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Agility and flexibility in the age of digital supply chains – Insights from the 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo

Kinaxis

The 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo was one such opportunity. About three hundred supply chain professionals from various pockets of the world representing manufacturers, retailers, logistics providers, and technology vendors took part in the summit.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

by Joe Cannata With Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic Coast in over 10 years that has already brought severe damage to Haiti, the Bahamas and several Southeastern U.S. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs.

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[Infographic] The Power of 3D Printing in Manufacturing: An Illustrated Guide

GlobalTranz

Philanthropic organizations such as iLab print essential medical supplies and tools in Haiti and have the potential to bring vital technology to areas previously devoid of necessary manufacturing or delivery infrastructure. The Power of Printing: 3D Printing Technology for the Modern Crafts Movement. Infographic by CustomMade.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

To manage this logistics complexity while adhering to customer service standards and incurring reasonable costs, companies need Global Logistics Integration. Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration. The main challenge in logistics is an increasing complexity of trade-offs in transport planning. Choose country.

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Talent development essential for supply chain leaders

Supply Chain Movement

Talent development can make an important contribution to the execution of their supply chain strategies, but not all leaders pay the same amount of attention to this topic. That calls for various different skill sets, states Carlos Cordon, Professor of Strategy and Supply Chain Management at the IMD Business School in Lausanne.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. By consolidating at the source, several shipments can be combined into one, thereby reducing the number of shipments even before the shipments arrive at the Logistics Service Provider (LSP).

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Mind Map for Order Management 2.0

Supply Chain Movement

Global competition is forcing companies to optimally manage the orders they have scored. Companies competing globally not only have to secure orders from customers but also have to fulfil them optimally. The introduction of flexible integrated order management will result in improved performance of the logistics chain: Check.