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Highlights from Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference 2015

AIMMS

Its agenda included over 60 sessions covering the full spectrum of supply chain—from strategy and planning to distribution and logistics. Gartner (@Gartner_inc) May 13, 2015. Advanced analytics puts the power of data at your fingertips. In this post, I will summarize some of my favorite takeaways from the conference.

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Blockchain in Supply Chain: 2 Ethereum-Based Projects That Demonstrate How Blockchain Can Improve Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

Ethereum shares some common features with Bitcoin, including how it’s mined by computers and codifies unique data that can be used to track everything from transactions to an exchange of goods (more on that below). Everything from dentistry to digital advertising is getting disrupted on the Ethereum blockchain.

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Blockchain Will Solve, Save, Cure Everything

Talking Logistics

Blockchain doesn’t erase the fact that supply chains still suffer from crappy data. In short, blockchain by itself does not solve the “garbage in, garbage out” data quality problem; you’ll still have garbage data, but in a distributed ledger that’s better encrypted and traceable.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

The projects will supply clean energy for Amazon’s operations, including its corporate offices, fulfillment centers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers that support millions of customers globally. This is a full five years ahead of the original target of 2030. GW to 10.4 The combined venture will be valued at around $4 billion.

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Manufacturing And Cloud Reluctance: What We Learned

GlobalTranz

Recently, our company has generated some reports of internal data and surveyed a collection of companies to better get an idea of trends in the manufacturing industry. What We Learned One of the more interesting pieces of data discovered was that “ manufacturers are less likely to use cloud software than other industries. 74% to 79%.

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CSCMP EDGE 2018: Strong Economy, Tight Capacity, Stringent Consumer Demands Fuel Supply Chain Growth and Efficiency

Penske Move Ahead

Communication is one of the critical components of a successful 3PL-shipper relationship, and reliable data remains at the core of many of those relationships. As a result, shippers and 3PLs are investing in technology as well as data sharing capabilities as they look to create reliable and agile distribution networks.

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Dock Delays and Detention are a Big Issue

Trinity Logistics

This is in line with data collected by a DAT solutions survey showing that 63 percent of drivers say they spend more than three hours waiting when loading and unloading. Freightwaves also collected data on driver wait times. According to the data from the FMCSA , in 2015, 415,000 crashes occurred involving large trucks.