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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

And while during the SARS epidemic of 2002 and 2003, China represented 4.3% Seifert and Richard Markoff in the article “ Demand for AI in Demand Planning.”. Tire companies, for example, now use sensor data to monitor tire pressure and proactively alert customers about maintenance. Indeed, by 2010, China surpassed the U.S.

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How US ports may have contributed to the global lag in container turn around times

Shipping and Freight Resource

Given China’s systemic production cost advantage, which now averages 30% to 35% even when shipping costs are included, ” says a recent article from the Harvard Business Review. Transloading, for example, has transitioned from loading ocean freight containers onto trains to unloading cargo directly into domestic trucks close to port.

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Supply Chain Data Visibility Paramount as Industry Lurches into Next Chapter

IoT World Today

Key Takeaways from This Article: COVID-19 has unveiled the fragility of a global supply chain predicated on lowest-cost principles. Compare China’s share today with 2002, during the SARS epidemic, when China represented only 4% of world GDP. A second factor is unprecedented shifts in consumer spending.

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Logistics and autonomous systems – the promise of transformed logistics

Logistics in War

This article survey automation in logistics and highlight areas of promise for military logistics. A following article will discuss a more important topic – instead of autonomy of logistics, this second article will look at the logistics of autonomy. Part two – the logistics of automation – will be posted shortly. [1]

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Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999 – strategic logistics and what went wrong

Logistics in War

This series of articles aims to address this gap by showing how logistics problems accumulate and metastasise into operational preparedness shortcomings. In opening this series of articles, its worth noting what some of the most significant reviews of the ADF’s performance found. What do we know?

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

IMPO Executive Editor, Anna Wells provides insights into the complicated issue in her article “Why The Manufacturing Skills Gap Is Serious”. For example, job training grants totaling $450 million were distributed among approximately 270 community colleges in 2014. Annually, 3.2 - 3.5 Improving relevant education — The U.S.

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Trucking Isn’t Going Away Any Time Soon

Blue Grace Logistics

For example, a smart sensor in the truck might be able to detect an imbalanced load or a flat tire, but it falls to the driver to fix that issue before rolling on down the road. For example, the autonomous drive feature could take over for highway driving but for rural or city driving, it would be under human control.