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Insights from the C-Suite: Supply Chain People Are Making a Difference in the World

Material Handling & Logistics

The biggest challenge for supply chain professionals today is the is the accelerated pace of change, according to APICS CEO Abe Eshkenazi. Since 2006, Abe Eshkenazi has served as CEO of APICS, a trade association focused on offering research, education and certification programs in supply chain management.

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America Needs a Tune-up for Its Innovation Engine

Enterra Insights

One indication of China’s push for innovation is the fact that it has risen from 29th spot in Bloomberg Index in 2014 to the mid-teens in the latest report, although it did slip one spot this year. ” Watney explains there is tremendous value in “knowledge-based clusters” that typically sprout up around universities.

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: US CBP suspends GTX.

Global Trade Management

Ahern discussed the progress CBP has made in implementing its various supply chain security programs, but he pointed out that these efforts are focused on the ocean environment and that there are other areas that need to be addressed as well. bound maritime cargo containers be limited to high-risk trade lanes. read more here.

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The Rise and Fall of Blockchain in Supply Chain Management

Elementum

Why blockchain for the supply chain has never lived up to the hype. Executive Summary In this edition of the Elementum Blog, we ’ ll discuss the strong advanced billing that came for using blockchain for supply chain management, and the reasons why many industry experts thought it might become a game-changer.