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IDC’s lead IoT analyst, Stacy Crook, has much to say about Oracle’s recently launched IoT Intelligent Applications. Oracle IoT Intelligent Applications are designed with a “Business Process First” approach – leveraging real time IoT data with advanced AI/ML powered analytics to enable customers to quick scale and realize business value. Download her report for a comprehensive overview Oracle’s product vision, strategy and capabilities.   

Supply interruptions. Delivery delays. Damaged shipments. The disruption caused by COVID-19 has revealed the challenges and limitations of on-premises supply chain capabilities, which often rely on manual processes. 

In their latest report, advisory firm Deep Analysis, examines the capabilities of Oracle Intelligent Track and Trace, and how it can solve for these challenges and more. 

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Learn about three capabilities that are now deemed essential for supply chain management and IT teams: enhanced insights, broader collaboration, and resiliency. 

This technology advisory from The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group explores these and other new rules for success. 

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The path forward for global container shipping

Container shipping has a paper problem, and it’s never been more obvious than in 2020. 

COVID-19 has put unprecedented strain on the world’s supply chains. The pandemic has exposed the shipping industry’s continuing dependence on printed documentation. Cargo has been stuck in ports waiting for physical paperwork to be delivered by flights that have been delayed. It is clear that the need to replace antiquated shipping processes with efficient, digital processes is more urgent than ever. But without a common approach to technology, container shipping provides an inferior digital experience. This means that a standardised, scalable approach is the only way to future-proof such a fragmented, complex and global industry.

Digital Standards: An investment in the future

In this e-book, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) looks at what it will take to replace antiquated shipping processes across this highly fragmented, complex and global industry - from electronic Bills of Lading (eBL) to IoT container tracking and much more. 

Drawing on the experience of industries such as banking and air transport, it reveals the potential real-world benefits for all parts of the industry if standardized efficient, digital processes are widely adopted. These include increased transparency, collaboration, efficiency and reliability, as well as the potential to make billions of dollars of cost savings every year.

The ongoing tariff negotiations have made life and business operations extremely difficult for countless manufacturers and distributors across the U.S. and the rest of the world. Just as the tariffs for one industry show signs of easing up, headlines reveal a new industry at risk of new tariff regulations.

Countless businesses and their customers have already been impacted, but with no end to the global tariff situation in sight, it’s imperative that companies continue to refine their strategy to not only ensure business continuity but also to gain the most advantageous position possible for the future.

In its newest white paper, value chain optimization firm River Rock Advisors details several steps companies can take to navigate this ongoing uncertainty. These steps aren’t one-time actionable steps but rather long-term focuses that should be implemented alongside other operational and business strategies.

Examples of the recommendations proposed include ways to safely reduce costs while retaining the ability to ramp up operations at any time, purchasing strategies that prevent businesses from becoming over-invested in inventory that’s not in demand, maintaining service levels and customer satisfaction despite lower inventory, and more. River Rock Advisors also provides practical recommendations that businesses can follow to ensure they know what’s coming and how they can take action.

In the end, companies that take the time to implement proactive measures such as those discussed in the white paper will not only be in the best position to outlast the ebb and flow of these days but also to more effectively compete.

Download W​ hat’s Your Tariff Strategy: Developing a Proactive Approach to Inventory in a Changing Economic Environment​ today — the newest white paper from River Rock Advisors. 

For shippers, carriers and consumers, was there ever a time when the near future seemed as uncertain as it does today?

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