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

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In fact, up to 70 percent of companies surveyed in Europe have already implemented cloud-based solutions to enable rapid scalability and flexibility. Moreover, cloud technology enables global access to information, explains Ship Rocket, so companies can ensure continued uptime regardless of local events or issues.

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

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If it has not been for you, then perhaps you have going to different events. 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

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Richards explains that the visibility tool sits on top of the TMS (and is provided by the same technology company) and overlays other world events, including weather patterns, to employ predictive analytics. There are similar worries in both the inbound and outbound sector in Europe.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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“Although a number of surveys show consumers say they want sustainable products, only a small percentage of them are actually willing to pay more to buy sustainable products,” Sheffi notes. Carsten Baumann. Strategic Alliance Manager, Schneider Electric.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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. 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. Carsten Baumann. Strategic Alliance Manager, Schneider Electric.