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The Pressures of Omni-Channel Fulfillment and Returns Are Growing

BlueYonder

Around the world, e-commerce accounted for 17% of all retail sales last year and that number is expected to rise to 21% by 2029. And it provides retailers and direct-to-consumer (D2C) manufacturers with limitless access to shoppers around the world. It also fuels price competition, which is good for shoppers. The result?

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Trends 2024: Artificial Intelligence

Enterra Insights

I look forward to seeing the benefits of machine learning reach more manufacturers in 2024. … With time, these capabilities will lead to unprecedented flexibility, quality and reliability in manufacturing.” As I noted earlier, this so-called singularity is the source of both anticipation and anxiety.

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Inflation Reduction Act & What It Means for EV Production

QAD

This new tax credit could help to drive EV prices down, increase EV adoption, and give automakers the demand they need to transition to a BEV-heavy vehicle lineup—but that’s only if they can quickly regionalize their supply chains to meet the new “manufactured in North America” clause. Meets Battery Mineral Sourcing Requirements.

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Circular Supply Chain: the Politics of Pollution

DynaSys

Why do manufacturers need to transform their operations to a circular model? Historically the reasons for manufacturers to engage in any sustainability initiatives were mainly regulatory or social. The cost to source and salvage residual components has historically been commercially prohibitive. Sustainability Sells.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] AI Technologies: The Role of Humans & The Application in Logistics

GlobalTranz

Using AI driven product nature of being and smart attributes, data can be structured to support the needs of ERP applications as well as strategic sourcing and Value Analysis activities , all from one data set. Mr. Ray Kruzwell: Futurist and Director of Engineering at Google: AI will be achieved by 2029.

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Can Supply Chains Adjust to a Circular Economy Over the Next Decade? Part 1

Enterra Insights

Former McKinsey analyst Markus Zils adds, “The circular economy aims to eradicate waste — not just from manufacturing processes, as lean management aspires to do, but systematically, throughout the life cycles and uses of products and their components. Footnotes. [1] 4] Smart Cities World , op.

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Can Supply Chains Adjust to a Circular Economy Over the Next Decade? Part 2

Enterra Insights

He explains, “Many of the materials that are utilized during manufacturing exist solely within the confines of the supply chain and never exit it in the form of the product or packaging. As the name implies, a circular economy is one in which the loop between manufacturers and consumers is closed. ”[4]. Footnotes. [1]