D o you know those trashy reality TV shows? The ones that you can't get away from? The ones your kids watch on their phones while you try to talk to them about something important? Yeah, those. And then there's the term "visibility," which is used in the supply chain industry – and it's just as annoying. Admittedly, the audience for visibility isn't as large as for “ Too Hot to Handl e” or “Love Island”. Still, for supply chain industry savvy people, it's also just another term for trash TV that you can't escape. But here's where things get interesting: there are some pretty consistent parallels between these two types of trashy media. In these broadcast formats, every angle is filmed and tapped - similar to tracking cargo in transit! Every detail of going to the bathroom (including intimate shaving), activities under the covers in the bedroom (and much more) is filmed and recorded seamlessly using "sensors." And because such "ra...
In a world faced with the prospect of tightening supplies, higher energy costs heightened geopolitical risk, and strained transportation networks, advanced supply chain technologies will become mission-critical for many more companies. The supply chain task is not an enterprise problem; it is an end-to-end network problem involving multiple enterprises. Therefore, the solution does not lie in fixing one link in the chain but in devising a community.