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ShipChain and Scanlog Partner Over Blockchain-Based Track-and-Trace Platform

Shipchain

ShipChain , the blockchain-based end-to-end logistics startup, has announced the integration of its platform with Scandinavian logistics company Scanlog , to help with the track-and-trace of Scanlog’s freight moving across the company’s global logistics network.

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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. However, raw materials costs have been rising recently, along with additional operating costs in the chemical industry. How can chemical manufacturers better manage their operating costs?

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Automated Hand-Scanning Upgrade

Logistics Business Magazine

Now, a milestone upgrade to SICK’s Lector65x image-based code reader family has made it quicker and easier to set up and use the technology in high-volume operations. Hand-held barcode readers are still widely used to ensure the traceability of goods and packages, for example in retail, warehousing and parcel sorting operations.

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How IoT Is Reinventing Asset Tracking for Logistics

IoT World Today

To deal with the intricacy of modern logistics, supply chain companies are upgrading their ability with technologies like IoT to accurately track assets. For example, a factory relies on raw material deliveries could learn through an IoT device on the shipment that it is headed in the wrong direction.

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How ERP enables traceability in the automotive parts and accessories industry

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The type of information tracked will vary, but some of the more commonly collected information includes but is not limited to: source of manufacturer, manufacturing facility, place of origin, production time and date, Lot number, part number, model number and components used in the assembly. Operational efficiency.

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Providing High Levels of Freight Visibility Across the Supply Chain

Now, That's Logistics

This siloed approach is keeping organizations from fully understanding their freight operations and leaves them vulnerable to unexpected risks (e.g., Shippers like the instant quoting features and how easy the platform makes it for them to secure and track their freight. “As emerging threats, disruptions, etc.). The connect 4.0

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ERP for process manufacturing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

To operate in this environment, manufacturers need technology to improve speed, quality, and efficiency and streamline their processes. For example, the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals vs. processing liquid waste in the mining industry. By-and co-products are often unavoidable outputs and tracking and costing them is critical.