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Faceless AI Will Not Relegate the Social Side of Business to the Past

MIT Supply Chain

As Lynn Torrel, chief procurement and supply chain officer at Flex, explained the company’s operations during the Covid-19 pandemic, “We’ve had a few escalation calls with suppliers, and you get on a call, and there are critical needs. CDT is a critical ingredient in manufacturing a high-tech type of nylon called PA-12.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. In addition, users are able to view events of a shipment, imaged documents, and can email their account representative with questions on a particular move. Robinson load numbers.

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Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification

ToolsGroup

With the advent of true “single source of truth” inventory visibility , a digital twin is a more feasible goal than ever before. They ingest information like transportation plans or shipment delays and model the implications of unexpected events. Digital Twin Applications For instance, say you’re a manufacturer or distributor.

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Top 5 Aerospace Supply Chain Disruptions of 2023

Resilinc

This exclusive data comes from EventWatch AI , Resilinc’s 24/7 AI-powered, global event monitoring platform, which collects information and monitors news on 400 different types of disruptions across 104 million global sources. The fire started when a small piece of Styrofoam the company manufacturers caught fire in an oven.