Fri.Sep 28, 2018

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Agriculture, Logistics, and Advance Technologies

Enterra Insights

Current projections have the global population surpassing 9 billion people by mid-century. Feeding all those people will be a major challenge and we have very few years available to find answers. There are no silver bullet solutions out there. It will take a combination of strategies involving all stakeholders from farmers to consumers to make food security a reality.

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Has Blockchain Reached its RFID Moment?

MIT Supply Chain

In 2003 Walmart told suppliers they were required to affix radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to pallets and cases within three years. This month Walmart announced that it has asked suppliers of leafy greens to have systems in place within a year that can trace their product all the way back to the farm using […].

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Filling the Supply Chain Skills Gap: The Future of Supply Chain Belongs to the Developers & Supply Chain Executives Who Can Find the Talent

Veridian Solutions

Warehouse Managers have a full plate. They must oversee inbound and outbound inventory, manage warehouse space , consider order processing, handle employee complaints, report to stakeholders, supervise new system implementation and address the looming skills gap. Their duties are integral to the future of supply chain management, and out of these issues, a key problem arises.

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The results of a national referendum on ‘fair food’ laws: transparency roundup

Provenance

From the UK’s Modern Slavery Act to the rise of startup brands with open price breakdowns, transparency is an important movement affecting marketing, branding, supply chain and core business strategy for consumer goods brands all over the world. As the market leaders in tech-powered transparency, each week the Provenance team selects our picks of the most impactful and insightful news stories.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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Supply Chain News on Trip Report for the enVista Fuel Conference

Supply Chain Digest

Omnichannel Strategies, DC Labor Crisis, Transportation Cost Containment, More

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5 Growth strategies to digitally transform your business

TradeGecko

There are 5 growth strategies you should employ to digitally transform your business. By understanding your buyers, experimenting with new sales channels, re-examining your foundations for scalable growth, automating everything and making friends with data you can drive a lasting impact with your customers and set your business up for long-term success.

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Remodeling Factories into Distribution Centers

APICS

The U.S. economy has been shifting its efforts from manufacturing operations to logistics and distribution services. To accommodate this shift, commercial real estate developers are working to remodel unused manufacturing facilities into new hubs for logistics and distribution operations.

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Creativity and Design Thinking: how to develop innovative approaches in Procurement

KEPLER Consulting

The post Creativity and Design Thinking: how to develop innovative approaches in Procurement appeared first on KEPLER.

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Our robots are Hotdog-powered!

Locus Robotics

At Locus, our robots run on a popular robotics middleware known as the Robot Operating System, or ROS. ROS is an open-source project with a vibrant, ever-expanding community that spans industry and academia across the globe. One of the common themes I used to hear in my previous life as a defense contractor was that ROS was great for prototyping, but wasn’t really something you could use in “real” applications.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.

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What Is an Omnichannel Warehouse?

GlobalTranz

An omnichannel warehouse is different from a traditional warehouse in that it handles incoming orders from online, brick-and-mortar, and all other possible channels. Let’s take a closer look at omnichannel warehouses, why they’re necessary, and how they impact warehouse management and operations. The Problem: Single E-Commerce Warehouses Cannot Handle All Orders Part of the reason warehouses continue operating as traditional, single-channel warehouses, lies in the lackluster use of warehouse

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Our robots are Hotdog-powered!

Locus Robotics

At Locus, our robots run on a popular robotics middleware known as the Robot Operating System, or ROS. ROS is an open-source project with a vibrant, ever-expanding community that spans industry and academia across the globe. One of the common themes I used to hear in my previous life as a defense contractor was that ROS was great for prototyping, but wasn’t really something you could use in “real” applications.

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[Video] Forming a Partnership with Your Software-as-a-Service Provider

Talking Logistics

Josh Hunt, Development Manager at BluJay Solutions, discusses the following questions and more: in this timely and informative episode: Are you hearing companies today talking more about finding the right software partner , instead of vendor? Relative to the traditional in-house deployment model, how is the software-as-a-service model better aligned with this growing focus on partnership?

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Our robots are Hotdog-powered!

Locus Robotics

At Locus, our robots run on a popular robotics middleware known as the Robot Operating System, or ROS. ROS is an open-source project with a vibrant, ever-expanding community that spans industry and academia across the globe. One of the common themes I used to hear in my previous life as a defense contractor was that ROS was great for prototyping, but wasn’t really something you could use in “real” applications.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24-28, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Since I’ll be speaking in three sessions at next week’s CSCMP Edge 2018 conference , I’ll be busy today finalizing my preparations. It’s also the end of the month and the end of the quarter, which means I need to put on my finance and payroll hats later today to complete those administrative tasks. And it’s dark and raining outside. So, without further delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Walmart, Sam’s Club Start Mandating Suppliers Use IBM

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Our robots are Hotdog-powered!

Locus Robotics

At Locus, our robots run on a popular robotics middleware known as the Robot Operating System, or ROS. ROS is an open-source project with a vibrant, ever-expanding community that spans industry and academia across the globe. One of the common themes I used to hear in my previous life as a defense contractor was that ROS was great for prototyping, but wasn’t really something you could use in “real” applications.