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From SAPinsider Las Vegas 2025: How Blue Diamond Growers Embraced a Multi-Step Almond Journey via Synchronized Planning and Transportation
With multiple steps in the almond supply chain – from growers to haulers to production facilities – agricultural corporation Blue Diamond Growers uses the SAP Transportation Management application and SAP Business Network for Logistics to solve complex transportation challenges.
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The Power of 4: How Blue Diamond Growers Solved Supply Chain Issues
Blue Diamond Growers integrated SAP Transportation Management and SAP Integrated Business Planning systems to enhance supply chain efficiency, improve logistics visibility, and explore AI for sustainability to optimize operations and reduce their carbon footprint.
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Blue Diamond Growers partners with SAP, project44, and XpertMinds to transform their supply chain, saves $1M on transportation costs
Blue Diamond Growers, the world’s largest almond processing cooperative, transitioned from a cumbersome manual supply chain to a fully digitized system via SAP and project44, drastically improving efficiency, planning capabilities, and customer service, ultimately achieving a 99% fill rate and significant reductions in planning time and inventory.
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Managing global shipping challenges in a complex market
The ILA strike that halted US East and Gulf Coast ports was resolved with a tentative agreement to extend collective bargaining until January 2025, amidst ongoing challenges faced by the US shipping industry, including high container imports and geopolitical conflicts affecting logistics.
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Managing Supply Chain Risks during Uncertain Times
A looming strike by 45,000 International Longshoremen’s Association workers at East and Gulf Coast ports starting October 1, 2024, may severely disrupt supply chains and exacerbate existing delays in cargo handling during the peak holiday shipping season, highlighting the need for a robust TMS.
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Transportation Management Through Disruption
The 2024 Global Transportation Management Benchmark Survey by Descartes highlights how shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) are preparing for industry and regulatory changes, with 40% of respondents investing in technology, a number that rises to 44% for companies considering transportation a competitive weapon. The survey, which includes insights from over 630 global transportation professionals,…
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Defending Against Fraud with Descartes’ MacroPoint FraudGuard
Despite increased efforts to educate and raise awareness among shipping companies about the spectrum of fraud risks—from the more recognized threats like double brokering and trailer theft to the subtler, emerging schemes—the challenges remain formidable. The financial and operational burdens stemming from fraud, such as stolen loads and unauthorized mode switching, are significant and often…
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Supply Chain Resiliency with Dan Cicerchi
There has undoubtedly been a cry to transform the way we run and plan our supply chains to avoid running into such massive and consecutive supply chain disruptions in the future. This is where the focus on supply chain resiliency stems. While many different strategies are being planned by organizations across the globe, there is…
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Keys to Building an Intelligent MRO Organization
In aviation industries, such as aerospace and defense (A&D), maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) organizations operate a very complicated framework to maintain their aerospace assets. In the SAP ecosystem, these assets involve many different business segments, and maintenance activities need to be planned for, executed, and documented — and in a timely manner — to…
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