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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain is safely tucked behind the firewall, operating on data that is late and out of sync with the market. With strong Indian outsourcing capabilities, they are pushing the automation of processes through labor arbitrage strategies for cheap labor for manual data manipulation. Yet, the supply chain organization cannot see.

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Circular Economy in ICT – Completing the circle of supply

EcoVadis

Bringing Circular Economy (CE) into the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry effectively targets two major fields: products and equipment (waste and consumption) and internal operations and networks (energy and data). Accordingly, the industry will be responsible for 1.25Gt CO2e in 2030, or 1.97

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The Future of Analytics in Integrated Business Planning

Supply Chain Trend

Gartner plots prescriptive analysis as the final and most difficult stage of data analytics. TomTom , a Dutch mapmaker and traffic company launched their first portable GPS system in 2002. Dynamic data input. TomTom made deals with tech giants like Apple and Uber to provide automated data input to their maps.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

Industry data for 2004 - 2013 shows an annual loss of at least $17 billion due to vacant positions, with shocking losses of around $45 billion in both 2012 and 2013. Indicators are that the worker deficit could rise to over 2 million unfilled jobs in the next decade. Annually, 3.2 - 3.5 Meanwhile, the U.S.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

China’s low prices have historically undercut global prices and pushed out foreign competitors –– such as the Mountain Pass mine in California, which closed in 2002. The lack of reporting and standardised data collection. . Since the 1990s, China has supplied the lion’s share of the world’s demand for REEs. What are blockchains?