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GoComet, the supply chain visibility platform, has launched its GoSchedules emissions tracking component, an addition to the company’s Smart Schedules module, to support logistics planning teams with climate goals.

Manhattan Associates Inc. has announced that Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), the American discount retailer, has recently selected Manhattan Active Transportation Management (TM) to unlock new levels of logistics planning and efficiency.

Selecting the right technologies plays a pivotal role in facilitating connectivity, driving efficiencies, and ensuring seamless operations as businesses scale and become more complex. A key consideration for many large-scale enterprises is the adoption of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. However, the question arises: is an ERP solution really the right technology solution for ambitious online retailers?

In fact, up until the last few years, this service has traditionally been enjoyed free of charge for the majority of online shoppers.  However, due to an increased desire to reduce the cost impact on a retailer’s revenue, many retailers are now charging  for returns. For example, since the pandemic began, several fast fashion retailers have taken up the practice.

Blue Yonder, the supply chain solutions provider, has released its largest product update in the history of the company, launching what it describes as the first set of interoperable solutions across the entire supply chain – from planning to warehouse, transportation, and commerce – delivered on the company’s Luminate Cognitive Platform.

Manufacturing & Logistics IT spoke with leading representatives from the analyst and vendor communities to discuss some of the most important key talking points and areas of innovation taking place within demand forecasting and planning technology.

With a more fragmented and volatile playing field becoming the norm, companies need to be able to make better more accurate decisions to manage anticipated and actual demand as well as execute and fulfil orders.

Welcome to the December 2023 edition of Manufacturing & Logistics IT. In this issue we feature a Special Technology Report looking in depth at the latest developments in the world of Demand Forecasting & Planning solutions.

Also included is a ‘Cover Story’: Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20.4% to total US$678.8 billion in 2024, up from $563.6 billion in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc.

By Stephen Dombroski, Director, Consumer Markets, QAD.

In today's dynamic business landscape, companies are continually striving to strike a balance between long-term strategic planning and short-term operational execution.

Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software provider IFS Ultimo and global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), EAM and Field Service Management (FSM) solutions provider for asset intensive industries Envecon, have entered into a new partnership.

By Jennifer Charles, freelance writer.

The logistics industry has seen significant growth and development over the past few decades. While everything from planning to trucks has definitely come a long way, there’s still an impressive amount of innovation happening, and it’s important that logistics providers take note of what they could improve.