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The introduction of E-Procurement.

ModusLink Corporation

According to (Namulo, 2017), “E-Procurement is the acquisition of goods, services or works from an external source. E-procurement, which is known as ‘electronic procurement’ or ‘supplier exchange’, is changing the way companies are sourcing their goods and services. Namulo, 2017). & (Dec 2015). Tehran, Iran: IEEE. 2020, July 01).

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Data and Digitization in Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

Manufacturing has been the lifeblood of the global economy for hundreds of years. Because manufacturers have historically moved factories to regions featuring cheap labor and few regulatory restrictions (sometimes referred to as outsourcing or offshoring), a misconception has arisen about the importance manufacturing to national economies.

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Insights from the C-Suite: Supply Chain People Are Making a Difference in the World

Material Handling & Logistics

Whether you’re talking about the technology—AI, augmented reality, bitcoin, blockchain—or workforce development, or the changing nature of manufacturing, it used to be a fairly stable environment. Abe Eshkenazi: Chief among them is the pace of change that’s occurring right now in supply chain. I’d say, not yet. Abe Eshkenazi. CEO, APICS.

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9 Predictions from o9 for 2022

o9 Solutions

It won’t come from a direct attack on supply chain systems and tools, but rather it will start from being linked to an unsecured data source. With that much data to search, it takes time to find the source of the breach. Leverage Technology in Industrial Manufacturing. That’s where bankruptcy comes into play.

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Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Digital Warehouse Automation

RFgen

A survey conducted for Zebra’s Warehouse Vision Report found that 59% of IT and operations personnel in manufacturing, retail, transportation and wholesale market segments planned to expand process automation between 2017 and 2022. LEARN MORE: How mobile data collection influences automation ». Why You Should Automate Your Warehouse.

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Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Digital Warehouse Automation

RFgen

A survey conducted for Zebra’s Warehouse Vision Report found that 59% of IT and operations personnel in manufacturing, retail, transportation and wholesale market segments planned to expand process automation between 2017 and 2022. LEARN MORE: How mobile data collection influences automation ». Why You Should Automate Your Warehouse.

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6 Supply Chain Trends That Could Truly Shake You Up (2018 Update)

Logistics Bureau

If upstream partners fail, as in the case of Thai computer disk drive manufacturers (factories hit by flooding) or Japanese semi-conductor producers (the 2011 tsunami), supply chains running too lean may have no fallback solutions. While the lean concept was born from the world of manufacturing, agility came largely from software development.