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Revisiting Some Great Advice for Supply Chain Young Professionals

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: Today’s post revisits some great advice offered by supply chain and logitics executives to students and young professionals in past episodes of Talking Logistics. We asked these executives the same question: What advice would you give to students and young professionals interested in a supply chain and logistics career?

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Supply Chain Risk Management Highlighted by a Tiny Computer Chip

Enterra Insights

Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley explain what happened next.[2]. Lillian Ablon, an information scientist at the RAND Corporation, told Koebler and Cox, “Supply chain risk management is difficult enough for conventional threats (disruptions in operations caused by natural disasters, financial failures, poor quality, etc.).

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5 Reasons Why You Need a TMS to Build a Resilient Supply Chain

TMC

TMS technology—arguably one of the most important logistics management tools available to companies—can make a major contribution toward creating and enabling a responsive, adaptable, and intelligent global supply chain. Customers depend on greater speed, visibility, quality, and consistency. Challenges solved by a TMS. Register today!

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COVID-19 accelerates four trends and changes within global supply chains

Proxima

Next, strategic quality control and business recovery efforts were put into action – but not without some unparalleled challenges along the way. According to MarketWatch , the logistics automation market totaled $49.2 Companies reacted swiftly to protect employee health and safety. Growth of automation. billion by 2024.

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Industrial IoT: Supporters and Skeptics

Enterra Insights

Jordan Appleson ( @jordanisonfire ), CEO at Hark, explains, “A subset of IoT is the Industrial Internet of Things which refers to creating interconnections between industrial equipment, facilities, personnel and processes. These sensors monitor a variety of functions such as lighting usage, temperature, humidity and activity levels.

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5 Reasons Why You Need a TMS to Build a Resilient Supply Chain

CH Robinson Transportfolio

TMS technology—arguably one of the most important logistics management tools available to companies—can make a major contribution toward creating and enabling a responsive, adaptable, and intelligent global supply chain. Customers depend on greater speed, visibility, quality, and consistency. Challenges solved by a TMS. Register today!

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Tarik Toprak: “Growth brings its own challenges.”

Supply Chain Movement

Tarik Toprak, supply chain manager for the Ferrero Group Turkey, explains the challenges of starting-up a new factory, doing business in a non-EU country and maintaining the mission of producing high quality, fresh products while upholding the company’s social and environmental values. Which supply chain challenges keep you awake at night?

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