Business systems can’t operate with true effectiveness as stand-alone functions; they must work together for businesses to harvest the most value from their data.

Managers of manufacturing and training operations will need to see a faster ROI if this technology hopes to become a staple of supply chains.

Now volatility is end to end, and supply chain planning extends beyond order fulfillment to sustainability and resiliency. The good news: They’ve updated the operator’s manual.

The objective is to provide a neutral open library of geofences linked to container handling facilities to ensure that all parties in the supply chain can reference the same geofence for a facility.

The key to ensuring supply chain transparency is having access to product data that is consistent and of the highest quality.

Because Section 702 has prompted the capture of vast amounts of data, there’s a risk of  information not intended by the Act being caught up too.

GS1 is hoping to foster adoption of  QR code technology that allows additional information about products in the supply chain to be added along the way.

Imagine a world where technology is used to connect a finished food product with its own supply chain data, as well as any information pertaining to sources for its ingredients.

Although technology is very important, business process management is more critical to running a successful supply chain says Leo Salomons, head of value engineering for the Americas at Mavim.

As nearshoring gathers momentum, SMBs have an opportunity to shorten their supply chains.