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How Supply Chain Finance Can Fund the Future of Automotive

The future of the automotive industry has arrived. Electric vehicles and autonomous driving are fundamentally changing the business models and supply chains of automotive OEMs – and that’s putting many automotive companies in a tough position. How can they profitably meet the demands of today’s consumers while investing heavily in the innovations that will sustain them tomorrow? -Tom Roberts, SVP Global Marketing, PrimeRevenue

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Will Advanced Analytics Leveraging Digital Technology Be An Extinction Event?

With the emergence of new digital technologies such as Mobility, Big Data, Internet of Things, Cloud, Business Intelligence/AI, Machine Learning, etc., new and more abundant sources of data are available to improve supply chain planning and execution. Advancing in analytic maturity is the most significant competitive lever in the history of business. Why? Time. Advancing in analytics maturity takes time that many companies aren’t able to make up in a market race. -Rich Sherman, Senior Fellow, Supply Chain Centre of Excellence, Tata Consultancy Services

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Meet the Young Robotics Entrepreneur Who Got a Dream Deal With Apple

Behind the bar of San Francisco's Four Seasons Hotel last March, a set of doors led into an empty cafe room where an unknown, 25-year-old British-Nigerian entrepreneur named Silas Adekunle was about to meet a senior executive at Apple.

Amazon Wants to Disrupt Healthcare in America. In China, Tech Giants Already Have.

Amazon and two other American titans are trying to shake up healthcare by experimenting with their own employees’ coverage. By Chinese standards, they’re behind the curve.

Opinion: Smaller Manufacturers Can’t Afford to Dismiss the IIoT

Almost four of every five manufacturers and distributors still have no plans to implement IIoT technologies. They’re making a mistake.

For Bezos, Buffett and Dimon, a Health Push Years in the Making

It’s a stronghold of insider Washington, a place where billionaires and former presidents mingle in black-tie splendor.

Excelling in the Changing World of Contract Manufacturing

At Jabil, a highly diversified contract manufacturer, today's challenges aren't so different from most companies. Customers want visibility and flexibility in the supply chain.

3-D Virtual Technologies: The Industry's Next Innovation Frontier

Faced with increasing pressure to meet today's digital consumers' demand for personalization, varieties and values – all under shrinking lead times and heightened competition – the foremost strategy in the apparel industry is to minimize time and cost related to product development and market launch. Top companies are leading the field in 3D virtual technology applications in this area, enabling them to reduce time and cost to market, while simplifying process and improving supply chain collaboration. -John Coyle, Professor Emeritus, Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Steve Tracey, Executive Director of the Center for Supply Chain Research; and Kusumal Ruamsook, Research Associate of the Center for Supply Chain Research, all at Penn State

Q&A: What We Have Here Is a Failure to Collaborate

A survey by 3M Company finds a large number of suppliers holding back from engaging in true collaboration with buyers, due to a lack of openness and customer incentives.

Blockchain Could Revolutionize the World of Supply Chain Management

Blockchain, the technology underlying bitcoin, has some challenges to overcome. But the potential applications are so compelling, supply chain managers should quickly learn more about it and begin to conceptualize how it can be applied to their businesses.

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'Is It Shoplifting If It’s Not the Customer’s Fault?': Amazon Go Raises Questions for the Retail Industry

“Just walk out,” say the signs at the entrance and store windows at Amazon’s newest concept store. “No lines. No checkout. (No, seriously.)”

Blockchain: So Much Bigger Than Bitcoin

From voting to healthcare, music to energy production, blockchain may just change the way we run our lives.

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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