Digitalization

Retailers like H&M can’t meet demand because of delivery delays, Nike cut its sales forecasts after COVID-19 triggered factory closures and Bed Bath & Beyond has faced ongoing shipping challenges. These are just a few of the high-profile supply chain woes that organizations are facing in 2021, and Bloomberg says...

CARM’s focus is on modernizing, streamlining, and transforming the way duties and taxes are collected on imported goods. On May 25th, CBSA officially launched Release 1 of its new CARM Client Portal, a self-service tool meant to facilitate accounting and revenue management processes for companies importing goods into Canada. The...

By putting data into the hands of the companies, business partners, and customers that want it, supply chain visibility helps all stakeholders track products from the point of manufacture to the final destination—and all points in between. This “Holy Grail” of global supply chain management has been talked about for...

As organizations across all industries ramp up their digitization efforts and invest in technology that helps them work more efficiently, the air cargo sector is well-positioned to take advantage of this trend. From reducing delays to eliminating errors to automating repetitive processes, supply chain digitization helps air cargo carriers be...

Defined as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, resiliency is being discussed a lot right now as more companies put extra effort into shoring up their supply chains and ensuring that those networks remain viable. Achieving this goal will be particularly important in the post-COVID world, when companies try...

This article originally appeared in Breakbulk – you can read the original article here. The kinds of innovations being implemented by third party logistics providers (3PLS) are not limited to new digital technologies. What might be called physical technologies—things like robots and drones that take the place of and/or work...

DB Schenker and IAM Robotics join forces to maximize the convergence of robotics and automation in the warehousing environment. The modern-day supply chain does a lot more than just move products from one place to the next. Serving as the foundation for an increasingly-global, information ecosystem that must be able...

With total cost of ownership down and return on investment easier to achieve, a growing number of 3PLs are infusing robotics and automation into their operations. As third-party logistics firms (3PLs) turn to technology to gain efficiencies and improve their customer service levels, many of them are deploying robotics and...

Three Key Trends in IoT, Robotics, and Wearables In the race to exceed customer expectations and capitalize on competitive differentiators, warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) are serving as strategic assets instead of just “places to store stuff.” By optimizing workflows and order picking/packing accuracy; improving inventory management; and better utilizing human...

Digitization can make your company’s global supply chain more efficient, cost-effective, and customer-focused while making sure it doesn’t fall behind the curve. Here’s how to do it. If you think tech-centric terms like the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and big data aren’t impacting your supply chain and...