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5G, IoT and the New Supply-Chain Challenges

The past year has been both blessing and curse for supply chains.

Source: Bloomberg

When Will Supply Chains Finally Move on From Paper?

Physical documents undermine efficiency, sustainability and safety — and they cost the supply-chain industry upwards of $3 billion every year.

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Tracking Product Through the Supply Chain With Molecular Tags

The authenticity and traceability of products is now taking place at the molecular level. Do we finally have a technology that’s 100% secure?

Cotton ready for harvest. Photo: Bloomberg.

Three Cyber Soft Spots in the Food and Ag Industry

Digitally-enabled supply chains are helping food and agriculture companies manage fluctuating demand, but they also come with risks.

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The Symbiosis of E-Commerce and Brick-and-Mortar

With e-commerce now accounting for more than 20% of total U.S. retail sales, it’s clear that online is a crucial channel across all types of industries. In no way, however, does that mean that physical storefronts are on their way out.

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Seven Last-Mile Delivery Challenges, and How to Solve Them

More than 60% of logistics companies agree that last-mile delivery is the most inefficient process in the entire supply chain.

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Protecting Your Supply Chain From Forced Labor

Businesses and suppliers alike must take preemptive action to rid their supply chains of forced labor, or face irreversible damage to their consumer base.

The Slavery Footprint app, created by Made in a Free World, generates estimates of an individual's reliance on slave labor from data on trafficked humans and labor-abuse rates at manufacturers and suppliers. Photo: Bloomberg.

Alternative Energy Is Key to Accelerating the Vaccine Cold Chain

In order to successfully eradicate the COVID-19 virus and mitigate proliferation of new strains, we need to significantly improve safe storage and distribution of the vaccines so that more people can be inoculated faster.

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a freezer. Photo: Bloomberg.

Automotive Supply Chains Are in Trouble, But There’s a Way Forward

Recently I set out to acquire a new Ford Bronco. Ford Motor Company’s marketing department had done a masterful job at whetting the appetite for pre-orders of the vehicle, and making the launch a draw for thousands of potential buyers. But could it deliver on the wish fulfillment?

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Can Tesla Dominate Germany’s Market for Electric Vehicles?

In his bid to extend Tesla’s dominance in electric vehicle production beyond the U.S.to Germany and other countries, is CEO Elon Musk at risk of over-reaching?

A street sign at the Tesla Inc. gigafactory site in Gruenheide, Germany. Photo: Bloomberg.

Supply Chains Are Facing a Credit-Demand Conundrum

Demand for trade credit has grown alongside the pandemic, and will not slow this year. Maybe not ever.

Photo: Bloomberg

For Supply-Chain Financing, Digital Cash Is Just Better

Financial terms are becoming a game between the strengths and weaknesses in supply chain, and there’s often a question of whether to prioritize core companies and help them grow bigger, or boost smaller businesses that may be struggling to survive.

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