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Industry Outlook: Manufacturing Trends

Trinity Logistics

Many of today’s manufacturing trends are in line with the industry’s goals to improve processes, create more efficiency, and meet consumer demand. The manufacturing industry has seen challenges, from changes in the way people work to the rapid growth in demand, with many of these challenges accelerated by the recent covid-19 pandemic.

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Supply chain technologies highlight findings from 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study – Canadian Shipper

247 Customs Broker

Shippers recognize the need for agility, but 42 percent of survey respondents said they have not made the required changes to improve their agility over the past five years. Yet, only roughly a third of all survey takers agreed that companies do enough to effectively manage last yard issues.

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Supply Chain Technology: It’s Not Just for Big Businesses Anymore, but is it Enough?

247 Customs Broker

As digital transformation forces nearly every industry to re-examine its business practices, shippers of all sizes recognize the importance of an agile, digitized supply chain. With supply chain technology now within reach for more businesses, the case for investing in tools that drive optimization is clear.

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Digital Transformation: An Imperative for Industrial Manufacturing in 2017

GlobalTranz

Are industrial manufacturers seizing all the opportunities of a more digital world? The remaining 70 percent are hindered by outdated business models and technology. The speed of business is fast and companies that aren’t successful in adopting, implementing, and optimizing new technologies run the risk of being left behind.

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Generative AI: Cheat Code to a More Competitive Supply Chain Business?

Logistics Viewpoints

This is called ChatGPT, a natural language processing (NLP) tool that runs on artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct human-like discussions in order to assist you with various requests. The supply chain is ripe for generative AI. We’re already seeing it in diverse applications, such as writing emails or essays. Make no mistake.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

This survey-based research gathers quantitative data as well as information on practices or performance drivers. This survey focuses on the current state of key practices in last mile logistics, spread across multiple industries and over 1,100 respondents. How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation?

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Profitably Delivering eCommerce with Consumer-Centric Priorities

Logistics Viewpoints

Even before the emergence of COVID-19, next-day and same-day delivery promises from mega retailers, as well as new delivery models such as store pick-up, were driving increasing customer expectations — not just in retail, but in every industry. In fact, the on-demand industry was estimated to account for $75 billion in 2018. [1]

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