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Digital technology helps mitigate climate change risk

Logistics Business Magazine

Twenty-seven percent of supply chain leaders have conducted a climate change risk assessment to identify their most critical supply chain risks, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. According to the survey, 44% of respondents have a general sense of potential climate change risks based on previous events.

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How Disruptions like Coronavirus Test The Resilience Of Supply Chain Planning

AIMMS

While this creates tremendous value , it also br ings the inevitable risk that certain event s can have far-reaching consequences that influence supply chain s more than ever before. Let’s explore some example s. . Most often , these events force demand and resource usage to fluctuate.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. This example illustrates why supply chain visibility isn’t enough.

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Email Tips for Ecommerce Businesses

Ship Monk

Email vs. Other Forms of Communication For many years, email has been the gold standard of communication tools for DTC businesses. Direct mail, while not as eco-friendly and far more expensive, can be used to deliver a coupon to infrequent shoppers, or communicate big events, such as an annual sale or new product drop. The downside?

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3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2020

AIMMS

This promises to be a very eventful year. Dubbed YAFO, the modeling tool also helps users understand how forests will adapt to a changing climate, drawing on data from multiple European countries. . Governments are also relying on AIMMS-based tools to assess the costs and benefits of renewable energy subsidies.

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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Because switching from JIT to JIC is at best only a tool to address short-term problems and risk. Change can creep imperceptibly, so sometimes it takes a major event to wake us up. For example, they reduced inventory planned for first quarter 2022 by $120M due to more accurate estimates of levels needed.

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Driving Resiliency and Digital Transformation

Logistics Business Magazine

For example, by implementing custom integrations with Samsara’s open API, Liberty Energy saved over 10,000 hours and $300,000 in administrative costs per year. According to Workplace from Meta’s survey, 45% of frontline workers plan on leaving the frontline altogether. In-Cab Nudges will be available in open beta this fall. ?

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