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Meet Bluicity: The Startup That’s Predicting and Perfecting the Supply Chain
In this week's Startup Spotlight, we profile Bluicity, a company digitalizing logistics to ensure quality and reduce waste in supply chains.
Happy Returns Partners With Shein and Forever 21 to Simplify Returns
The UPS-owned company launches its new buy-online, return-in-store (BORIS) solution at 300 Forever 21 stores nationwide.
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.

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

Manufacturers Unsure About Cybersecurity and R&D Tax Credits for Internet of Things Investments
The MPI Internet of Things Study, sponsored by BDO, indicates 49% of manufacturers are unsure or not confident in their ability to prevent a cybersecurity breach at their company, and 84% are not planning to take tax credits available for IoT investments.

Mobile Security: Addressing the Evolving Threat
As mobile is intrinsically woven into the fabric of enterprise, mobile security is less about protecting data and devices and more about protecting intellectual property, brand value, and customer trust.

Facebook and Twitter Announce Support for Apple in Backdoor Dispute With FBI
While the government has suggested the software tool will be used to unlock only the device in question, Apple and other technology companies believe that it sets a precedent that could lead to similar unlocking requests in the future.

China’s HNA Group Bolsters Logistics Arm with $6 Billion Ingram Micro Acquisition
Chinese logistics firm Tianjin Tianhai in one fell swoop has reshaped the technology landscape with plans to acquire Ingram Micro, the No. 1 technology distributor, for $6 billion.

Mobile Matters More For High-Tech Online Shoppers
As the pull of shopping online via mobile devices becomes ever more prevalent, recent research from transportation and logistics bellwether UPS shows that as more consumers shop online, they also bring with them specific preferences and guidelines, too.

The Hidden Costs Of Using Consumer-Grade Mobile Technology
The success of your mobility investment is in great part contingent on the devices you deploy.

Cisco Wagers $1.4B on IoT with Jasper Acquisition
Cisco Systems Inc., the largest maker of networking equipment, said it will acquire closely held Jasper Technologies Inc. for $1.4 billion, bolstering its offerings in the growing market for technology that lets people manage devices over the Internet.

Picking Errors Are Down and Productivity Is Up
In business for over 100 years and responsible for distributing hundreds-of-thousands of perishable and non-perishable food items daily, Ben E. Keith was looking for a better and faster way to service its customers.

Parcel Shippers: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The reality of today’s parcel contract negotiating landscape requires parcel shippers to empower themselves with the necessary data and analysis they need before sitting down at the table.

How to Calculate the Total Cost of Ownership When Selecting a Mobile Device
Consumer smartphones increase Total Cost of Ownership by up to 50 percent compared to enterprise grade devices, according to our research, so it’s vital that you are able to calculate an accurate TCO when selecting a mobile device.

Zebra Expedites Orders with Its Own Real-Time Locating Technology
RTLS Drives Productivity and Efficiency at North American Distribution Center.

Addressing Productivity Barriers in the Warehouse
Today's warehouses are faced with increased volumes of shipments, expedited delivery times and a workforce that wants a device and applications that are as easy to use as those they use in their personal lives.

Create a Visible Value Chain Across Your Critical Business Operations
Enterprises are looking at the advent of Big Data as a vast mine to gain deeper, more actionable insight into their operations and processes, and do more with less.

BCG Technology Advantage
This BDG Technology Advantage paper includes perspectives on the implementation of digital strategies at the function and industry levels.

Are You Prepared For The Digital Imperative?
Companies can’t just dabble at the edges by appointing a charismatic chief digital officer or CIO, or adopting the latest shiny technologies - digital strategy and transformation must be a top priority of the CEO and the senior management.

How the Internet of Things Transforms Trucking
Beyond smart trucks, the next evolution of IoT logistics will see the entire supply chain linked with connected things, the Internet of Everything, and with falling costs for smart tags, pallets will talk to trailers, containers will talk to trucks and fleets could talk to fleets.

Google Partners with Ford on Self-Driving Vehicles
Google will soon be one step closer to bringing its autonomous car technology to the consumer market, as a report yesterday claims the company is teaming up with Ford on a project that could lead to automated ride sharing services.

Are Drones the New iPhone?
Those working in the drone industry have a lot of support in Silicon Valley with drone start-ups having already raised nearly $200 million in venture capital funding, according to CB Insights, that's a 60 percent jump over the total raised last year.

Ford Begins Autonomous Vehicle Testing in California
Fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid sedans are taking to California streets next year, as Ford Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto continues growing.

How Smart Is Today’s Artificial Intelligence?
The field of artificial intelligence is pushing new boundaries and Hari Sreenivasan has the first in a series of stories about it and the concerns over where it may lead.


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Tableau
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NorthStar Automation
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EasyPost is the missing API that makes it quick and painless to integrate shipping into your application. Some of the biggest names in retail rely on EasyPost to ship faster, smarter and cheaper. We manage the headaches involved with dated…
Kodiak Robotics
We are developing autonomous technology for long-haul trucking. Our team is highly experienced and comes from the leading technology companies in the space.
Worksoft
Worksoft® is a leading global provider of automation software for high-velocity business process testing and discovery. Enterprises worldwide use Worksoft intelligent automation to innovate faster, lower technology risk, reduce costs, improve quality, and deeply understand their real end-to-end business processes.…
Rittal
Rittal North America is built on a strong tradition of innovation and takes pride in a progressive approach to engineering comprehensive and effective solutions that supports our customers in the pursuit of their goals. Rittal manufactures the world’s leading…
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