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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

Is this the visibility shippers so desperately need? I talked to Steve Dowse, the senior vice president of international solutions at FourKites. Ocean ETAs are focused on when a ship gets into port and begins to unload its cargo. We have many different data sources,” Mr. Dowse went on to say. “We

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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?

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

Logistics Viewpoints

This means supply chain and logistics professionals need to distinguish between more frequently purchased products and the slower-moving products customers are willing to wait for. Too often, organizations invested in solutions that offer little more than knee-jerk reactions, resulting in net losses.

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Defining visibility

Cathy Roberson

Despite the number of visibility tools available on the market today, “lack of visibility” continues to be a common complaint in the supply chain market. But what exactly is visibility? Are today’s visibility tools missing something? But I’m not a technology expert.

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The Benefits of IoT And Real Time Actionable Data

Gravity Supply Chain

However, many businesses still fall short of doing so, with many supply chain managers throughout the world still struggling to gain accurate visibility into the movement of goods throughout the end to end supply chain. While it’s widely known that IoT is an essential enabler for supply chain visibility.

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Who’s Using Blockchain in 2020, and How?

Logistics Bureau

The diamond and gold, tea and coffee, beverage, food, and automotive industries all have participants with blockchain applications under test, operating as pilots, or implemented as digital solutions to improve supply chain operations. Blockchain in the Jewellery Supply Chain.

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A Coronavirus Supply Chain Success Story: Public-Private Team Effort to Get Logistics Tech to 1st Responders

Savi

As the CEO of a supply chain visibility technology company, I am well aware of the irony of my own firm becoming a victim of supply chain disruption. But as the world deals with the immense and unprecedented impact of the coronavirus, even Savi was not able to avoid supply chain issues.