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This Week in Logistics News (April 17-21, 2017)

Talking Logistics

In order to increase efficiency, the goods would be manufactured in batches based on factors such as the customer shipping address, the patent says. Source: Amazon patent. I haven’t seen a demo of the solution, so I can’t comment on its functionality.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

These Giant Drones Could Seriously Disrupt the Shipping Industry (NBC News). Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub. Automated Truck Firm Raises $60 Million (WSJ – sub. Turnpike travelers will see semi-autonomous trucks on the road this year (Cleveland.com).

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Private Blockchains Could Hurt the Shipping and Logistics Industry

Shipchain

In the shipping and logistics industry, enterprises are already beginning to realize that private blockchains are simply not the solution they’ve been sold. With only one central source of truth, private blockchains are just as vulnerable to attacks as regular servers or databases are. Public blockchains are more secure.

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PODCAST: Modern Courier Delivery Compliance Considerations: Understanding SOX and SOC Compliance

The Logistics of Logistics

to establish financial reporting standards, including safeguarding data, tracking attempted breaches, logging electronic records for auditing and proving compliance. Better decision-making by ensuring data is accurate, complete, consistent and usable, which is critical to optimizing shipping and logistics operations.

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Vendor Portals in the Supply Chain

TPSynergy

A comprehensive portal enables suppliers to automate routine supply chain execution transactions including purchase orders, ship notices and commercial invoices. Portals enable a new group of business processes such as strategic sourcing, collaborative design and demand planning to be automated. Broader Supplier Enablement.

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Why Companies Need a Vendor Portal

TPSynergy

A comprehensive portal enables suppliers to automate routine supply chain execution transactions including purchase orders, ship notices and commercial invoices. Portals enable a new group of business processes such as strategic sourcing, collaborative design and demand planning to be automated. New Business Process Automation.

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How to Thrive Amidst Constant Disruptions

Arena Solutions

Michael has over 30 years of experience bringing high-tech electronic products to market. Some of that I would say is caused by the pandemic, but some of that would also be caused by the increase in demand from things like EVs, increasing electronics and health technology, 5G, IoT. And also joining us today is Michael Keer.