
The supply chain is dead; long live the demand chain! How AI is tilting the balance between supply and demand
For digital transformation of the supply chain, artificial intelligence (AI) is effectively the only game in town. This is because it is the only technological discipline that knits together a …

Editorial Report: Making Industry Smarter Series – From supply chain to demand chain
If the internet of things (IoT), utilising both low-power and high-bandwidth connectivity, establishes an architectural springboard for digital change, then AI provides the industrial elasticity that will make the market …

AT&T mixes industry verticals and digital tech to brew-up new supply-chain magic
The supply chain links the whole Industry 4.0 movement. For higher-grade operational intelligence to be brought to bear across the wider industrial market, the supply chain needs to mesh-in with …

Siemens-led IoT security charter doubles members, puts focus on supply chains
Eight further organisations have joined the Charter of Trust for cybersecurity, an initiative launched by Siemens last year to raise security in the internet of things (IoT) market. Membership of …

Chain of custody: Supply chains, blockchains – and the Spice Girls
The Spice Girls have been back again (at writing) nwith a reunion tour and a souvenir t-shirt. It is a nostalgia trip, for sure – in terms of the songbook …

Sensing and sense-making: Seven key supply chain technologies
I read it somewhere, and it made sense; the application of new digital technologies in the global supply chain is about two critical functions – ‘sensing’ and ‘sense-making’, where the …

AI set to drive the global supply chain technology market to $440 billion by 2023
Revenues generated by technology in the global supply chain will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 11 per cent over the next five years, reaching $440 billion by …

China to build 150 automated and intelligent smart logistics hubs by 2025
China is to build 30 logistics hubs during the next 12 months and 150 in the following five years as part of a major expansion and transformation of its supply …

Spotlight on AT&T: Blockchain for the supply chain
Manufacturing, transportation, retail—that’s the supply chain Blockchain is largely associated with the mysterious world of cryptocurrency, but AT&T sees significant value in applying the generalized ledger that supports blockchain to …

IBM mixes AI and IoT in bespoke apps for farming, manufacturing, logistics
IBM has released a range of new Watson artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and services tailored for the agriculture, manufacturing, supply chain, building management, and automotive industries. “Tailoring general AI for …