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The State of Supply Chain Trends Part IV: Data Analysis, Wearables, and the Cloud

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Modern supply chains are evolving beyond anyone’s expectations due to increased use of cloud-computing technologies, wearables and advanced data analysis. The use of wearables will continue to be one of the top trends throughout the remainder of 2016 and upcoming years as well.

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Aptiv takes a global approach to mobility

Automotive Logistics

According to Richards, this has changed with developments in technology and the accurate analysis of complex data sets, or ‘big data’. The ability of technology to get in and present options, and a more efficient network with automated decisions and things like that, is going to change quite dramatically.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). presented a great case study on the company’s journey and success with real-time freight visibility. Wes Burt, Production Control-SCM-Assistant Manager at Toyota Manufacturing Canada, also gave an informative case study presentation. Where is Descartes today?

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Some reading suggestions, while you wait in the airport!

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“The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books, 2002) Publisher’s Blurb: “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.” Levitt and Stephen J. and consequently make better-informed decisions.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. There is a need to optimize every component of logistics by following the latest trends and technologies. God bless america from its present distraction.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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Most sustainability books in my view do not present the full 360 view. Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. Posted on: Aug, 19 2016.