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Does Geography Matter in the Digital Age?

Enterra Insights

Academics from the San Diego State University note, “With the rise of the Internet and the new era of globalization, some have argued that the world is flat — geography is dead.”[2] Transportation costs became lower in two ways. ”[2] However, SDSU professor Ming-Hsiang Tsou states, “We disagree with that.”

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Ryder Places First Medium-Duty Electric Vehicle Order with Chanje Energy and Begins to Roll Out Charging Stations

Supply Chain Network

NYSE: R), a leader in commercial fleet management , dedicated transportation , and supply chain solutions , announced today it has started to take delivery of 125 medium-duty electric panel vans, the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. Miami, November 2, 2017 —Ryder System, Inc. About Ryder. About Chanje.

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ThroughPut Inc. Appoints Global Leader in Product, Advanced Technologies & Big Data Analytics, Dr. Bhaskar Ballapragada, to Chief Technology Architect

ThroughPut

ThroughPut’s transformative Artificial Intelligence driven platform, ELI, crunches the hoards of time-stamped records, both small and large, to empower companies with real-time notifications and 360-degree visibility across the entire supply chain, including manufacturing, logistics and demand forecasting. Ballapragada has a Ph.D.

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Investing in Manufacturing Innovation & Competitiveness: Will the next Silicon Valley be located in the United States?

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note : In this guest blog post from Adams Nager, of ITIF (Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) , he stresses the importance of fostering innovation and spurring competitiveness of American Manufacturing by focusing on more R&D from both the public and private sectors. The rest is history.

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Will the IoT Revolution Force Government to Embrace Silo-Busting?

TMC

Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, on how the IoT impacts supply chains, logistics, and the movement of goods. For example, we are expanding the tools and information available to all trading partners across the supply chain. On behalf of C.H.

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Lessons Learned from the Beer Game

BlueYonder

Participants have included C-suite roles from some of the largest and well-known manufacturers and retailers across the globe. This year, we conducted back-to-back workshops at FOCUS 2017, JDA’s annual conference, and then at the annual GMA conference, which was hosted this year in sunny San Diego.

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How to Use Big Data Analytics to Drive Business Value in Procurement Forward (Part 1)

Jaggaer

As we gear up for REV2019 , we’re revisiting this interview with Walter Charles, CPO of Biogen, who sat down with us at last year’s REV event to discuss the procurement challenges and trends facing manufacturing companies. . Procurement Trends in Manufacturing. Q: What are the big trends in manufacturing? Register today!