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Back to Logistics Tech School, 2022: the Lost Peak Season, the lingering COVID impact and more

Freightos

Logistics tech in 2022 has been unavoidably shaped by the two years that preceded it. While high, the shipping costs typically paled in comparison to the lost sales due to inventory shortages. So without further ado, here’s your: Key Reads Logistics Tech Research and Updates for 2022. Uncertainty became the byword. Signup Now.

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

Identifying key strengths in procurement and management in high-impact countries will support a fast improvement that may boost economic growth in the region. Currently, the state of the logistics market is measured by the Logistics Performance Index (LPI), a benchmarking tool developed by the World Bank.

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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

For this blog post, never mind the comparison. The second is, Why are companies focused on traditional risk management investments primarily focused on supply/procurement when the more significant opportunity is balancing risk and opportunity in an increasingly complex world? When he speaks of the supply chain, he means procurement.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

In other words, last month’s announcement was a stay of execution, not a reprieve, and it’s only a matter of time before Amazon reveal plans for a comprehensive logistics network. Amazon is at the nexus of ecommerce, data, and logistics, with a drive to constantly improve their logistics network. Amazon’s logistics hiring plans.

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How to Reduce Fraud in Logistics

Shipchain

Fraud in logistics is a major problem. Fraud in Logistics and Supply Chain s Is Rampant. Any solution to the problem of fraud in logistics must find a way to tackle all of these issues at once. The opportunity to reduce fraud in logistics and supply chain management will require a diverse population within the blockchain.

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Capitalising on Supply Chain Digitisation with Robotic Process Automation – 10 Areas of Opportunities – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For an industry that increasingly requires higher logistics pipeline velocity without sacrificing accuracy and at lower costs, RPA is a natural choice for high performing supply chain organisations. Procurement. Price Lookup and Comparison. Invoice Management. The RPA Reality.