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The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Transportation Sourcing Solution

Talking Logistics

If you are buying widgets, there are many ways to make your purchase, from going to a retail location, ordering online or using a standard procurement software tool that allows you to order lots of widgets and receive them over a specified period of time. Here are the top five reasons you need a transportation sourcing solution: 1.

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Google Glass 2.0 Highlights Accelerating Move to Augmented Reality in the Supply Chain

RFgen

Implementing AR glasses gives users a place to display relevant work data while keeping their hands free, and the trend is rapidly taking hold in a variety of settings, including the supply chain. “We knew the value of wearable technology when we first put it on the floor,” Gulick told the news source.

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Google Glass 2.0 Highlights Accelerating Move to Augmented Reality in the Supply Chain

RFgen

Implementing AR glasses gives users a place to display relevant work data while keeping their hands free, and the trend is rapidly taking hold in a variety of settings, including the supply chain. “We knew the value of wearable technology when we first put it on the floor,” Gulick told the news source.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

The VP of Supply Chain and Logistics at our house (aka my wife) has been out of the country this week. So, while I count the days and hours and minutes until she gets back, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Activates For Latest Major Hurricane Of 2018.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 26 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Cyberattack on Toyota’s supply chain shuts 14 Japanese factories. Xerox addresses $300m backlog due to supply shortages. As Clint Reiser pointed out earlier this week, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is impacting global supply chains. Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

states, obvious disruptions to supply chains and supply chain risk management were a given. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. The human links of the supply chain were stressed. These ports accounted for 18.3%

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech November 6 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Technology. This column serves as a news capsule of specific developments occurring in the supply chain technology sector. has announced completion of the acquisition of procurement services provider ProcureAbility.