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Three Keys for Achieving Supply Chain Resilience
Supply chain professionals have never had more tools at their disposal, nor a more prominent stage to engage with their corporate leadership teams on risk mitigation and business continuity planning.
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When Will Manufacturers Act to Diversify Raw-Material Supply?
At a time when supply chain experts are preaching the benefits of diversified sourcing, an alarmingly small number of manufacturers seem to be practicing it.
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How Predictive Analytics Is Preventing Service Failures for 3PLs
The amount of real-time data from multiple sources needed to optimize operations and move product quickly requires advanced, artificial intelligence–enabled technology. Enter predictive analytics.
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The Wi-Fi Upgrade That Can Boost Warehouse Efficiency
In the warehouse setting, a mesh network allows for continuous, autonomous operations to take place and run smoothly.
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It’s All About CX in Last-Mile Logistics
With the decrease in brand loyalty, customer experience (CX) has become the new frontier to conquer, as businesses are no longer competing on price or product.
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Less Hiring, More Re-Skilling: The Long-Term Solution to Supply Chain's Labor Problem
The competition to find workers has moved beyond traditional supply chain roles, with virtually everyone trying to hire.
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Online vs. Store Operations: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
What’s behind the push by retailers to undo years of effort, and separate e-commerce from brick-and-mortar fulfillment?
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The Supply Chain Ripple Effect of Digital Labels
Taking a holistic view, executives are looking to implement technology and processes that enable resilience not only to address the current supply chain landscape, but to future-proof for the next set of challenges.
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Cobots Are Coming to Fill Automation Gaps in Smaller Workflows
Technologies are coming online that can allow companies with a smaller footprint, or with workflows in tighter spaces, to reap the benefits of robotics and automation without having to write a giant check.
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Could Quantum Computing Solve the Supply Chain Crisis?
Researchers are working on algorithms for supercomputers to optimize shipping routes as variables change.
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Supply Chain Traceability and Rising Trends in AI
Growing concerns over food quality are prompting producers to adopt technology that makes possible full traceability of product origin.
Seeking a Short-Term Solution to the Container Backup
Logistics experts are busy considering ways in which their supply chains can be redesigned so as to avoid the kind of congestion that has brought international goods movement to a virtual halt at major ports. But in the meantime, the system is crying out for some form of immediate relief.
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