All Digitalisation articles – Page 60

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    Editor's note: a more knowable future

    2014-04-01T14:28:37Z

    OEMs and LSPs must often react to the supply chain in real time. Extreme weather in the US, UK and Japan have all recently affected freight routes. The crisis between Russia and Ukraine, for example, blocked the port of Sevastopol, diverting cargo, along with posing much more serious threats to ...

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    Keeping the supply chain afloat

    2014-02-20T16:58:59Z

    As extreme weather continues to disrupt production, Mark Morley (left) writes that manufacturers need to take a closer look at how they are protecting their supply chains both physically and digitally. The current flooding crisis gripping much of the UK highlights how vulnerable global supply chain and transport networks ...

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    Growth and other good problems to have in North American supply chains

    2013-10-01T22:31:12Z

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    Changing claims for damage

    2013-07-01T17:42:04Z

    ePOD advances;Automated and manual reporting;Damage prevention;Natural risks;Readiness to repair. New technologies allow more accurate damage recording but co-operation between OEMs, LSPs and insurers is crucial in the face of rising insurance premiums.The damage claims and insurance industry is always seeking ways to improve the accuracy and speed of damage ...

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    Can social media help logistics?

    2010-10-01T09:14:52Z

    When Iceland’s volcano erupted earlier this year, closing most of European airspace for weeks, social media web sites found a new purpose as airlines began to channel passenger updates through Facebook and Twitter. Air Berlin and Air Baltic, for example, said they received millions of requests for information via Twitter, ...