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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

Supply chain professionals can learn a lot from Hollywood about outsourcing, sustainability, Big Data, innovation, supply chain strategy and risk management. As a manager at FedEx, Hanks makes a speech for his Russian colleagues at a distribution hub in Moscow about the importance of time: “Time rules over us without mercy.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. What Role Does Global Trade Data Play in Today’s Supply Chains? Of course, what happens in the U.S.

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SCM Map Europe: European location decisions remain complex

Supply Chain Movement

To arrive at optimal European supply chains it is crucial to consider shifts in economic growth, currency fluctuations and tax reductions in addition to production and distribution costs. For the fourth consecutive year, Supply Chain Media has produced the SCM Map of Europe providing an overview of the most relevant data for value chains.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

With emerging ground-breaking technology, such as Augmented and Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence with thinking robots, Internet of Things by interconnectivity between machines, 3D printing and Big Data analysis delivers threats and opportunities to high-tech companies at the same time. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands.