All Things Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
It’s that time of year: Cupid has his arrow at the ready; people are scrambling to get that perfect card, bunch of flowers, chocolates, presents or restaurant reservations to show…
Supply Chain Collaborator
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Here’s a look back at the FDA information they used to prepare a solution for food shippers to achieve rapid compliance with FSMA regulations. UltraShipTMS announced its first-in-the-market temperature tracking capability in TMS last week. UltraShipTMS development teams studied the FSMA guidelines well ahead of the scheduled roll out of the new law and spent 12 months working to deliver the industry’s first TMS-integrated temperature tracking capability. .
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SupplyShift
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Chocolate is undoubtedly a world favorite in the realm of sweets. Each year, more than 3 million tons of cocoa beans are used to produce the treats we find on store shelves. The chocolate we buy doesn’t flow simply from confectioner to storefront, it comes a long way – from the cocoa pods, to the fermentation and drying of the beans, to packaging and shipping, and finally the alchemy of real chocolate.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
The ability to negotiate should be part of our nature. After all, deal making is as old as humanity itself. But the rules for a successful negotiation are anything but innate, especially in the age of globalization and technological upheaval. Nevertheless, businesses and individuals alike need to know how to get along. The goal should be that eagerly sought-for “win-win” result.
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The Network Effect
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Three recommendations for retreating retailers Total Retail just published The Triple Threat to Retail, highlighting some of the pressures facing. The post The Triple Threat to Retail appeared first on The Network Effect.
Supply Chain Collaborator
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Real-time Tracking of Temperature Levels for Reefer/Freezer Trailers is a Boon for Food Shippers Working to Comply with Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Mandates. February 13, 2018 – Fair Lawn, NJ – Regarded as the premier transportation management system (TMS) solution provider by high volume food shipping organizations, UltraShipTMS once again reinforces its reputation as an innovator in the market.
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Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
“Amazon is a threat if we don’t do a good job for them,” Soren Skou, the CEO of A.P. Moller Maersk A/S, said in a phone interview. “If we don’t do our job well, then there’s no doubt that big, strong companies like Amazon will look into whether they can do better themselves.” Shares of FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc. dropped last week on a report that Amazon plans to handle more deliveries to its customers’ doorsteps.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Thousands of acres of white-tarped greenhouses, some the size of several football fields, are crammed with seven-foot stems topped with rich red crowns. Many are pulled into warehouses by horses, chilled to sleep in refrigeration rooms, and then packed with other flowers onto planes — 1.1 million at a time — to be sold in the United States. It’s peak season for a massive Colombian industry that shipped more than 4 billion flowers to the United States last year — or about a dozen for every U.S. r
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Hospitalization rates for flu have reached record levels, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rapid spread of the illness is worrisome, with a higher-than-normal number of deaths related to flu and pneumonia, including 53 children. For care providers and other companies all along the pharmaceutical supply chain, it has led to higher revenue from increasing hospital visits and drug sales.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Terrill Johnson was installing car trunks at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, when he heard the sound that would define his next few years, if not the rest of his life. “It was a big, loud pop,” he said. In one movement, Johnson had blown out his elbow and his shoulder. “Once the pop came, the pain came.” That was September 2015. Johnson went on leave for his injury, but on workers’ compensation he earned considerably less than the roughly $1,700 he had earned every two weeks while on the
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As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
This time, it’s designed for the food supply chain, with an emphasis on achieving transparency and security between partners. The creator of the “token” is OriginTrail , a Slovenian I.T. company specializing in traceability and quality-control systems. But Trace , as it’s been dubbed, won’t function as a general currency and means of payment in the manner of Bitcoin or Ether.
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