Supply chain managers point to data accuracy gap | DC Velocity
Dec 11, 2024 · Supply chain managers say one of their top headaches heading into 2025 is a data accuracy gap that leaves many struggling to find the level of insights and visibility required to respond quickly to market changes, according to a report from RAIN RFID and Internet of Things provider Impinj. Even worse, many managers are overconfident in their data.
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A robot in every factory? - DC Velocity
Nov 13, 2024 · Ben Ames has spent 20 years as a journalist since starting out as a daily newspaper reporter in Pennsylvania in 1995. From 1999 forward, he has focused on business and technology reporting for a number of trade journals, beginning when he joined Design News and Modern Materials Handling magazines. Ames is author of the trail guide "Hiking …
The New Warehouse Workforce: Navigating Automation, …
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 2:00 PM EST/11:00 AM PST Register Now Today, warehouse leaders face complicated challenges, including high customer expectations, fierce market competition, and a persistent labor shortage. Some decision-makers are focusing on empowering their workers and improving...
David Maloney - Author - DC Velocity
David Maloney has been a journalist for more than 35 years and is currently the group editorial director for DC Velocity and Supply Chain Quarterly magazines. In this role, he is responsible for the editorial content of both brands of Agile Business Media. Dave joined DC Velocity in April of 2004. Prior to that, he was a senior editor for Modern Materials Handling magazine.
Maersk orders 20 dual-fuel container vessels | DC Velocity
Dec 2, 2024 · The Danish ocean freight and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has signed agreements with three shipyards to build a total of 20 container vessels equipped with dual-fuel engines capable of running on either methanol or liquified natural gas.. The move delivers on its August announcement of a fleet renewal plan that will allow the company to proceed on its …
Accenture and Microsoft launch business AI unit | DC Velocity
Nov 18, 2024 · In a move to meet rising demand for AI transformation, Accenture and Microsoft are launching a copilot business transformation practice to help organizations reinvent their business functions with both generative and agentic AI and with Copilot technologies. The practice consists of 5,000 professionals from Accenture and from Avanade—the consulting …
Canada shuts down port strike as backlogs grow | DC Velocity
Nov 13, 2024 · Ben Ames has spent 20 years as a journalist since starting out as a daily newspaper reporter in Pennsylvania in 1995. From 1999 forward, he has focused on business and technology reporting for a number of trade journals, beginning when he joined Design News and Modern Materials Handling magazines. Ames is author of the trail guide "Hiking …
Cargo ships harness winds of change | DC Velocity
Dec 11, 2024 · Saudi Arabia is continuing to funnel funds into a project to bulk up its port and logistics muscle, as French maritime carrier and logistics provider CMA CGM today said it has signed an “ambitious agreement” to develop port infrastructure in the Red Sea, logistics services, and multimodal platforms to enhance the middle eastern nation’s inland logistics capabilities.
Transportation challenges, solved | DC Velocity
Nov 12, 2024 · Sometimes, all you need is the right partner to solve your logistics problems. In 2021, global paint supplier Sherwin Williams faced driver and hazardous material (hazmat) capacity constraints: There simply weren’t enough hazmat drivers available in its fleet to maintain the company’s 90% fleet utilization rate expectations for key partner store deliveries while also …