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Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
Future of manufacturing, supply chain management and logistics – articles, videos and presentations on the future of manufacturing by Futurist conference keynote speaker Patrick Dixon. Clients include Siemens, Gillette, Nokia, Ford, General Electric, Airbus, Fedex and DHL. Dixon has given keynotes on issues related to manufacturing at events in North America, Central America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Baltic States, Scandinavia, Africa, Central Asia, South East Asia and Asia Pacific.
Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
More than $40 trillion will be spent over the next 30 years as nations adapt to climate change and other environmental concerns. The future will be driven not by technology or innovation but by emotion – by the choices of ordinary men and women and the passion they feel about these things. They are already influencing companies and governments, who are changing at astonishing speed. Just 3 years ago it was hard to find a national leader who was talking about climate change. No it is hard to find one that does not. That’s today. Expect more tomorrow. So how can CIOs, software and hardware integrators, system analysts and others help turn Green into Gold?
Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
Future of logistics and supply chain management. Future of national post offices and postal service monopolies. DHL, Fedex and UPS global competition for just-in-time courier services. Growth of air freight, alternative delivery services. Deregulation of delivery services. Distribution and supplies of components, raw materials and finished products. Package and parcel RFID tracking technologies and RFID controversy. Road, rail, air and shipping comparative costs. Inflation and outsourcing. Overnight delivery and same day delivery services - growing demand. Pharmacies and garages lead way. Integration of EPOS data. Planning security of supplies and risk management. Online tracking and tracing of products. Integration into global supply chain, suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers, warehouses, retail.
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Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
Future of packaging – articles, videos and presentations on the future of packaging by Futurist conference keynote speaker Patrick Dixon. The packaging industry will continue to face relentless and growing pressures from manufacturers, wholesalers, logistics and supply chain companies, retailers, government regulators and above all from consumers, to look great, prevent damage, reduce cost, cut waste and reduce energy use. Expect: rapid innovation in packaging materials, production, smart tracking, recycling efficiency and energy reduction.
Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
Outsourcing and offshoring - how economic arguments are changing with high inflation in India and China together with exchange rate shifts - which all mean higher prices for outsourced manufacturing operations than in the past. Reversal of offshoring and outsourcing to reduce risk, increase velocity, improve agility, shorten product development cycles, improve speed to market.
Improving supply chain management in complex operations. Example of Audi motor manufacturing -- difficulties in providing customized vehicles rapidly without shorter supply chains. Conference keynote lecture by Patrick Dixon, for Red Prairie, audience of logistics and supply chain executives.
Read more: Why outsourcing is going into reverse - manufacturing and logistics
Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
100 billion new computers the size of a grain of sand - video.
Wal-Mart races ahead with Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFIDs): electronic barcodes for manufacturing, distribution and retail - major concerns about data leakage, privacy and civil rights. 10 billion wireless electronic tags are about to impact manufacturing, distribution and retailing now that Walmart, Tesco and Pentagon are requiring future suppliers to tag products - raising sensitive questions about privacy, civil liberties and human rights.
Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
EU Petrochemical industry examples - impact of European product exchanges to save over 140 million kms a year of trucking costs.
Improved distribution methods. Green tech innovation to reduce fuel costs by trucking industry, improving efficiency in lorry engines, aerodynamics, tyre resistance, heat recovery, regenerative breaking, power generation from auto suspension, nanotechnology coatings in engines, smarter lubricants, cleaner fuel, better better gearboxes and transmission, longer vehicles, larger container size.
Read more: Cut costs of road freight - logistics / transport / manufacturing innovation
Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
Product exchanges are a great way for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers to save money. Every day hundreds of thousands of identical products pass each other on highways. Imagine two online retailers selling the same DVD player, in Berlin and London. The Berlin retailer wins an order from a customer near London. On the same day, the retailer in London receives an order for an identical product from a customer near Berlin...
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Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
Practical challenges in delivering wireless barcode revolution with water, metal challenges (RFID radio frequency identification devices).
Controlling global supply chains at the speed of light.
Impact of RFID on retail and wholesale stock taking.
Conference keynote lecture by Patrick Dixon, for Red Prairie, audience of logistics and supply chain executives.
Read more: RFID - future impact on retail, logistics, supply chain management, manufacturing
Futurist Keynote - Articles and Videos - Manufacturing Industry, Logistics, Supply Chain
Carbon offsetting is a vitally important, but controversial way to tackle climate change. Every business should consider carbon offsetting as an integral part of strategy and responsibility. It allows one business to fund energy savings in another, and to use those savings as a credit or allowance against its own energy use. It works because it is often cheaper to save a ton of carbon in another company rather than your own. There are many challenges eg proving rapid, genuine benefit, preventing fraud.
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