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How to Improve Supply Chain Efficiency and Productivity with Visibility Data

FourKites

On transportation and customer service teams, a cloud-based real-time tracking platform can automate track-and-trace processes to maximize efficiency and productivity in the supply chain. Both of those methods require the real-time tracking and predictive ETAs available through a supply chain visibility platform.

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The role that ERP systems can take in helping IM&E

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

It may be difficult to decide how to spend a limited budget on new digital technology. This is an interactive web platform that enables online transactions and streamlines collaboration with suppliers for processes like requesting quotes and tracking the progress of supplier deliveries.

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Managing Operating Costs in the Chemical industry

Trinity Logistics

According to an American Chemistry Council report, 96 percent of all manufactured goods trace back to chemical manufacturers. For example, raw agricultural materials have increased 117 percent since 2000 , rubber has seen an increase of 359 percent, and steel is up 167 percent. Rising Raw Material Costs.

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Impact of IoT on Supply Chains

Triskele Logistics

A common example of IoT is smartphones. One of the biggest areas for IoT in supply chains has been tracking and tracing. An example of supply chain assets that are being tracked are containers. Another example is the use of mobile devices to track and assist truck drivers in their daily operations.

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A Guide to Optimizing Your Inbound Freight Management 

GoShip Blog

How to Create an Effective Inbound Freight Management Strategy To ensure that your inbound freight systems are seamless and efficient, you will have to pour time and energy into implementing the new processes into your business. This way, tracking and tracing the movement of raw materials that are delivered to your business is easier.

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RF Scanners: The Ultimate Guide

Conger

How to choose an RF scanner. How Is RF Scanning Used in Warehousing? How to Use an RF Scanner Gun. How Much Do RF Scanners Cost? How to Choose an RF Scanner. Manufacturing: Inventory management and asset tracking. Food: Tracking from farm to table for better food safety. What RF scanners are used for.

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What Is an Agile Supply Chain?

FourKites

The COVID pandemic may have been an extreme example of what can go wrong, but it also underscored the importance of planning and decision-making in the event of sudden disruptions that upend the normal working of the complicated modern supply chain apparatus. How to Create an Agile Supply Chain Model.