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Why Blockchain Within The Supply Chain Makes Perfect Sense

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: Today’s blog is from Kevin Doubleday who discusses the importance of blockchain within the supply chain. Outcomes: improved inventory management; More accurate determination of re-order points; Better on-shelf availability. Current Supply Chains don’t operate at the cadence of business.

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World Bank Revises 2023 Global Growth But Downgrades 2024

Supply Chain Matters

On a regional scale, the bank anticipates that growth among emerging market and developing economies will diverge this year, picking up in East and Central Asia , Pacific as well as Europe while moderating in all other regions, particularly Latin America , Middle East and North Africa countries. percent in 2023, compared to 4.1

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Use of third-party data for transportation lane and drayage times by day/time of week. Concerted plans that focus on inventory management as one part of the supply chain as a complex system.

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Is Google the most innovative supply chain company in the world?

Freightos

So when I asked Cathy Roberson, a senior analyst at Transport Intelligence and a tech-enthusiast who is vox supplychainus on Twitter at cmroberson06 , I was not surprised when she sent me back an analysis that seems to match up perfectly with some of Google’s recent projects: Google Glasses, Android and 3D printing.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

To accomplish this, you require the skills of supply chain experts who can manage the complexity and difficulties of today’s global supply chains. We introduce the top 20 supply chain specialist you should hire in this blog. Primarily focused on Supply Chain, Warehousing, Logistics, S&OP and Inventory Management.

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Podcast: VC Brian Aoaeh on the Future of Supply Chain Investment

Requis

By 2016 it was pretty certain that supply chain was where I would focus—in fact in the same year I authored a blog post on trucking which, to my complete surprise, was very well received by executives in the industry, by startup founders, by other investors, and by academics. He blogs at Innovation Footprints and is on Twitter @brianlaung.

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

” Tim Barnes, who has written in this blog in the past, was our next speaker. He began by discussing how Free Trade Agreements, along with labor costs and transportation rates, are among the three most critical elements to factor in when analyzing global supply chain decisions.