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Putting the Supply Chain in the Cloud
According to Supply Chain Dive, getting your supply chain into the cloud has many advantages including unlimited processing power for things like historical forecasting.
Read more...BMW Uses Blockchain for Sourcing
According to Global Mining, BMW is working with Circulor, developer of blockchain technology, to map the sourcing of cobalt for BMW’s electric vehicles.
Read more...Supply Chain Software Needs to Evolve
Supply Chain Management software needs to evolve if it wants to stay relevant in today’s marketplace, reports Supply Chain Quarterly. One way for it to evolve is to incorporate artificial intelligence, so that the software can “self learn”. Read more...
Blockchain to End Forced Labor
According to Gadgets Now, Coca Cola and the State Department are using blockchain technology to fight forced labor worldwide. The blockchain digital ledger technology to ensure that workers are documented and treated fairly. Read more...
Walmart Takes Control Over Its Food Supply Chain
Walmart wants to increase its grocery business and one way to do that is to have more control over its food supply chain, reports Business Insider. To that end, Walmart has filed six patent applications for agriculture drones that will help automate farming. Read more...
Bringing AI to the Supply Chain
According to Freight Waves, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) and JDA software are working together to bring machine learning and artificial intelligence to the supply chain.
Read more...New Platform Wants to Streamline Communication
K+N and GT Nexus have partnered to launch a supply chain management platform, reports PYMNTS.com. The platform will connect connect all of the supply chain partners, including buyers, sellers, global shippers and logistics companies to facilitate the exchange of information.
Read more...Port Uses Software to Improve Supply Chain
The Port of Long Beach will use ‘Port Optimiser’ by GE to improve operations. The software, which is cloud-based software that provides real time data-driven insights for supply chain stakeholders.
Read more...Increasing Procurement Visibility
Transparency is lacking in the supply chain, reports Supply Chain Dive. An overwhelming majority of procurement officers report not having visibility past their tier one suppliers. Technology such as blockchain can be used to increase that visibility.
Read more...Keeping Counterfeit Auto Parts out of the Marketplace
According to Digital Supply Chain, Honeywell wants to make sure counterfeit auto parts don’t enter the marketplace, reports Digital Supply Chain. So its partnered with automotive aftermarket provider TecAlliance and they are working to the oneIDentity+ service platform. This platform will authenticate and track individual components for major auto parts manufacturers.
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