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Conquering the Explosion of Supply Chain Planning Data

Logility

This article will discuss the opportunity generated from the explosion of supply chain planning data and the necessity for digital supply chain transformation. Exponential Growth in Supply Chain Data. Today, supply chains are complex and anything but linear with significantly more data streams to consider.

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Extreme weather is risky business for supply chains

Resilinc

Climate change and the extreme weather events it causes are becoming larger concerns for supply chain managers, their C-suite bosses, corporate boards, and major investors. And for OEMs in virtually every manufacturing industry, supply chains are where much of their climate change risk lies.

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Our 4 Favorite Summer Supply Chain Reads

AFFLINK

Reading books about supply chain strategy can help bridge the divide between work and play. Yossi Sheffi's The Power of Resilience delves into how events around the globe can affect supply chains everywhere. X-SCM: The New Science of X-treme Supply Chain Management.

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Rwanda Heads Technology Revolution in Africa

The Network Effect

It’s small (about the size of Maryland), landlocked, and mountainous. In 2014 Rwanda pioneered the world’s first cloud-based, nationwide pharmaceutical network for the distribution and tracking of pharmaceuticals. Rwanda is at a distinct disadvantage. There’s not much in the way of natural resources.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

state of Maryland with 30,528 sq km of area. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. The office of Prime Minister is occupied by Charles Michel, who has served in the role since 2014. Belgium is very cosmopolitan, with three official languages — Dutch, French and German.

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Additive Manufacturing continues to Mature

Enterra Insights

Four years ago Matthew Timms wrote, “Cited by some as ‘the next industrial revolution’, 3D printing is slowly reshaping the traditional supply chain, and could conceivably be the single most disruptive breakthrough since progressive assembly.”[1] The benefits and challenges of additive manufacturing.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size. It manages the supply chain for 69% of the Fortune 100 companies. XPO Logistics started as Express-1 Expedited Solutions in 1989.