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August 5, 2018

Since the world began to globalize after the initial industrial revolution, we have seen the rise of ever more complex supply chains to manage the subsequent flow of raw materials and goods around the planet[1]. These supply chains have been extremely successful, enabling the explosion of manufacturing, trade and innovation around the world that has been at the heart of globalization in the past few decades. The technologies and methods used to run these supply chains have not however kept pace with the growing interconnectedness and complexity of our world. Supply chains in many industries and sectors are creaking under the strain

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