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Agility and flexibility in the age of digital supply chains – Insights from the 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo

Kinaxis

Innovation in the warehouse: Markus Kückelhaus of DHL trend research, in two separate panels gave very compelling presentations on the innovation DHL is driving in the warehouse. Through the pilots that DHL conducted, AR is showing tremendous productivity gains in the warehouse such as a 25% gain in picking productivity.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Increased Prices Resulting from Shortages and Supply Chain Issues. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. How Labor Shortages Have Hurt the Supply Chain. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis.

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Resilient and Cost Efficient Supply Chains

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The problem, according to the authors, is that protective measures can be at odds with supply chain managers’ goal of improving cost efficiency. Supply chain efficiency, which is directed at improving a company’s financial performance, is different from supply chain resilience , whose goal is risk reduction.