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The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Transportation Sourcing Solution

Talking Logistics

However, if your role is managing the movement of widgets from point A to point B, or multiple points, the freight procurement task before you can be labor intensive and time consuming — unless you use a technology solution specifically designed for transportation sourcing. Freight is unique. Relationships matter.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech November 6 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Jabil Acquires Procurement Services Provider ProcureAbility Global based contract manufacturing and supply chain services provider Jabil Inc. has announced completion of the acquisition of procurement services provider ProcureAbility. No financial terms were disclosed regarding this acquisition.

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Google Glass 2.0 Highlights Accelerating Move to Augmented Reality in the Supply Chain

RFgen

When Alphabet shut the project down, it was still quietly working on Google Glass Enterprise Edition, a more focused variant of the technology that is proving valuable for manufacturers and similar organizations. “We knew the value of wearable technology when we first put it on the floor,” Gulick told the news source.

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Google Glass 2.0 Highlights Accelerating Move to Augmented Reality in the Supply Chain

RFgen

When Alphabet shut the project down, it was still quietly working on Google Glass Enterprise Edition, a more focused variant of the technology that is proving valuable for manufacturers and similar organizations. “We knew the value of wearable technology when we first put it on the floor,” Gulick told the news source.

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

Kinaxis

Going up the coast in Jacksonville, FL, there is a huge port that receives the second-most automobiles in the US along with all types of cargo. This powerful feature lets a supplier or manufacturer see what would happen if the ports all closed, or the delivery mechanisms could not embark.