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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A commitment to innovation, which can be measured by the percentage of research and development undertaken or provided to employees at the company, is crucial. it is critical that your provider have a plan for bringing digital innovations to your partners and allowing you to collaborate and connect on a global network.

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3D Printing: Let’s Not Manufacture False Dawns

MIT Supply Chain

The recent disaster in Bangladesh where hundreds of workers lost their lives when a building collapsed serves as a horrific reminder of this challenge. A company, can, say, tweak a design spec to cut production and shipping costs by reducing the weight of an item. Download the pre-Crossroads white paper Innovative or Inconclusive?

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The World Needs More Fertilizer — and That’s No Bulls**t

Enterra Insights

India, China, Bangladesh, and Ghana) but those regimes are going to place tremendous fiscal pressure on budgets already stressed by substantial government outlays during the COVID-19 epidemic.” Nevertheless, the current crisis may spur innovative research into alternate fertilizing methods. ” Concluding Thoughts.

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Download now: 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016

Supply Chain Movement

they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. Bangladesh. When asked where their LSPs fall short most often, customers responded with ‘innovation’. Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry.

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Strategic moves among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. Bangladesh. When asked where their LSPs fall short most often, customers responded with ‘innovation’. Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry.