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Importance of Digitalisation to Improve Supply Chains: Helping Businesses Navigate Through Supply Chain Disruptions

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Automation, cargo tracking, robotics, and remote fleet management are all examples of how IoT can be used to harness organizational data and gain insights into key processes. DB Schenker is leveraging sensor data from cargo in transit to monitor and control high-value shipments or sensitive shipments, such as with cold chain logistics.

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The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It serves as the compass guiding shippers toward efficient, economical, and dependable cargo transport. At the heart of it all, an effective procurement strategy remains paramount. By crafting a well-defined strategy, businesses can mitigate transportation costs, mitigate supply chain disruptions, and uphold customer satisfaction.

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Real Results Magazine: Must-Have Tips to Boost Your Supply Chain

BlueYonder

If you’re like me, you’re reading a couple of good books, have several more on your “got to get to” list and a magazine or two with the corners folded down for when you have a little airplane time or for a quick read over lunch. Once you do, we’d love your feedback.

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Using Technology to build Sustainable Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The applications of AI and ML can not only optimise stock inventory and cost margins, they play a key role in dynamic routing of deliveries in shortest distance and timeframe possible, to consumers. Dynamic routing has empowered logistics providers to consider plans B, C and D, offering alternative options of ocean and air freight cargo.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. The pandemic exposed the vulnerability of our supply chain to disruptions and demonstrated that a lack of visibility of cargo flow at a granular level, wasa major handicap in most instances.

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Global Supply Chains — A Source of Strength

Enterra Insights

.”[4] The Value of the Global Supply Chain Journalist Jennifer Smith ( @jensmithWSJ ) writes, “Maritime tracking data shows the cargo snared by last month’s blockage as a snapshot of global trade that is usually in constant motion. When national security is at stake, governments have a role in making supplies more secure.”

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Calling Reverse Logistics Startups – RLA to host Startup Competition

Cathy Roberson

While reverse logistics was not specifically called out, funding for warehousing and automation, e-commerce fulfillment, contract logistics services, and inventory/order management represented 13.5% In addition, the winner will receive an exclusive interview in RLA’s quarterly magazine. of the total $80 billion in funding.