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A Snapshot of Supply Chain Technology

Una

Zero visibility of the risks their ships faced, from storms to piracy and political instability, rendered those on shore helpless to intervene. That is why the most important gains in supply chain technology have been in the area of visibility. Automation and Robotics. Streamlined cross-border trade.

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Adapting Supply Chains to the Digital Retail Revolution

SCMDOJO

According to a recent report by Global Web Index, modern shoppers distribute their attention across multiple social platforms and are increasingly likely to purchase products on their mobile devices. You need to integrate your supply chain management systems to meet this demand.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

But to more deeply understand how it can support business planning, we should differentiate the need for process and decision automation on one hand from the planning knowledge augmentation. ln this article I use several drivers to distinguish the desirability of automation from that of human decision augmentation.

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Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices and Trends

HICX

It leaves those organizations that are not focused on the efficiency and robustness of their supply chains susceptible to disruption and revenue erosion. This has led to organizations investing capital in and spending time on optimizing supply chains to cut lead times, improve supplier performance and increase business profitability.

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Elevating Supply Chain Visibility through Effective Marketing

SCMDOJO

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Each of these experiences damages the customer relationship.

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The Divergent Procurement World

Claritum

Establishing Indirect Spend automation. Can automation cover all Indirect Spend - 100%? The purchase of goods and services can be split into two primary procurement domains: The Strategic Core purchases that enable an organisation to produce their product or service (called Strategic Spend by many organisations).