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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

We started the pandemic with twenty-one more days of inventory than we had in 2007. As inventories dwindled, labor issues surfaced and shipping issues proliferated, supply chain teams began to accept that the only new normal was disruption. Only 4% of manufacturing companies are innovators and 17% are early adopters.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

The other big opportunity, which despite all the talk over the years remains on the table, is reducing the number of trucks required to ship products by eliminating empty miles and backhauls, developing smarter packaging, optimizing trailer loading, collaborative shipping, and other approaches. percent improvement.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

I threw in a healthy dose of interesting (globalization, shipping trends and the business of logistics), a dash of history (the evolution of longitude), a sprinkle of next generation manufacturing (lean manufacturing) and some great company success stories (FedEx, Walmart. I think you’ll like the list too.

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Drones in Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

From the beginning of the robotization era in 1960 to the automated Supply Chains in 2020, a huge boom in technology has happened and drones are showing strong potential in performance which impacts the fulfilment process as they become more innovative over time. & (2007). The future for drones is bright. Bibliography: Baker, P. &

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Drones in Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

From the beginning of the robotization era in 1960 to the automated Supply Chains in 2020, a huge boom in technology has happened and drones are showing strong potential in performance which impacts the fulfilment process as they become more innovative over time. & (2007). The future for drones is bright. Bibliography: Baker, P. &

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This Week in Logistics News (June 6-10, 2016)

Talking Logistics

In the following weeks, DHL will continuously perform tests with different robot types and systems”, says Markus Kückelhaus, VP Innovation & Trend Research, DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation. To date, iContainers has: Helped nearly 5K customers ship goods across 500,000 trade routes to the 1,200 global destinations supported.

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3 Ways Crowdsourcing Is Revolutionizing Supply Chain Management

Kinaxis

It drives an innovative fulfillment strategy through its vast distribution center network and independent delivery fleet that enables it to guarantee two-day delivery. Crowdsourcing improves product innovation. Dell has received more than 16,000 ideas through the site since 2007, and has implemented nearly 500 of those.