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Metcalf’s Law Does Not Apply to Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

But there is a type of solution known as multi-enterprise supply chain networks (MSCN). A MSCN is a collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a many-to-many architecture which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. In automotive, the OEM says “jump” and the suppliers asks “how high?”.

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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

There are two types of RFID tags commonly used in logistics and transportation: Passive RFID tags utilize the power in radio waves emitted by fixed or portable readers to rebroadcast their unique identification. They don’t have an internal power source, so range and data storage is sacrificed to gain cost efficiency and lifespan.

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Top 10 CEOs Who Have Had Roles in Supply Chain

SCMDOJO

Barra has mentored young people while they studied science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and diligently climbed the corporate ladder from an entry-level engineer to an influential leader in the automotive industry. Brian Cornell Brian Cornell is the CEO of Target Corporation, an American retail company.

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Who’s Using Blockchain in 2020, and How?

Logistics Bureau

The diamond and gold, tea and coffee, beverage, food, and automotive industries all have participants with blockchain applications under test, operating as pilots, or implemented as digital solutions to improve supply chain operations. So how well is blockchain living up to commercial and organizational expectations?

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Seeing Supply Chain Visibility through Different Lenses

Bristlecone

It was the uncertainty of whether the product would be available that drove my purchase decision. New sources of revenue and increased staff productivity await logistics service providers. In addition, as they commission new molds, they could remotely qualify the molds with the tool builder. I chose predictable availability.

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Supply Chain: Logistics Masterplans

KEPLER Consulting

The industrial footprint of major international companies has continued to grow over the last thirty years without however leading to a streamlined logistical organization. In turn, they all require, from the logistics sector, a very high level of performance and regardless of the degree of internationalization of the latter. ?What

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Tracking Shipments with IoT

Logichain Solutions

IoT in Logistics. In logistics and supply chain, IoT can be used to monitor the status of assets, shipments, and people in real time throughout the value chain. Barcode labels and RFID were some of the early tools to track shipments, albeit without providing real-time and remote monitoring capabilities. IoT to track shipments.