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Omnitracs & Peloton Technology join forces Omnitracs, a global pioneer of fleet management solutions to transportation and logistics companies, today announced that it has partnered with Peloton Technology, a developer of connected and automated vehicle systems for U.S. and global freight carriers. Omnitracs and Peloton will collaborate to bring Peloton’s industry-leading truck platooning technology to […]

Industry 4.0: The Five Steps Towards A Digital Supply Chain If the vision of Industry 4.0 is to be realized, most enterprise processes — manufacturing, product development, customer relations, and the workplace itself — must become fully digitized. A critical element will be the arrival of the digital supply chain. The supply chain today is

Digitization In Supply Chain: Five Key Trends SCM World has just closed its annual Future of Supply Chain survey comprising opinions of 1,415 practitioners around the world. Again, this year, digitization is dominating the discussion with big jumps in importance for a series of disruptive technologies, some of which were considered largely irrelevant just a

Is Truck Idling Fuel Consumption Burning Your Bottom Line? Yes (and it doesn’t have to) Fuel consumed from truck idling is wasting money and impacting your bottom line. Over the last decade, there has been increased awareness of fuel waste, engine wear and tear, and overall costs associated with vehicle idling. Nationally, trucks burn 4

How Is Big Data Changing Supply Chain Management In the last couple of years, big data technology was implemented in many different industries. Big data innovations have uplifted the business process to another level by introducing more predictability and by automating the decision making-process. Implementation of big data into the supply chain management has shown

Driving Cost out of the First Mile The value of end to end supply chain visibility is undeniable but for the majority of retail, wholesale, 3PL and manufacturing organisations today, the difference between the first and last mile could not be more stark. The last mile is fast, efficient, effective and transparent; leveraging real time

Location Trends 2017 The Design Forward team at HERE continually scans the world, looking for signs and portents of the future: indicators of change in the way we live, travel and work that are starting to appear now and which we think will become significant to our business in years to come. Today we’re excited to

Technological Disruption and Innovation in Last-Mile Delivery The e-commerce market continuTechnology is driving a heightened level of innovation in product and service offerings in the last mile parcel delivery market, and is transforming the way delivery providers interact with their customers, this paper examines these technologies and business models. By Hau L. Lee, Yiwen Chen,

Achieving Marginal Gains throughout the Supply Chain The rise in customer expectation is well documented – and in the bid to satisfy the immediate gratification generation, an agile supply chain has become the prime source of competitive advantage. Yet, while organisations clearly recognise the need to uncover every possible efficiency within the supply chain in

Top Marketing Trends and Predictions for 2017 (Infographic and Analysis) Tips’ the season to talk about marketing trends and predictions for 2017. And this year, the online community is delivering in spades. Not that I’m complaining, mind you. I find predictions and trends posts fascinating because I love the preview of what’s to come. The