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Agriculture Needs AI-aided Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

Enterra Insights

AI-powered solutions enable autonomous machinery and robotics to perform tasks with unprecedented accuracy and efficiency, reducing labor costs and improving operational efficiency.” ”[6] One source of continuing tension between manufacturers and farmers is: Who owns the data? ” • Data Collection.

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Supply Chain & Logistics News Round Up (October 7th-11th 2024)

Logistics Viewpoints

Hurricane Milton barreled through the west side of Florida, making landfall in Siesta Key with winds reaching up to 110 mph and bringing over a foot of rain in some areas. The shortage has not impacted Charlottesville’s other major healthcare provider, Sentara Health as this organization sources its IV solutions from a different manufacturer.

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5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

As product flows rapidly shifted and hard baked assumptions about lead times and sourcing locations were put to test, users across many organizations bypassed their planning systems and turned to excel sheets, internal data science teams or non-traditional supply chain vendors who could deliver AI based solutions at a faster turn.

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Hurricanes Disrupt Supply Chains – Even When They Hit Remote Areas

NC State SCRC

The situation could become even more dire now that Hurricane Milton is hitting Florida. Braun site in Daytona Beach manufacture about 85 percent of the nation’s supply of IV fluids. These types of supply chain risks are part of a well thought-out sourcing strategy, t hat every hospital should address.

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Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases

Logistics Viewpoints

Building optionality in the supply chain through collaborative sourcing: Supply chain teams can proactively identify choke points within the existing network by leveraging emerging technologies such as digital twins and advanced analytics, and modeling their end-to-end supply chains. This can in turn benefit Tier 2 suppliers and beyond.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. according to the Walmart Marketplace website. Cargo imported into the U.S.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

The purpose of data aggregation is, on one hand, to minimize the number of records you’ll be working with and, on the other hand, to reflect critical business patterns: order prioritization, customer segmentation, sourcing logic. How easy is it to open and close distribution centers or move products across manufacturing facilities?