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What are Digital Twins and How Can They Drive Warehouse Efficiency?

Logistics Viewpoints

The concept of digital twins has emerged as a powerful foundational tool to drive improvements in warehouse productivity and efficiency. To define what exactly it is, a digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical asset, process, or system. Simulation is the most widely used benefit of a digital twin. Physical change (i.e.,

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GSK Vaccines: Five Pillars of Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital transformation has been the core theme across the global ARC Industry Forums for the past few years, but this year it is more relevant in the aftermath of the pandemic. For the first time since its inception, the 25th Annual ARC Industry Forum in February was hosted as a virtual event. Five Pillars of Digital Transformation.

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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

This was an online event. Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. Digitally Enabling Hot Loads. This is one of the company’s first steps to their digital transformation in shipping. What made Ms. Weisenberger said. “K-C

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Digital technology helps mitigate climate change risk

Logistics Business Magazine

According to the survey, 44% of respondents have a general sense of potential climate change risks based on previous events. However, the past is not a good predictor of future climate change events, as the severity and impact of events will escalate. Lack of Foresight is Biggest Challenge.

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Digitalization Efforts you can count on

Logistics Business Magazine

Digital transformation – what’s the problem? One presumes that logistics managers see digital transformation as moving from analogue to the digital world to become more dynamic and adaptable to a fast-changing environment. But there are digitalization projects that can quickly and easily harvest low-hanging fruit.”

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A Multibillion-Dollar Supply Chain Market Growing at a Double Digit Rate that Nobody Knows About

Logistics Viewpoints

There is a multibillion-dollar supply chain software market that grew at double digit rates during the pandemic, and will continue to grow fast, that very few supply chain executives have heard of. ARC’s research shows the SCCN market is over $3 billion in size and is projected to grow at double digit rates for the next five years.

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eBook: Navigating the Journey of Digital Transformation

Logistics Business Magazine

Logistics Business magazine, in association with Aptean, has produced a short digital issue eBook about Transport management operations and cloud-based route planning. In this 8-page special guide, Editor Peter MacLeod talks to Aptean’s spokespeople Gail Skinner and Ben Glossop about the benefits of digitization.

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