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Digital Megatrends – Shaping Supply Chain Innovation

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Digital megatrends – Shaping Supply Chain Innovation. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can achieve this by tapping into technological megatrends shaping supply chain innovations, – like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and software as a service (SaaS). Opinion Editorial by GeTS.

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Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery. There is a long way to go, particularly for brands whose products are shipped thousands of miles to reach overseas customers, requiring air freight transportation to keep within acceptable delivery times. How can it be done?

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

They view their implementation of a tightly integrated suite of applications delivered in a public cloud infrastructure from Oracle as a platform on which they can build to help drive continuous innovation. HWI uses an innovative way to produce and deliver monolithic products in 55-pound bags. HWI employed a crawl-walk-run methodology.

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Spy Planes to Shipping Rates: Developing the Next Generation When Nothing Is Really Broken

Freightos

More Resources Home Spy Planes to Shipping Rates: Developing the Next Generation When Nothing Is Really Broken Eytan Buchman September 20, 2023 Unbox your Freight knowledge. The first is that despite the existence of one type of tech that unquestionably worked, innovation on other fronts continued. and bakes really good cookies.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Last Mile Innovation. For that reason, retailers continue to look for innovative ways to reduce costs. The Swiss project is not the only last mile innovation in the works. .”[2] Although inflation has cooled the hot warehouse market a bit, last mile logistics remains an important area of focus for most retailers.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Last Mile Innovation. For that reason, retailers continue to look for innovative ways to reduce costs. The Swiss project is not the only last mile innovation in the works. .”[2] Although inflation has cooled the hot warehouse market a bit, last mile logistics remains an important area of focus for most retailers.

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Containerized shipping joins modern financial world with CME futures

Freightos

While this may have been innovative in the 70s, futures are now a central part of how multinationals plan to minimize the risk of price volatility. Conversely in 2021 when rates were sky high, suddenly companies that had negotiated fixed rates couldn’t get their cargo on the ship without paying an extra premium surcharge.