NextGen Supply Chain

A new day for picking robots

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 · Gary Forger, special projects editor Long used to handling boxes and some standard shaped items, picking robots are on the verge of moving into a world where they have to distinguish between thousands of quite different items. And they have to make picking decisions faster than people. Getting there will not be…

NextGen Supply Chain Interview: Crystal Parrott, Dematic

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 · Gary Forger, special projects editor This month we spoke with Crystal Parrott, vice president of Dematic's Robotics Center of Excellence.

NextGen Supply Chain Interview: Ben Harris

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 · Gary Forger, special projects editor This month we spoke about on-demand delivery with Ben Harris, director of supply chain and advanced manufacturing for the Metro Atlanta Chamber. He also serves as administrator of the Supply Chain Leadership Council.

NextGen Supply Chain Interview: Nick Vyas

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 · Gary Forger, special projects editor On-demand warehousing matches companies with excess warehouse space with companies with short-term excess inventory. It's a win-win.

NextGen Supply Chain: SAP does blockchain

Friday, September 7, 2018 · Bob Trebilcock In a recent pilot, the supply chain software giant brought together industry players to create a food industry blockchain

NextGen Supply Chain: Blockchain as a Business Solution

Thursday, September 6, 2018 · Vikrant Viniak Asset tracking has long been an expensive process for telecom companies. Applying blockchain can lower costs and reduce friction across the partner network.

NextGen technologies: Building the supply chains of the future

Wednesday, September 5, 2018 · Gary Forger A new crop of supply chain technologies promise to increase efficiency, visibility and speed. Five technologists share their vision of the future.

NextGen Supply Chain Interview: Tom Ward

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 · Gary Forger, special projects editor, Supply Chain Management Review IBM is using Artificial Intelligence on the cloud to understand and interact with supply chain data.

NextGen Supply Chain: What’s in your cloud?

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 · Gary Forger, special projects editor The cloud could be the most impactful of all NextGen technologies.

NextGen Supply Chain Interview: Mike Weinberg

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 · By Gary Forger, Special Projects Editor, Supply Chain Management Review MRO is in the early stages of adopting advanced technologies, like Big Data and IoT. But the potential is enormous.

NextGen Supply Chain: Predictive maintenance and smart glasses take the stage in MRO

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 · Gary Forger, Special Projects Editor, Supply Chain Management Review These nextgen technologies promise to improve MRO efficiencies while reducing costs and downtime quite noticeably.

Transportation management systems expand in NextGen supply chains

Monday, June 18, 2018 · Gary Forger, Special Projects Editor, Supply Chain Management Review This is a time of innovation in TMS as the software's capabilities broaden significantly, improving its deliverables across the supply chain.

NextGen Supply Chain Interview: Kevin Zweier

Monday, June 18, 2018 · Gary Forger, Special Projects Editor, Supply Chain Management Review This month we spoke with Kevin Zweier, Vice President of the Transportation practice at Chainalytics.

NextGen Supply Chain: Drop-ins at MIT’s Crossroads 2018

Monday, May 14, 2018 · Gary Forger, Special Projects Editor, Supply Chain Management Review Every conference has its nuggets. Here are some from the recent Crossroads 2018 event at MIT. Highlights range from artificial intelligence in action to autonomous vehicles and conversational commerce. As you'll see, big name companies are taking these NextGen…

ISM 2018: The digitization of procurement

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 · Bob Trebilcock NextGen supply chain technologies were front and center at ISM