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How to Manage Supply Chains as a Manufacturer with Automation and AI

Locus Robotics

AI and ML can be applied to inventory management, demand forecasting, freight route planning, and much more. Monitor the movement of goods Another form of IoT that can track the global transport of goods within manufacturing supply chains is GPS.

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Keeping Your Business on Track During the Coronavirus Outbreak

CH Robinson Transportfolio

It’s important to note that any cargo from the Wuhan, Hubei Province (the origin of the outbreak), and other quarantine zones, are restricted from leaving the province, which includes full container loads (FCL), less than container loads (LCL), as well as air freight. Planning ahead in production. Chongqing Municipality.

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Twitter Insights from GT Nexus Bridges 2015 Conference

Talking Logistics

Moving forward, GT Nexus plans to extend and enhance its TMS footprint across the full TMS lifecycle: Transportation Sourcing. Ready to Ship Rating, Planning, and Optimization. Freight Audit and Pay. Transportation Analytics. Best Practices in Global Transportation Management (HP, Cargill, Nestle).

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Retail Sales and Operations Teams Need to Up Their Game in Inventory Management Agility and Responsiveness

Supply Chain Matters

As our readership is well aware, disruptions persisted and ultimately came to roost with the unending litanies of supplier, global and domestic transportation delays and disruptions. That was in addition to supplier production or inland inter-modal transportation delays.

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What If Your Supply Chain Had A Control Tower?

Freightos

The most significant role of a control tower is to provide a live view into the vitality of the complete chain, across many functions – manufacturing, inventory, demand planning, logistics, customs clearance, etc. Live market freight rates? – coordinating all partners, and satisfying customers. Take control!

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The Amazing Supply Chain of Your Morning Coffee!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The entire supply chain is further extended by several intermediaries, including global transporters as well as exporters and retailers. Supply chain management in the coffee sector is therefore not heavily dependent on seasons (and coffee can even be grown year-round) which simplifies the demand planning process.

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Why Blockchain Within The Supply Chain Makes Perfect Sense

GlobalTranz

These complexities, layered with globalization, shorter product life cycles , and associated volatility in demand planning, has produced the most dynamic supply chain landscape we have ever experienced. Multiple manufacturers, multiple relationships, multiple distribution models, multiple contracts.