Mar Pizza, one of the largest business owners of Domino's Pizza franchises, is installing an Internet of Things system with ZigBee-based technology from Unified Office to manage temperatures at its approximately 70 restaurants.
New technology from Alibaba Cloud aims to predict when and where large airfreight shipments will be sent each day for a range of forwarders and shippers. Alibaba says its new artificial intelligence (AI) platform, called PAI 2.0, will provide businesses and organizations machine-learning capabilities.
Analyst Insight: Full supply-chain visibility has been a top three goal of supply-chain managers for more than a decade. The ability to see your inventory, customers' orders, and financial transactions, as they move through every node in the supply chain is paramount. This enables opportunities to optimize inventory position, route shipments more efficiently, truly collaborate - not just cooperate - and communicate with customers to provide world-class service. - David Meyers, principal, Tompkins International
Thanks to the farm-to-table movement and the work of a generation of chefs, cooks, farmers and other producers, we've opened the window to the source of much of our food. We often know the farm where the turnips and lettuces on our plate come from, the fields where the cows or sheep grazed, even the names of the chickens that laid our eggs. But this kind of traceability has been very slow to come to the seafood industry, which is notorious for being secretive and often fraudulent. A small group of fishermen and chefs has been working to fix this through their Dock to Dish program, adopting the methods and principles of the land movement and CSAs, or Community Supported Agriculture, to bring that kind of transparency to the sea.
Kewill and LeanLogistics have announced their rebranding as BluJay Solutions, and, in conjunction, have unveiled the BluJay Global Trade Network - a model that goes beyond automation to help organizations harness the full power of the global supply chain ecosystem.
Analyst Insight: Today, every business is a digital business. That means that every supply chain needs to be a digital supply network that unites not just physical flows but also talent, information and finance. This new breed of supply chains is more connected, intelligent, scalable and rapid than ever before and has the potential to help companies reap billions of dollars in new revenue and savings. – Gary Hanifan, managing director, Accenture Strategy, Operations Strategy
In the not so distance future truck drivers will find themselves in close quarters with colleagues. This new pattern of driving, "platooning", calls for a number of trucks to follow each other very closely so they can take advantage of the aerodynamics and save fuel.
Supply chain operating network E2open has announced its merger with Steelwedge, a software company focused on sales and operations planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP). The combination will deliver a collaborative sales and operations planning tool that integrates information across multi-enterprise business networks, E2open says.
The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for cloud, software as a service (SaaS) and on-demand systems and their impact on supply chain management. New technologies in cloud computing are transforming the way companies do business — and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving operations through their strategic use of cloud computing and on-demand systems for supply chain management.
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