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Supply Chain’s Next Decade of Dealing With the Unknown

MIT Supply Chain

LinkedIn published my 100th Influencer article last month. Some events and trends driving the supply chain’s standing back in 2014 remain just as influential in 2023. My proposal was prescient — the program celebrated its one-millionth enrollment in September 2022 and is still growing.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 17-21, 2016)

Talking Logistics

in September. Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – September 2016. Here are some additional details from the article: With blockchain, the movement of food products can be digitally tracked from suppliers including farms to the store shelves and ultimately to consumers. Driver-Screening Firms Draw Scrutiny (WSJ – sub.

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The Autonomous Digital Enterprise, Part 1

Enterra Insights

Sayed notes, “A September [2020] Fortune article estimated that nearly 100,000 businesses that shut down in 2020 are permanently out of business. In the concluding installment of this article, I will discuss some of the trends and technologies pushing the ADE movement forward. .”[6]. Concluding Thoughts.

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Amazon: Disruptor or Distraction?

Talking Logistics

The question was triggered by all of the logistics-related moves Amazon continues to make, as evidenced by these headlines since last September alone: Amazon Buys Thousands of Its Own Truck Trailers as Its Transportation Ambitions Grow (Recode – Dec 2015). In Q4 2015, FBA units represented nearly 50% of total third-party units.

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The Pandemic has Bolstered Supply Chain Transformation Efforts

Enterra Insights

This is what I have read in many articles and blogs, but just changing what you have done in the past is woefully inadequate. 1] Mark van Rijmenam, “ The Supply Chain of Tomorrow Will Be Flexible, Efficient and Resilient ,” Datafloq, 20 September 2020. [2] Footnotes. [1] 7] Michael C. Footnotes. [1] 7] Michael C.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 21-25, 2015)

Talking Logistics

What do you get when you mix two of the hottest IT trends together, namely social collaboration and wearable devices? The Wall Street Journal also published an article this week on how “retailers’ powerful chief merchants, once lionized for their knack for spotting trends, are finding their intuitions being displaced by algorithms.”

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Supply Chain Can Teach Us Much About the Future of Professional  Education

MIT Supply Chain

The march of innovation in business is accelerating, fueled to a great extent by trends such as shifts in consumer buying behavior and rising customer expectations. If a structural change makes historical trends very different from the present and future, the AI-driven models are no more useful than their simpler predecessors.