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Gartner Releases Report on How to Secure Supply Chains Amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak

Logistics Manager

Gartner has released a report detailing how to secure supply chains amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The consequences of a pandemic event are hard to predict,” says Koray Köse, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner. It is not a matter of if it will happen but to change the focus to be prepared when it happens.

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5 Reasons Why You Need to Do a Delivery Network Re-Route Now

Talking Logistics

To optimize their delivery operations, these companies engage in strategic route design on an infrequent basis or when some big event occurs in the company. For most, re-routes are a painful and time-consuming exercise. This tedious process made a strategic route planning exercise more of an art than the science it should be.

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What manufacturers need to know about IIoT

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Exercise trackers like Fitbit or Garmin are part of an IoT network that collects and analyzes data from objects – people. This can help to detect possible dangers like temperature fluctuations, power loss, water intrusion, and other potentially damaging events. Gartner propose a three-part solution architecture.

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Battling a perfect storm

Automotive Logistics

It is an academic exercise to speculate …but there are some big dollars at stake here.”. From a strategy perspective, OEMs are unwilling to make big investments on what could be a short-term event, with trade negotiations set to continue and the prospect of a new government in the US in a couple of years. That is exciting.