Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

More Suppliers Are Losing Revenue Due to Cross-Channel Challenges

May 29, 2018

As the global $1.9tr e-commerce landscape continues to expand, companies are facing difficulties successfully managing cross-channel commerce across continents, supply chains, and software systems, and are losing revenue as a result.

Cyberattacks Are a Major Risk in New Global Resilience Ranking

May 29, 2018

Industryweek

The risk of cyberattack, once overhyped, now threatens businesses’ very existence, according to a recent survey, 2018 FM Global Resilience Index. These attacks raise the specter of stalled operations, disrupted supply chains, class-action lawsuits and permanent brand damage.

What Is GDPR and How Will It Affect You?

May 24, 2018

The Guardian

You could be forgiven for thinking that Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a law created to fill your inbox with identikit warnings from every company you have ever interacted with online that “the privacy policy has changed” and pleas to “just click here so we can stay in touch.”

Free-Range Beef Bound by the Blockchain

May 22, 2018

Forbes

In many ways, Wyoming Senator Ogden Driskill is an unlikely candidate to be leading the blockchain revolution in his home state.

Gartner Announces Winners of Its 2018 Supply Chainnovators Awards

May 18, 2018

Gartner

Gartner, Inc. has announced the winners of the 2018 Supply Chainnovator Awards. The awards, announced this week at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, recognize unconventional, innovative and high-impact supply chain initiatives in the healthcare, high-tech manufacturing and consumer/retail sectors.

Deloitte Blockchain Boss Departs to Build Ethereum Supply Chain

May 18, 2018

Forbes

The man who helped turn Deloitte’s global blockchain practice into a $50m operation has left the company.

FedEx Sees Blockchain as `Next Frontier' for Logistics

May 17, 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Convinced that blockchain is on the brink of transforming the package-delivery business, FedEx Corp. is testing the technology to track large, higher-value cargo.

Cybercriminals Are Growing More Aggressive. Are You Prepared?

May 15, 2018

Industryweek

One year ago it was the WannaCry ransomware attack. Less than a year ago, the NotPetya cyberattack cost organizations like Merck & Co., FedEx, the port of Rotterdam and a whole host of others billions of dollars in total. Today geopolitical tensions are increasing and with them, the threat of more, and more-devastating, cyberattacks.

Why A.I. and Cryptocurrency Are Making One Type of Computer Chip Scarce

May 14, 2018

The New York Times

Two technology booms — some people might call them frenzies — are combining to turn a once-obscure type of microprocessor into a must-have but scarce commodity.

Strategies for Embracing the Internet of Things

May 14, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Depending on how you look at it, the internet of things is either a treasure trove of data or a nightmare of information chaos.

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.