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Report: Supply Chain Efficiency Could Cut Food Waste by $700Bn

The scale of the problem is staggering. Each year, 1.6 billion tons of food worth about $1.2tr are lost or go to waste — one-third of the total amount of food produced globally. To put the figure in perspective, that is 10 times the mass of the island of Manhattan.

Expanding the Supply Chain: Using Blockchain to Optimize Storage Capacity

For companies looking to navigate the challenges of e-commerce, blockchain offers a solution.

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Adhere to Supply-Chain Business Rules to Enhance Collaboration

The supplier-buyer relationship is dynamic and in a constant state of change. We have seen first-hand how successful suppliers position themselves to capitalize on the partnership.

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Americold, Solving Your Supply Chain Needs

Challenge: Due to the popularity of its product line, a food producer experienced a sudden increase in local market demand, resulting in an urgent need for cold storage space to accommodate increased inventory. In addition to growing demand, random order frequency necessitated inbound and outbound truck handling flexibility to ensure OTIF fulfilment while maintaining product integrity.

How to Hack Purchasing With a B2B Portal

A B2B purchasing portal makes the procurement process faster and easier.

Discover Perfect Order Management With Amber Road

Challenge: This footwear company is a leading manufacturer that prides itself in producing a wide range of shoes, from athletic to fashion, in hopes of crafting the perfect style for each customer. Because of the company’s emphasis on creativity, its manufacturing environment is highly complex — consisting of more than 3,000 patterns, 11,000 types of materials and various outdated IT systems. Attempting to manage design and order generation, the company implemented Amber Road’s SAP ERP and PTC FlexPLM systems, which only rendered partial functionalities since the system was not yet fully integrated.

In China, Salmon is Salmon, Even if It’s Trout

For years, fish sellers in China have labeled something other than salmon as salmon, according to a local media report that outraged sushi lovers across the country.

As Businesses Turn to Services, GDPR Compliance Becomes Critical to Success

As product-oriented companies make the transition to more service offerings, the amount of customer data they hold will increase, and so will the ways they engage with that data.

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Five Ways to Measure ROI of Your Supply Chain Technology Platform

Given the complexity of doing business today, supply chain managers have their work cut out for them.

I.T. Resilience Keeps Supply Chain Traffic Moving

Why companies need to achieve a higher level of I.T. resilience in the supply chains, beyond business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.

Chinese Blockchain Company Targets Maritime Silk Road

Chinese technology company Yuanben and Maritime Silk Road Platform, part of China's Zhuozhi Logistics Group, have signed an agreement to provide blockchain services for global maritime freight.

A Gold Star for Working-Capital Improvement? Not So Fast.

On the surface, the nation’s biggest manufacturers would appear to be doing a great job improving the performance of working capital. But the achievement becomes less impressive when you learn how they’ve managed to do it.

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