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Big Pharma Looks at Blockchain
According to Harvard Business Review, big pharma is hoping to solve supply chain issues by switching to blockchain.
Since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, world-class hospitals from New York to Atlanta to San Francisco struggled with shortages of basic safety equipment.
Read more...Produce Company Upgrades Supply Chain
According to Retail Leader, the nation’s largest produce distributor has upgraded its supply chain technology.
One of the nation's oldest and largest produce distributors has high expectations for improved supply chain visibility and improved service to retailers following a major system upgrade.
Read more...Amazon Files for Blockchain Patent
According to the Coin Telegraph, Amazon has filed a patent for a supply chain tracking system that uses blockchain.
World’s top ecommerce firm, Amazon, filed a patent for a blockchain system that tracks goods as they move on the supply chain.
Read more...Executives from PepsiCo, Topco and Walmart Join GS1 US Board of Governors
GS1 US® has appointed the following executives to its Board of Governors: John S. Phillips, senior vice president, customer supply chain and go-to-market, PepsiCo, Inc.; Randall J. Skoda, president and CEO, Topco Associates LLC; and Steve Breen, senior vice president, enterprise inventory optimization, Walmart. Additionally, long-standing GS1 US Board of Governor members, John Inwright, president and chief executive officer, Wendy’s Quality Supply Chain Co-op, Inc. and Dr. Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, chief executive officer of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada, have been appointed chair and vice chair, respectively.
Read more...Companies that Nimbly Deploy Tech Will Survive Covid
According to Tech Wire Asia, companies that embrace technology will make it through the Covid crisis.
When business continuity becomes severely threatened by the extraordinary circumstances facing the manufacturing sector in a post-COVID-19 reality, businesses that can rapidly adapt to embracing data-led technologies stand a good chance at separating themselves from their competitors.
Read more...Keeping Supply Chain Safe
According to DC Velocity, supply chain visibility platform FourKites has added features to help keep supply chain communication flowing during Covid, but also to make it more safe.
FourKites, the #1 real-time supply chain visibility platform, announced a string of new collaborative features to facilitate and simplify communication across the end-to-end supply chain, while also reducing human contact to decrease the risk of virus transmission to front-line workers.
Read more...Covids Long Term Effects on Supply Chain
According to Port Technology, the Covid-19 crisis could have long term effects on supply chains, including the relocation of ports and terminals.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of day-to-day life, including the supply chain and the business operations of ports and terminals.
Read more...Korber Launches Contact Tracing Platform
According to Digital Supply Chain, Korber is launching a contact tracing solution based on their supply technology.
The company offers a range of solutions, from software to automation, and its new tracking solution technology is the newest in a long line of transformative innovations.
Read more...Companies Find New Supply Chain Solutions
The pandemic could force companies to finally implement new supply chain solutions, reports LiveMint.
Companies are on a drive to look for technological solutions, both emerging and existing, to supply chain bottlenecks caused by covid-19 and the subsequent nationwide lockdown.
Read more...Can New Tech Make the Supply Chain Flexible
Are 3D printing and digital manufacturing the answer to a more flexible supply chain, reports GreenBiz.
Proponents of 3D printing technology and digital manufacturing solutions have been seeking their breakthrough moment for years. It took mere weeks to showcase their potential as enablers of flexible supply chains — capable of decentralizing worldwide production and responding to violent, unforeseen disruption.
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