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Generative AI: Cheat Code to a More Competitive Supply Chain Business?

Logistics Viewpoints

It is meant to supplement decision-making, using AI to quickly survey all available data on a given topic, provide a quick and accurate analysis of the situation, offer up practical recommendations to the current situation, and support human decisions through automation. The best course of action is to learn more now.

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Profitably Delivering eCommerce with Consumer-Centric Priorities

Logistics Viewpoints

but that the supply chain has maximum flexibility as conditions change. Capacity can be easily ramped up or down due to product seasonality, holidays and of course global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply chain technology investments were once delegated to a specific function such as procurement or logistics.

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Economic nationalism to force a lane-change

Automotive Logistics

In reaction, automotive manufacturers are having to increase the flexibility and agility of their supply chains – increasing pressure on suppliers and logistics partners to provide more cost-efficiency. Our survey found that 86% of North American manufacturers already use supply chain design software.

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State of Global Logistics: Delivering above and beyond

247 Customs Broker

A recent series of surveys conducted by a prominent industry think tank indicates that the current state of global logistics is characterized by extreme urgency and the pressure to deliver above and beyond—regardless of mode. In each case, innovation and disruption was regarded as a “double-edged” sword.

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Will Logistics Technology Take My Job?

Freightos

Will Logistics Technology Take My Job? Who hasn’t asked themselves whether technology is threatening their job? Of course, logistics is far from immune. DOWNLOAD SURVEY. Technology Takes Jobs? Technology takes jobs, and the classic example is bank tellers. It’s not only the manual jobs.

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Understanding the Capacity Effects of the ELD Mandate

Blue Grace Logistics

truck drivers still use paper logs to track hours of service, despite the federal mandate, says a new survey with 2,400 respondents from software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Teletrac Navman that provides GPS fleet tracking. . Even still, one-third of U.S. But contrary to popular belief, fines are regularly being issued to carriers.

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How Southeast Asian manufacturers can use ERP to realign the supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Of course, the pandemic then hit global shores, not to mention the ripple effects of global trade wars. To address the digital skills gap, a good ERP provider should provide online training courses to ensure employees understand emerging technologies. In 2019, China accounted for 28.7 Top leadership support for Industry 4.0.