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Labor Shortages in Supply Chain & Logistics: They’re Not Subsiding

Logistics Viewpoints

In late 2023, we conducted a survey of 1,000 supply chain and logistics decision-makers across North America and Europe across three sectors: manufacturing, distribution and retail; carriers; and logistics services providers. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

is one of a growing number of big-box retailers building out their supply chains with distribution centers designed to meet the demands of online shopping. That income was generated by more than 4,100 stores and fed by a sprawling supply chain, ranked 14th in 2014 by research and analyst company Gartner. Decades in the Making.

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The Future of Supply Chain: Top 5 Supply Chain Trends in 2024

3PL Links

It’s not by accident that 82% of procurement leaders surveyed for the Gartner research “Future Supply Chains: Resilience, Agility, Sustainability & Technology” in 2023 stated they want to make significant investments in technology over the next five years. Did you find this article interesting?

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Blockchain: The Biggest Obstacles It’s Facing

Morai Logistics

This week’s article by Morai Logistics explores the most prominent hurdles blockchains have yet to overcome in the world of supply chains. CoinDesk highlighted this in an article addressing blockchain limitations, Blockchain technology involves an entirely new vocabulary. Blockchain is a technology for the future.

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E2Open Acquires Transportation Management Systems Provider Cloud Logistics

247 Customs Broker

These applications running on a live end-to-end global business network allows us to continue to drive supply chain convergence for our customers – between data and algorithms, planning and execution, demand and supply, manufacturing and distribution.”. Cloud Logistics Recognized by Gartner. Compliance to U.S.

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How AR and VR Create Effective Supply Chains

Morai Logistics

This article explains the technology behind AR/VR and uncovers how supply chains can use this platform to improve their processes. The following scenarios describe how AR/VR can improve supply chains : Provides real-time information on ‘manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, and warehouses’. A Brief History.

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What manufacturers need to know about IIoT

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In 2018 a Forbes magazine published an article entitled “Every company is a data company” in which the authors urged all companies to use data as a core asset. This is a distributed IT architecture in which data is processed as close to the originating source as possible, rather than in the data center. The value of IIoT.