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The Top 10 Risks Facing Supply Chain Professionals
The results from Lehigh's latest Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index Report are in and cybersecurity is a bigger issue than ever.
Walmart’s Latest Service: Ultra Late-Night Delivery
Walmart customers can now place delivery orders until midnight, the latest in a series of recent programs aimed at accommodating the varying schedules of its customers.
South Korea Finally Overtakes China in Goods Exported to U.S.
Fueled by U.S. consumer demand for semiconductors, South Korea continues to make huge inroads as China fades.
SAP Unveils New AI-Driven Supply Chain Innovations
SAP's new AI-driven enhancements will leverage real-time data, enhance product development, and bolster manufacturing effectiveness.

Technology Resources

Boosting Productivity: The Benefits of Automation and AI for Consumer Products Companies
Utilizing technology to solve supply chain problems or seize new business opportunities for consumer products companies.
Unlocking Efficiency: Blue Yonder’s Real-Time Warehouse Management Solution
To maintain a competitive edge in an ever-evolving environment, manufacturers, retailers, distributors and third-party logistics providers need to...


Technology News

Quantifying the Impact of a Social Campaign through Social Media: Heineken
Since February 16, 2015, 31,000 conversations worldwide have been generated around Heineken, with major spikes occurring during the Champions League evenings and peaks of around 3,000 posts during the games.

According To Steve Wozniak Computers Are Going To Take Over From Humans
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has revealed that he's increasingly worried about the threat that Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses to humanity - disses the $17K Apple Watch, says computers will make humans into pets.

Improving Manufacturing Product Quality with Flexible Automation & Software
Manufacturers can improve quality using flexible automation by improving sanitation, safety & inspection while speeding production, reducing bad parts and increasing consistency.

Amazon Gets FAA Clearance to Test Delivery Drones
The e-commerce giant had threatened to take its research and development overseas.

Understanding The Cloud Computing Stack SaaS, Paas, IaaS
For organizations looking to move to Cloud Computing, it is important to understand the different aspects of Cloud Computing and to assess their own situation and decide which types of solutions are appropriate for their unique needs.

Understanding Cloud Computing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
In this article we will explain in detail the different types of Cloud Computing services commonly referred to as Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

The Power of Platform-as-a-Service: Building Innovative Cloud Apps for the US Marine Corps
A new generation of cloud platforms and integrated development environments are being leveraged by organizations to quickly develop powerful and customized multi-party applications for themselves and their customers.

How Things Have Changed After 30 Years of Dot Com
The international internet revolution began exactly 30 years ago on 15th March, 1985 and today we have millions of dot coms - our world wouldn't be the same without these dot coms, actually we cant imagine a world without them.

Why America’s Internet Is So Slow and Broken
Most of America's telecommunications infrastructure relies on outdated technology, and it runs over the same copper cables invented by Alexander Graham Bell over 100 years ago.

A Holistic Approach to Source-to-Pay
Many companies today still employ various point solutions from niche AP and P2P software providers to execute the financial supply chain. In doing so, companies over-complicate the very process they seek to simplify. Point solutions reside in a silo, preventing the flow of data across departments such as sourcing, logistics, treasury and finance.

Tablet Manufacturers Reportedly Cut Back On Orders To Supply Chain
China's supply chain is considered to be more prepared to handle the decline in tablet shipments than its Taiwan based counterparts.

Capitalizing on the IoT with Visibility and Intelligence
Mobile devices, cloud technology, big Data, The Internet of Things (IoT) will all help to revolutionize business as we know it.

10 Steps to Finding The Right Mobile Device
Technology is evolving faster than ever and the available options – models, suppliers, configurations and operating systems – seem to multiply by the minute.

Home Depot’s Custom Smartphone Does Inventory & Mobile Point of Sale
Home Depot associates across the U.S. will be armed with the next generation FIRST Phone, a proprietary Zebra Technologies device used to improve customer service and efficiency in the aisles.

Harnessing Complexity: James Rowan, COO of Dyson
How Dyson uses Elementum to get a "first mover advantage" against competitors and an "unfair share" of resources in a constrained market.

Amazon Files Patent for 3D Printing Delivery Trucks
Amazon filed for a patent for 3D printers mounted within trucks, which could then print customers' purchases on the fly and deliver them instantly, and save money by eliminating the need to import items and store them in warehouses.

The Logistics Transportation Market is Ready for Mobile
It’s time to throw onboard overboard. The “old days” of major hardware installations hard-wired into every vehicle are over. Conversion to a system using mobile phones, smart phones or tablets already in the hands of drivers is faster, more reliable and remarkably inexpensive.

FCC Votes to Protect the Internet with Title II Regulation
Title II is the FCC's strongest tool for enforcing open internet rules - A huge win for net neutrality.

Tech Trends 2015: The Fusion of Business and IT Report
In our sixth annual Technology Trends report, we outline eight trends that could potentially disrupt the way businesses engage their customers, how work gets done, and how markets and industries evolve.

Tech Trends 2015: The Fusion of Business and IT
A fundamental transformation is happening in the way C-suite leaders and CIOs collaborate to leverage disruptive change, chart business strategy, and pursue potentially transformative opportunities.


Featured Companies

Kyriba
Kyriba is the global leader in next generation treasury solutions in the cloud. We enable CFOs and finance teams to increase compliance, reduce risk, and provide the insight necessary for strategic financial decision-making. Kyriba’s award-winning cash, treasury, payment, risk…
Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, provides business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Its world-leading solutions transform the way products are designed, produced, and supported. Dassault Systèmes’ collaborative solutions foster social innovation, expanding possibilities for…
Made In Space
Founded in 2010 with the goal of enabling humanity’s future in space, Made In Space, Inc. has developed additive manufacturing technology for use in zero-gravity. By constructing hardware that can build what is needed in space, as opposed to launching…
Transportation Intermediaries Association
The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) is the professional organization of the $162 billion third-party logistics industry. TIA is the only organization exclusively representing transportation intermediaries of all disciplines doing business in domestic and international commerce. TIA is the voice of transportation…
Agillence
Agillence offers unprecedented optimization power through its suite of next generation optimization engines for supply chain, logistics, and transportation.
Logistyx Technologies
Logistyx Technologies optimizes businesses’ transportation management execution with industry-leading software, hardware, and knowledge. This unique, comprehensive package offers a configurable solution for smarter shipping anywhere by leveraging a global carrier network and predictive analytics for data and value-driven decisions.
ITIF
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is a non-partisan research and educational institute – a think tank – whose mission is to formulate and promote public policies to advance technological innovation and productivity internationally, in Washington, and in the states. Recognizing…
Optym
Optym provides best-in-class, new-generation automation and optimization software to transportation and logistics companies in the airline, railroad, trucking, and mining industries.
BlockEx
The BlockEx (Digital Asset Exchange Platform) DAxP is digital asset creation, issuance and trading platform. With toolkits for asset creation servicing, trade settlement, permissioned trading and automated reporting. BlockEx Labs works with trading firms, institutions, and governments providing managed services…
SwanLeap
Powered by Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, SwanLeap is a cutting-edge Transportation Management System (TMS), shipping technology, and freight and parcel auditing firm specializing in supply chain best practices and shipping cost reduction. We work to identify, develop, and execute…
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