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RALPH LAUREN LAUNCHES QR-BASED TRACKING SYSTEM TO BOOST SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY, FIGHT COUNTERFEITS

Nov 06, 2019

Ralph Lauren will track all Polo products through the supply with a new digital identification system, according to a press release. The program will expand beyond the Polo line over time, eventually covering tens of millions of products. Manufacturers will sew QR tags into garments adjacent to the ...

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AMAZON TO INVEST $40M IN NEW ROBOTICS HUB

Nov 06, 2019

Amazon announced Wednesday plans to invest $40 million in a new 350,000-square-foot robotics innovation hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, slated to open in 2021. The new facility, together with an existing Amazon Robotics facility in North Reading, Massachusetts, will serve "as the company&rsq...

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GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS REPORT 2019

Nov 05, 2019

The "Global Supply Chain Logistics Trends and Challenges and Their Implications on CVs, 2018 - 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The logistics industry is inundated with challenges that have given rise to disruptive technologies to overcome them. The sup...

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UBER FREIGHT DOUBLES LOAD VOLUME IN Q3

Nov 05, 2019

Uber Freight more than doubled load volume in the third quarter year-over-year, executives said on the company's Monday earnings call. Freight bookings, defined as what shippers pay before discounts and refunds, grew 81% year-over-year in Q3 to reach $223 million. Revenue grew slightly slower, u...

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POLY ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2020 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Nov 05, 2019

Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) ("Poly" or the "Company") today announced second quarter fiscal year 2020 results for the period ending September 30, 2019. Highlights of the second quarter include the following: “During the second quarter, we made further progress reducing ou...

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VISIBILITY INTO OPERATIONS IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE PLAGUING SUPPLY CHAINS

Nov 04, 2019

Rising consumer expectations on delivery standards have compelled supply chains to react faster and push for digitalization, to ensure transparency across stakeholders and visibility into operations. Though it makes obvious sense to say visibility increases efficiency, the push towards greater opera...

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HOW IS SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYTICS TRANSFORMING THE SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS OF BUSINESSES ACROSS INDUSTRIES

Nov 04, 2019

Quantzig, a global data analytics and advisory firm, that delivers actionable analytics solutions to resolve complex business problems has announced the completion of its latest article that explains how analytics is transforming supply chain operations of businesses across industries. Today, compan...

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POLY INTRODUCES POLY STUDIO X SERIES FOR MICROSOFT TEAMS AT MICROSOFT IGNITE 2019

Nov 04, 2019

Plantronics, Inc. (“Poly” – formerly Plantronics and Polycom) (NYSE: PLT), a global communications company that powers meaningful human connection and collaboration, will introduce video conferencing devices with a built-in Microsoft Teams experience at Microsoft Ignite 2019. The P...

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CONVOY TO ALLOW CARRIERS TO BID DIRECTLY TO SHIPPERS ON LOADS

Nov 01, 2019

Convoy is rolling out direct-to-shipper load bidding, allowing carriers to directly bid on loads, the digital freight broker announced in a press release emailed to Supply Chain Dive. It has piloted the offering for the last few months and is now expanding it to its entire network. This will allow c...

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WAYFAIR TO FOCUS ON WAREHOUSE UTILIZATION IN 2020 AS LOSSES GROW

Nov 01, 2019

Wayfair opened what CEO Niraj Shah described on Thursday's earnings call as a U.S.-sized warehouse in the U.K. in the third quarter, bringing the company's CastleGate logistics network to a global total of 15 million square feet a sign of the company's continued bullish attitude toward b...

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MACHINE LEARNING: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY WITHIN SUPPLY CHAINS

Nov 01, 2019

Watson is IBM’s suite of artificial intelligence (AI) services, applications and tools. Watson aims to help businesses unlock the value of data in new ways and remove repetitive tasks from employees to shift the focus to high-value work. This is in addition to allowing companies to predict and...

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MAERSK, H&M, LEVI TEAM UP TO EXPLORE 'LEO' FUEL FOR OCEAN SHIPPING

Oct 31, 2019

A.P. Moller-Maersk, along with BMW, H&M, Levi Strauss, Copenhagen University and others, formed a coalition to explore the use of "LEO" fuel for sustainable ocean shipping. LEO fuel is a blend of ethanol and lignin, a polymer found in plant cell walls. The project currently is in the l...

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TRENDING NEWS

KPMG: DELIVERING DIGITALLY ENABLED SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS

Dec 05, 2019

KPMG provides a full suite of digitally enabled solutions to solve supply chain leaders’ most complex issues. As a global network of professional firms providing audit, tax and advisory services, KPMG employs 207,000 professionals working together in 153 different countries. With the supply ch...

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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MARKET GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES 2019

Dec 04, 2019

Research Industry US offers the latest published report on “Supply Chain Management Market” 2018-2026. The report offers in-depth information about the Supply Chain Management industry with a market overview, top players, key market highlights, market drivers, challenges, trends, major s...

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TRANSPORTATION SECTOR LAGGING IN CARBON REDUCTION EFFORTS

Dec 04, 2019

The transportation sector lags other economic sectors in setting science-based targets for carbon emissions reduction according to new data from the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) released Wednesday at the COP 25 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Spain. Transportation companies fa...

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BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY SAVED EUROPEAN SUPPLY CHAINS $450 BILLION

Dec 04, 2019

Blockchain is saving supply chains around $450 billion in logistics-related costs in Western Europe, according to a new study from Cointelegraph Consulting and Swiss enterprise blockchain firm Insolar. The study found that blockchain technology can reduce supply chain related costs for businesses be...

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AMAZON, DHL, UPS GEAR UP TO TEST CARGO BIKES IN NEW YORK CITY

Dec 04, 2019

Amazon, DHL and UPS will test cargo bikes in New York City as alternatives to traditional delivery vans in a pilot project city officials hope will result in reduced congestion, improved air quality and a safer environment for pedestrians. Amazon will begin by using 90 bikes to help deliver grocerie...

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GLOBAL CLOUD SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MARKET INSIGHTS REPORT 2019

Dec 03, 2019

The Global Cloud Supply Chain Management Market Report provides a valuable source of repository for the intending clients with up-to-date market intelligence and assists them in making strategic investment decisions. In-depth analysis analyzing the potential of the market and also provides data and ...

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CARGILL COMMITS TO REDUCING SUPPLY CHAIN EMISSIONS

Dec 03, 2019

American agribusiness Cargill said Tuesday that it is adopting a new target to lower the greenhouse gas emissions of its supply chain by 30% per ton by 2030. The company will use the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard to achieve the reductions. Scope 3 was launched in 2...

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TOP TRENDS IMPACTING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN 2020

Dec 03, 2019

DHL Supply Chain, the Americas leader in contract logistics and part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has shared the three supply chain trends that will have the greatest impact on operations in North America in the coming year. As we enter a new decade, the technologies that have emerged in the last fiv...

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MANY FIRMS HAVE NO CONTINGENCY PLANS SHOULD U.S.-CHINA TRADE WAR WORSEN -DHL SURVEY

Dec 02, 2019

As the U.S.-China trade war drags into its 16th month and continues to disrupt supply chains, more than one-quarter of multinational firms have not made contingency plans, showed a survey from a subsidiary of courier giant DHL. The survey here by DHL Resilience360, a supply chain risk management sof...

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MAERSK AND SYNGENTA FOCUS ON SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION WITH THE NEW 4PL CONTRACT

Dec 02, 2019

Extending their partnership with a contract for fourth-party logistics (4PL), both parties highlight their joint commitment to responsible logistics based on continuous supply chain optimisation and innovation. As a leading player in the agrochemical industry, Syngenta continuously looks for ways to...

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DHL’S INNOVATION CENTER DRIVING DIGITALISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

Dec 02, 2019

Supply Chain Digital takes a closer look at some of the highlights from its visit to DHL’s innovation center in Troisdorf, Bonn. To unveil its 2025 strategy, DHL invited Supply Chain Digital to its innovation center in Troisdorf, Bonn, where the company showcased its latest innovations within ...

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WALMART CANADA LAUNCHES “WORLD'S LARGEST” BLOCKCHAIN-BASED FREIGHT NETWORK

Dec 02, 2019

Walmart Canada has launched a blockchain-based freight and payment network, the world's “largest full production blockchain solution for any industrial application,” in partnership with DLT Labs. The new system uses distributed ledger technology to track deliveries, verify transactio...

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Circular Supply Chains Will Shift SCOR Supply Chain Practices

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All waste and process by-products in the world will become the raw materials and inputs needed by all the processes in the world. In turn, the maintenance, refurbishment and remanufacturing industries...
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An Evolutionary Approach to Supply Chain Digitalization

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Boris Shiklo is CTO at ScienceSoft, where he is responsible for the company’s long-term technological vision and innovation strategies. Under his supervision, the company’s development tea...
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Events

USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES TO STREAMLINE CONTRACT AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

December 10-10, 2019

Many people have heard about blockchain and cryptocurrency, but few really understand what this technology is and how it can be used in contracting and supply chain. Many misperceptions about these technologies exist and many people are not aware of the true potential for use of these technologies i...

WEBINAR ON THE IMPACTS OF TRANSPORT ELECTRIFICATION ON THE ELECTRICITY GRID

December 10-10, 2019

Join the Policy Learning Platform for a joint webinar, together with the Interreg Europe SET-UP project, on the impacts of transport electrification on the electricity grid and how to mitigate them. The webinar will be held on 10 December from 15:00 to 16:30 CET. During the webinar, local mobility a...

THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION WORLD CONFERENCE

December 10-11, 2019

The Future of Transportation is a study and conference on the subject of 'What Next?’. One of our core themes is ‘Getting Transportation Off the Ground’, in which we examine how quickly personal airborne transportation systems will become viable mass transportation. The futuris...

SIRIUSDECISIONS 2019 TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE

December 09-11, 2019

The drive for growth never ceases for b-to-b organizations, and more than ever technology is at the centre of enabling that progress. Gone are the days however when a disparate, disconnected set of platforms strewn across sales, marketing an product can serve the organization effectively. An aligned...