Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

According to Dell’s Digital Transformation Index 2020, 89% of the 4000 surveyed business leaders stated that the pandemic highlighted the need for a more agile and scalable digital environment. Covid-19 accelerated the necessity of end-to-end digitalization to gain efficiency and resist supply chain disruptions and market fluctuations.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

It was done by Polycom, a maker of video collaboration solutions for enterprises. 5 Manufacturers know this: three out of four companies today say that improving cross-departmental systems, enabling process collaboration, and integrating processes are among their top strategic priorities. Embrace Digital Disruption.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 5, 2018

In a recent survey of supply chain executives that are either using, not using, or considering using 3PL services, only 87% of survey participants currently use or engage in activities or services with 3PLs, reports 3PL Camelot Software. Communication and Collaboration is the Backbone of 3PL Trends. Download White Paper.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2016

When thinking about how robots are taking on new responsibilities, manufacturers must consider how human workers and robots must form a greater collaborative effort. Robotic Collaboration Will Become Greater, Not Omnipotent. Look at how much collaborative robotics will continue to grow in this infographic , created by Rethink Robotics.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

A 2016 Accenture survey, reports RF Gen , explained how more companies are taking advantage of AI benefits through linked supply chains. The solution to rising procurement and logistics costs is collaboration. Additionally, the push toward creating a self-sufficient AI is growing stronger among supply chain professionals.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 23, 2014

For the Supply Chain , technology & operations posts were the most popular as well as a focus on collaboration with suppliers and a focus on customer service. The survey, conducted in late 2013, asked supply chain management (SCM) professionals about their priorities for the coming year. Read the Full Blog Post.

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Triskele Logistics

MAY 27, 2018

Watch our recorded webinar on reducing supply chain costs below: This technology has allowed our supply chains to increase productivity, improve processes, reduce costs, and track inventory—all with only our mobile devices. Now, as technology evolves, our supply chains will become even more streamlined and efficient thanks to the IoT.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Meanwhile, 79 percent of manufacturers and distributors, surveyed by Handshake , reported increasing use of e-commerce to meet customer demand, and the role of business-to-business e-commerce has become more of concern for up to 63 percent of companies. In fact, the value of robotics in the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

It is surprising then that despite the hundreds of millions of RFID tags sold this year alone that, according to results from the 2014 GS1 US Standards Usage Survey, finally saw the technology living up to the hype in the logistics industry in the last few years. Source: SupplyChainOpz.com.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Millennials also favor open work environments where flexibility and collaboration are the modes of operating.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2016

49% of executives in an industry survey said that they considered themselves to be excellent leaders indeed, where risk management was concerned. One of the main ingredients is communication, and it was found that 53% of leaders who are considered high tech were planning to improve how they collaborate with their suppliers.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

As firms look to reduce waste, increase turns and be more flexible with their inventory, management professionals have attempted to identify how lean techniques can be adopted to build flexible and collaborative inventory. >>> Read the Full Blog Post to Learn About Lean Inventory.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR): Adding Customer Value to the Supply Chain using Collaboration : Efficient Consumer Response is a strategic concept created by the processed food distribution industry in the U.S. We hear about it every day on the news, across the web and survey after survey confirms that.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Furthermore, collaboration between differing supply chain entities will help to create more diverse procurement opportunities, explains Made in USA News. Specifically, collaboration must focus on the following procurement processes: Suppliers must derive contracts and opportunities from manufacturer success.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Nexant conducted a survey of the plastics industry , in collaboration with Plastics News , to understand reshoring trends and the effect on the North American market. Nexant received about 200 survey responses from compounders, fabricators, equipment suppliers and toolers. Most of them, however, never left our shores.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2016

A recent survey, conducted by Handshake , found more than 79 percent of companies providing B2B sales already have customers clamoring for online ordering. E-commerce grew 10.2 Ultimately, B2B entities are experiencing dramatic impacts on distribution and manufacturing for several key reasons.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

In our recent blog post on the future of procurement , we discussed how the majority of respondents in a given survey reported procurement as a long-term career in manufacturing. 20, released its list of the top 10 priorities for procurement trends, based on a national survey of its members.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Since up to 79 percent of supply chain managers surveyed cited cost reductions as a top area of concern, investments in and use of AI will increase. Conversational Platforms Will Drive Supply Chain Collaboration.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

VMI is all about collaboration. As firms look to reduce waste, increase turns and be more flexible with their inventory, management professionals have attempted to identify how lean techniques can be adopted to build flexible and collaborative inventory. We only paid for fasteners as we used them. Read the full article here. .

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2016

In a 2012 survey by Forrester and Zebra Consulting, reports Cigniti Technologies , only 15 percent of manufacturers had implemented at least one Industrial Internet of Things solution. IIoT-connected devices will allow manufacturers to automatically track assets and work with more suppliers in a positive, collaborative relationship.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 17, 2014

IBM Sterling Collaboration Network, which is IBM’s value added network, has seen year over year growth in traffic during the decade. Looking at 2013 research, 46% of the companies surveyed use EDI “heavily” with an additional 31% reporting “some: EDI usage. Additionally, companies continue to depend on EDI.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

In fact, approximately 73 percent of surveyed manufacturers plan to continue investing in supply chain mobility, asserts a Deloitte study. Yet, this does not even scratch the surface of how mobile-enabled devices (smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches ) are shaping manufacturing.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 18, 2015

Trucking companies expanded into providing wholesome solutions for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), and shipping intermediaries were trying to make shippers collaborate to move existing shipments towards capacity per haul. Less than two decades ago, the concept of 3rd Party Logistics Companies were relatively unknown.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 5, 2016

Sixty-five percent of surveyed 3PL Logistics Companies identify capacity as their customers' biggest concern (see Figure 1), followed by technology investment (58 percent), recruiting and retaining labor (57 percent), and regulations (47 percent). Considering the challenges confronting shippers in today's market, it's still back to basics.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 4, 2014

However, it goes deeper to unveil how to best go about understanding the data by further collaborating and putting trust into your internal and external business relationships. Later, by adding a Dashboard and MES system, the resulting process offered more collaboration with other team members on how to monitor the production in real-time.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 15, 2015

A SAS survey found that 18 percent of industrial machinery companies have already started to use ‘IoT devices’ to increase production and reduce costs. Companies will be able to do predictive maintenance to reduce downtime, better manage their inventories, and also to become more flexible and responsive to changes in market conditions.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2015

Manufacturing Industry Pros Share Why Manufacturing Is Important to the Economy: In that post, the survey asked the simple questions of “Why is American Manufacturing important to you and why is it important to the economy?” Read the Full Blog Post. R ead the Full Blog Post.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. According to Gartner, Inc., there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020.

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