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Happy Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

Brand owner to contract manufacturer or third-party logistics provider to a retailer.) Short of the initial launch of B2B exchanges in 2002, no brand owner drove the adoption of network technologies. In 2002, I was a Gartner analyst covering the evolution of network technologies in supply chains. What do you think?

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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. Breaking it down In the U.S. 3 What’s the allure?

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Shippers Dissatisfied with 3PLs’ Dinosaur Technologies

Supply Chain Collaborator

The third party logistics (3PL) model, while critical to smaller, low-volume shippers, has never been the best option for organizations shipping moderate-to-high volumes of freight. Purveyors of logistics IT solutions have been warning of the shortcomings of 3PL tech for years.

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

SCMDOJO

Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) Examples Across Industries Retail Industry Retailers leverage third-party service providers, external manufacturing systems (EMS), and supply chain IT services (RFID, IoT, barcoding, etc.), allowing them to shift their focus towards core activities like market share and product management.

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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

In the building of global supply chains, in the last decade, across value networks, outsourcing to third-party logistics, and contract manufacturing accelerated. In 2000-2002 I used to get a press release weekly on the launch of new B2B network models. The Gartner vision for ERP II in 2002 was destructive.

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Amazon buys army of robots

Supply Chain Network

Kiva, which was founded in 2002, makes robots that scoot around warehouse floors and pick up items from shelves to help fulfill customer orders. Emerging Trends Information Technology Materials Handling & Distribution New Ideas News & Info Third Party Logistics' ” See full article and video at CNN.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Logistics was first applied and recognised in military operations, its most significant impact is felt through the functions of production, distribution and consumption (Rodrigue and Slack, 2002). The growth of third-party logistics organizations, strategic alliances and partnerships has also been significant.