Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Getting started with AI in supply chain might not start where you think. Instead start with the foundation of your AI strategy, which should be an understanding of your company’s supply chain and your data. Since this advice on getting started with AI in supply chain may seem counterintuitive, let me explain.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 21, 2018

Blockchain in Supply Chain Management. Over the past year, there have been plenty of announcements and articles about the potential role and benefits of blockchain in supply chain management. Suffer from poor supply chain visibility? UPS Joins Top Alliance To Create Blockchain Standards For Logistics.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 6, 2019

In order to improve their omni-channel fulfillment performance, companies need to overcome several challenges that are currently hindering their ability to effectively optimize and manage their supply chain inventory. And it begins with improving their inventory accuracy. The Inventory Accuracy “Confidence Gap”.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Volatility in supply chains remains, but an overall softening of freight has created opportunities for shippers to realign and reshuffle allocations of business as they focus on resilience, cost management and strong relationships. Transportation costs—driven by increases in all modes and nodes—reached $1.39 of the national GDP.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

During our conversation, Pervinder and I spoke abut the changing nature of supply chain management, especially in the face of the ongoing Covid pandemic. First, what is the current state of supply chain technology? Second, what market trends are emerging? The State of Supply Chain Technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Supply chain resiliency and sustainability are top priorities for CEOs today. To achieve these goals, corporate leadership must focus on two key areas: shift from internally focused supply chains to collaborative supply networks and actively design their supply chains.

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Now, That's Logistics

MARCH 12, 2018

The tech that will forever transform logistics and the supply chain as we know it. Global logistics and supply chains are not immune. At the same time, there is an acquisitions trend among competitors, with only four or five major companies expected to still be in the market by 2020. 3D Printing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

As I was enjoying the holidays, I had an opportunity to reflect on the year past and what the future holds for supply chains. However, organizations will need to be deliberate in designing supply chains with optionality so it does not become cost prohibitive. Supply Chain Design is essential in tackling these.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 17, 2022

When it comes to educated speculation about the future of supply chains, I can think of nobody better to talk to than Sheri Hinish. They include the “People’s Choice 2020 Global Woman in Supply Chain Leader” and Supply & Demand Chain Executive “Pro to Know” for 2019, 2021, and 2021.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2019

What factors are driving this trend? Andrew notes that, “Many companies are starting to look at the supply chain as the tip of the spear for enhancing the customer experience. The ability to connect the dots between the nodes in that ecosystem is the next step forward in visibility. Enhancing the customer experience.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 8, 2019

3 Supply Chain Trends to Track in 2019. We’ve had a busy final quarter of 2018 here at Logistics Bureau, so it was somewhat later in the year than usual when I got to thinking about what’s been going on in the supply chain world at large, and which developments are likely to keep the industry on its toes in the coming year.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2018

A volatile 2017 hurricane season saw successive storms hit the US south-east and the Caribbean , counting at least 500,000 vehicles in the US alone among its many damages and leading to emergency planning once again gaining a greater level of prominence within the finished vehicle supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2017

Every supply chain has a central purpose, regardless of size or industry: getting materials from their point of origin to the place they’re needed as quickly and inexpensively as possible. Designing a supply chain to accomplish that task isn’t as straightforward as it seems, especially when technology is involved.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

As supply chain and transportation visibility is a hot topic for Logistics Managers and Directors, 3rd party logistics providers , who adopt this type of technology, are surely to reap the rewards of highly satisfied customers. What is an Example of Internet of Things? ” But first, let’s back up a bit.

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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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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to improve demand forecasting is one of the most promising applications of AI for supply chains. A key question for supply chain professionals is: How do the non-traditional methods compare in performance with established forecasting practices? Knowledge Gaps.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2022

The recent COP26 summit has, despite some disappointments, highlighted the need for radical change in every area of the modern economy, supply chains not least, writes Matt Whittaker, Commercial Director at Bis Henderson Space. We also know that there are many businesses desperate to take advantage of those opportunities.

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The Logistics Academy

JANUARY 23, 2017

From conducting payment and audits to tracking inventory and assets, blockchain technology will enable greater supply chain efficiency than ever before. Blockchain – the technology behind the digital asset and payment system Bitcoin – has the potential to transform the supply chain. Greater Scalability.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 12, 2018

The retail supply chain is a complex animal that has been affected by everything from the uptick in e-commerce to the move to omni-channel distribution to the so-called “Amazon effect,” to name a few. Together, these two software platforms continue to play a significant role in the typical retail supply chain.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 13, 2023

For example, if we want to control the inventory, we would have three tables, one for the products (with all the information related to them), another for the stocks (with information about inputs and outputs about a determined product) and a third one in charge of relating a product with its stocks.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2018

Editor’s Note: Today’s blog is from Kevin Doubleday who discusses the importance of blockchain within the supply chain. Current Supply Chains don’t operate at the cadence of business. Integrating Blockchain within the Supply Chain could change that. Download white paper.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

Will blockchain have the same fate as RFID in supply chain management? That said, leading companies are still testing blockchain in various supply chain applications. As I wrote back in December 2015, I believe blockchain has the potential to improve supply chain processes.

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PINC

JULY 20, 2020

These and other insights were recently unveiled in the 31st Annual Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) State of Logistics Report. The pandemic, and global measures taken to reduce its further spread, have decimated supply chains, scrambled logistics capabilities, and destroyed huge swaths of demand.

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