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Reimagining Logistics: Focusing on What’s Ahead, Not What Happened

Logistics Viewpoints

The pursuit of ever higher efficiency and speed have dominated transformation initiatives for more than forty years, driven in large part by the assumption that raw materials, commodities, warehouse space, transportation capacity and labor will be plentiful and immediately available at stable and often declining cost.

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Chain of Custody: A Dramatic Shift in How Fashion Brands Approach Sustainability

Logility

For most industries, the chain of custody is an exercise for tracing lots or batches from the initial origin to a finished product and into the consumer’s hands. When consumers scan a QR code with their mobile phone, they can see that the product is authentic, where it was manufactured, and how the cotton was grown and harvested.

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Why JIT Isn’t to Blame for Broken Supply Chains

Unleashed

As governments and hospitals work to stamp out Covid-19, manufacturers are also struggling to manage the virus’ impact on their supply chains. Many are quick to blame just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing for their lack of components and raw materials. It quickly grew in popularity and not just for car manufacturers.

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Scope 3 emissions, Explained

crisp

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reporting for organizations emitting over 25,000 metric tons of GHGs per year, and those in specific industries like vehicle manufacturing and industrial gas. Scope 3 emissions would result from making, manufacturing, and building this equipment.

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How Maximizing Efficiencies Can Minimize Supply Chain Disruption

USC Consulting Group

The majority of businesses, especially manufacturers, have been experiencing among the worst supply chain disruptions they’ve seen in a long time, courtesy of COVID-19. That’s enough disruption to cause severe problems for manufacturers even without COVID-19. Cyberattacks. What’s the weakest link in your supply chain?

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Supply Chain Visibility: A Precursor to Insight and Optimization

Talking Logistics

As digitization continues to modify the global supply chain landscape, its unprecedented data sources and solutions will lead to not only the demise of disparate information systems, but to the rise of true, end-to-end, supply chain visibility. Improve lead times and performance. Track, Trace and Collect Data from Key Partners.

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What Is an Agile Supply Chain?

FourKites

Learn more about building agility with real-time transportation visibility. They invest in new technologies and data-driven processes that allow them to exercise precise control over the business. Identify both quick, low-hanging improvements as well as longer-term, continuous improvements.