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Blockchain Could Be the Next Supply Chain, Analysts Say

Blockchain technology may be shaking up a supply chain near you. It's smarter, it's faster, and it gets more participants on board.

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Opinion: Why You Should Build Your Supply Chain From the Customer Up

Supply chain orchestration has many benefits for customers and businesses.

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UPS Adds Beacons to Handle Package Misloads

UPS is installing electronic beacons in its package cars to notify workers if they have placed an item in the wrong delivery vehicle. The initiative, known as Preload Smart Scan, is part of a suite of UPS projects that will use technology to error-proof package processing operations to ensure timely delivery and customer satisfaction.

FourKites Links Up With SMC3 for Transportation Visibility Software

FourKites, a provider of real-time supply chain visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, has announced several new integrated enhancements for visibility and orchestration within JDA Transportation Management from JDA Software Group Inc.

Why Are Traditional Retailers Failing?

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Opinion: Big Data and an Outside-in View of Your Supply Chain

Enterprise applications have data and generate content, but it is largely internally generated content. It is content that is generated from transactions occurring inside the four walls of the enterprise. But in the supply chain world we need an end to end view of the supply chain that includes content external to the enterprise. New Content as a Service offerings can help provide this perspective.

CHAMP Integrates Hands-Free Amazon Technology Into Airfreight

Trying to track down your latest shipments? Try giving them a shout.

For 3M, Technology Was the Key to a New Supply-Chain Mindset

It only makes sense that The 3M Company, with a business model resting almost entirely upon technology, would eventually get around to applying it to the supply chain.

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Survival Strategies for Struggling Retailers

In the age of the omnichannel, is there any hope for traditional retail chains?

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RFID Technology Lights Up Prescription Will-Call System

North Carolina drug retailer Drugco Discount Pharmacy has employed an RFID light stick for pharmacy will-call. The Suncrest Solutions system - new to U.S. drugstores - automates the retrieval process for prescription drugs when customers arrive at the counter to pick them up.

Equipment Provider Keeps Processes on Pace With Accelerating Growth

Challenge: As a quickly growing business, one of the world's largest infrastructure and irrigation equipment providers realized its existing approach to managing freight invoices wasn't keeping up. An entirely manual process – from tearing envelopes to rubber stamping G/L codes – the company was not only wasting valuable time and resources, but encountering costly errors.

Overcoming Operational Silos in the End-to-End Supply Chain With Kinaxis

Challenge: The organization wanted to elevate its supply chain planning capabilities to support synchronization, end-to-end supply chain planning, visibility and decision-making.

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

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