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The Dispatch Report + Full Product Launch | January 2019, Issue No. 10

Shipchain

Almost two years ago with knowledge of the problems of the freight industry and some rough ideas of how to solve them, we’ve been able to plot, survey, and develop the systems we’ve now launched. We recently wrapped on a launch event in Tokyo, Japan with the majority of our team. Upcoming Events. But that’s not all.

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What is the Biggest Blind Spot in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

A lot of data/information is communicated in batch and serial mode, sometimes hours or days after a transaction or event occurs. Within X hours of the event, we contacted all of these suppliers and determined that X supplier has shop floor damage. Low-tech / no-tech processes still exist, especially in developing countries.

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How to Mitigate Risk in Demand Driven Supply Chains

Logistics Bureau

However desirable it may seem to run manufacturing, warehousing, or transport operations at 100% of their capacity, to do so is to invite severe problems in the event of supply shortages or sudden demand peaks. However, inventory is not the only way to buffer the supply chain and reduce risk. Capacity Buffering. For instance, you might….

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Blockchain Will Solve, Save, Cure Everything

Talking Logistics

The IBM-Maersk joint venture, for example, aims to “digitize the global supply chain from end-to-end,” creating a “shipping information pipeline [that] will provide end-to-end supply chain visibility to enable all actors involved in managing a supply chain to securely and seamlessly exchange information about shipment events in real time.”.

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Getting Started with AI in Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters. Concurrency combined with AI is the breakthrough, because it connects islands of isolation and aligns the nodes of your supply chain.

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Do You Have a Proactive Supply Chain Design or a Reactive One?

Talking Logistics

If existing scenarios and events have triggered an assessment of your supply chain flow, you’re operating with a reactive design. If on the other hand, you’re considering events that aren’t in the process of happening right now, you’re proactive instead. Times Have Changed For Supply Chains.

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Demand Driven Supply Chain- Bridging the Gap by Flowcasting

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Even though lots of organizations have such planning solutions, yet the main question for any operations team still remains: - "In a forecast driven supply chain, where should be our d emand point and how to control bull whip effect due to variability in customer demand?" (i.e Keeping end retailers i.e