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The new solution enables carriers, freight forwarders, distributors, custom brokers, and suppliers to execute the global fulfillment and transportation process from a single access point, accelerating the transition of businesses to interconnected digital trading communities.

This solution paper describes how the Global Logistics Gateway enables a digital network of networks for a trading partner ecosystem, and increases service levels, improves asset utilization, and reduces costs.

With the big ERP vendors invading their turf, best-of-breed SCM providers are coming up with deeper, niche-oriented solutions to help shippers manage their supply chains, our analysts discuss just how far ERP can go in this sector that’s now considered the foundation of success for digital commerce.

The Internet of Things is real, Morgan Stanley estimates that 75 billion devices will be connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2020, so what does IoT mean for your supply chain?

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has announced that every Volvo it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its future business.

In its latest effort to compete with online giant Amazon, Walmart is testing a delivery service using its own store employees, who will deliver packages ordered online while driving home from their regular work shifts.

Retailers are struggling to respond to the new threat of online giants like Amazon, who are siphoning off the customers of traditional retailers, what is driving this and what can retailers do to retaliate against this threat?

Memorial Day’s roots go back to the Civil War, shortly after the war, in 1868, an organization of Union veterans established “Decoration Day” as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the fallen Union soldiers.

It goes beyond cost, traditional ERP systems are enterprise-centric, and so are fundamentally unfit for today’s fast moving, fluid and global business environment, the ideal technology is not the old enterprise system but the social network model, enter multi-enterprise business networks, the technology powering many successful digital supply chains.

Not only do Enterprise Resource Planning suppliers offer WMS solutions, they’re pushing the envelope for functions including e-commerce, advanced analytics, prebuilt IoT applications, and global visibility and collaboration hubs.

In this white paper we survey the automotive industry landscape and propose the value proposition delivering a build-to-order solution, we discuss the challenges to transitioning to a build-to-demand strategy, and we examine the key enablers for build-to-demand.

The market value of Tesla, the high-end electric car manufacturer, has surpassed that of American automotive giants like Ford and General Motors, both of which sell millions more cars than Tesla does - James B. Stewart of The New York Times joins William Brangham to discuss Tesla’s brand allure and the state of today’s auto industry.

Full intelligent process automation comprises of five key technologies, here’s how to use them to enhance productivity and efficiency, reduce operational risks, and improve customer experiences.

Computers are smart, but no match for a human assisted by a computer using a smart process, and AI is not myopically about removing people, but a way to extend our reach, improve our lives and help us make smarter decisions faster.

The global food supply chain brings us exotic fresh foods from around the world, but the challenges in ensuring affordable and healthy food are enormous...here are five of the biggest hurdles and how to clear them.