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There has been an increased need for electronic components in every industry. Manufacturers that don’t have a direct relationship with chip factories, such as those producing automobiles, heavy industrial equipment, medical diagnostics equipment, and electronics, are greatly affected. This infographic outlines the global chip shortage crisis in an easy-to-read format, perfectly suited for busy supply chain executives.

It’s not just small and medium-size businesses that are caught off guard. Even global manufacturers –– companies across industrial, automotive, chemical, and energy industries –– are scrambling to mitigate the impacts of labor, material and energy shortages, delays, inflation, and unexpected events. Brittle supply chains, fragmented systems landscapes, unreliable and inaccurate data, as well as poorly managed IT and business networks are consistently reported as top concerns, which is why execut

Because software-driven architectures touch virtually every industry, there has been an increased need for electronic components including computer chips in every industry. Experts now believe this chip shortage is not just a temporary aberration. It will have a long-term impact on all industries, even those that don’t directly relate to the chip manufacturers.

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To achieve sustainability, many firms set lofty net-zero emissions goals. However, meeting them is easier said than done. This GEP whitepaper shows why supply chain leaders should take steps now, and offers an action plan for moving forward.

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As inflation and geopolitical instability worsen, many companies are going slow on investments. But investing in supply chain and procurement technology will help manage inflationary pressures better. Here are 3 tools that GEP recommends for your company to use.

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Looking to uncover the differences among the vendors of real-time transportation visibility platforms such as usability, implementation effort, network size, & cost? Gartner rates 11 visibility platform vendors on 100+ capabilities to help you make the best decision for your business. Download the reports!

Gartner observes several trends in this market for data analytics and intelligence. One overarching theme is the convergence of analytics & BI, data science and AI. Supply chain organizations are also trying to speed up decision making by relying on more connected data — this allows them to achieve a higher level of use-case-specific outcomes, as well as the ability to react more quickly to disruptions, minimize risk and avoid losses.

From consumer electronics to automotive manufacturing, most of the global economy’s largest industries rely on some form of discrete manufacturing. Manufacturers in these industries face several unique challenges: Labor and material shortages halting production. Congested seaports stalling transportation of much needed materials and goods. Difficulty forecasting demand due to constant supply chain disruptions.

Storytelling is more than just data visualization. Storytelling provides an organized approach for conveying data insights through visuals and narrative. Data-driven storytelling could be used to influence user actions, and ensure they understand what data matters the most. A good data story is formed by three components: Data analysis - This is the basis of a strong story and mastering the data is an essential part of the process.

Organizational data literacy is regularly addressed, but it’s uncommon for product managers to consider users’ data literacy levels when building products. Product managers need to research and recognize their end users' data literacy when building an application with analytic features. Otherwise, it can lead to a low adoption rate and a poor product experience.

This report explores how the state of supply chain network design has changed – including how the tools, maturity models, and market demands are transforming the network design practice. This report is useful if you are interested in: Exploring new network design insights and capabilities. Industry benchmarks. Advanced analytics & Scenario Modeling.

Manufacturing leaders who built resilient supply chains were successful in 2021, despite the many supply and demand fluctuations. Supply chain visibility, collaboration, and orchestration are now the top priority for executives. A survey of 200 supply chain leaders found that most would shift supply chain strategies from linear to more integrated supply chain networks to detect and minimize risk.

Based on more than 25 years of our experience in supply chain technology, TadaNow has created some critical questions for manufacturing leaders to ask while evaluating supply chain platforms: What is the business outcome you’re trying to deliver? How does the vendor define its supply chain platform and what is their depth of expertise in your industry?

According to Gartner, “Next Generation Control Towers will be based on the Digital Twin of the Organization (DTO). At the later stages of a digital supply chain journey, a company will want to converge end-to-end decision making with end-to-end supply chain visibility. This will result in the coalescence of its digital supply chain twin initiative with its control tower initiatives.

According to Gartner, "Advanced control towers now provide real-time visibility, collaboration, and AI capabilities to move beyond decision support to decision making, and even a degree of autonomous control.". This Gartner report, provided complimentary of TadaNow, provides answers to questions that Supply Chain leaders in Manufacturing companies have –– from definitions and scope to framework, how to leverage it all, and best practices.

Undetected in-transit issues in the cold chain can cost companies billions of dollars in lost revenue. Data collection is no new concept for the pharmaceutical supply chain –– but is it the right data? And is it being used properly? This guide explores critical concepts that supply chain professionals need to know when it comes to tracking and analyzing cold chain shipments, including: Why the "how" and "when" of collecting and using data are essential to optimizing cold chain distribution.

Gaining a higher level of visibility into pharmaceutical supply chains is essential as the portion of pharmaceutical products sensitive to temperature, vibration, humidity or timing is growing at approximately twice the rate of non-cold chain products. Having the ability to monitor the location and condition of these shipments intermittently and accurately is the next step to achieving a higher level of on time and in full (OTIF) deliveries of these lifesaving, high-value products.

There’s little room for error in most global supply chains, but none for the pharma cold chain. Real-time visibility and tracking are critical to order accuracy, schedule reliability, inventory management and compliance in a high-value, highly regulated industry. Failure is measured in lost revenue, reputation, and potentially patient lives. In this article, produced in partnership with Connected Health Pulse, we explore five critical challenges in pharmaceutical supply chains caused by a lack o