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Raben equips drivers with rugged handhelds

Logistics Business Magazine

For example, in Poland the units have been equipped with the SENT GEO application, which allows online monitoring of excise goods. The device also allows signature capture confirming the delivery of goods and creating electronic POD documents (Proof of Delivery). Navigation, barcode reader and phone in one.

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Facing Cold Chain Challenges

Trinity Logistics

Some examples of these are: U.S. 21 CFR 211.150 Provides guidance on the written procedures for managing expirations and a reliable system for identifying the distribution of drug samples in the event of a recall. RFID or other wireless sensor networks are the most common in the cold chain. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Concealed Freight Damage: NMFTA Changes Reporting Window Effective April 18, 2015

GlobalTranz

Although the technology, such as RFID chips , has reduced missing merchandise from the manufacturer, it still could be incorrect if the Radio Frequency Detectors on the chip were incorrectly assigned to the item(s). For consumers unable to provide such documentation, the claim will be considered invalid.

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Why Blockchain is a Game Changer for Supply Chain Management Transparency

The Logistics Academy

Blockchain is a distributed database that holds records of digital data or events in a way that makes them tamper-resistant. Every time a product changes hands, the transaction could be documented, creating a permanent history of a product, from manufacture to sale. What is Blockchain? Benefits in a Nutshell.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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Blockchain Technology is Set to Transform the Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Bitcoin as an Example of Blockchain. The brief description of blockchain above may seem a bit abstract, so let’s look closer at the real-life example of Bitcoin. However, it also happens to be the most well-known example. It is also just one particular example. Bitcoin is just one way of using blockchain.