Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

Case Study

Walmart Uses Blockchain to Fix ‘Broken’ Freight Audit and Payment Process

November 1, 2020

The giant retailer undertakes an ambitious initiative to make sense of its painfully complex freight payment and reconciliation process, involving its own fleet as well as those of outside carriers, and moving more than half a million shipments a year.

Case Study

Reimagined Communication Boosts Cisco's Product Quality

November 1, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Digitizing communications used to issue alerts and share data helped Cisco Systems Inc. reduce recall costs by 80%.

The Digital Cold Chain Reimagined

October 29, 2020

CloudLeaf

Supply-chain and cold-chain experts illustrate how using a digital visibility platform helps maintain the integrity of pharmaceutical products.

How 3-D Modeling Streamlines Inventory and Materials Management

October 29, 2020

Manav Garg, SCB Contributor

Digital modeling brings new levels of visibility and control to logistics operations.

Coronavirus: What Do We Do About Risk Now?

Five Ways AI Can Solve Supply-Chain Disruption

October 28, 2020

Carlos Melendez, SCB Contributor

Business disruptions brought on by the pandemic have shined light on supply-chain weaknesses — and a growing opportunity for artificial intelligence.

Gaining Control in a Turbulent World: The Case for Supply-Chain Control Towers

October 26, 2020

Magnitude

Cross-process tools and control-tower functionality can provide visibility, insight and agility across the supply chain.

VIDEO

Watch: Tracking Tech Development on Gartner’s 2020 Hype Cycle

October 25, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Noha Tohamy, Distinguished Vice President of Research with Gartner, discusses the findings of the firm’s latest Hype Cycle for assessing technology maturity.

Google Glass Gets New Life on Factory Floor

EDITOR'S Q&A

How Wearables Are Transforming Transportation and Logistics

October 22, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Early forms of wearable devices have been popular in warehouses and distribution centers for a number of years. But the technology is growing rapidly in sophistication and application.

How Blockchain Benefits the Coffee Supply Chain

October 19, 2020

Daniel Browning, SCB Contributor

Blockchain can help ensure that coffee growers are given fair payments for their crops, and are maintaining sustainability practices.

VIDEO

Watch: How Green Is the Digital Economy?

October 18, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

David Rejeski, visitor scholar at the Environmental Law Institute, describes efforts to obtain objective information about the “green” impacts of technological innovations such as blockchain, platform sharing and artificial intelligence.

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.