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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. Grainger was an early adopter of B2B e-commerce dating back to 1995 with the launch of its first electronic catalog. In 2019, it re-acquired HD Supply, a company it sold in 2007.

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An Uneven Road Ahead for Driverless Vehicles

CH Robinson Transportfolio

There were subsequent challenges in 2005 and 2007. Today’s Google self-driving car is not far removed from the vehicles that competed in the DARPA Challenge in 2007, according to Sertac Karaman, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fast Lane Technology.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

Segment customers and suppliers against the business strategy and digitize–electronic definition of the relationships and record exchange–based on the segmentation activity. Tease out the future of your supply chain by examining how the electrons and molecules are shifting. Map the data and the processes outside-in.

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The Changing Face of Supply Chain Security

Logistics Bureau

They can affect manufacturing, warehousing and transport. For example, warehousing security has increased. As above, when security is too good for thieves to attack in warehouses, they steal from trucks in transit. Access to a site is first via a badge read electronically at the door. Access controls for personnel, too.

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Top 6 Wholesale Distribution Trends for 2019

EMERGE App

The rise of China in the past decade coincided with a global economic boom after the financial crisis of 2007-2008. They are major suppliers of parts for electronic and optical equipment, and electrical machinery. Multiple warehouse locations, to ship orders from locations closest to your customer, are built in.

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An Uneven Road Ahead for Driverless Vehicles

TMC

There were subsequent challenges in 2005 and 2007. Today’s Google self-driving car is not far removed from the vehicles that competed in the DARPA Challenge in 2007, according to Sertac Karaman, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fast Lane Technology.

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Uberisation of Logistics – Are You Too Late?

Logistics Bureau

Even tipping is handled electronically. For example, before Uber started in 2009, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk system was already functioning in 2007. If Uber vehicles can hold and deliver food in this way, who know what other supplies such mobile warehouses might also hold if the customer interest and levels of demand are right.