Remove Cargo Remove Manufacturing Procurement Remove Shipping Remove Supply Chain Visibility
article thumbnail

The Importance of Visibility In the Supply Chain

Precoro

This can be achieved by improving supply chain visibility. In this blog post, we'll answer the following questions: What is supply chain visibility? What do high-visibility supply chains look like? How can supply chain visibility be achieved?

article thumbnail

The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

The COVID-19 pandemic has only confirmed what we already knew: modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness. While lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts when they were introduced, agility and resilience must be taken to an entirely new level post pandemic.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Importance of Transportation Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

This includes port data, social media, news, event and weather (SNEW) data, weather data (to some degree), traffic data, and other available sources to provide an accurate ETA to warehouses, stores, and end consumers. Transportation visibility is clearly not only for trucks.

article thumbnail

When it Comes to Ocean Shipping, We Have to See Beyond Today’s Squalls and Plan for the Long Term

Logistics Viewpoints

When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. It’s an apt metaphor for ocean shipping these past many months. And the list goes on.

article thumbnail

Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility for Molex. The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. The Molex Supply Chain. The Molex global supply chain is complex. But they were very basic. Eberle stated. “If

article thumbnail

IoT enabled Supply Chain Visibility: The Holy Grail of Supply Chain Managers

Global Trade Management

Written by: Stefan Reidy End-to-end supply chain visibility empowers supply chain and logistics managers to make educated decisions. It helps companies to decrease the impact of disruptions on the supply chain by providing actionable data.

article thumbnail

Towards AI-driven Congestion-Free Ports and Terminals

ThroughPut

The shipping industry contributes to 25% of America’s total GDP with the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach being the busiest, handling more than 40% of all inbound cargo shipped to the U.S. The Impact of unprecedented disruptions on global port supply chains .