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The Changing Landscape of Direct-to-Consumer Sales

Enterra Insights

Jordan DiPietro ( @jdipietro7 ) reports, “There has been a dramatic sea change in how some brands are reaching their customers. The resulting shift in power has been devastating for traditional retailers, and yet simultaneously, some of the most innovative and successful companies of the last decade have been born from this movement.”[2]

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Smart Mobility Projects: Shaping the Future of Logistics

TMC

There are multiple factors at play that are driving the latest technology innovations, including increased demand, supply chain complexity, longer and shorter supply chains, multi-leg shipments, rapid fire replenishment, final mile, and the overall trend of urbanization. Supply chain technology innovation in action.

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Willkommen! Quintiq World Tour opens its doors in Düsseldorf

DELMIA Quintiq

Hans-Jörg Bullinger of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, one of Europe’s leading research and development institutes, introduces the idea of “IT as innovation driver of business excellence”. as examples of the surge in technological innovation over the past few decades; and to give the audience a glimpse of what the next few years has in store.

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Is the Traditional S&OP Process Outdated and Heading to Extinction?

Talking Logistics

Since then, Tony has continued to expand his thinking on how supply chain processes and workplace structures need to change in response to today’s highly dynamic business environment (a topic Jordan Kass from C.H. Robinson also discussed in a recent Talking Logistics episode, “ Why Supply Chain Innovation Matters in a Fast-Changing World ”).

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Smart Mobility Projects: Shaping the Future of Logistics

TMC

There are multiple factors at play that are driving the latest technology innovations, including increased demand, supply chain complexity, longer and shorter supply chains, multi-leg shipments, rapid fire replenishment, final mile, and the overall trend of urbanization. Supply chain technology innovation in action.

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Future of Logistics Takes Center Stage in 2017

TMC

States seem to be in a race to innovate and allow liberal testing, but the federal government and trucking industry will keep a close eye on progress so that a broad patchwork of 50 different sets of regulations do not take hold, creating regulation that cannot cross state lines. This post is credited to Jordan Kass.

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Three Ways Government Can Champion IoT-Wired Supply Chains

TMC

As innovation gains speed, there are broad supply chain issues that governments need to address in order to take full advantage of the incredible opportunities that lie ahead. Last week’s post discussed the urgent need for governments to work cross-functionally to keep pace with the growth of IoT innovations. For example, many U.S.-based