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DHL Invests in Cold Storage Supply Chain Technology
According to Supply Chain Dive, DHL is deploying technology in its cold storage facilities to ensure that optimal conditions for the products exists at all times.
When DHL decided to upgrade its 434,000-square-foot cold storage facility at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the company had an eye not just on maintaining temperatures inside the facility, but making sure those temperatures held at all parts of the delivery cycle.
Read more...New Tech in Warehouses
GreyOrange is embarking on a new project to bring more automation to warehouses, reports Supply & Demand Chain Executive. GreyOrange will bring its technology solutions to eight warehousing companies.
GreyOrange, a global software and robotics company, is partnering with eight warehousing companies to deploy and service its technology. Avik, Services, Bricz, Hy-Tek, Info-Sun, McCombs-Wall, S&H Systems, TREW and UST Global are all joining forces with GreyOrange
Read more...One Company Seeks to Add Ant-like Efficiency to Supply Chain
One company is developing robots to work in the supply chain that mimic how ants function in a colony, reports Robot Report.
The industriousness and efficiency of ants is well-known, and they have inspired one company working on supply chain automation. Attabotics makes a goods-to-person automated storage and retrieval system that includes robotic carts that can move in three dimensions, just like ants in a colony
Read more...2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer: Sustainable Supply Chain Awareness Grows, 'Compliance Trap' Hinders Progress and Business Impact
EcoVadis today released its 2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer: From Compliance to Performance, which offers insight into how sustainability is evolving in procurement priorities, and the tools and processes being used to drive tangible improvements and business results. Conducted with NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, the analysis suggests organizations are placing greater emphasis on business ethics and labor and human rights practices compared to three years ago.
Read more...Government Task Force Ready to Report on Supply Chain Security
According to FCW, the government's task force on supply chain risk is almost ready to release its findings.
The chair of a federal and industry-wide task force told a government advisory panel that an assessment mapping out a taxonomy of IT and communications sector supply chain risks is in the final stages of interagency approval
Read more...IBM's Supplier Verification Relies on Blockchain
IBM is set to launch “Trust Your Supplier” it is a way for companies to verify their supply chain vendors, reports Business Insider. The system is blockchain based and will be available to premiere IBM customers in the 3rd quarter.
Enterprise services company IBM announced a blockchain-based supply chain verification network, aptly named "Trust Your Supplier" (TYS)
Read more...Organic Market Expands and Streamlines Supply Chain
According to Chain Store Age, online organic market Thrive Market is expanding and in order to better their customers they needed to streamline their supply chain.
Thrive Market is automating critical fulfillment processes.
The membership-based online retailer of organic and non-genetically modified organism (GMO) products has experienced rapid growth in the past few years. To keep up with the pace of growth, Thrive Market needed to improve inventory planning and demand forecasting tasks.
Read more...Furniture Store Looks to Supply Chain Tech
Oklahoma furniture vendor, Bob Mills Furniture, has invested in supply chain technology, reports Furniture Today. The new system will help the company automate inventory, do forecasting and monitor overstock.
Bob Mills Furniture has selected Blue Ridge Global’s supply chain technology to enhance the retailer’s forecasting capabilities, manage variable lead times, reduce overstocks and automate inventory
Read more...Sustainable Supply Chain Awareness Grows, 'Compliance Trap' Hinders Progress and Business Impact
EcoVadis today released its 2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer: From Compliance to Performance, which offers insight into how sustainability is evolving in procurement priorities, and the tools and processes being used to drive tangible improvements and business results. Conducted with NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, the analysis suggests organizations are placing greater emphasis on business ethics and labor and human rights practices compared to three years ago.
Read more...Technology in Rail Freight
According to Freight Waves, the railroad industry is exploring how technology can improve their service.
Much of the recent discussion around technology and the railroads has focused on how positive train control (PTC), a safety technology that allows railroads to track the distances between trains, can serve as a technological precursor to more advanced applications, such as automated operations or even autonomous trains within restricted environments
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