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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Advanced planning evolved with a focus on modeling manufacturing constraints. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings. In addition, build a planning master data management system.

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Supply Chain Can Teach Us Much About the Future of Professional  Education

MIT Supply Chain

A good example is the increasing importance of data engineers and data scientists; specialists who hardly featured in operational teams a couple of decades ago. A recent workshop on data management organized by MIT CTL highlighted this challenge.

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The Annual State of U.S.Logistics Report- Even More Candidness and Reality

Supply Chain Matters

Last year we noted that the out of sync theme was refreshingly more candid in depicting the challenges and ills of the logistics and transportation services sector and the need for new thinking and added emphasis on shipper and cargo holder value and service’s needs. companies have been increasingly moving supply chain closer to home.

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Traceability: Meet your food before your first bite!

Global Trade Management

This mapping process enables stakeholders like regulators, manufacturers, and consumers to track and verify food products' authenticity, safety, and quality. To implement a traceability solution, it is vital to understand your industry's specific requirements and identify the most suitable technology and data management systems.

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Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges in the Beverage Industry 

Logility

Major can manufacturers also cater to large companies, such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. As well as other bigger manufacturers, they predicted the shortage and made sure they would have what they needed. This means that smaller manufacturers were left out in the cold. And there’s no end in sight. . • A shortage of carbon dioxide.

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How RFID Benefits Supply Chain Partners!

Supply Chain Game Changer

RFID technology can allow different stakeholders and partners in the same supply and logistics chain to integrate their data management systems with warehouse management software systems. RFID can immensely benefit the supply chain partners of the principal manufacturing, assembly, or distribution client. Conclusion.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 11-15, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Accenture Releases Enhanced Ocean Cargo Pricing Software to Provide Greater Pricing Visibility for Carriers. GT Nexus Shipper Council Calls for Clear and Uniform Procedures for SOLAS Verified Gross Mass (VGM) Compliance. CargoSmart Offers SOLAS VGM Solutions Free of Charge. Finally, if you’re keeping a pulse on freight activity in the U.S.,