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6 Ways Big Data is enhancing the global supply chain

The Logistics Academy

As global supply chains become more complex and customers more demanding, the race is on to develop software applications that can effectively manage and make sense of the zettabytes of data being generated by our digital world. Of course, capturing the data and then using it to make good decisions are two entirely different things.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 1

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Cloud & Big Data. News & Events. |. « Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 0 | Main | Leveraging Social Media for Improving Forecast Reliability » Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 1. Some of the examples of this are automation scripts, graphical ways of configuring maximo. Customer Service.

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Wearable Technology in the Supply Chain: 3 Core Benefits

GlobalTranz

Think back to 2012 when Sam Taylor, CEO of Oriental Trading Company , went undercover in his own company. Well, this example shows how wearable technology in the supply chain was being used 3 and a half years ago in 2012. However, many in the supply chain fail to recognize how wearables will transform and improve processes.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

To get a better understanding of how the shared economy works within the supply chain, let’s take a look at some examples: Example #1: Amazon Flex. Example #2: Airtasker. Example #2: Airtasker. It works like this: A poster, for example, needs someone to assemble furniture bought from Ikea. Other Examples.

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Supply Chain Managers May Expect More “Digitization” in Ocean Cargo Arena

The Logistics Academy

Lionel Louie, chief commercial officer, for CargoSmart Limited, agrees, telling SCMR in an interview that Increasing digital connections between people, systems, and data intelligence enables companies in the global transportation industry to gain new insights, leverage new tools to help manage change, and increase their supply chain innovation.

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Logistics & Supply Chain Risk Management: Pivoting to Resiliency with these 3 Simple Processes

GlobalTranz

As the supply chain continues to grow in complexity and regulation, the opportunities for problems and other events to impact operations negatively will consequently grow. For example, one risk could be a sudden increase in demand for a product. However, this does not necessarily imply that something bad happened. Focus on Resilience.

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Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

Since 2012, UAS have been used to locate missing people, combat forest fires and monitor threats like Ebola through heat sensors. The gathered data charts informal settlements and elevation levels to recommend the safest, quickest relocation options in the event of an emergency.