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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.
U.S. Manufacturing is Growing but Employment Not Keeping Pace
While President Biden continues to invest in U.S. manufacturing, job opportunities are simply not keeping up with the industry's growth.
The Two Most Important Factors in Last-Mile Delivery
A new Microsoft report on last-mile delivery reveals that speed and cost are the two most important factors, as customer satisfaction takes a backseat,

Technology Resources

Direct-to-Consumer Beverage Distributor Optimizes Fulfillment Operations
One of the largest online direct-to-consumer beverage distributors in the nation wanted to optimize its multi-carrier fulfillment operation...
Artifical Intelligence Transforms Procurement
In this whitepaper by JAGGAER, we explore insights and practical approaches for integrating AI into your procurement operations.


Technology News

The Top Ten Trends Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Solving the pharmaceutical S&OP problem is only half the equation, companies must also consider the full supply network related to executing operations, logistics, and distribution.

How Do You Get All of Your Data into Amazon’s Cloud, By Truck of Course!
AWS Snowmobile is an exabyte-scale data transfer service used to move extremely large amounts of data to AWS, you can transfer up to 100PB per Snowmobile, a 45-foot long ruggedized shipping container, pulled by a semi-trailer truck.

Adobe 2016 Mobile Retail Report
Online retailers see huge growth through smartphones, but consumer spending behavior on mobile devices could lead companies to miss out on some revenue growth, learn the consequences in Adobe’s most recent study.

Supply Chain Rumors: iPhone 8 to Feature All-Glass Casing in Order to Support Wireless Charging
Apple’s next-gen iPhone is expected to feature a major redesign, with at least one of the three iPhones due next year tipped to sport an all-screen design featuring an OLED display.

UPS Launches Chatbot and Accelerates Path Toward Use of Artificial Intelligence
The launch sets a direction for integration of artificial intelligence into additional customer-facing technologies using Facebook Messenger, Skype and Amazon, with future updates planned, including integration with UPS My Choice service.

Tomorrow’s Midmarket B2B eCommerce will Take Place in the Cloud
In this study, Forrester conducted an online survey 352 midmarket B2B eCommerce decision-makers, supplemented with three in-depth interviews to evaluate the state of eCommerce at midmarket B2B firms in the US, EMEA, and Australia.

Five Steps to Excellence in B2B eCommerce
According to a Forrester study, the U.S. B2B e-commerce is projected to grow from $780 billion in 2015 to $1.13 trillion by 2020, and companies that adopt a customer-centric approach to business are poised to capitalize on the ecommerce growth opportunity.

Demand Driven Manufacturing in the Engineer-to-Order Space
Demand-driven manufacturing (DDM) is an approach to manufacturing where production is based on actual demand rather than forecasts.

BMW Logistics Using Autonomous Transport Robots
The German auto manufacturer has launched a fleet of ten self-driving Smart Transport Robots to transport components through its logistics operations at its Wackersdorf plant.

U.S. Dept. of Energy Awards $5 million for Truck Platooning Study
The study will be led by by Purdue University using Peloton’s NEXTCAR project team which includes Cummins, Peterbilt Motors Company, ZF TRW, the University of Arizona and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Nucleus Research: Control Tower Value Matrix 2016
Control tower solutions remain one of the hottest areas for supply chain applications as more vendors enter this category to provide sense and response capabilities for companies operating complex global supply chains.

Apple Working on ‘Wearables’ Smart Glasses
Apple Inc. is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing, according to people familiar with the matter, and reported by Bloomberg.

Bringg Enables Hungry to Scale Out Its Last Mile Delivery Zones
Leading last mile logistics and on-demand delivery platform Bringg has partnered with chef prepared, authentic food delivery company Hungry to enable them to scale and optimize their business.

The Delivery Advantage
This eBook dives deep into aspects of the customer experience to help you consistently delight your customers.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Wearable Technology
Wearable Technology represents one of the major innovative technology trends in the recent times, wearables, and especially smartwatches are unobtrusive and glanceable to an extent that is unparalleled.

3PL Provider Uses Voice Picking Solution to Increase Productivity
The solution has replaced Merrill Corp.’s paper-based system, resulting in a considerable decline in picking errors.

The Cloud Demands a New ROI Formula
As cloud software implementations overtake on-premise installations, it is necessary to revisit the traditional method of calculating ROI.

Operational Analytics
High-performing companies will embed analytics directly into decision and operational processes, and take advantage of machine-learning and other technologies to generate insights in the millions per second rather than an “insight a week or month.”

Big Data and Analytics Focus in the Travel and Transportation Industry
The amount of data, increasingly real time and near real time, that is bombarding businesses in this industry requires faster and more comprehensive data collection and analytics capabilities to support both current ways of doing business and future innovation.

Behind the Honeywell Acquisition of Intelligrated
The combination brings together automation, data collection and edge sensors with a global presence.


Featured Companies

Temando
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Ericsson
Ericsson is the driving force behind the Networked Society - a world leader in communications technology and services. Our long-term relationships with every major telecom operator in the world allow people, business and society to fulfill their potential and create…
Cadre Technologies
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Miles Data Technologies
Miles Data has been providing supply chain data management solutions for over 25 years. In partnership with the leading manufacturers of Barcode and RFID technology, we combine award winning product design with our application expertise. Companies of all sizes rely on…
Amber Road
Amber Road, now part of E2open | Amber Road provides a single, on-demand platform that automates and streamlines global trade. By helping organizations to comply with country-specific trade regulations, as well as plan, execute and track global shipments, Amber Road…
Workday
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance, HR, and planning. Founded in 2005, Workday delivers financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications designed for the world’s largest companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. Organizations ranging…
Tactus Technologies
Tactus Technologies is a dynamic software company that specializes in Virtual Reality applications. With our experience of developing commercial Virtual Reality applications and advanced 3D content, we can help you with your specific 3D project needs.
FORTNA
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Youredi
Youredi is the leading provider of data integration and analytics solutions as a service for global eCommerce, finance and logistics. With its simple, cost-effective iPaaS that can be delivered quickly and securely from the cloud and can compliment your existing…
Quintiq
Quintiq’s supply chain planning and optimization platform enables enterprises to improve efficiency at every stage of the supply chain journey. It powers end-to-end planning and optimization of personnel, resources, and processes in a single planning environment, across all planning…
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