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The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2017

GlobalTranz

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. There was a time when buying a computer was considered a once-in-a-decade purchase, if not once-in-a-lifetime. Globalization Will Become More Important in Everyday Decisions.

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The Internet of Things and Big Data

Enterra Insights

Analysts from Zerone note, “According to Forbes, it’s predicted that the amount of data generated will increase to 175 zettabytes by 2025. This would have tremendous implications in the way data is collected, analyzed, and reported. ” Data, however, comes in two varieties. ”[3].

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Using the Bits: Building Digital Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

At the conference I encouraged the attendees to network with each other, to build a guiding coalition, to redesign supply chain processes for the Supply Chain of 2025. As shown in the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire report , over time, top performing supply chains plateau. The conference is always a lot of fun.

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It’s Easy for Customers to Leave the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

Thanks to smartphones, the digital path to purchase has become the preferred consumer journey in the United States. Although the digital path to purchase opens new avenues to reach potential customers, it’s a path easily abandoned if consumers have a bad experience. Data consistently supports these theories. ”[4].

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World’s Top Green Businesses Revealed

Material Handling & Logistics

As the recent report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed, the next decade is crucial in our shift to a sustainable economy, and we believe corporates are at the heart of this transition,” said Dexter Galvin, Global Director of Corporates and Supply Chains at CDP. million (US$3.6 billion (US$4 million).

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Digital Disruption: Closing the Connectivity Gap in Manufacturing with Digital Operations

GlobalTranz

What’s key to making this work: big data visibility, flexible processes, and an agile ecosystem that can move swiftly to serve an increasingly fragmenting, but exceptionally demanding consumer base. Armed with industry knowledge, technology savvy, and purchasing power, customers control the sales cycle.

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Trends 2022: Digital Transformation

Enterra Insights

McLellan reports, “Market research firm Computer Economics described technology’s role in the rapid recovery from the pandemic as ‘nothing short of a miracle’ ” As a result of this success, IDC predicts, “Direct digital transformation investments [will] accelerate to a 16.5 ”[5].