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Embracing the Future: How Manufacturing 4.0 is Transforming Industry

Jaggaer

Embracing the Future: How Manufacturing 4.0 is Transforming Industry What is Manufacturing 4.0? Also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Manufacturing 4.0 With it, the pace of change in manufacturing is accelerating like never before. Manufacturing 1.0: Manufacturing 1.0: Manufacturing 2.0:

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- June 26 2025

Supply Chain Matters

Billion Acquisition of e2open Australia based logistics software provider WiseTech, developer of logistics execution software CargoWise , announced an agreement to acquire U.S. listed B2B logistics platform provider e2open Parent Holdings for a reported $2.1 WiseTech Announces $2.1 million in total revenues, a decline of 4.8

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Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

To put that claim into some perspective, consider this data revealed by Gartner from research conducted in 2014: The study found that by this year (2016), 89% of companies expected to be competing primarily on the basis of customer experience. Select one strategic logistics partner and build a long-term, close relationship.

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10 Catastrophic Man-Made Supply Chain Disasters!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And it exposed the lack of care or concern of companies and their sourcing organizations for the working conditions of their suppliers and their employees. Leadership issues, sourcing decisions, design changes, cost cutting decisions, insufficient supplier management and testing, and other factors contributed to the disastrous situation.

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The Future of Trucking: Change, Wins and Best Practices

Supply Chain Brain

There’s a growing sense that we may see a loosening of the regulatory environment — similar to the 2016-2020 period — which could offer carriers and logistics providers the chance to shift focus from compliance-heavy operations to strategic growth and efficiency. For this reason, centralized data governance is becoming essential.

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The Tumultuous Mexican Cross-Border

Cathy Roberson

Even today when one reads the numerous articles about the benefits of manufacturing or assembling in Mexico, most of them highlight Mexico's low-cost labor and, of course, its proximity to the US market. But what does it all mean for those shippers and manufacturers that rely on cross-border trade between the two countries?

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Post-Election (Early) Analysis of Energy Transition, Sustainability Initiatives, and Trade

Logistics Viewpoints

So here are some possible scenarios for the energy and process and discrete manufacturing markets. Tariffs also play a central role in this administration’s economic strategy, a stance that dates back to their first term in 2016. manufacturing and job growth. manufacturers dependent on imported resources. LNG exporters.