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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year.

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ABB’s Daniel Helmig: “We are moving to virtual centres of expertise”

Supply Chain Movement

Its innovative technologies drive ships as well as electrical cars and e-buses. I am the Global Head of Supply Chain Management (SCM) in some companies referred to as the chief procurement officer. My job entails procurement as well as transportation and logistics. What are your responsibilities? “I

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Empowered Consumers Require Omnichannel Strategies

Enterra Insights

consumers expect orders, with free shipping, to arrive within three days. He insists consumers are also increasingly relying on recommendations from trusted sources such as friends and other influencers. 3] Marc Wins, “ 5 ways to adapt to changing Consumer Behavior ,” Procurement Academy, 11 March 2019. [4]

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How Blockchain Could Create the 'Autonomous Container'

Supply Chain Brain

There’s nothing new, for example, about a carrier’s ability to monitor the interior temperature and humidity of a shipping container while in transit. Ettl says that drawback can be addressed through the use of Hyperledger , an open-sourced collaborative effort to develop blockchain technologies across industries.

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From The Desk of the CEO & CTO – 6/27/19

Shipchain

perhaps “25 SHIP per Shipment Tracked” or “5 SHIP per pallet”) because we don’t want the cost of supporting the network to simply become a race-to-the-bottom in a fee market for computing power; if a large amount of “real world value” is transacting on the sidechain, we believe that the fees the network charges should fairly reflect it.

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How the International School of Zug and Luzern Achieved Time- And Cost-Savings by Transforming Its Purchasing Process

Precoro

Zug Campus - Source: ISZL website Initial purchasing process at ISZL Before last year, when faculty and staff at the International School of Zug and Luzern wanted to buy something, they could briefly discuss it with the principal or other budget holders and then order what was needed instead of going through a formal process.