achieve better agility. Supply chain agility reflects a company’s ability to respond quickly to surges or plummeting demand.

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'Unprecedented': Can Amazon Beat Temu and Shein at Their Own Game?

Supply Chain Brain

As e-commerce giants Temu and Shein continue to gain traction in the U.S., Amazon is firing back with a low-priced store mirroring the model of their Chinese competitors.

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Top Supply Chain Technology Trends to Boost Efficiency in 2024

Loginext

Explore the top supply chain technology trends for 2024, including risk management, quality management, packaging and labeling, sustainability, visibility, and analytics. Learn how to leverage these advancements for a competitive edge. The post Top Supply Chain Technology Trends to Boost Efficiency in 2024 appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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How to Prepare for Proposed New Tariffs in 2025

The global trade landscape is shifting. If President Trump’s proposed tariffs come into effect, they will impact your logistics in significant ways. Our free guide provides essential insights for consumer brands and manufacturers. It is crucial to understand what these challenges mean for your logistics operations, and more importantly, how to prepare.

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Supply Chain Staffing: Tips for Retaining Top Talent in 2024

Supply Chain Brain

How can supply chain leaders implement a sense of predictability in an unpredictable market? By investing in talent and technology, such as artificial intelligence, that can support modern-day challenges.

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Samsung Electronics Workers in South Korea Go on Strike Indefinitely

Supply Chain Brain

More than 6,000 unionized workers with the chip-maker's semiconductor division walked out on July 8.

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It’s time to lift moratorium on T4As to combat Driver Inc.

Truck News

The outcome of CTA’s lobby campaign to root out the underground economy and bring back tax fairness and order in the trucking industry is the single most important factor impacting […]

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Cargo Ship Runs Aground as Huge Waves Pound South African Coast

Supply Chain Brain

The MV Ultra Galaxy beached at Brand se Baai northwest of Cape Town late July 10, the South African Maritime Safety Authority said on its website.

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Harbinger Receives Financing to Expand Electric Truck Production

NGT News

ATEL Ventures Inc., a division of ATEL Capital Group and a provider of venture debt and equipment financing solutions to growth-stage companies, has agreed to provide equipment financing to Harbinger, a Southern California-based manufacturer of electric trucks, to enable the company to expand its manufacturing capacity. Harbinger is focused on meeting the demand for medium-duty […] The post Harbinger Receives Financing to Expand Electric Truck Production appeared first on NGT News.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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China Opens Investigation into EU 'Trade Barriers'

Supply Chain Brain

This marks the latest move from China in retaliation against new provisional EU tariffs of up to 38% against imported Chinese EVs.

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Change Management in Retail Logistics: The Gamechanger No One is Talking About

Locus

Technology adoption is a must for ensuring competitiveness in retail. As companies scale up, it enables efficiency at scale, reduces costs and provides superior customer experiences. However, simply adopting technology is not enough. It needs to be effectively used by the workforce to see real-time benefits on the ground. Often there is a lot of resistance to its adoption by those on the ground over multiple factors.

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Watch: Supply Chain Risk Management: A Most Delicate Balancing Act

Supply Chain Brain

Heather Wheatley, vice president analyst with Gartner, explains how companies can balance considerations of resilience and cost to protect against disruption in their supply chains.

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Biomethane Lorries for DHL’s Tesco Ireland Network

Logistics Business Magazine

As part of its ongoing partnership with DHL Supply Chain, Tesco Ireland has taken delivery of 50 state-of-the-art biomethane fuelled trucks which will operate across its country-wide distribution network. The trucks will immediately replace 50 diesel units, cutting down tailpipe carbon emissions by up to 90%. The biomethane fleet will be operated by DHL and used to transport produce to stores from Tesco’s distribution centres in Dublin.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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Pre-Seed Funding for Berlin Supply Chain SaaS Firm

Logistics Business Magazine

Berlin-based startup Northbound has successfully closed a pre-seed financing round of €1.3 million to expand its software-as-a-service solution. The company is developing a SaaS platform to streamline operational control within the container supply chain. Northbound optimizes the flow of goods from the port to the warehouse, considering penalty fees (e.g. demurrage and detention, “D&D”), capacities, and delivery promises.

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Gregory Distribution Scales Up Operations with Manhattan

Logistics Business Magazine

As supply chains and logistics becomes ever-more complex, companies increasingly need agile technology providers that can help them navigate challenges and meet the continuously evolving expectations of the end customer. To meet the soaring demand for bespoke customer experiences, Gregory Distribution, one of the UK’s top independent logistics businesses, has chosen Manhattan SCALE, from Manhattan Associates , to optimise its warehouse operations and deliver improved satisfaction to its 400+ cus

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Singapore Port Mitigates Supply Chain Disruption

Logistics Business Magazine

PSA Singapore (PSA), a major global transhipment hub, has significantly ramped up its capabilities to support increased activity and mitigate the impact of global supply chain disruptions since the beginning of 2024. This includes reinforcing its frontline capacity, commissioning new berths at Tuas Port, and reactivating berths and yard space at Keppel Terminal.