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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

Is this the visibility shippers so desperately need? FourKites provides a supply chain visibility platform that can ingest location and status data from trucks, trains, ships, and other transportation assets, and then provide visibility to where a company’s goods are, along with predictive times of arrivals.

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Obstacles to Multi-Tier Supply Chain Visibility!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Visibility – An Overcomplicated Challenge! A recent Deloitte survey estimated only 15% of CPO’s have visibility beyond their tier one suppliers. I found this striking that there is so little multi-tier Supply Chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Visibility in Foggy Times

Enterra Insights

Supply chain professionals, like military professionals, often find situational awareness an elusive goal. Over a decade ago, Cecere wrote, “As we enter the world where data is more available from trading partners, we can navigate across the supply chain into customer’s customers and supplier’s suppliers.

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Closing the Gaps in Supply Chain Visibility

Talking Logistics

Supply Chain Visibility Gaps. I began our discussions by asking John why visibility gaps still persist despite continued focus on this area. John noted that the complexity of supply chain operations is a key factor, especially now that more companies must deal with international shipments such as ocean freight.

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Supply Chain Visibility: An Important Piece of the Logistics Puzzle

Talking Logistics

Do you feel there are gaping holes in your supply chain or between your execution systems? Supply chain visibility could help alleviate some of your pains and drive bottom line benefits. Supply chain visibility enables you to perform “what-if” scenarios. no supply chain visibility.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain shortages abound. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. The supply chain impact is unprecedented. What Is Visibility? Visibility means many things to different people. Close this gap.

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Seeing Supply Chain Visibility through Different Lenses

Bristlecone

Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 disruption, I have come across many organizations and ‘initiatives of the month’ focusing on improving supply chain visibility. This got me thinking about the nuances of supply chain visibility – what is it and why should organizations care about it, at this moment in time?