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AI and the Future of Supply Chain with Yossi Sheffi

The Logistics of Logistics

He is also an active entrepreneur, having founded five successful companies, all acquired by larger enterprises, and a sought-after speaker at corporate and professional events. Following the journey of the t-shirt from factory to retailer. Future trends in world supply chains and economies.

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Supply Chains Disruptions at Highest Rate in 3 Years

Material Handling and Logistics

Factory fires were the most frequent event type in the first half of 2018. In the first half of 2018, Resilinc notified a record 1,069 events within a six month period, the highest since Resilinc began monitoring in 2010. Of those events, more than 300 of them directly impacted the continuity of supply.

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Amazon and the Shift to AI-Driven Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Organizations examine past sales trends, apply seasonal adjustments, and make forecasts based on historical models. When unexpected disruptions occura factory shutdown, a shipping delay, or a supply shortagethese models provide little flexibility. Predictive maintenance of transportation fleets reduces downtime and repair costs.

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2016 Supply Chain Trends: 7 of 12 Trends that Will Drive Supply Chain Management in 2016

GlobalTranz

As we head into a new year it is a good time to take a look at the coming year and see what it may hold in the way of trends. We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. Do you have the right people in place?

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Circular Supply Chains with Deborah Dull

The Logistics of Logistics

She is a sought after author and speaker having been published in various books, articles, and white papers and spoken at dozens of industry events. Factories do not have to be huge and polluting. Small factory trend or in-door farming. Cutting out the thousands of miles from shipping across the world.

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COVID Has Fundamentally Changed the Profession of Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

The toilet paper shortage was one of the COVID era events that taught people what the term “supply chain management” meant. The trend toward automation has never gone away. But the difficulty in finding workers has becoming a huge challenge at many factories and warehouses. Risk management had been a hard sale.

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Lenovo Excels in Supply Chain Planning with a Hybrid Approach

Logistics Viewpoints

Factories serve local markets. We have all our factories, both in-house and outsourced, all of our distribution centers, and our transportation network on the Blue Yonder foundational system. The sales team can go have those conversations, with real-time lead times and even the factory the product will ship from, with customers.