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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Supply Chain Shaman

Three things are happening, that I think are significant: Flextronics has invested in the development of Elementum. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. This purchase increases E2open’s capabilities for visibility into the processes of the outsourced semiconductor network of foundries.

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

(I sometimes wonder if I should create a new class of technologies for the network design tools because they have changed so much.) These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. Along the way, I will be doing more work on network design case studies. Here I share a cut of the data.

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IOT for Supply Chain Tracking

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Significant advancements in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and cloud technologies in recent years has reduced the cost of adopting new technologies and broadening the spectrum of what is available. The cost of internet-connected devices has also dropped significantly making IIoT solutions more affordable at scale.

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Distribution Center Robots: How Robots Continue to Power the Distribution Center

GlobalTranz

When Amazon purchased Kiva robots, distribution center robots became the new “shiny object turned real-world effective object” of e-commerce fulfillment. The blistering speed of the rise of the Internet of things (IoT) has contributed to a surge in the use of data for machine learning and autonomous applications, like robots.

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The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the Modern Marketer

synchrono

I was recently reading about the Industrial Internet of Things as it relates to my business—manufacturing software. Similarly, I have found that marketing manufacturing software requires me to position our services as a differentiator. the Industrial Internet of Things, the Factory of the Future and Industry 4.0).

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What About Them Apples?

Supply Chain Shaman

While many technologists wave their hands advocating that Internet of Things (IOT) is the answer, I say not so fast. Won’t we have the same issue for Internet of Things data? I worked for a software company for almost a decade and implemented demand management solutions in the 1990s for multiple companies.

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The procurement Summit 2016

Supply Chain Movement

The procurement Summit 2016. Building on the huge success of eWorld Procurement & Supply – which has been running bi-annually in London since 2001 – the new Procurement Summit will bring together 150 purchasing and finance professionals from across the commercial, public and third sectors. Procurement Automation.