Enterra Insights

APRIL 19, 2021

We’ve seen machines and automation before. ” On the other hand, Prising pointed out that a survey conducted by his company found, “82 per cent of employers expect to maintain or increase staff levels as a result of automation.” People retrained and new jobs were created.

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 29, 2015

Informal collaboration within and across companies can be a source of disruptive innovation. If so, you’re part of an age-old phenomenon that Peter Gloor, a research scientist at MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence, calls Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs). Variables that identify a COIN are built into the software.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Also on this list was Hasbro, which had previously returned manufacture of Play-Doh, a truly iconic American brand, back to Massachusetts. As managers rethink their supply chains, many will come to realize the tremendous opportunities that exist just north of the border, in Canada.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As the logistics industry continues to recover from pandemic-era supply chain disruptions, shippers are adjusting quickly to the expectations of a new normal. Falling ocean rates and volatile fuel costs have logistics professionals across the supply chain searching for innovative efficiency solutions throughout their operations.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

This level of connectivity will have profound social, political and economic consequences, and increasingly form part of our everyday lives, from the cars we drive and medicines we take, to the jobs we do and the governance systems we live in, to even the business technology systems we use. What does it mean to be hyperconnected?

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 24, 2013

This post will be published in the fall 2013 issue of MIT CTL’s online newsletter Supply Chain Frontiers. As well as establishing a pool of educated professionals that the cluster can draw on, an academic partner also provides a platform for research and innovation. Subscribe to Frontiers here.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 13, 2018

” Despite the benefits listed by Gustafson, Professor Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, asserts the click-and-collect strategy has serious flaws.[3] Kuerschner believes defensive strategies lack innovation and planning.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 9, 2023

Since 2015, PTC has hosted LiveWorx , a global forum that brings together manufacturing executives, engineers, product designers, quality leaders, supply chain partners, and other like-minded individuals who are focused on harnessing disruptive technologies to manage uncertainty and transform their business.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 17, 2016

While autonomous vehicles may seem like a futuristic fairy tale to some, these technological game-changers may be closer to reality than you think. Each time, DARPA made the race more difficult, and each time the technology leaped ahead. Fast Lane Technology. Autonomous tractors are already in use on farms, for example.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 9, 2017

Combine innovations in materials science with additive manufacturing and the outcome is likely to be new products or limitless variations on existing ones. An example is a process for using cellulose in 3D printing developed by a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 23, 2021

Now, nearly a dozen states, including Massachusetts, are on track to follow Maine’s lead.”[3] For example, Nanos reports that some toothpaste in Europe doesn’t come in cardboard boxes. It also earmarked [270 million dollars] to invest in startups researching new materials, refill systems and recycling technologies.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 25, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Why aren’t you Connecting your Supply Chain? How does geofencing work, and how can mobile app developers better deploy this technology? Take, for example, Burger King’s Whopper Detour Campaign. Subscribe Here! Email Address. You are Connected Everywhere!

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The Network Effect

JULY 2, 2014

In January 1971, Fordham University Rams played an NCAA basketball game against the then mighty University of Massachusetts Redmen team. They were coached by Digger Phelps, a scrappy coach who was also known for his innovative thinking and his ability to change his approach. On paper, Fordham had no chance. Two forecasts?

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Logistics is one component of the overall supply chain and is impacted by supply chain changes. At the same time, an effective logistics strategy can improve supply chain management and overall supply chain performance.

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