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MANUFACTURING
What Countries are Most Ready for Robots and AI?
New Study from The Economist Ranks South Korea on Top, US in Ninth Place
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
The $100 Billion Returns Question
In Depth Interview With Industry Leader Jim Brown

SCDigest On-Demand Videocast

Unifying and Digitizing the Processes Surrounding Order Management

 

 

Orders Still come in Many Different Forms and Systems -
Here's How to Get them Under Digital Control

 
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
AI and Order Picking Robots
John Santagate of IDC with Interesting Examples of Role Artificial Intelligence being Applied to Robots
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
As Order Book Shifts, Drewry Estimates New Container Ship Deliveries will be Below Demand Growth in 2018
ULCVs will comprise almost 40% of Total TEU Deliveries in 2018 and Nearly 70% by 2020
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
RFID, AIDC and IoT News Round Up for April 24, 2018
Embedded RFID in Humans for Payments? How about RFID on Your Teeth for Calorie and Other Tracking? IoT Security - Does Anyone Care?
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Hackett Group Report Identified Four Key Procurement Capability Requirements
From Buyer and Negotiator to Strategic Partner to the Business
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Waiting for US to Approve Longer and/or Heavier Trucks on US Highways? Don't Hold Your Breath
Report from National Academies of Science Details Huge Research Agenda to Create Data Needed to Make the Decisions
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Highlight from Apple's 2018 Supplier Responsibility Report
Ambitions and Programs Again Go Far Beyond Usual Scope of Sustainability
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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SCDigest's Benchmark Study on the State of Retail-Vendor Supply Chain Relationships
Outstanding Insight from Major Survey of Retailers and Manufacturers
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