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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

This includes: Sensors coupled with data from the Internet of Things (IOT). The world is no longer just about rows and columns and transactional data. It is about more than data sharing. …or pretty visualization on enterprise data. We need to effectively share data and sense market shifts. 3D Printing.

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Managing for Daily Improvement: Bridging the Gap Across Teams and KPIs

Talking Logistics

Due to the enhanced visibility of data and metrics across peer groups, sales leads have improved their customer service by walking prospective customers through the operations process and comfortably answering any queries on how success is measured. Keith Richard is Vice President, Operations, Transportation Management, at Transplace.

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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. Transportation against the clock. In Sorcerer (1977), drivers are tasked with transporting creates of explosive nitroglycerin through the South American jungle in two old trucks.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend). Of course, what happens in the U.S.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

With the rise in global crude oil production and relative political stability in the major oil producing nations, particularly Iraq and Libya, the price of crude oil has fallen from above $100 a barrel to around $50 a barrel in just a year. Drop in the price of crude oil. in the third quarter of 2014 and is expected to grow by 3.5%

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How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024?

Resilinc

A graph showing Resilinc’s Extreme Weather Trends data from 2012 to 2023. Data from Resilinc’s 24/7, AI-powered supply chain monitoring platform EventWatch AI supports this trend. These conditions could potentially impact supply chain logistics and transportation by sea, air, and land. In 2023, global temperatures rose 1.18°C

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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

I hope he bases it on data, and not only the media talking-heads. There was a flood of large 18 wheelers in the city of Milan, apparently triggered by all the stock-outs going out and building issues with cross-border transportation leaving the region again. Southern Florida. Shelves that usually carry pasta and water were empty.

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