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Elon Musk Ensures that Product Development is Not Siloed

Logistics Viewpoints

The profession has not yet managed to integrate product development into core decisions in a meaningful way. This user conference focused on SAP’s spend management and business network solutions. One thing that makes Musk distinctive is his hands-on approach to product design. You can’t hand it off to someone else.

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How to Hurdle the Biggest Barrier to Supply Chain Transparency: Data

Logistics Viewpoints

The data locked in black boxes across your operating network causes you, and your network, to operate ineffectually. How can you make it all work together and build a better supply chain business, fast? Every system in your network collects it and stores it somewhere. The consequences can be serious.

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How to Protect Your Customers & Brand from Ecommerce Fraud

Ship Monk

In other instances, fraudsters create a fake website that closely mimics an existing online store, and collect payment information from unsuspecting customers who order products they will never receive. Triangulation Fraud This scam involves a fraudster selling products on Amazon or eBay at attractively low prices.

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How to Calculate Ecommerce Shipping Costs

Ship Monk

We get a lot of questions from ecommerce businesses about shipping costs — questions about how they’re calculated, how our rates compare to what they’re paying now, what kind of discounts they can expect, and how they can reduce their shipping costs. Flexibility – You’re not stuck with one carrier. Average order value 2.

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Top 5 Barriers to Supply Chain Network Design Adoption and How to Overcome Them

Speaker: Brian Dooley, Director SC Navigator, AIMMS, and Paul van Nierop, Supply Chain Planning Specialist, AIMMS

You have tough decisions to make about your network design. You may have recently had M&A activity, about to roll out a new product line or need to cut costs. You need answers to urgent network questions, but weeks go by. Want to build your internal capability, reduce costs and make better decisions? It's easier than you think.

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How to Mitigate the Impact of Product Recalls in Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Product recalls are a regular occurrence, making the headlines on a monthly, even weekly basis. They affect not only the consumers of potentially harmful products, but also manufacturers, retailers, transportation providers, and others throughout the supply chain. Recalls can vary from a few thousand pounds of […].

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How To Keep Your Automated Trucks Running Smoothly

Logistics Business Magazine

In addition to the comprehensive service network and the expertise of STILL service technicians, a new digital service concept and, in particular, the use of standardised components will contribute to this. This enables the handling of automated vehicles to be comparable to that of production vehicles.

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Smarter Networks for Customer Fulfillment

Speaker: Hannah Testani, COO, Intelligent Audit

Join Hannah Testani, COO of Intelligent Audit, as she takes us through the reasons why your shipping could cost so much, and how to use big data and digital transformation to move the needle on your transportation spend. We'll cover: How to get all your data into an apples-to-apples comparison so it's easier to strategize. And more!

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Don't Let Outsourcing Break Your Supply Chain

Outsourcing was a cornerstone for businesses to scale effectively, launch new products seamlessly, and manage operations efficiently. Today’s supply chains constitute an interconnected network that spans across functions, departments, and continents.