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Coronavirus Watch: Walmart Halts DC Activity, GE Furloughs Thousands
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The latest supply-chain news and insights on the novel coronavirus and global response to the outbreak.
The Return of the Barter Economy: Swapping Eggs for Toilet Paper
Barter, the trade system prevalent in the Middle Ages, is back in the time of coronavirus pandemic, with a modern twist.
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Efforts to achieve carbon neutrality are everywhere you look.

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Aberdeen Supply Chain Webinar
New research from Aberdeen identifies best supply-chain planning processes, and how leading organizations are improving forecast accuracy, gross margin and customer service.
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Finance Revenue Planning Demo
IBM's planning analytics harness a powerful calculation engine to provide insights and automate planning, budgeting and forecasting.
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Forrester Total Economic Impact of IBM Planning Analytics
To better understand the benefits, costs and risks associated with this investment, Forrester interviewed several customers with years of experience using IBM Planning Analytics.
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BARC's the Planning Survey 19: The World's Largest Survey of Planning Software Users
In 2019, IBM achieved 22 top ranks and 17 leading ranks, including user experience, product satisfaction and flexibility.
Global Supply Chain Management
How Supply Chains Jumped From Business School and Into Our Lives
The COVID-19 pandemic is playing out in ways that even the most rigorous corporate stress test would have likely missed in its scope and severity.
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Smart Asset-Tracking Will Transform Industries This Year
More than half of new business processes will incorporate some internet-of-things element this year, Gartner predicts.

Logistics

Logistics
DAT Adds ‘Book Now’ Automated Booking to Load Board Network
DAT Solutions, which operates a marketplace for truckload freight, announced that an automated “Book Now” option is now available on select loads in the DAT Load Board network.
Logistics
A.P. Moller - Maersk Completes Acquisition of Performance Team
A.P. Moller - Maersk announces that it has closed its acquisition of Performance Team, a US-based warehousing and distribution company, to strengthen its capabilities as an integrated container logistics company by offering end-to-end supply chain solutions to its customers.
Air Cargo
The Healthcare Startup That’s Fast-Tracking Drone Delivery
As the coronavirus pandemic begins to strain the U.S. medical supply chain, California startup Zipline is looking into ways to deploy sooner and at wider scale.
Logistics
U.S. Truckers Enjoy Demand Surge But ‘Scary’ Shakeout Looms
U.S. trucking companies are riding a surge in cargo demand from consumers stockpiling basic goods, but it probably won’t last long.
Logistics
‘Essential’ Food Workers Are Resisting Across the Americas
These pockets of resistance along the supply chain underscore the balancing act needed to contain the coronavirus and protect workers deemed essential while delivering goods and services.
Logistics
Ready, Set, Deliver: Preparing Your Supply Chain for Same-Day Service
Same-day delivery isn’t a novel idea. Businesses routinely need an item that’s critically important right away — not tomorrow, not next week, but within hours.

Webinars

Successful Execution and the Role of Integrated Tactical Planning
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12:00 to Tuesday, July 21, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM

In these times of global uncertainty, organizations are struggling to find effective forums, processes and methods, to deal with the impact of real near term events. Integrated Tactical Planning may be a solution.

Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) is a middle management cross-functional, detailed planning process that routinely re-aligns and re-optimizes core process plans (product, demand, and supply), and facilitates effective communication, in the near-term horizon. A key benefit is the alignment of decisions to help improve customer service and financial reconciliation without dragging senior executives into the 'day to day'.

During this webinar, we will explore what a lack of coordination processes can mean for your business and how having the planning and execution processes linked and running in parallel across a monthly cycle can significantly improve your business outcomes.

Join us for this webinar to learn:
- The key roles involved in executing the process
- Details on the weekly ITP review (inputs, agenda, outputs, escalations)
- Time to implement and realize benefits of an ITP process
Speakers:
Todd Ferguson, Principal, Oliver Wight Americas
Dawn Howarth, Partner, Oliver Wight EAME
Rod Hozack, Partner, Oliver Wight Asia Pacific
Gain Extended Visibility for Better Supply Chain Planning
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:00 to Thursday, June 11, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Join SAP for a Market Experience on Integrated Business Planning for Inventory

Join David Vallejo, Head of SAP Digital Business Planning to learn how Integrated Business Planning can help your organization connect all of its planning processes to improve lead times and service levels, followed by a market experience of how companies are utilizing Integrated Business Planning to maximize the efficiency of their inventory and working capital.

In this session, you will learn how to:
- Maximize the efficiency of inventory and working capital
- Automate and standardize planning processes to improve planner productivity
- Enable shorter and more complete inventory target-setting cycles at each tier
- Reduce product and distribution costs
Speakers:
Bruce Waters, Senior IBP Consultant, PPG Industries
David Vallejo, Global Head of Digital Business Planning, SAP

Moderator:
Helen Atkinson, Editor, SupplyChainBrain
Overcoming the Barriers to an Effective Omnichannel Shipping Strategy
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 12:00 to Thursday, June 4, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Meeting customer demands for free and fast shipping, whether B2B, B2C, or B2B2C is driving the increase in parcel volume and the expansion of delivery choices. Companies are struggling to manage the shift from a centralized fulfillment model to a more decentralized model that emphasizes shipping from inventory sources (stores, manufacturers and other suppliers) in closer proximity to end consumers. Merchants now need to think differently about how to successfully manage omnichannel parcel and LTL strategies.

Getting your omnichannel shipping strategy right means improved customer service, shorter distances to the customer, increased speed of delivery, and reduced cost.

Please join us to discuss tips on implementing an effective omnichannel shipping strategy that incorporates parcel and LTL and a broad, diverse range of carriers.

In this 30-minute webinar you will learn:
- Current omnichannel fulfillment trends and market data points
- Challenges and critical issues facing logistics managers
- What the emerging omni-channel transportation model looks like
- Summary of benefits and takeaways
Panelists:
Lance Healy, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Banyan Technology
Bob Malley, Managing Director, Pierbridge

Moderator:
Bob Bowman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

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Whitepapers

Protect Your International Gains by Ensuring You’re in Compliance
With 96 percent of the world’s consumers located outside the U.S., going global is big league for most businesses. Especially for tech companies, post-sales service goes hand-in-hand with selling. For American exporters setting up a global service supply chain and moving spare parts into a new country, uncertain infrastructure, language differences and local laws can create complexity. But there is also a significant and often unseen challenge that awaits businesses in the form of trade compliance. It’s your responsibility to know the regulations, by country, and to ensure they’re followed to the letter of the law. It’s a daunting task no matter the experience level you may have. After downloading this white paper you’ll have a better idea of what it takes to successfully import and export. By using the included checklist, you’ll be equipped to audit your current trade compliance program.
Foreign Trade Zones
Logistics efficiency, tax savings and enhanced cash flow lead the list of benefits available through foreign-trade zones.
Five Tips for U.S. Small Business Competitiveness in the Canadian Market
On-time deliveries, cost management and meeting customer expectations are just a few concerns that prevent small businesses from expanding to the Canadian market.
U.S., International Customs Practices Under Review As E-Commerce Volume Surges
A surge in volume is straining the resources of global customs agencies. Here's how the international trade community is responding, and how shippers may be impacted.

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Podcasts

Coping With Component Shortages in the Electronics Industry
The demand for electronics products is strong. Too bad manufacturers can’t keep up. Read more.
Will Debt Bring Down the Global Economy?
Economic experts have warned for years about the dangers of rising corporate, personal and government debt. Combined with the coronavirus pandemic, is this what will cause the next recession? Read more.

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5th Annual ComplianceOnline Medical Device Summit 2020

Partner Awards

100 Great Supply Chain Partners!
SupplyChainBrain will once again feature its annual list of 100 Great Supply Chain Partners in the August 2020 issue. Click here to nominate any of your partners.
The Supply Chain Case Study Showcase!
Click here to submit your 2020 Case Study.
The 2020 Supply Chain Innovation Awards!
Be recognized for your outstanding supply chain innovations! Click here for the 2020 Guidelines!

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Coping With Component Shortages in the Electronics IndustryThe demand for electronics products is strong. Too bad manufacturers can’t keep up. Read more.

Will Debt Bring Down the Global Economy?Economic experts have warned for years about the dangers of rising corporate, personal and government debt. Combined with the coronavirus pandemic, is this what will cause the next recession? Read more.

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Coping With Component Shortages in the Electronics Industry
The demand for electronics products is strong. Too bad manufacturers can’t keep up. Read more.

Will Debt Bring Down the Global Economy?
Economic experts have warned for years about the dangers of rising corporate, personal and government debt. Combined with the coronavirus pandemic, is this what will cause the next recession? Read more.