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For Inventory Management Agility, Plug Into a Supplier Ecosystem

It is by now painfully clear that the vast majority of small and medium-sized businesses need to adopt a new approach to supplier networks and inventory management if they are to stay sufficiently agile to be competitive.

Five Supply-Chain Challenges and How Process, People and Technology Can Help Overcome Them

Here are five challenges facing supply chain managers today, with guidance on how a partnership approach that combines process, people and technology can help.

What If You Treated Your Data Supply Chain Like the Physical Supply Chain?

While the task and responsibility for managing the data supply chain is primarily the responsibility of information technology professionals, the concepts and tools we use every day directly apply to the data supply chain as well as the physical supply chain.

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Watch: Turning Supply Chain Transparency Into Action

Achieving supply chain visibility isn't a matter of spending years to acquire a fixed view of suppliers, says Jack Dobson, commercial account lead with Palantir. It's about managing relationships that are in constant flux.

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What True Wireless Power Could Mean for Supply Chains

Supply chain managers are deploying technologies to generate insight and prevent disruptions, but operations won’t reach their full potential until they have a reliable source of wireless power to the devices running the show.

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Watch: Innovations in Security for the Supply Chain

Jamie Rutherford, director of sales for supply chain with Vector Security Networks, describes recent innovations in security for the supply chain, many of them suggested by customers themselves.

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Achieving True Visibility Through a Supply Chain Control Tower

To improve collaboration and responsiveness, enterprises need what one might call “end-to-endless” visibility — advanced analytics that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

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Watch: Logistics Execs Are Waking Up to the Need for New Technology

Disruption caused by the pandemic has served as a "rude awakening" among top executives about the need for new technology to create true visibility across international logistics, says Adolph Colaco, founder and chief executive officer of e2log.

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Watch: Machine Learning for Risk Analytics

With multiple layers of suppliers, artificial intelligence and big data can help companies get clean and useful information, says Jim Hayden, chief data scientist at Everstream Analytics.

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Fintech Is Changing Supplier Marketplaces for the Better

By deploying financial services technology at each stage of the supply chain, companies can speed up access to working capital.

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Five Ways Autonomous Vehicles Can Impact Last- and Middle-Mile Delivery

As supply chain managers face unprecedented challenges, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are becoming a source of relief.

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Watch: Dealing With Supply Chain Uncertainty

Supply chains are in flux, and planners will need to deal with continuing challenges in the near future, says David Food, head of supply chain marketing at Board International.

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