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Sensor Technology Provides In-Transit Visibility

The just-completed expansion of the Panama Canal to support larger container vessels is an important and highly visible milestone in supply chain management. Delivering goods in roughly half the time that it would take by alternate ocean routes will save shipping costs - assuming the goods arrive in good condition. But what if the goods are damaged during loading, unloading or while at sea? What if the container never made it on the vessel? That's where "in-transit visibility" plays an important role in supply chain management.

Is 'Green' an Economic Boon to Ocean Shipping or Just Another Cost

While diesel engines remain the norm in shipping, competitors like LNG are becoming both more feasible and more available. Part of the reason is the rapid expansion of Sulfur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) across North America and Europe. So the critical question becomes: Does "green" propulsion allow the merging of economic efficiency with environmental benefits, or is it just another compliance cost for the shipping trade?

Sometimes Big Data Analytics Can Be a Big Hindrance

Number crunching can be valuable for firms exploiting their existing resources, but can backfire for companies seeking to branch out with new products or services.

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Air Canada Cargo Uses RFID Technology to Track Movement of Containers

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is hardly a cutting-edge technology. The system of scanning and identifying objects through the use of radio waves has roots that reach back to World War II. Since then, it's been used in countless tracking systems to monitor the movement of trucks and goods.

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ArrowStream Enhances OnDemand Platform for Food Supply Management

ArrowStream has enhanced its OnDemand platform for foodservice supply chains.

Scandit Launches Platform for Mobile Data Capture

Scandit, a developer of software-based barcode-scanning technology for smartphones, tablets and wearable devices, has launched Scandit Flow.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Brings Internet of Things to Shipbuilding

South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop Internet of Things applications for ships with SK Shipping, Intel, Microsoft, the Ulsan Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (UCCEI) and the Daejeon Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (DCCEI).

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RFID Solution Tested to Provide Temperature, Location of Foods, Pharmaceuticals

A European McDonald's restaurant operator is one of several companies piloting an RFID-based solution designed to provide real-time temperature and location data regarding such items as fresh food, pharmaceuticals and other temperature-sensitive products, from the point of harvesting or manufacture to the consumer.

Market for Point-of-Sale Terminals to Reach $8Bn by 2020, Research Suggests

The global point-of-sale terminals market is expected to reach close to $8bn in revenue by 2020, according to Technavio's Global POS Terminals Market report.

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Don't Outsource Blind - Unify Your Data

One of the long touted benefits of outsourcing was relief from the minutia involved in manufacturing, billing, service and more. As outsourcing took off, few worried about the loss of visibility into those functions because they weren't considered core competencies anyway. The prevailing logic was companies should focus on processes that made them unique and everything else should be off loaded to companies that excelled in each domain. In the supply chain, that meant long chains of components from various companies feeding into more complex components that were shipped to the top of the chain and assembled into the finished product.

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Courage - the New World Order for Supply Chain Management Leadership

There's one qualification - and I would go so far as to say that it's the defining qualification for today's supply chain leaders - that separates the highest performers from the herd. And that's courage.

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Wavelink Enables Speakeasy Support on Velocity Platform

Wavelink has enabled support for Speakeasy, its voice-driven warehouse picking system for mobile devices, on the Velocity platform.

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