Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

Cloud-Based Precision Technology Gives Last-Mile Logistics The Boost It Needs

May 10, 2019

E-commerce growth has placed more pressure on supply chain and logistics managers to build out last-mile delivery. Without it, retailers are at a competitive disadvantage, but many are still struggling to get it right.

Clean Data: It’s a Must In Order to Have a Solid Foundation for Digital Transformation

May 10, 2019

Rich Katz, SCB Contributor

Inaccuracy of data can cost a business money and destroy business value.

Amazon Merchants Hit by Extensive Fraud as Hackers Tap Funds

May 9, 2019

Bloomberg

Amazon believes it was the victim of a "serious" online attack by hackers who broke into about 100 seller accounts and funneled cash from loans or sales into their own bank accounts.

IBM-Backed Project Creates Wi-Fi Network For Natural Disasters

May 7, 2019

Bloomberg

From a cramped living room in Brooklyn, New York, a handful of young computer nerds has developed a new way to use technology to help save lives in natural disasters.

Forgers Are Forcing a $9Tr Business Into the Digital Age

May 6, 2019

Bloomberg

In the high-tech world of financial markets, the continued use of paper receipts in trade finance looks arcane.

Transforming Your Supply Chain Into an Opportunity Center

May 3, 2019

Richard Parke, SCB Contributor

Last year, supply-chain disruptions hit a record high, with North America at the top of the list as the most affected region.

Avetta Launches Cloud-Based Platform to Manage Supply Chain Risk

May 1, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Created with customer input, the app provides customized analytics presented in a visual dashboard to help improve safety and compliance.

Put an End to Data-Management Woes in Your Supply Chain With MDM

April 26, 2019

Dietmar Rietsch, SCB Contributor

As supply-chain design and management struggles to live up to modern-day business imperatives, enterprise decision makers have turned their gaze toward the inefficiencies plaguing it.

Buyer’s Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Software

April 24, 2019

AIMMS

Total Plans to Use Artificial Intelligence to Cut Drilling Costs

April 22, 2019

Bloomberg

Total SA plans to start a digital factory in the coming weeks to tap artificial intelligence in a bid to save hundreds of millions of dollars on exploration and production projects.

Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for big data, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) and their impact on supply chain management. Big data describes the large volume of data that inundates a business on a day-to-day basis and can be analyzed for strategic business insights. IoT is the means that collects and sends data from a range of “things” — anything from watches to fridges to cars — that are connected to the internet with sensors or computer chips. Learn how companies around the world are using big data, blockchain and IoT for supply chain optimization and competitive advantage.