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Slavery and Supply Chain Transparency

Enterra Insights

“But in today’s connected, digital economy, visibility and transparency have never been easier to obtain — even across complex, global supply chains.”[1] This led to the development of an array of supply chain technologies — RFIDs, remote sensing, satellite monitoring, even blockchain-based tools.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

6 River Systems was founded in 2015 and developed an Autonomous Mobile Robot product called ‘Chuck’ that provides automated assistance to pickers in a warehouse, working collaboratively with human operators. Almost 75% expected supply chain restructuring to negatively impact China’s economy much more than any other country.

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Supply Chain Disruption. A Deeper Look Into Context, Causes, and Trends  

Elementum

You don’t have to look very hard to find alarming headlines about supply chain issues today, as supply chain resilience continues to be maximally challenged by a stubborn snarl of inter-related difficulties. Supply Chain Issues: Self -Imposed Problems. Supply Chain Disruption: A Closer Look at Macro Factors.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

The supply chain software industry is in a considerable state of flux. furthermore, because the continuing growth in outsourcing is making global businesses ever-more susceptible to disruptions, supply chain risk management software is also on the rise. By Martijn Lofvers. >>Please Switzerland.

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The automated container terminal and the odd (mis)adventure of the Google car

DELMIA Quintiq

What automation can and cannot do. I want to go straight into the heart of the fully automated container shipping terminal. I am only interested in this event, because it shows us the future, or limitations, of an automated container terminal. As a result, PSA needs to automate or forget the envisioned growth.

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Modern Slavery in Today’s Supply Chains

Kinaxis

Through the supply chain. Modern slavery is one of the supply chain industry’s dirty little secrets, but thankfully, governments in the US and UK are attempting to wash it clean, working to put a stop to a problem that should never have been allowed to exist in the first place.

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Spotlight on trade agreements: IPEF, TPP, RCEP

Resilinc

Other member nations include Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and of course the United States. After years of negotiation, the TPP was signed by the President Obama in 2015—but never ratified (or rejected) by Congress. Many in U.S. goods that the U.S.

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