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Supply Chain Discussion: Modernizing EDI to Scale Freight Procurement

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20231 min read

Supply Chain Discussion: Modernizing EDI to Scale Freight Procurement

Kyle Jepson is the senior vice president of product at Emerge (which is a SCaaS procurement platform) and Erik Kiser is the chief...

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Robotics and AI leader departs Amazon for Autonomous Vehicle(AV) company

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20231 min read

Robotics and AI leader departs Amazon for Autonomous Vehicle(AV) company

Siddhartha “Sidd” Srinivasa is a former Amazon robotics and AI executive, and he recently joined autonomous vehicle company Cruise’s...

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Supply Chain Discussion: The Role of AI in Transforming Last-Mile Delivery.

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Supply Chain Discussion: The Role of AI in Transforming Last-Mile Delivery.

Bart De Muynck is the chief industry operator at Project 44. Project 44 are a technology and Supply-chain-as-a-Service provider. They...

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Supply Chain Closing 2022 in Better Shape

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Supply Chain Closing 2022 in Better Shape

The supply chain of the largest economy globally is ending 2022 in a much better position than a year ago. According to White House...

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Supply Chain Discussion: Getting a Grip on Volatility in the Logistics Industry

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Supply Chain Discussion: Getting a Grip on Volatility in the Logistics Industry

According to Justin Cramer, co-founder of ProShip (which is a global provider of automated multi-carrier shipping software). Performance...

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Six Supply Chain and Logistics Trends for 2023

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Six Supply Chain and Logistics Trends for 2023

The last few years have made a mockery of many pundit predictions as to geopolitical and economic trends. Black swan events like covid...

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Six Warehouse Robotics Innovations Unveiled By Amazon in 2022

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Six Warehouse Robotics Innovations Unveiled By Amazon in 2022

Although Amazon's warehouse expansion slowed in 2022 due to falling levels of demand, the company has ramped up automation efforts inside...

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Supply Chain Discussion: The Growing Importance of Carrier Contract Negotiations

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20231 min read

Supply Chain Discussion: The Growing Importance of Carrier Contract Negotiations

Carrier contract negotiations are more important now than ever before. Rob Glover, vice president of sales with OSM Worldwide , explains...

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Uber Increases Availability of Same-Day Delivery for Independent Retailers in the US

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Uber Increases Availability of Same-Day Delivery for Independent Retailers in the US

Thousands of independent retailers in the United States using National Retail Solutions’ point-of-sale platform will now be able to...

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Supply Chain Discussion: Controlling Supply Chain Risk Through Visibility

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Supply Chain Discussion: Controlling Supply Chain Risk Through Visibility

According to Karin Stevens, who is executive vice president and chief marketing and product officer at Overhaul (which is a software...

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Retailers Starting Specific-Day Delivery Rather Than Speediest Shipping

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20231 min read

Retailers Starting Specific-Day Delivery Rather Than Speediest Shipping

Leading retailers in the e-commerce sector have previously contested to be the fastest to customers. This trend is coming to an end,...

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Automotive Supply Chains Begin Long Road To Recovery

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20233 min read

Automotive Supply Chains Begin Long Road To Recovery

There are signs of recovery in the embattled automotive supply chain, although a return to something similar to pre-pandemic conditions...

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Supply Chain Discussion: The 33rd State of Logistics Report

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Supply Chain Discussion: The 33rd State of Logistics Report

Michael Zimmerman is a partner with global management consulting firm, Kearney. In this discussion, he reveals the key findings of the...

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Amazon Begins Testing New Technology To Improve Warehouse Efficiency

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Amazon Begins Testing New Technology To Improve Warehouse Efficiency

Amazon has started testing a new robotic system that can detect, select and handle individual products. This is the first time a robot...

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Microsoft Software Aims to Solve Customer Supply-Chain Disruptions

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Microsoft Software Aims to Solve Customer Supply-Chain Disruptions

Microsoft has unveiled software that will help customers to better track and coordinate supply-chain systems by combining data from its...

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Supply Chain Discussion: Mining the Hidden Gems in Domestic Transportation

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Supply Chain Discussion: Mining the Hidden Gems in Domestic Transportation

Courtney Davis is the director of logistics at CoreTrust. They are the leading commercial sourcing agency delivering contract savings to...

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Supply Chain Discussion: The Human Side of Supply Chain Analytics

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20231 min read

Supply Chain Discussion: The Human Side of Supply Chain Analytics

According to Rich Diaz, chief executive officer and president of Catena Solutions , supply chain analytics isn't just about raw numbers...

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Digital Infrastructure the Key to Rebuilding Supply Chains

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20233 min read

Digital Infrastructure the Key to Rebuilding Supply Chains

According to Erik Wanberg, the head of inventory at Taulia (a provider of working capital solutions). Shifting demand, made worse by...

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Supply Chain Discussion: Multimodal Delivery: A World of Unlimited Capacity

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20231 min read

Supply Chain Discussion: Multimodal Delivery: A World of Unlimited Capacity

Embracing multimodal options in last-mile delivery, can lead to retailers effectively drawing on an "unlimited" pool of carrier capacity,...

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Four Steps to Creating a JIT Supply Chain Network

Jeremy Conradie.

May 2, 20232 min read

Four Steps to Creating a JIT Supply Chain Network

Toyota Motor Company invented the concept of just-in-time inventory (JIT) decades ago, a strategy that was eventually adopted by just...

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