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Logistics Technologies: 4 Benefits of RFID, AIDC, and IoT Based Technologies to Shippers

GlobalTranz

The supply chain is playing host to emerging logistics technologies and modern marvels of an industrialized society. Omni-Channel Sales and Increasing E-Commerce. The growth of omni-channel sales and e-commerce is making more products available to more consumers at an infinitely larger number of locations.

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Disaster recovery: Prepared for the worst?

Automotive Logistics

A few days after the earthquake struck, recalls Alexander Scholz, head of project management in BMW’s sourcing and supplier network, the carmaker discovered that some critical tier four semiconductors came from north-eastern Japan. The plant was not able to re-open until eight weeks after the earthquake. Their answer?