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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain. In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mars’s Digital Transformation Mr. Beery started by asking, “what does a digital supply chain mean for us?”

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New year’s resolutions: Accelerating digital transformation with ERP

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Recently my parents sprung it upon me that they want all their old, printed photographs converted to digital format as they are downsizing and don’t have the space or the inclination to view the photos in their traditional photo albums. So, I’ll continue to ponder this conundrum…. Moving with the times. So why am I writing about it?

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Top courses to upskill manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Digital transformation has quickly become an essential part of any successful business strategy which has also resulted in a skills gap. Manufacturers and distributors are simply not engaging with the new workforce, yet the new workforce is digitally savvy. Distribution. Digitalization. An evolving workforce.

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Supply Chain Predictions for 2022 and Beyond

Logistics Viewpoints

Automation efforts will accelerate: As labor shortages persist, automation efforts in the manufacturing and distribution will accelerate. Carrying out such design exercises on a frequent basis allows for organizations to pivot quickly to either tackle disruptions or to take advantage of opportunities.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Over a relatively short period, a transport or fleet manager’s ability to support an efficient distribution network through route and delivery optimisation has shifted from almost nil to almost limitless. Here is how he explained the daily planning task to me. “I would begin my shift at 2 p.m.

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Reimagining Logistics: Focusing on What’s Ahead, Not What Happened

Logistics Viewpoints

The percentage of purchases made and fulfilled through digital commerce has exploded in the past two years, advancing a pre-pandemic trend by as much as 10 years according to some industry watchers. Their transportation networks are more diverse, in many cases aided by connections to digital freight marketplaces.

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Coronavirus pandemic is exposing the gender digital divide

World Food Programme Logistics

To mark International Girls in ICT Day, a look at information and communication tech’s potential to empower Somalia: A woman uses her mobile phone to order food from an online shop at a WFP distribution centre in Mogadishu, Somalia. Women are on average 26 percent less likely than men to have a smartphone.

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