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6 Manufacturing Trends to Watch Out for in 2016

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers will integrate e-commerce systems with IoT (Internet of Things) initiatives. A recent report by Frost & Sullivan, “The Future of Parts and Service Retailing in the Automotive Aftermarket” , predicts that by 2025, 10 to 15 percent of all global parts sales will be made online.

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What’s the Difference Between Blockchain and Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Game Changer

The idea of a “Blockchain” was conceived in 2008 although the concept of a chain of blocks began as early as 1991, and use of the word Blockchain itself has only become popular in the last few years. The 5 Levels of Supply Chain Transparency! The phrase “Supply Chain Management” was first coined in 1982. Conclusion.

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How Did the Digital Supply Chain Evolve?

Supply Chain Game Changer

When the first mobile app marketplace launched in 2008, it only presented 500 offerings within the product categories. They could use internet-based tools to generate graphs, view trends and study predictions. A 2020 report showed that supply chain cyberattacks rose by 150% between 2016 and 2017. billion by 2023.

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The View from Houston: DHL Global Energy Conference 2015

Supply Chain View from the Field

The conference was a great opportunity to interact with logistics and procurement executives in an environment of open dialogue and discussion. There is no question that the oil and gas sector is under a huge amount of pressure to drive cost savings.

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution and why cash flow is at its center

Taulia

Deloitte describes the impact that the Fourth Industrial Revolution could have on business as: “…the marriage of physical and digital technologies such as analytics, artificial intelligence, cognitive technologies and the internet of things (IoT). And with the power of machine learning, they get better at it every single time.

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4 Use Cases of the IoT in Retail: Operations Transformed for Greater Efficiency and Profitability

GlobalTranz

The Internet of Things (IoT) is all around us. In fact, item-level tracking, reports Melanie Nuce of Supply and Demand Chain Executive , such as radio-frequency identification tags, can increase inventory management accuracy by 26 percent. Your smartphone tracks your daily activities.

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26 supply chain pros reveal the single most effective way to create a winning supply chain strategy

6 River Systems

“It sort of depends upon what we are purchasing from the supplier as to the approach we should take…” Commodity Strategic The first level, for components or typical commodity type products, we will at least want to perform a supplier evaluation of some sort. with a backup plan as part of contingency planning.