IDC Manufacturing Insights Analyst Bob Parker Discusses Smart Manufacturing with Supply Chain Digest Editor Dan Gilmore

Matrix-like Download Capabilities May Not be too Far Away; Looking at Bar Codes Instead of Scanning Them

Many have Concerns, but Group in Country Seeks 100 Participants to Test and Study the Technology; Turning off Your Key Fob if You are Behind on Car Payment?

Do companies have the data you need to take on such projects successfully? Insight from Dr. Mike Watson of Northwestern University.

Details Unclear, especially Around Automation Issue; Will We Just be Back here Again in Five Years?

Net Income up Almost 100% for the Group, as Old Dominion Keeps it Going

More Activities Across the Procurement Lifecycle will Need to Be Shared with Non-Procurement Managers, but Governance is Key

Rules will Open Up Some Commercial Drone Applications, but Packaged Deliveries Clearly would not be Allowed; Amazon to take Research to Other Countries?

Few Manufacturers have Really Yet Connected the Supply Chain to the Store Shelf

Profits Up 31% over 2013, on Revenue Gains of Almost 10%; Capacity Remains Mostly Flat