“Show, don’t tell” thinking for explaining and learning from supply chains and their data – the Sourcemap approach Data linkages tell powerful stories There’s a saying/cliché about it being better to show things rather than waffling on about them in words. US company Sourcemap Inc. has followed this age-old adage, with a range of software tools and solutions for supply chain mapping – with seemingly substantial strategic and...

Wonderment at the wonderfulness of robotics is easy: rethinking the processes where we use robotics less so. Automation not easy with floppy materials Automation and robotics have only made limited progress in clothing manufacture, because it’s difficult for the hardware to deal with the floppy, flexible fabrics involved. Many steps in the garment production process are already widely automated, from the field to the yarn to the weaving and...