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The (Internet of Things) IOT Supply Chain Benefits Now Coming Clearer

GlobalTranz

However, over the course of several months, this slight change in pressure could cause permanent damage to the machine, or it may cause additional problems for other aspects of the manufacturing process. For example, a subtle change in hydraulic pressure may still permit the machine to operate.

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Supply Chain Innovation Technology: No Longer Just a “Build vs. Buy” Decision

Talking Logistics

Of course, these new technologies also come with a lot of risks and uncertainties, which is why many companies are taking a “wait and see” approach before investing any time, money, and resources in them. Kenco is a great example.

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Cost To Serve – A Smarter Way to Improved Supply Chain Profitability

Logistics Bureau

It can of course also be used to make an already profitable relationship even more profitable! The tools for determining Cost To Serve include standard spreadsheet applications, such as MS Excel, and network design modeling software. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in August 2015.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

We will feature over the next 7 business days each category’s top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2014. Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has been synonymous with factories, machine tools, production lines and economies of scale. These will only contain posts written in 2014. Read Full Post. Read Full Post.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

. Sheffi starts, for example, with the extreme pressures coming from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), notably Greenpeace, about which one environmentalist says “When Greenpeace reaches for its toolbox, it tends to find only one tool, and that’s a mallet.” And of course most can’t. U.S.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

After a rough 2015, the first half of 2016 was no different. The shift to full end-to-end integration, of course, leaves no one else in the middle. The first is size , of course, with Maersk running over 17% of global ocean capacity , but also selling land-services to just under 20% of those same customers.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

“The dire predictions that robots are going to take our jobs are overstated,” said Susan Lund, co-author of the study for McKinsey, adding “There will be enough jobs for everyone in most sectors.” How does this compare to the IoT positions of the previous years, which have already peaked in 2015?