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Analyzing Supply Chain Risk

Enterra Insights

A decade ago, supply chain analyst Trevor Miles ( @milesahead ) wrote, “I almost feel that we should be shouting ‘Vuka’ which in Xhosa (one of the South Africa languages) means ‘wake up.’ 2] His warning begs the question: How can supply chain risk managers wake up? Big Data and Advanced Analytics.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

For at least a decade, few supply chain professionals knew about these solutions. Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time. So, suppliers were asked if they used carriers or their own trucks to haul freight. The pandemic changed that.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 29 -September 2, 2016)

Talking Logistics

GE Acquires Top Supply Chain Software Provider ShipXpress to Expand Digital Rail Offerings. Online freight marketplace Freightos acquires Spain’s WebCargoNet (TechCrunch). DHL to trial vision picking in the UK (Logistics Manager). MatchBack Systems Announces Major Big Data Milestone. UPS Announces U.S.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g., temperature, shock, and humidity) are available through the GLN for over-the-road transportation via Descartes MacroPoint and global air freight via Descartes BLE for high-value shipments for major airlines and ground handling agents at 450 airports worldwide.

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Citations of Excellence Awards 2016

SCM Research

Technology Designed to Combat Fakes in the Global Supply Chain. The Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freight Transport by Pooling Supply Chains. Closed-Loop Supply Chains: A Critical Review, and Future Research. Business Horizons, 56 (2), 167-177 DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2012.11.010.

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Whitman School Collaborates with Staples to Analyze Supply Chain Management Opportunities Sparking Millennial Interest

GlobalTranz

Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence and associate professor of supply chain. Whitman faculty and students will analyze big data on customer orders and make adjustments in inventory deployment decisions to create further efficiencies. The work brings out a new perspective in supply chain risk management.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

Managed Services: The “Stretch Armstrong” of Logistics. Process Industry Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve. Big Data and Analytics for Oil and Gas Transportation. It’s the promise of Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Analytics. Adrian’s Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2013.