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Supply Chain Operations in 2028: Let’s Consult the Crystal Ball

Logistics Bureau

I have no crystal ball, of course, but instead I will tap into my consulting experience, add a dash of research, and fire it all up with some imagination to try get a picture of how the supply chain environment may look in eight years’ time. By 2028, offshore production could all but be eradicated. Welcome to the Robotic Future.

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Supply Chain Crystal Ball Gazing: Let’s Look Ahead to 2028

Logistics Bureau

Sometimes I just like to live on the edge, which is definitely a qualifying status for anyone bold enough to make predictions about the future of supply chain operations and management—but I just can’t help myself. I have no crystal ball and if I did, I wouldn’t know how to get a picture on it. Robots Run the Warehouse.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our latest news capsule edition follow-up relative to updating our readers to prior industry supply chain management developments that we have shared on this blog. The move will reportedly increase existing hourly wage rates 25 percent by 2028.

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Labor Strikes Targeting U.S. Automakers- Tentative Deals Reached

Supply Chain Matters

In this seventh weekly Supply Chain Matters reader update, we can now highlight that tentative labor agreements have been reached between the United Auto Workers and U.S. He further added: “ When we return to the bargaining table in 2028, it won’t just be the Big Three, but with the Big Five or Big Six.” All rights reserved.

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How Cold Chain Logistic Providers Build Trust with Traceability

Logistics Viewpoints

billion in 2020, the cold chain market is expected to reach more than $628 billion in 2028, nearly tripling its growth in less than ten years, according to a market analysis report by Grand View Research. As more and more consumers rely on the cold chain market for their perishable goods, the potential for waste increases.

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The Supply Chain has Big Aspirations for Blockchain

Enterra Insights

By 2028, Gartner projects blockchain will become fully scalable technically and operationally.” Hailey Lynne McKeefry ( @HaileyMcK ) writes, “Supply chain professionals are talking a lot about blockchain, and how it can be applied to address the increasingly global and complex nature of the supply chain.

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Pharmaceutical Shipping: Tips to Lower Transport Spend

Intelligent Audit

As the country begins to find its new normal in the wake of Covid-19, supply chain trends are becoming a regular headline. By now, most news sources have shared the areas of concern and delays with road and maritime transportation. On top of that, the GRIs are now affecting air transportation too.