- 1. Prepping Supply Chains for Extreme Weather
- (News)
- Companies need to prepare their supply chains for extreme weather risks, reports Supply Chain Digital. Whether it’s a blizzard that paralysis roads, intense gusts of wind that halt flights, or extreme ...
- 2. Tracking Supply Chain Performance
- (News)
- New MerQube Freight Waves Index tracks the performance of the supply chain and logistics industry, reports FreightWaves. The MerQube FreightWaves Supply Chain Tech Index — the first index to track the ...
- 3. US Gov Reports Progress in Resolving Supply Chain Issues
- (Supply)
- ... tracking of challenges and progress across the key metrics of the supply chain. USDOT tracks different metrics and others to aid in depicting a complete picture of the existing logistics and transportation. ...
- 4. Government Cracks Down of Risky Vendors
- (News)
- New regulations from the Office of Management and Budget give agencies the tools to bar companies that pose a security risk to the federal supply chain, reports Washington Technology. The Office of ...
- 5. Government Seeks to Secure Supply Chain
- (News)
- Recent cracks in the US microelectronics supply chain have lead the Defense Department to use its DARPA program to find ways to secure the US supply chain, reports HPC Wire. A three-year-old Defense ...
- 6. Fire Rips Through Amazon's Distribution Center in Redlands, C
- (Logistics)
- ... for a blockchain system that tracks items as they move on the supply chain. According to the patent that was submitted on May 26th, the global e-commerce company described it as a ‘distributed ledger certification’ ...
- 7. Amazon Files for Blockchain Patent
- (News)
- According to the Coin Telegraph, Amazon has filed a patent for a supply chain tracking system that uses blockchain. World’s top ecommerce firm, Amazon, filed a patent for a blockchain system that tracks ...
- 8. GreyOrange Launches Next Era Fulfillment Operating System
- (News)
- ... GreyMatter are centered on data pattern intelligence and the ability of mobile robots to operate at scale across a distribution center, including retrieving and placing inventory racks on multiple floors ...
- 9. ROUTE Launches App That Visually Tracks Online Orders In One Centralized Hub!
- (News)
- ROUTE, a one-click premium shopping experience for online ordering, announces today that they’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app that automatically collates online shoppers’ pending packages, regardless ...
- 10. Blockchain Tracks Bananas
- (News)
- According to European Supermarket Magazine, blockchain will be used to trace bananas. The Dutch chain Plus will use blockchain to let consumers know the origins of their bananas. Read the article ...
- 11. Tyson Tracks DNA
- (News)
- According to Digital Supply Chain, Tyson Fresh meats will use IdentiGen’s DNA TraceBack system to track their meats to ensure they are ethically sourced. Read the article on Digital Supply Chain ...
- 12. NexTech Launches 'Try-It-On' Augmented Reality Experience for Online Retai
- (News)
- ... headwear, jewelry, and more. The current iteration tracks eyes – enabling an AR preview for items like glasses, goggles, and other eyewear – with support shortly to follow for lips, ears, mouths, and other ...
- 13. Real-Time Collaborative Logistics Platform
- (News)
- ... and documents, send messages, and assign tasks to people both inside and outside the organization, reducing back-and-forth phone calls and emails. Real-Time Visibility: Turvo tracks shipments in real-time ...
- 14. Blockchain Tracks Minerals
- (News)
- According to Reuters, blockchain is being deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to track cobalt from mine to its use in electronics. Read the article onReuters
- 15. Blockchain Tracks Fish
- (News)
- A new certification program will soon be able to tell you the provenance of your fish, reports Fortune. Launched by blockchain company Viant and the World Wild Fund for Nature will verify the origination ...
- 16. Reverse logistics will trash your inventory plans
- (Retail)
- ... time, consumers are treating their online shopping carts just like racks in stores. They order a dozen items of varying size, color, and style to be delivered to their door then try them on and return ...
- 17. Here Comes the Industrial IoT
- (Technology)
- ... placed on the trains and on the tracks themselves. It helps UP improve scheduling, asset utilization, and maintenance requirements. Grid IQ Insight helps major utility customers to improve management ...
- 18. Challenges for Same-Day Delivery
- (News)
- Same-day delivery continues to be a topic of much interest in the ecommerce and logistics worlds. Whoever cracks the code may end up as a big winner, but there's a lot to do before anyone's at that point.On ...
- 19. Time To Cry For Argentina: Government Cracks Down On Foreign E-Commerce
- (Management)
- In a determined effort to keep Argentinean money within its own borders, the government recently issued new restrictions limiting citizens to two purchases of goods from foreign e-commerce web sites annually. ...
- 20. Supply Chain Software Innovation Needed
- (News)
- Lack of successful innovation to support supply chain needs at big ERP vendors SAP and JDA is bugging Lora Cecere. The opportunities are out there to develop something useful, while companies continue ...
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