We congratulate all of the finalists in this year’s SCIA competition, who reflect the quantity, quality and scope of innovations that are being devised by supply chain leaders everywhere.

A leading supplier of reusable packaging containers seeks to boost visibility and cut down on losses within a network of millions of units, with a method that makes economic sense. Roambee provides the innovative solution.

Intel sets out to replace an arduous and time-consuming manual process for inspecting damaged boxes in the warehouse, with an automated system that employs computer vision and artificial intelligence.

Cisco boosts revenue by implementing a business process to assess product quality and maturity, allowing real-time sampling and automated field monitoring.

A case study about a flexible and scalable fulfillment strategy for handling order for a major personalized beauty subscription company.

Might artificial intelligence turn out to have an impact far greater than previous tech revolutions — to the point where, if not doomed, humanity might be seriously threatened?

The reason Mexico didn’t rise as a great near-shore market before was that supply chain resiliency just wasn’t top of mind in the last few decades, when landed cost was king.

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

IBM, a pioneer in the development of artificial intelligence, deploys the ground-breaking technology to make real-time predictions about the status and shipment of sales orders. 

Estes Express Lines achieves “clear line of sight” with a new visibility application, tailored to customer preferences defined by WWEX, a third-party logistics provider specializing in serving small to medium-sized shippers.

A global manufacturer lacked real-time tracking capabilities, making it difficult to ensure the safe transportation of its products and meet customer expectations.

Highly seasonal demand across its network of warehouses left  this large e-commerce provider with a choice: Invest in a system that operates under capacity for most of the year, or one that can’t meet the peak volume. 

While they still have some operating leverage, shippers should start preparing for the market turn.

It’s time to dispel the notion that data science is purely abstract and theoretical: In fact, it can and should be applied to make a practical difference in evolving warehouse performance.  

Even retailers who get it right in terms of technology investment and sourcing soon inevitably face growth challenges.

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.

Fortunately, shippers can defend themselves against these forms of transport theft.

By exposing transaction data from end to end, organizations make quicker decisions, lower costs, and achieve better customer service.

It’s time for the convergence of supply chain and manufacturing.

With the smart data fabric in place, an enterprise will have developed an innate ability to more accurately predict demand and supply chain trends.

Companies are wise to proceed cautiously as they integrate sustainability, resilience and commercial objectives.

In automated cold-storage warehouses, WMS, automated receiving technologies, computer vision systems, algorithms, visibility platforms and machine learning capabilities all work in tandem to create end-to-end process automation.

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