These 5 stages of maturity will help supply chain and logistics leaders set strategic goals that are appropriate to their organization's maturity level
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Stage 1: React — Siloed Autonomous Operation
Stage 2: Anticipate — Functional Scale and Efficiency
Stage 3: Integrate — Integrated With the Supply Chain
Stage 4: Collaborate — Collaborating With the Value Chain Network
Stage 5: Orchestrate — Network Orchestrator of Profitable Customer Value
UPS drivers preparing to get behind the wheel will soon be using virtual reality to do so. The company's new VR training program will be rolling out next..
by Alexa Cheater Every day it seems as if one company or another is touting theyve just released the next big thingthat new device that will change your
La gestion de la chaîne logistique ou supply chain profite du bouleversement provoqué par l'IoT. Voici cinq startups qui utilisent l’IoT dans ce but.
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L’internet des objets est source de bien des transformations. La gestion de la chaîne logistique ou supply chain en anglais profite de ce bouleversement. Voici cinq startups qui utilisent l’IoT dans ce but.
If the vision of Industry 4.0 is to be realized, most enterprise processes must become more digitized. A critical element will be the evolution of traditional supply chains toward a connected, smart, and highly efficient supply chain ecosystem. The supply chain today is a series of largely discrete, siloed steps taken through marketing, product development, manufacturing, and distribution, and finally into the hands of the customer. Digitization brings down those walls, and the chain becomes a completely integrated ecosystem that is fully transparent to all the players involved.
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If the vision of Industry 4.0 is to be realized, most enterprise processes must become more digitized. A critical element will be the evolution of traditional supply chains toward a connected, smart, and highly efficient supply chain ecosystem.
This paper provides information about five new innovative technologies that could greatly impact the supply chain, it delves into the many benefits of each technology as well as some challenges, and it gives you a peek into an amazing future.
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This paper provides information about five new innovative technologies that could greatly impact the supply chain, it delves into the many benefits of each technology as well as some challenges, and it gives you a peek into an amazing future. By Paul Dittmann, PhD
Many supply chain organizations have remaining in the pilot phase of blockchain adoption, but it's time to embrace this transformative technology. Here's why.
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E2E visibility in Supply chain with the help of Blockchain
Markus Voss, CIO and COO at Deutsche Post DHL’s Supply Chain division, highlights the digital innovations reshaping the company’s business today — and promising to disrupt the logistics market of tomorrow.
L'avenir de la logistique se joue dans les airs, avec l'avènement des drones. Pour 2017, le Gartner estime qu'il s'écoulera 3 millions de drones de loisirs et commerciaux (+39% vs 2016), représentant un marché de 6 milliards de dollars, qui passera à 11 milliards de dollars d'ici à 2020.
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L'utilisation des drones en Logistique : transport et entrepôt
Le logisticien DHL a également équipé certains de ses employés. Leur travail consiste à scanner des articles et les disposer dans des bacs. Avec la solution Ubimax with Glass, ils reçoivent les instructions en temps réels et une aide visuelle, tout en gardant les mains libres. DHL estime avoir amélioré l’efficacité de la supply chain de 15%.
Supply chain efficiency is becoming a key operational differentiator for companies competing in a worldwide market place that is increasingly ignoring traditional borders and limitations.
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Supply chain efficiency is becoming a key operational differentiator for companies competing in a worldwide market place that is increasingly ignoring traditional borders and limitations.
Predicting the future of supply chain management is a fool’s game, but new findings from CAPS Research gives a glimpse into how supply managers are preparing for tomorrow.
Across all industries, the digitalization of processes and operations is changing what’s possible for supply chain practitioners. Here are some examples.
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Digitalization of processes and operations is changing what’s possible for supply chain actors
What effects does eCommerce have on the supply chains of brick-and-mortar stores? Professor Jörg Becker of ERCIS in Münster has an answer to this question
Morgan Stanley estimates that 75 billion devices will be connected to the IoT by 2020 but what does this mean for supply chain? It means much greater tracking and intelligence throughout the supply chain, connecting people, processes and data via devices and sensors.
If companies are hesitant to adopt additive manufacturing for their products, they can start by transforming their supply chain using 3D printing, thereby reducing material waste, increasing production flexibility, and decentralizing production.
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Stage 1: React — Siloed Autonomous Operation
Stage 2: Anticipate — Functional Scale and Efficiency
Stage 3: Integrate — Integrated With the Supply Chain
Stage 4: Collaborate — Collaborating With the Value Chain Network
Stage 5: Orchestrate — Network Orchestrator of Profitable Customer Value