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Furniture Store Looks to Supply Chain Tech
Oklahoma furniture vendor, Bob Mills Furniture, has invested in supply chain technology, reports Furniture Today. The new system will help the company automate inventory, do forecasting and monitor overstock.
Bob Mills Furniture has selected Blue Ridge Global’s supply chain technology to enhance the retailer’s forecasting capabilities, manage variable lead times, reduce overstocks and automate inventory
Read more...Sustainable Supply Chain Awareness Grows, 'Compliance Trap' Hinders Progress and Business Impact
EcoVadis today released its 2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer: From Compliance to Performance, which offers insight into how sustainability is evolving in procurement priorities, and the tools and processes being used to drive tangible improvements and business results. Conducted with NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, the analysis suggests organizations are placing greater emphasis on business ethics and labor and human rights practices compared to three years ago.
Read more...Technology in Rail Freight
According to Freight Waves, the railroad industry is exploring how technology can improve their service.
Much of the recent discussion around technology and the railroads has focused on how positive train control (PTC), a safety technology that allows railroads to track the distances between trains, can serve as a technological precursor to more advanced applications, such as automated operations or even autonomous trains within restricted environments
Read more...Internet of Things Can Keep Drug Supply Safe
Pharma companies are using IoT (Internet of Things) to track products through the supply chain to ensure that they are kept at a safe temperature.
Complex biopharma products like gene therapies often need to be transported in closely controlled environments and with constant monitoring to ensure they are safe for healthcare providers and patients to use. If these measures fail, healthcare firms can lose millions of dollars in product
Read more...Blockchain Will Track Tuna
According to CIO Dive, Bumblebee Tuna has instituted blockchain technology that will allow them to track tuna from the minute it is caught all the way through the supply chain to their factory.
The tuna fisherman spends 14 to 16 hours a day on a boat in the ocean waters off Indonesia. Tech executive Tony Costa has been right by his side.
Read more...Bill Will Protect Supply Chain
United States Senators are taking steps to protect supply chains from attack, reports SC Media.
US Senators Mike Crapo and Mark Warner have introduced federal legislation designed to protect critical technologies from supply chain attacks by China and other foreign threat actors.
Read more...Powering Robots in the Supply Chain
According to RBR, as the use of robots in the supply chain increases there needs to be a clear source of energy to power the robots.
With the market for autonomous mobile robots skyrocketing, and automation rapidly transforming the global supply chain, the time is long overdue for a fresh look at the sustainable energy solutions that will power the robot economy of tomorrow.
Read more...Fighting Slave Labor in Supply Chain
Startup LumaChain wants to use blockchain to help detect and prevent slave labor in the global food supply chain, reports the Financial Review.
Former Qantas chief information officer Jamila Gordon has attracted backing from the CSIRO's $240 million venture capital fund Main Sequence Ventures, to expand the operations of her start-up Lumachain, which is looking to use blockchain technology to make food production and manufacturing more transparent amid global efforts to eradicate slave labour
Read more...Walmart Works Towards Omnichannel
According to Supply Chain Dive, Walmart is working towards creating an omnichannel for its supply chain, reports Supply Chain Dive.
The merging of the supply chain team is Walmart's latest push toward integrated digital and store operations.
Read more...ASOS Loses Sales Due to Inventory Glitch
Fashion company ASOS suffered a technical glitch while upgrading its warehouse technology, reports Supply Chain Dive. As a result it lost about $25 million in sales due to the new automated storage and retrieval system failing to accurately report inventory.
The CEO explained the automated elements of the company's warehouse management system and its warehouse control system caused inventory available to customers to decrease significantly
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