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Early ‘Internet of Things’ Pilots Proved Supply Chain Benefits of RFID Pallets

Supply Chain Network

Two early pilots were facilitated by Supply Chain Network and carried out in 2003 and 2006 with both representing successful demonstrations of the potential supply chain benefits available through ‘Internet of Things’ implementations. YES 50% & 85% reductions. – Demonstrate inbound portal read rates in 99.9-100%

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The Internet of Things: Does more data really make us more intelligent?

Supply Chain View from the Field

Recent articles, posts, and future trends studies are all awash with excitement about the Internet of Things. This is a whole different capability, that has nothing to do with buying enough machines, RFID tags, or benchmarking dashboards.

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Out of Africa

Supply Chain Shaman

Internet of Things As an Enabler. Instead, I think that the answer for Africa is about mobility, new forms of analytics, and The Internet of Things. What do I mean by The Internet of Things? The common thread is The Internet of Things: Sensors that can transmit and share real-time status.

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Real-Time Visibility: The Customer Has Spoken

Logistics Viewpoints

While data quality and the ability to use analytics for benchmarking and understanding the completeness of data is also important, knowing when an order will arrive is most important. The Internet of Things (IoT) is driving interest in the market. This is not surprising given that this is the essence of real-time visibility.

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Two Timely Learning Events Not to Miss: Spotlight On Human Rights In The Supply Chain, New Laws, Benchmarks, Tools

EcoVadis

For example Recently two new benchmarks focused on company performance on human rights have been released: The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark announced a few weeks ago a pilot of its rating system to benchmark the performance of large companies on human rights issues in their supply chains.

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Evaluating Innovative Technology with Warehouse Simulation

Logistics Viewpoints

Plus, it eliminates costly errors by enabling the trialing and benchmarking of different solutions in a virtual warehouse. Plus, the Internet of Things (IoT) in particular – the connectivity of devices and software – is exploring possibilities we could previously not even imagine. What exactly is warehouse simulation?

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Participation request for interesting Supply Chain surveys

Supply Chain Movement

4 surveys by Supply Chain Insights LLC: Supply Chain Visibility: Benchmark companies’ supply chain visibility in business relationships within their extended supply chain, including the effectiveness of data sharing and sensing: [link].

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