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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The system you choose should also offer business data analytics capabilities that enable you to observe trends, avoid bottlenecks, have a better understanding of your costs, and optimize your routes and driver schedules. This will give you a more agility, maximize profits and allow you to remain competitive.

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Climate Change: Yet Another Source of Global Supply Chain Risk and Disruption

BlueYonder

to the recent devastating floods in Pakistan , we’re witnessing a series of natural and humanitarian crises unfold as a result of global warming. Companies in every industry are focusing on operating more sustainably and embracing environmental stewardship — and with good reason. From raging wildfires in the Western U.S.

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Accelerate Digitisation in the Supply Chain – Leveraging a Data-driven Approach to Optimisation – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Using a data-driven approach, predictive analytics are generated that can encourage agents or retailers to increase their sales performance through gamification, creating a mutually beneficial arrangement. Additionally, their solutions help boost revenue and sales through intelligent stakeholder value management.

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Make Bottleneck Management Your Biggest Priority

ThroughPut

Predictive analytics is a perfect example. Tools like predictive analytics can give companies better visibility into the issues and more insight into how much they need to save in the coming years. The applications of technologies for digital transformation are endless. is the co-founder and CEO of ThroughPut Inc. ,

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Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them

EC Sourcing Group

Sales teams at Smith & Wesson were trying to win contracts for firearms supplies in foreign countries, including Indonesia and Pakistan, using third parties to try to cover their tracks. Bribery may seem like the easiest unethical practice to avoid, but it still occurs, particularly when trying to save money.

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Needed: A New Way to Manage Risk in Low Cost Countries

NC State SCRC

By deploying the “fast fashion” business model, the apparel industry began to outsource garment manufacture to suppliers and subcontractors in low-cost countries, such as China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Forget BI and analytics. Here are some details from the press release: Opened on July 1st, the new distribution center in JAFZA serves a region encompassing a 2000-mile radius around Dubai, including countries in the midst of building their technology and communication infrastructures such as Pakistan, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.