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Digital Transformation in the Heavy Building Materials Industry

Talking Logistics

Virtually all industries today are undergoing digital transformation, but the opportunities for cost savings, as well as productivity and service improvements, are arguably greatest in the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry because of all of their current manual and paper-based processes. Today’s Challenges in the HBM Industry.

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Supply Chain Visibility: Beyond “Where’s My Truck?”

Talking Logistics

I’ve been an industry analyst for over 20 years and achieving timely and accurate supply chain visibility has always been — and continues to be — a top priority for companies across all industries. It’s an ongoing challenge because supply chains continue to get more fragmented, more global, and more dynamic.

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3PL Fulfillment Robotics Roadmap

Ship Monk

The company is also passionate about transparency, and as part of that values education in all aspects of the fulfillment industry. Below are just a few examples of different robots that 3PLs can use to enhance productivity. The ROBOT TOM Line.

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Advanced Visibility in Emergency Response Situations

Talking Logistics

How can the supply chain and logistics industry help? How does technology support these efforts? Kathy explains that, “ALAN was formed by the supply chain and logistics industry in response to the acute logistics challenges faced by the Gulf Coast as a result of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

To get a better understanding of how the shared economy works within the supply chain, let’s take a look at some examples: Example #1: Amazon Flex. Example #2: Airtasker. Example #2: Airtasker. It works like this: A poster, for example, needs someone to assemble furniture bought from Ikea.

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Real-time Capacity Matching: Making Brokers More Efficient

Talking Logistics

Visibility Enables Faster Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash processes : for example, you can leverage Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD) and geofencing to initiate invoicing and payment process. . In case you missed it, check out my short video interview with William and David and our write-up of the case study.

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Top 20: The Ultimate Logistics Technology Roundup

Freightos

Freight Marketplaces : Cargomatic is a prime example of the rebirth of freight marketplaces. One example? also Supply Chain Quarterly , from Lew Manci @CrownEquipment ]. Industry Week , @IndustryWeek ]. Supply chains will need to adapt, incorporating faster, agile methods to transfer data.