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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

A prime example is how governments in the Middle East have begun to rethink food security targets after the disruptions to their food supply chains. For example: poor quality, high costs, high lead time, supplier communication. For example: high or low product demand, excess inventory holding, product distribution.

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Addressing the “White Spaces” in Supply Chain Planning

Talking Logistics

One of the trends I’ve been writing and talking about is how the clockspeeds of every industry are accelerating and how companies are having a hard time realigning their processes, organizational structures, and technology platforms to keep up with this rapid pace of change. Excel spreadsheets.

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The Future of Ocean Data Sharing and Visibility

Talking Logistics

What factors are driving this trend? The ability to connect the dots between the nodes in that ecosystem is the next step forward in visibility. Andrew goes on to explain that, “Customers are also beginning to deploy business intelligence tools to answer questions such as: Is my network designed the right way?

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Logistics and the Smart Technology Revolution

Now, That's Logistics

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. Blocks of information are distributed and accessed by several hub points, called “nodes”, that support a network. 3D Printing. Self-driving Vehicles.

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3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep on Your 2019 Radar

Logistics Bureau

3 Supply Chain Trends to Track in 2019. However, this year hasn’t quite closed out yet (at the time of writing), so in the true spirit of just-in-time delivery, here’s a quick appraisal of three current trends that I believe will come on stronger, and perhaps become some of the most important to supply chain operators in 2019.

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

GlobalTranz

We never want to take for granted that although this subject is one of the hottest trends looking to transform the world the way the internet did that everyone understands what is the Hyperconnected Era of “The Internet of Things.” What is an Example of Internet of Things? ” But first, let’s back up a bit.

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Active Supply Chain Design: A Key Imperative for De Risking Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

The bullwhip effect is one example of this disruptive effect, when small changes in demand cause huge demand spikes downstream. Globalization, nearshoring and friendshoring trends are amplifying the supply chain risks. Table 1 describes a few examples of these types of risks. These risks are low probability and high impact.