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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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The World is About to Get Even More Connected through the Internet of Things

Enterra Insights

It even helped National Geographic track a discarded plastic bottle from Bangladesh to the Indian Ocean. Fifth generation mobile networks with high-speed, near-zero lag for real time data processing.”. Enormous volumes of data processed from numerous internet-connected sources.”. 5G Networks.

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Five Predictions (About Prediction) that Every Procurement Professional Should Consider

Supply Chain View from the Field

On-going research is needed to capture social media, “big data”, qualitative reporting insights, and other non-traditional data to enable predictive insight, and build a shared source of truth for factory and supply chain risk.

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Handfield’s Top Supply Chain Predictions for 2016

NC State SCRC

On-going research is needed to capture social media, “big data”, qualitative reporting insights, and other non-traditional data to enable predictive insight, and build a shared source of truth for factory and supply chain risk.

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10 questions about supply chain optimisation

Supply Chain Movement

The business complexity is increasing all the time due to globalisation, big data and dynamic interdependences. Bangladesh. Better decision-making processes. It is becoming ever-more difficult for supply chain professionals to make the right decisions. American Samoa. Antarctica. Antigua and Barbuda. Azerbaijan. Bouvet Island.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

Bangladesh. With emerging ground-breaking technology, such as Augmented and Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence with thinking robots, Internet of Things by interconnectivity between machines, 3D printing and Big Data analysis delivers threats and opportunities to high-tech companies at the same time. American Samoa.

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Mindmap for the Fashion & Luxury Goods Market

Supply Chain Movement

Bangladesh. Companies should also have visibility in the huge amounts of big data that are becoming available. American Samoa. Antarctica. Antigua and Barbuda. Azerbaijan. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam.