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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

One advantage with 3D printing is that there will be more commodities and raw materials being shipped to the points of consumption and these commodities and raw materials cube better than finished products because of their shape. The shipping container is perhaps one of the most impactful supply chain innovations that stood the test of times.

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Hurricane Irma Updates

Elementum

Its rapid development from a tropical cone into a weather system the size of Texas continues to be a cause for concern. Tankers, container ships, and other vessels scheduled to arrive at Port Everglades will either be delayed or diverted. The weather system has already claimed two lives and injured at least another two people.

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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. Several container ships adjusted schedules to arrive before the storm, which put a strain on the dockworker supply as well.

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

GlobalTranz

We’ve been providing manufacturing companies and shippers with a web-based transportation management system since 1998, before web-based TMS was as prolific as it is today. In 1984, a man named Chuck Hull of 3D Systems Corporation invented the basis for 3D printing software. 3D Printing’s Bulky Beginnings.