Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 26, 2022
ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014. Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts. billion in 2019.
MIT Supply Chain
DECEMBER 12, 2013
On January 22, 2014, some 120 master’s students representing about 30 countries will gather at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA to present 70 to 80 supply chain thesis research projects. An apparel company aims to evaluate the effect on inventory levels of postponing a manufacturing operation. World view.
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Supply Chain View from the Field
JANUARY 13, 2015
Last year around this time I made a lot of predictions about what 2014 would hold in store…Let’s revisit some of these, and see what has happened (or what hasn’t!) Here are my predictions from 2014, and an update on what I think will happen in these areas. This is the biggest opportunity I see for 2015.
MIT Supply Chain
MARCH 20, 2014
Dr. David Gligor , Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI), is engaged in research to answer these questions. Adding to the confusion from a supply chain perspective is that most of the work relates to other disciplines such as manufacturing. But what exactly is supply chain agility and how can it be evaluated?
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
’ With respect to their consumer behavior, 73 percent of global millennials are willing to pay extra for sustainable products, an increase from 50 percent in 2014.”[2]. Transparency, on the other hand, involves moral and ethical dimensions of activities associated with sourcing and manufacturing. ”[2]. Footnotes. [1]
Kinaxis
JANUARY 4, 2016
In 2014, three of the top five biggest supply chain disruptions were related to natural disasters. Kevin O’Marah recently published his thoughts in a Forbes article, stating he believes a carbon tax applied to manufacturing and distribution is the way to go.
Elementum
JUNE 19, 2015
In Malaysia, for example, one in three workers are victims of such forced labor. California has its own Transparency in Supply Chains Act, which requires that “retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the state… disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct Supply Chains”.
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