Thu.Aug 27, 2015

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FMCG Supply Chain: Do you use data or information?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Who coined “Big Data”? How did we get there without normal sized data, slightly larger data, chubby data and bordering on big data? People working in or associated with Supply Chains seem obsessed by data yet data itself actually tells you nothing. Really, not a lot apart from the fact that something is being measured or calculated. Firstly, a couple of information irritations.

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Mainstreaming Machine Learning, Part 2

Enterra Insights

In the first part of this article, I discussed how business leaders’ eyes are just opening to the possibilities machine … Continued. The post Mainstreaming Machine Learning, Part 2 appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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The Emergence of Global Markets with Regional Characteristics

Arkieva

In preparation for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , Lora Cecere spoke with Sujit Singh, Chief Operating Officer of Arkieva, in an episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights. With two to three podcast a week, Straight Talk is designed to benefit the supply chain leader that is on the go and wants to be in the know. This specific podcast in part of a larger series leading up to the Global Summit and discusses the future of supply chain, particularly as it relates to S&OP and

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Optimizing a Distribution Network for Today and Tomorrow

MIT Supply Chain

In their quest to meet a target for growth, companies often plan changes to their distribution networks to accommodate the anticipated increase in product volumes. But what happens if those changes frustrate future growth targets? A network optimization model built by MIT CTL Master of Supply Chain Management (SCM) program graduates Ann-Marie Chopyak and Haotian […].

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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Back to the future of public transport

DELMIA Quintiq

On January 12, 1901, Collier’s Weekly – a United States weekly magazine that features news, politics and fiction – published an artwork by Fred Strothmann. An artist and a cartoonist for the magazine, Strothmann envisioned the future of transportation in 2001: Flying buses and trams, sky stations, and private zeppelins instead of cars. We may not have met Strothman’s vision for public transport in 2001, but what if we had?

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Transportation is the Great Enabler of Supply Chain Excellence

Talking Logistics

As a 30+ year veteran in logistics, I am biased and I admit it. I believe transportation is the least complex, yet most critical component of the supply chain. It creates value by ensuring product is available when and where it is requested by customers – as quickly, cost effectively, and consistently as possible, from point of origin to point of consumption.

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An August Logistics Challenge

Supply Chain Digest

Guest columnist David Schneider asks SCDigest Readers to Come Up with a Soluion to a Transportation Challenge