Data

PepsiCo's John Phillips told the CSCMP Edge audience that AI is changing everything from advertising to retail theft prevention.

DP World is positioning itself as a key enabler of data center success, both before and after operational setup.

EY’s Al Mendoza says that data can help CSCOs prove their value, shifting the view of supply chains as a valuable member of an organization’s growth strategy.

In this podcast, ASCM's Eshkenazi addressed various topics, including: near shoring; tariffs; AI; and big data, among others.

In this podcast, ASCM's Eshkenazi addressed various topics, including: near shoring; tariffs; AI; and big data, among others.

The acquisition train keeps rolling on for Waterloo, Ontario-based Descartes, a provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings. The company recently announced it has acquired Rockville, Md.-based OCR Services Inc, a provider of global trade compliance solutions and content, for roughly $90 million. This represents the 30th acquisition Descartes has made going back to 2015.

Minneapolis, Minn.-based global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said today it has rolled out a new technology offering focused on touchless appointments, which it said “creates a major efficiency in freight shipping.”

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Today the lifeblood of business is data. How companies leverage data is what separates leaders from laggards.

Saying just “data” does not really come close to presenting how replete this report’s findings are, with Convoy explaining it includes data from millions of pickups and deliveries, with more than 1,000 unique data points collected on each shipment and more than 50 terabytes of freight data.

Logistyx President Ken Fleming takes a deep dive into the three phases of supply chain disruption: Reaction, Recovery, and Preparation and shares how companies can emerge from COVID-19 smarter, stronger, and ready to successfully navigate unforeseen challenges ahead.

Looking ahead to the future can be scary but it can also be exciting, too. When it comes to the supply chain, though, it falls into the latter category, especially when looking at the 2020 predictions for the supply chain, which were issued this week by Framingham, Mass.-based market research and consulting firm IDC.

The importance, and emergence, of data management and analytics within supply chain management continues to be on an upswing, and for good reason. One being it helps shippers streamline key operational processes, like asset tracking and inventory management, among others. For global brewer Anheuser-Busch (AB), diving into data helped to identify areas of its supply chain operations it viewed as wasteful and under performing and subsequently make inroads for things like pricing and forecasting. But getting there required time and...