CONTENTS OCTOBER 2022 | VOL. 42 | NO. 10
GOOD QUESTION If you could invent one tool to help you do your job better, what would it be?
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The agricultural sector plows ahead
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28 LEAN SUPPLY CHAIN Supply chain forecast: cloudy 30 IT MATTERS Why IoT is not the answer 32 SMART MOVES Becoming a successful female mentor in male-centric industries INFO 58 SUPPLY CHAIN INSIGHTS 60 WEB_CITE CITY 70 RESOURCE CENTER 71 CALENDAR
INFOCUS 1 INFO SNACKS 14 VERTICAL FOCUS: AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES 18 NOTED 20 TAKEAWAYS 66 IN BRIEF 72 LAST MILE The trucking sector is in it for the long haul INSIGHT 6 CHECKING IN What do the cans tell us? 8 DIALOG 10 GOOD QUESTION
12 10 TIPS Moving to a cloud-first strategy 24 SPONSORED SOLVED WMS enables automation orchestration for e-fulfillment 26 SPONSORED ABOVE & BEYOND Getting logistics players in place for a make-or-break season
INPRACTICE 16 READER PROFILE Anne Meyrose, vice president, logistics control tower with Gap, leads a new team that is charged with ensuring the company’s logistics network is set up to move the right product, to the right place, at the right time. 55 TOOLKIT Industrial equipment maker E.D. Etnyre & Co. turned to Tada Cognitive Solutions to help create an enterprise- wide repository of data to track material costs and other expenses, identify trends, and schedule production.
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New cargo services take flight
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