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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. Supply chain visibility often means “where’s my stuff,” or the ability to trace parts in transit from the manufacturer to the final destination. This example illustrates why supply chain visibility isn’t enough.

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Supply Chain Data Visibility Paramount as Industry Lurches into Next Chapter

IoT World Today

To reduce costs and shipping delays, and to optimize inventory, manufacturers like his need to know precisely when, for example, to manufacture boxes that its retailer customer will use to ship the products it sells. But those new sourcing strategies must be informed by an accurate data platform that can conduct risk analysis.

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What is Transportation Management Workflow and How Does It Work

Blue Grace Logistics

Transportation Management Workflow may be defined as a supply chain workflow that connects and links the various parties involved along the chain from, for example, the seller’s warehouse to the buyer’s warehouse. Tracking costs and delivery. A well designed and effective TMS is of paramount importance in: Reducing freight costs.

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Industry Trend on the Rise for Supply Chain and Logistics: Automation

Shipchain

Automation will allow for supply chain executives to focus their time on data analysis and forecasting as opposed to managing and overseeing every single process in the supply chain. For example, as per Ryan Duguid of Manufacturing.net , automated technology can continuously fulfill orders. Boosting visibility. Improving profitability.

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The US Leads the World in the Fight Against Slavery

Logistics Viewpoints

In the apparel supply chain, for example, it is said that only 34% of brands can trace their value chains and over half can’t even track their supplier’s supplier. The third complication is that even if the importer of record can trace their extended supply chain, they then must prove they are not working with bad actors.

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Peli BioThermal innovation webinars available on demand

Logistics Business Magazine

Part 2: A worked example of the methodology. Analysis of shipper performance using performance curves. Integrating Real Time Track and Trace via IoT into the Cold Chain. While InnovationShare webinars are complete, all ten webinars are available on demand through the Peli BioThermal website.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

In other cases, where more sophisticated and expensive 3D printing capabilities are required, third-parties will manufacture the products on demand and deliver them to us (or we can pick them up at the local UPS Store, for example). Location data — which I call the “Where?” And with that, have a happy weekend!