Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2018

While matching the claims experience and damage repair responsibilities of the average car owner against those of an OEM or logistics provider carrying new vehicles is an apples-to-oranges comparison, all parties enduring the ravages of storm damage are faced with costly downstream impacts. For new vehicles, the costs go far beyond repair.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

As demand for last mile logistics intensifies, warehouses become the prime candidates for automation. This is creating the need to shrink the time between identification of a sourcing need and executing on a sourcing event. All in all, several of the trends that have been at play will be accelerated during 2022 and beyond.

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Bringg

AUGUST 4, 2020

Over the last 30 years, I have seen dozens of technology trends predicted as the Next Big Thing, and then disappear into the abyss of innovation. Now more than ever, the challenge for logistics leaders is to capitalize on the right technology trends at the right time, to measurably improve their efficiency or revenues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Risk events that happen in one part of the supply chain can cause a disruptive effect that is amplified multi-fold given the complex connectivity of labor, raw materials, and capacity. Globalization, nearshoring and friendshoring trends are amplifying the supply chain risks. This is where AI can make all the difference.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Concurrency combined with AI is the breakthrough, because it connects islands of isolation and aligns the nodes of your supply chain. One trend is AI moving from “artisanal to industrial,” as companies adopt platforms with the capabilities they need already built in.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2022

And secondly, is it wise to build ever more distribution centres, vital nodes in the economy of the nation, on increasingly vulnerable, if attractively flat, flood plains? There may be unplanned events such as, a fire in the warehouse or perhaps a major product recall. Then there are planned peak requirements.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. News & Events. |. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Order sourcing process finds the optimal node from which order can be sourced; whereas scheduling determines when the order can be shipped or delivered. Communication Services.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2017

If existing scenarios and events have triggered an assessment of your supply chain flow, you’re operating with a reactive design. If on the other hand, you’re considering events that aren’t in the process of happening right now, you’re proactive instead. Times Have Changed For Supply Chains.

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The Logistics Academy

JANUARY 23, 2017

Blockchain is a distributed database that holds records of digital data or events in a way that makes them tamper-resistant. – as they move between supply chain nodes. Manufacturers can also reduce recalls by sharing logs with OEMs and regulators ( Talking Logistics ). What is Blockchain? Greater Scalability.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2018

I’m short on time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains. LTL rates seen zooming in excess of 5 percent this year (Logistics Management).

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2018

WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Before we get into blockchain’s potential entry points into the supply chain ecosystem, let’s take a look at the two current trends in SCM *(Supply Chain Management): Dynamism SCM has evolved to become a huge, global ecosystem.

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