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The Next Great Disruption Coming to Supply Chains

Kinaxis

Others consider how this “data” is used, and use the term “Omni-Channel” or “Internet of Things”. As a supply chain practitioner, do you notice something missing? Where is the supply chain nodes? 3PL’s, Contract Manufacturing, Suppliers, Logistics providers…. Some people call this “Big Data”.

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3 Core Metrics & 10 Soft Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance

GlobalTranz

If cost reduction is not the only thing to measuring supply chain performance, that begs the questions: "Maybe we should be measuring other Supply Chain Management activities and what would they be?". Inventory measurement is critical and it is money after all in that it took a capital expense to procure.

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Why this is a great time to be a supply chain professional

Kinaxis

Here are some examples: a) 3-D printing is shifting manufacturing to the point of consumption. b) Drone technologies and driverless cars /trucks are expected to revolutionize logistics as we know them. c) Internet of Things (IoT) is enabling proactive asset monitoring and risk mitigation along with precise inventory location tracking.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ).

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Take Control of Visibility into Your Supply Chain

Material Handling & Logistics

Every year good supply chain visibility eludes almost half of the supply chain leaders in our annual KPMG Global Manufacturing Outlook survey. The integration layer manages the flow of information between your back-end systems and the other layers in the control tower. Why is this? Visibility Layer.

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

Talking Logistics

Source: Evan, Flikr. “I I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. UPS Joins Top Alliance To Create Blockchain Standards For Logistics. SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] 5 More Supply Chain Trends To Watch Out for in 2016

GlobalTranz

Then, as a treat, we have 10 more bonus supply chain trends for 2016 in the form of an infographic from irms 360 Enterprise, a Cloud Warehouse Management System. Supply Chain Trends 2016: 5 Additional More Areas of Focus. A Bigger Focus On Supply Chain Risk Management, Especially Resiliency.