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7 Ways to Improve Supply Chain Visibility

Supply Chain Opz

In recent years, the auto-id technology such as bar code and RFID together with the electronic data transmission are considered the holy grail of supply chain visibility. In this article, we will explore the basic concept and propose ways that you can use to create the better visibility.

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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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BD Achieves End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

They call this their “n-tier” supply chain. Mr. Nelson points out that it is possible for a sourcing problem deep in a supply chain to halt production for BD. When COVID happened we really saw a lot of issues with the supply chain. Do I need to restructure my contract with them?

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Information Sharing Communities for Digitally Enabled Supply Chain Visibility – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Such visibility and transparency require data; about the location of shipments, about the temperature and shock conditions goods are exposed to, also the situation merchandise faces along the supply chain, like transit delays or bad weather. Visibility also allows for post transport analyses and the verification of fair charges.

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End to End Supply Chain Visibility - Solving The Data Problem

People think end-to-end visibility is simply aggregating data from multiple sources, storing it in one place, and serving it up. This "Data Problem" is the biggest issue in supply chain today; it's also your biggest opportunity. But once you have that data, how do you use it?

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Protect Your Organization from Supply Constraints with Complete Supply Chain Visibility 

Logility

This requires leveraging both supply chain visibility and data-driven intelligence at lower levels in the supply chain, and then using those capabilities to make rapid changes as necessary in vendors, facilities, and modes and routes of transportation. How do you do this?

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Gain the End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility You Urgently Need

Logility

Supply chain visibility offers the means to manage your supply chain efficiently by offering previously unseen opportunities. What they end up with is an unresponsive, inflexible system and no visibility at all into the supplier data they need. What Is End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility?