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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

Self-Driving Uber Cars Hit the Road in Pittsburgh
As of this morning, about 1,000 select Uber customers in the Steel City may find autonomous vehicles answering their ride requests with Uber putting self-driving Ford Fusions on the road.

Unlock the Value of Your Supply Chain Through Embedded Analytics
Organizations worldwide are facing unique changes and are subject to unprecedented challenges in their marketplace.

Canada’s OpenText to Acquire Dell-EMC’s Enterprise Content Division for $1.62 Billion
Acquisition will allow customers to accelerate digital transformation with a fully integrated enterprise information management portfolio including deep industry solutions for enterprise content management and information life cycle management.

Samsung Shares Drop over FAA Warning on Using Galaxy Note 7 on Planes
Investors wipe more than $10 billion off Samsung Electronic's market value after U.S. air-safety regulators singled out Galaxy 7 smartphone as a potential fire hazard.

Oracle Acquires Cloud-Based LogFire to Boost its Supply Chain Management Suite
To enhance the features of its supply chain management cloud offering, Oracle has acquired LogFire which provides cloud-based warehouse management system applications.

The Future for Cloud-Based Supply Chain Management Solutions
Discover the top strategic advantages and motivators of deploying SCM processes in the cloud and gain valuable insights from global supply chain leaders on their attitudes and future plans for SCM cloud solutions.

Survey Says: Invest in Warehouse Technology
It’s no secret that e-commerce is changing the landscape of warehousing; Forrester Research estimates online sales in the U.S. will increase 56 percent, from $335 billion to $523 billion, over the next five years.

Marketing Company Gains Financial Visibility for Responsive Action
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) needed a more accurate view into cash balances within its worldwide operations; the global leader in modern marketing chose OpenText SWIFT Service Bureau.

nuTonomy Beats Uber/Google to Self-Driving Taxis
Singapore’s nuTonomy, founded by two researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said today it began testing a free taxi-hailing service in a small business district in Singapore.

The Importance of Cloud Computing for the Digitalization in Logistics
Cloud users are convinced that cloud computing will significantly push the topic of big data, as the technology is an enabler of big data; merging data from different sources and then being able to evaluate them across companies – the cloud is perfect for this.

Internaut Day: 25 Years of the World Wide Web
Happy Internaut Day! Thanks to Sir Tim Berners-Lee, web inventor and founding director of the World Wide Web Foundation, the scientist and academic whose visionary and innovative work has transformed almost every aspect of our lives.

The Cloud Data Brief
Most businesses strive to capture and analyze their data, but how and where does this happen?

Are You Ready to Let Robots Take the Driving Wheel?
Starting later this month, Uber will allow customers in downtown Pittsburgh to summon self-driving cars from their phones, crossing an important milestone that no automotive or technology company has yet achieved.

Uber Acquires Autonomous Truck Startup Otto
Uber announced it had acquired Otto, a 90-person start-up focused on developing self-driving truck technology that aims to upend the trucking and shipping industry.

Dock Door Scheduling on the Real Time Value Network
One Network’s Appointment Scheduling service automates what is typically a highly manual scheduling process, and streamlines other key processes related to pickup, delivery, and receiving.

Manufacturing Metrics that Drive Action
Metrics manufacturers should focus on to drive change and continuous improvement.

Demand-Driven Manufacturing Metrics
Operational metrics that drive action in Demand-Driven Manufacturing environments. Learn more about the Metrics for Action by downloading the Guide.

DuoSkin: Rapidly Prototyping On-Skin User Interfaces Using Skin-Friendly Materials
In this paper, we aim to make durable and skin-friendly on-skin user interfaces available to the wider community, using commodity materials, electronic components, and fabrication processes.

Microsoft and MIT Turn Skin Tattoos into Touchpads
MIT PhD students and a team from Microsoft Research have developed a new system called DuoSkin – a kind of 'smart' tattoo capable of turning your skin into an interface to control your mobile device.

Self-Driving Cars: The Next Revolution
The revolution, when it comes, will be engendered by the advent of autonomous or “self-driving” vehicles. And the timing may be sooner than you think.


Featured Companies

AutoStore
Revolutionary cube-based warehouse automation. Our system reduces your storage footprint by up to 75% while making your operations faster and incredibly reliable. Our robots run in the dark and use close to zero energy.
Fujitsu
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 155,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to…
Gartner
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. We deliver the technology-related insight necessary for our clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and…
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.
HERE Technologies
HERE is a pioneer in location technology. Organizations use our platform to build custom location-based services, create live maps and securely exchange location data. From autonomous transportation and smart logistics to new consumer experiences, we help our customers innovate, while…
aThingz
aThingz, is a global technology company that provides business outcome-focused solutions to the digital enterprise, aThingz solutions increase the accuracy of your supply chain business decisions with faster and timely integrated business insights across the value chain through the use…
New Course
New Course professionals are seasoned supply chain veterans, capable of leading both small and large scale projects. Our proven methodologies for both consulting and systems implementation engagements drive projects to successful conclusions each and every time. We help our clients…
Loftware
The Leader in Enterprise Labeling: Accurate, consistent and flexible labeling for supply chain success. Loftware integrates proven solutions with your business processes to standardize mission-critical labeling. Loftware ensures that you can quickly and easily support complex, global and high volume…
VARGO
VARGO is a team of fulfillment and distribution center specialists with expertise in systems integration, DC process improvement, and specialized material handling equipment.  For over four decades, we have been working with retailers,  manufacturers, wholesale and direct-to-consumer distributors to improve  …
Cadre Technologies
Cadre Technologies is a leading provider of warehouse management software for fulfillment, logistics and manufacturing companies and is the largest software provider to the third party logistics (3PL) industry in North America. Cadre delivers warehouse management and logistics visibility tools…
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