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COVID Has Fundamentally Changed the Profession of Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

The toilet paper shortage was one of the COVID era events that taught people what the term “supply chain management” meant. The trend toward automation has never gone away. But the difficulty in finding workers has becoming a huge challenge at many factories and warehouses. Risk management had been a hard sale.

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Circular Supply Chains with Deborah Dull

The Logistics of Logistics

She is a sought after author and speaker having been published in various books, articles, and white papers and spoken at dozens of industry events. Factories do not have to be huge and polluting. Small factory trend or in-door farming. Analyzing data. Circular economy allows cheaper jobs. Decentralized lands.

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Emerging Trends in Automation: What it Means to Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

This example generates a huge amount of data that can leverage in the supply chain. But, the same data can have a drastic impact on transportations planners and agencies around the globe. This includes billing, generation of bills of lading, compliance reports and even movements throughout a factory or warehouse floor.

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Everything You Need to Know About Smart Warehousing

3PL Links

Smart warehousing is a sophisticated inventory management approach that maximizes the transportation, storage, and distribution of goods and materials within the company by utilizing data analytics and state-of-the-art technologies. The system receives immediate notification of any movement without requiring a manual relay of the event.

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2016 Supply Chain Trends: 7 of 12 Trends that Will Drive Supply Chain Management in 2016

GlobalTranz

As we head into a new year it is a good time to take a look at the coming year and see what it may hold in the way of trends. We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. Do you have the right people in place?

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6 Crucial steps to starting your digitalization Process

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

To determine this, start by knowing what is on your factory floor – digitalization starts from there. Many manufacturers have machines that cannot collect and transmit the data needed to support a digitalization initiative and they will need to be modified or replaced. How can you use all the data effectively and still be efficient?

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‘Twin peak’ challenge ahead for FMCG

Logistics Business Magazine

Palletways Group pallet movement figures across Europe identify a 16% jump in pallets in the three months leading up to and including the 2021 football European Championship Final, compared to usual summer pallet movement trends. FMCG goods from factory to consumer on time and in line with demand.