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The Trends Shaping Supply Chain and Logistics: Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2017

Talking Logistics

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Logistics Excellence: Now & in the eFuture. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017.

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What are Crypto Options?

Supply Chain Game Changer

For example, if an investor purchased a call option for 20% above the market price of a stock, that could rise 20% by the end of the year. if it expired on December 18th, 2017. Synthetic call options are created by borrowing an Underlying Stock, selling a Call Option, and buying a Protective Put Option. and a discount of $0.90

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A Conversation with Stuart Whiting, Schneider Electric

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

He is very passionate about developments in the Supply Chain arena and is always seeking excellence in his drive for efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain operations” – a quality that is very relevant to face up to the many Supply Chain challenges in our path! The silo mentality of traditional organizations must be broken.

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. Amazon has made a habit of excelling at logistics to retain end customers and third party sellers.

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Overcoming Hurdles to Supply Chain Transformation

Enterra Insights

Whereas [some companies] embrace ‘being digital’ — this is ‘digital transformation’ at its best — it’s a total paradigm shift in the culture and operations — it’s not just about buying the latest digital tool, but about creating a new system, new cadence, new mindset.”[9]. The IoT still has security and standardization challenges.

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Have You Considered Spend Matters SolutionMap Before Choosing an eSourcing Solution?

EC Sourcing Group

Since the first SolutionMap was published in late 2017, it has been used by thousands of organizations in their evaluations and buying decisions. Procurement professionals must align stakeholders, define critical requirements, issue an RFP, develop a believable ROI and secure a budget to purchase a platform.

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A Brief History of B2B Data Sharing – and What’s In Store

NC State SCRC

Over the decades, EDI standards emerged that cover a variety of supply chain artifacts and activities , from Purchase Orders & Acknowledgements (EDI 850 & 855) to Invoices (EDI 810) to Shipping Manifests (EDI 856). Delta Sharing is the industry’s first-ever open protocol, an open standard for sharing data in a secured manner ”.