- 41. 3DP to the Rescue
- (News)
- A technology with the potential to disrupt at least part of the supply chain, 3D printing (3DP), is being looked at as a potential solution to end-of-life (EOL) part situations. Seems like a natural fit ...
- 42. Forecasting Concerns
- (News)
- What keeps you up at night? If you're like the supply chain executives who responded to a recent survey, then forecasting is a huge concern.In an article on the Electronics Purchasing Strategies site, ...
- 43. 3D Printing and Supply Chains
- (News)
- It's a foregone conclusion that 3D printing (3DP) will have an effect on supply chains. Will it be significant, or just a blip?In a guest article on the Spend Matters site, Steven Roth looks at where it ...
- 44. Supply Chain Predictions for 2015
- (Supply)
- ... will be closely watched in the upcoming year. 3D printing, which has been around a bit longer than you’d think, was also in the news as costs dropped and successes become more prevalent. This technology, ...
- 45. Sustainability and Lean
- (News)
- Ariella Brown, on the EBN site, summarizes a recent interview with a Lean specialist on the topic of sustainability. Although you may not connect sustainability and quality efforts in your mind initially, ...
- 46. How Many Things Will You Connect to the IoT?
- (Technology)
- ... become continuous and enable item level visibility throughout the supply chain. The third technology is 3D printing, or 3DP, and it is exploding both up and down the spectrum from industrial manufacturing ...
- 47. Amazon's Same Day Delivery Move
- (News)
- As the competition to crack the code on same-day delivery heats up, Amazon is trying some new things. Will it put them on top?Yossi Sheffi, on the Supply Chain @ MIT blog site, looks at Amazon's moves ...
- 48. Transportation Challenges
- (News)
- Andrew Schmahl is gazing into the future and giving us some insight into things that may impact transportation processes. Challenges are out there, from short-term to long-term.Some are obvious (same day ...
- 49. The Flexible Supply Chain
- (News)
- In an article on the EBN site, Jim O'Reilly discusses how supply chains are being affected by market forces that make binary decisions obsolete. It's no longer a matter of either/or; there's a premium ...
- 50. The Impact of the Share Economy
- (News)
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