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The Internet of Things in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The Digital Age is all about connectivity and so is the emergence of the digital supply chain. And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes. Supply chain IoT tools. in 2004 to $0.38 in 2014 to just 4 cents in 2019.”[6].

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This Week in Logistics News (July 14-18, 2014)

Talking Logistics

UPS Capital – Sponsored Study Shows Supply Chain Risk Mitigation Strategies Lacking. Penske Logistics Joins CargoNet to Enhance Supply Chain Security. It’s not new, it’s not sexy, but B2B connectivity is coming out of the shadows and becoming an important factor in creating an end-to-end supply chain solution.”

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

There are tens of thousands of books about logistics and supply chains. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. That’s 56,751 supply chain and logistics books. But we got it down to ten logistics and supply chain books you’ll actually want to read.

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6 Things We've Learned from McDonald's Procurement Management

AFFLINK

Today's food industry supply chain operators would do well to learn from the excellent procurement management example that McDonald's has set. Here are six of the most important things that we have learned from the way that McDonald's handles procurement and other crucial supply chain matters: 1. Timing is Crucial.

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Navy Awards Two Shipbuilding Contracts for New Submarines

Operations and Supply Chain Management

WSJ – April 29, 2014 12:48 a.m. General Dynamics also builds guided-missile destroyers, auxiliary ships and commercial vessels. The latest deal covers the building of two submarines a year, with the block buy expanded to 10 ships from the eight ordered in the previous batch of boats which first entered service in 2004.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. We will feature over the next 7 business days each category’s top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2014.

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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

Resilinc

Ready for a supply-chain-themed movie night? As professionals who monitor the supply chain daily for potential disruptions, we can’t help but see the supply chain everywhere—yes, even in disaster movies. Grab some popcorn and get ready for a supply chain-themed movie night!