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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.

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Three Cool Technologies

Supply Chain Shaman

I appreciate Carol and Chad’s work in this area. When I was visiting a food manufacturer recently, I found that it took ten days for the company to identify lots to recall. Lineage in food manufacturing–track and trace of lots and specifications–is problematic. My favorite DDMRP technology is Orchestr8.

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

New forms of Internet-of-Thing (IOT) data enables information at the speed of business, but companies struggle to build streaming data architectures. Makes us wonder if we should even manufacturer products in traditional ways? However, in regional supply chains where manufacturing assignments are more fixed with less change.

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Disrupt or Be Disrupted: Driving Successful Digital Supply Chain Transformation

TMC

In the 2017 MHI Annual Industry Report , 80% of manufacturing and supply chain industry leaders surveyed believe that the digital supply chain will be the predominant model within five years. This post is credited to Chad Lindbloom.

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Demand Driven: Can We Sidestep Religious Arguments?

Supply Chain Shaman

Kudos to Carol and her partner Chad for gaining market attention. We need a definition of demand-driven manufacturing and transportation, and the building of multi-tier canonicals in the network of networks.This is something I have tried to accomplish with the Demand-Driven Institute, but failed. 2) Demand-Driven Manufacturing.

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Why Truck Drivers are a Vital Part of the Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Freight markets analyst Chad Prevost explains that this nascent technology will more likely make truck drivers’ lives easier and safer instead of replacing them altogether. However, there’s plenty of evidence to the contrary.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

These developments impact Original Equipment Manufacturers, both at strategic level and at operational level within their supply chains. And Manufacturing needs to be agile to keep up with rapid changes in the market. A technology revolution is rapidly changing the way we work, providing threats and opportunities along the way.