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5 Reasons Why The Use of the IIoT by Manufacturers Is Unavoidable

GlobalTranz

The Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ) has been a major topic among manufacturers and third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) for several years. However, the IIoT is beginning to encroach on all aspect of manufacturing and supply chain management for its wide-ranging deployment and application to improving processes. In the U.S.,

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Announcing Stord’s $2.4M Seed Round of Funding

Stord

said Chad Byers, co-founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures. “As Henry and Boudreau’s rapid expansion of STORD within the logistics industry has landed the pair on the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Manufacturing and Industry. The company has previously raised $230k and completed the Dynamo Accelerator program in 2016. “We

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

Examples include Hadoop, Kafka, and Apache Spark. . Makes us wonder if we should even manufacturer products in traditional ways? The many examples include streaming data, Internet of Things (IOT), new forms of analytics, software robots, wearables and robotics increasingly add value as computing power increases.

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Smart Cities won’t be Smart if They Ignore Logistics

Enterra Insights

For example, urban planners in Charlotte, NC, have “designated a 60-acre, 50-square block area as a place for modern, urban redesign, dubbed the North Tryon Vision Plan. 3] Chad Prevost, “ How smart cities will improve trucking and the supply chain ,” FreightWaves , 13 August 2018. [4]

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Demand Driven: Can We Sidestep Religious Arguments?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, over the last five years, in consumer products the average company increased items by 38%. Kudos to Carol and her partner Chad for gaining market attention. 2) Demand-Driven Manufacturing. I am also featuring a paperless manufacturing case study from Agco using Proceedix at the Summit. Why is this important?

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Crowdfunding Fulfillment Solutions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

When you calculated your startup expenses, you probably figured out manufacturing costs down to the penny. A crowdfunding fulfillment provider can track and warehouse your products once they arrive from the manufacturer. Careful and professional fulfillment can send your product out with a bang and point your company towards success.

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The Ultimate Guide to Beer Profit Margins & More

Unleashed

Liquor wholesalers buy beer, wine, spirits and other alcoholic drinks from manufacturers, and sell them to pubs, bars, supermarkets and other liquor retailers. If you run different types of business models – for example, if you have both a brewpub and a production facility – make sure you calculate gross margin for each one separately.