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Citations of Excellence Awards 2016

SCM Research

All of these articles were selected from articles published in 2013. Technology Designed to Combat Fakes in the Global Supply Chain. The Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freight Transport by Pooling Supply Chains. Closed-Loop Supply Chains: A Critical Review, and Future Research.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 23-27, 2015)

Talking Logistics

DHL launches next phase Resilience360 risk management tool to help customers avoid global disasters. December 2014 North American Freight Numbers. What caught my attention, however, were the other data points that Target revealed recently: Record sales on Target.com on Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, up 40 percent from 2013.

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Life Sciences and the Journey to Supply Chain Resilience: A Q&A with Craig Fix

Resilinc

We needed to position our organization and supplier base to act quickly to secure supply in the event of a disruption. I identified and selected Resilinc to enable our supply risk management and mitigation strategy and was the first Life Sciences customer of Resilinc in January 2013.

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Identity Theft, Trucking Style

Talking Logistics

Then the con artists offer low bids to freight brokers who handle shipping for numerous companies. According to a September 2013 white paper published by CargoNet and the Cargo Security Alliance , 8 percent of cargo thefts in 2013 (as of August 31, 2013) were due to fictitious pick-ups, up from 5 percent in 2011.

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Blockchain and Supply Chain are Becoming Inextricably Tied

Enterra Insights

Compounding these challenges, supply chains are increasingly frequent targets of cyber crime. A recent Supply Chain Insights study revealed that the number one event impacting supply chains from 2013 to 2018 was cyber attacks or computer hacking. Managing trade documentation. ”[1].

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

Talking Logistics

But as I wrote back in April 2013 , “If you look closely, Amazon’s real advantage comes from its logistics assets — the 89 distribution centers it [had at the time], including 20 opened [in 2012], with more scheduled to open in the months ahead. . — Adrian’s Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2014.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 11-15, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Freight Shipments Rose 0.8% University of Maryland Selects Resilinc as Supply Chain Risk Partner. As I’ve written and spoken about many times this year, many companies are falling short on supply chain risk management , which is having a negative impact on their financial performance and eroding their market share.