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Hitachi Works to Bring Block Chain to the Supply Chain
According to Coin Desk, Mizuho Financial Group and Hitachi are partnering to develop a supply chain block chain platform.
Read more...Toys R Us Keeps Supply Chain Moving
Recently Toy R Us filed for bankruptcy, reports Loadstar. This is despite the fact that it currently it has $243.2m-worth of merchandise currently in transit, the majority being shipped by APL Logistics.
Read more...Truck Platooning Enters Supply Chain
Although Autonomous trucks are making the news, it will be a long time before they impact the supply chain, reports Supply Chain Digest. What isn’t far off is platooning technology. Platoonin is a group of typically three trucks that travel together (they do have drivers). The trailing two trucks automatically moving in tandem with the lead truck, this technique can save on gas mileage.
Read more...Hospitals Can Save Money in Supply Chain
According to Healthcare Finance, hospitals overspend $10 million dollars a year in their supply chain. Supply chain costs for hospitals are the second biggest expense, with labor being the largest cost, but improvements to their systems could save them $10 million a year on average.
Read more...Nintendo Kicks Switch Supply Chain into High Gear
According to Supply Chain Dive, Nintendo is addressing a critical shortage of its Switch device by ramping up its supply chain to bring 18 million more devices to market to meet demand.
Read more...Protecting the Supply Chain from Cyber Attack
Supply chains, even ocean ones, are targets for cyber attacks, reports Maritime Executive. There are steps maritime supply chains can take to prevent disruption of service in the event of a cyber attack.
Read more...Google Express Changes Supply Chain
Google’s partnership with Wal-mart to create the online marketplace Google Express is a shift in the supply chain, reports Forbes. The shift is from a retail store based supply chain to a hyper focused consumer based supply chain.
Read more...Changes to Supply Chain Increases Efficiency for Lululemon
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n order to speed up how products get to market Lululemon is improving its supply chain, reports Sourcing Journal. One step it is taking is having a segmented supply chain.
Read more...Big Businesses Make Suppliers Wait
According to Supply Chain Dive, in the U.K. 52% of small and medium businesses are waiting for payments. Large business are the biggest source of late payments to suppliers.
Read more...Air Freight Growth Spurs Supply Chain Growth
The International Air Trade Association (IATA) indicates that air freight tonnes kilometers grew by 3.6% and that the industry accounts for 67 Billion supply chain jobs.
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