article thumbnail

Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Open Source Technologies (Examples include Hadoop, Spark, Kafka). My first thank-you note is to the United States military. This includes: Sensors coupled with data from the Internet of Things (IOT). Blockchain/Cryptocurrency. Analytics (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing). 3D Printing.

article thumbnail

Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Interest Rates : The Federal Reserve in the United States is expected to raise interest rates this week , the first increase since cutting the rate to near zero following the Great Recession in 2008. It’s the technology behind startups like Freightview and project44 , for example. Of course, what happens in the U.S.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

For example, the team might elect to meet with a supplier that is an expert on the marketplace, or an external consultant who specializes in studying certain markets (e.g., For example, the team might elect to meet with a supplier that is an expert on the marketplace, or an external consultant who specializes in studying certain markets (e.g.,

article thumbnail

Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Numerous chokepoints are located close to politically unsteady nations, raising the possibility that access to and usage of them could be compromised, for example through piracy. In addition, the United States is the origin or destination of about 70% of the traffic through the Panama Canal.

Panama 52
article thumbnail

10 questions about supply chain optimisation

Supply Chain Movement

Holy See (Vatican City State). United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. Access to relevant information is necessary in the sales & operations planning (S&OP) cycle, for example. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands.

article thumbnail

New: Global Trade Map 2016

Supply Chain Movement

EU FTAs and PTAs range from the classic FTA, such as between the EU and Mexico (which focuses predominantly on liberation of goods and services), to more enhanced forms of the FTA like the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), between the EU and Ukraine for example. Holy See (Vatican City State). United Arab Emirates.

article thumbnail

KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboard—a speedometer for example. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe. Inventory management.

KPI 94