Supply Chain الأرشيف

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Reaping the rewards of Robotic Process Automation Two ships carrying identical cargoes have just docked at a busy port. One …

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Digital/Tech
Supply Chain

The Internet of Things

How the Internet of Things will revolutionize your supply chain A batch of vaccines leaves a pharmaceutical company bound for …

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Digital/Tech
Supply Chain

Why your supply chain needs blockchain

When a shirt is shipped from China to a shop in Europe, it passes through a complicated and sometimes slow …

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Digital/Tech
Fair Labor
Logistics How-To
Supply Chain
Trade

A Guide to the Digital Supply Chain

Digital technology is changing the way the world does business and doing so at an extraordinary pace. Whatever your part …

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Digital/Tech
Logistics How-To
Supply Chain

The perfect match: how digital platforms connect truckers and freight

Brazil is the third-largest trucking market in the world after China and the USA, but has historically struggled with poor …

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Digital/Tech
Environment
Logistics How-To
Supply Chain

Your home is printing now! What does 3D printing mean for logistics?

3D printing is big news. It is already a $14.5 billion dollar industry, and is set to keep growing steadily over …

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Digital/Tech
Logistics How-To
Supply Chain
Trade

9 New Warehousing Technologies

Warehousing is in the midst of a tech-driven revolution as companies race to identify and adopt emerging technologies that cut …

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Digital/Tech
Logistics How-To
Supply Chain
Warehousing

The Business Case for Sustainability

As environmental, social, labor and governance imperatives come into sharper focus, the business case (again) for putting sustainability at the core …

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Supply Chain

Harnessing Solar Power in the Middle East

A look at the Gulf region where solar energy has been a tough sell in the face of cheap electricity …

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Environment
Supply Chain

Best Practices for Sustainable Supply Chain

Best practices for sustainability in supply chain also mean tough questions for companies. Agility’s Mariam Al-Foudery lays out some key …

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Environment
Fair Labor
Logistics How-To
Supply Chain
Warehousing

Small is Beautiful

A sustainable vegetable garden in the arid demilitarized zone between Sudan and South Sudan brings relief to workers supporting the …

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Environment
Supply Chain

Modern Slavery

The United Nations calls modern slavery – human trafficking, child labor and debt labor – the world’s second-largest criminal industry. …

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Fair Labor
Supply Chain

Fair Labor in the Middle East

Agility’s fair labor program in the Middle East was a groundbreaking initiative more than 10 years ago and has helped …

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Fair Labor
Supply Chain
Trade

Supply Chain Sustainability at the heart of Corporate DNA

Expert Tensie Whelan argues that sustainability as an intrinsic part of corporate DNA drives operational efficiency and innovation, and delivers …

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Environment
Ethics
Logistics How-To
SMEs
Supply Chain
Trade

Social Purpose: New Model of Shareholder Engagement

Blackrock, the largest investor in the world, says it’s time to consider ‘social purpose’ along with profits. Laurence Fink, CEO …

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Supply Chain

Innovation in Sustainability

Sustainability is driving innovation in a variety of business areas including product reformulation and process modification. Researchers say companies that …

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Digital/Tech
Environment
Supply Chain