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5 Podcasts for Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals

GlobalTranz

New episodes of the podcast have been published every Friday since its launch in 2013, touching on important topics like retail shifts, blockchain innovations, labor shortages, and the Internet of Things. Inbound Logistics. Supply Chain and Logistics Management. Editor's Bonus Pick: Talking Freight by Cerasis.

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Blockchain for Bill of Lading – A Much Needed Update to the Traditional Bill of Lading for E-Commerce?

GlobalTranz

Reduction in costs and hassle associated with cargo insurance claims filing and processing, says CargoX Founder and CEO Stefan Kukman. Use for transparency and traceability for buyers, marketplaces, sellers, and consumers, unifying the history of a product from procurement to end-users, as well as throughout returns, if necessary.

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2016 Supply Chain Trends: 7 of 12 Trends that Will Drive Supply Chain Management in 2016

GlobalTranz

Freight/Container Loading: Augmented reality could replace the need for a physical cargo list and load instructions. and Smart Factories all powered by the Internet of Things will make running a supply chain as easy as pushing buttons (of course this all means it was set up correctly!). And further, that advent of Industry 4.0

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

of procurement expenditures. Internet of Things (IoT). Two cargo bikes can replace one motorized vehicle, Peters Mendes pointed out. The department currently runs on legacy systems that date back to the 1990’s which limit the office’s visibility to only 12.5% The state has agreed to update to. enterprise solutions.

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How Blockchain Could Create the 'Autonomous Container'

Supply Chain Brain

But the coming of the Internet of Things has allowed for the execution of that task with far greater scale, efficiency and accuracy than ever before. There’s nothing new, for example, about a carrier’s ability to monitor the interior temperature and humidity of a shipping container while in transit.

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The Digital Transformation Journey: The Alignment of Industry, Company, and Technology

Talking Logistics

Ports are having to off-load cargo onto the new mega-ships offshore from multiple smaller ships because they don’t have the capacity to handle the bigger vessels. Technologies such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning and the cloud are changing the way people and companies interact and do business.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7-11, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Full block train, single or multiple containers, LCL shipments and oversized cargo are available options. The key takeaway here is that companies need to take a holistic and integrated approach to how they procure, plan, and execute their transportation operations.