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

GlobalTranz

Modern supply chains are evolving beyond anyone’s expectations due to increased use of cloud-computing technologies, wearables and advanced data analysis. Data Analysis Grew Exponentially, Providing More End-to-End Visibility and Continuous Improvement. Data analysis is the companion of cloud-computing technologies.

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RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

GlobalTranz

In 2003, Walmart announced that all of its suppliers would need to have Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all pallets and cases by 2006. Two Specific Examples of RFID in the Supply Chain? For many reasons, that transformation did not happen and RFID was put on the industry’s back-burner.

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Automatic Replenishment: Everything You Need to Know

Conger

Examples of manufacturers that can use automatic replenishment are electronic manufacturers, automotive, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and more. Examples of retailers that use automatic replenishment are Walmart, Dollar Tree, Target, Costco, and Tesco. For example, reordering may require permission to be activated.

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Avis Budget Group CEO Aims to Reinvent Car Rental Industry

IoT World Today

Before joining the company in 2006, he had served as senior vice president of airport operations at United Airlines. For example, customers can take advantage of our Connected Journey pilot, in which they are sent tailored notifications and offers to our mobile app based on their location, on an opt-in basis.

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Garbage In, Garbage Out - Data Formats Are Crucial

Blog on Log

The purpose of any automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) system is to provide a quick and accurate way to enter data into an IT system. Without a consistent means to represent data within a bar code, RFID tag, XML, or other form of data exchange, there's no check on the quality of the data entering the system.

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Same concerns remain, when it comes to the truck driver shortage

247 Customs Broker

It is a topic of daily discussion at every industry trade show and conference, while also getting a ton of attention in the form of commentary or data being issued fairly frequently. A good example of that was apparent in an October 2017 survey of 1,500 motor carriers conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).

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Aptiv takes a global approach to mobility

Automotive Logistics

It is key to us because not only does it optimise the flows but it gets us our data, so that we can then go back and precisely re-engineer our crossdock locations and our network to really get the cost out.”. According to Richards, this has changed with developments in technology and the accurate analysis of complex data sets, or ‘big data’.