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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. They are just too risky. Sniffing opportunity, the venture capitalists are like sharks in the water. I forecast that this interest will grow and the market is going to become more confusing.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

These trends and technologies include the network effect, innovation in transportation management systems, time slot management applications, autonomous trucks, and the future of last mile deliveries, specifically looking at autonomous mobile robots and drones for home delivery. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4

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This Week in Logistics News (October 28-November 1, 2013)

Talking Logistics

I don’t remember how old my son was when he lost his first tooth, but that was the night Toothy came for the first time, not long after he fell asleep. Reports 2013 Third-Quarter Results. Con-Way this week reported 2013 third-quarter net income of $30.6 However, net revenue, which excludes purchased transportation, increased 8.2

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

The approach of “ Just in time ” and “ supply chain management ” focused on optimizing efficiency and reducing waste. But at that time, the reduction of waste was mainly due to economic reasons, not environmental.This was because waste means greater economic loss. Bhattacharjee, 2015).

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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7 Trending Business Practices Disrupting Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! It was a natural progression of time and technology. The correlation between technology and time is a special one. For every year that passes of time, it seems our technology advances 5 years, and begins to disrupt our lives — professionally and privately. Subscribe Here!

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Championing Supply Chain Digitalization

Enterra Insights

” One of the first things Enterra Solutions ® does when we engage with a new client (or begin a new project), is to help them identify the data needed to achieve desired goals. The well-worn adage that a company’s most valuable asset is its people needs an update,” he writes. 1] Staff writers at Gadget go even further. ”[3].

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.