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Without a Minute to Spare: Time-Sensitive Deliveries Just Got Faster

Challenge: An international building solutions provider needed a better way to deliver concrete to building sites. Avoiding delays and interruptions was essential as concrete is highly perishable with a shelf life of just 90 minutes.

Three Ideas to Challenge Your Thinking About Digital Procurement

Nearly every company is involved in some form of digital procurement transformation. But how many are actually seeing it pay off?

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Lowering the Barrier of Entry to Robotics With RaaS

The recent advent of robotics as a service (RaaS) is lowering the barrier of entry to automation as never before.

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Pen Testing: A Crucial Tool for Preventing Cyberattacks in Supply Chain Organizations

Supply chain companies can proactively prepare for and prevent cyberattacks, and respond if vulnerabilities are detected, with the help of pen testing as a service (PtaaS).

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Impacts of Inflation?

The manufacturing supply chain has been bruised and battered in the last few years, and the hits keep on coming: the pandemic, extreme weather, geopolitical challenges, the Great Resignation, and a wave of retirements – and now, global inflation.

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Can Blockchain Cut Its Ties to Cryptocurrency?

Does blockchain truly hold promise for creating a more efficient supply chain, or will it be dragged down by the lead weight known as Bitcoin?

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Cybersecurity and Supply Chain Risk: Time for Action

Lone hackers, rogue nations and cybercrime syndicates have a big agenda in common: Alone or collectively, they can bring the global supply chain to its knees.

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Why Master Data Management Is the Crux of Supply Chain Resilience

To help safeguard their supply chains against future unpredictable events, organizations can implement a master data management (MDM) strategy as a foundation for strong risk mitigation during times of crisis.

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Truck Stop Operator Explores Accommodating Self-Driving Trucks

Truck stop operator Pilot Flying J is taking an equity stake in automated vehicle startup Kodiak Robotics, the first step in what Pilot says will be a broader plan to outfit its highway stations to greet robot trucks.

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Watch: Surviving — and Thriving — in the Downturn

Retailers and suppliers face multiple headwinds, but they should be looking at the situation as an opportunity to cut costs and streamline supply chains, says Jason Murray, chief executive officer of Shipium.

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Three Must-Haves for Procurement Professionals Today

We’re in the third decade of the 21st century. What competencies are emerging for purchasing leaders?

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Watch: There's No Profitability Without Supply Chain Data

If you don't have a complete view to your global supply chain data, you hamstring your profitability, says Hannah Testani, chief executive officer of Intelligent Audit.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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