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Technology Can Help Feed the World, Part 2

Enterra Insights

Some experts are now referring to the technological revolution unfolding in agriculture as “Farming 4.0.” “Experts caution,” they write, “that if history is anything to go by, technological revolutions typically result in greater inequality as the rich capture most of the benefits.” ”[1]. .”

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 The Google TMS?

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define.

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The 13 Most Preferred Cryptocurrencies!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The first version of bitcoin was introduced in 2009, and many updates have been made since then. In addition, Bitcoin’s underlying technology- blockchain- is the most popular and revolutionary technology being adapted by almost every industry today. Subscribe Here!

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Transforming Consumer Value Chains: Navigating The Power Shift to the Shopper

Supply Chain Shaman

For December 2015, retail sales were the lowest since 2009. Retail was slow to adopt supply chain processes to drive new business models; and as a result, traditional retail redefinition of supply chain processes got caught in the omni-channel hype while Amazon worked its magic to become a market leader.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Growing up with a father who developed inventory management software for a living spawned some interesting conversations around the dinner table. As the economy reopens post-COVID, there are still supply chain shortages. source: tradingeconomics.com. source: thebalance.com. Forward Buying and Inflation.

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Reviewing the Hottest Cryptocurrencies!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Cryptocurrencies are underlined as the utmost lethal combination of finance and technology. In the year 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto released the foremost software of bitcoin. Ethereum was invented in the year 2014, and the network of Ethereum went live in 2015.