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Supply Chain Success Prompts ToolsGroup-Lãberit Partnership to Expand into LATAM

ToolsGroup

In the wake of disruption, interest in probabilistic forecasting and ToolsGroup’s acclaimed solutions began skyrocketing, spurring the search for additional resources to support the company’s increasing scope. At the same time, Lãberit had begun expanding its consulting services to organizations throughout the supply chain sector.

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Forecasting Brexit’s Logistics Implications

APICS

Just about a week ago, the world received the news that citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) voted to withdraw from the European Union (EU) by a narrow margin of 4 percentage points. Now, after months of speculating whether or not Brexit could be a reality, the business world is forecasting how Brexit will affect global commerce.

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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

By 2024, 40% of APeJ-based supply chain forecasts will be automated through the use of artificial intelligence, improving accuracy by 5 percentage points. Data is becoming more immediately available across the entire ecosystem from forecast data through to actual demand data, coupled with production and supplier data.

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Do We Really Need a New Smart Phone Every Two Years?

SCM Research

A new United Nations University report, titled The Global E-waste Monitor 2014 , details e-waste generation by region. million metric tonnes (Mt) and it is forecasted to increase to 50 Mt in 2018. With 32% of the world’s total, the United States (7.1 kg), Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, and the United Kingdom.

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2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Prediction One

Supply Chain Matters

In our forthcoming Research Advisory, we will share additional data related to: Global Economic Themes and Outlooks- including The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Global Economic Forecast published in October 2023 described the world global economy as “ limping along, not sprinting.” World economic growth was forecasted to slow from 3.5

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October Global PMI Reporting-Continued Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

United Kingdom In the dependent region of the United Kingdom, the S&P Global/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI® posted a value of 44.8, percent in 2022 to a forecasted 3 percent this year, an anticipated 2.9 percentage point increase from the 44.3 value reported for September. percent in 2024.

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How Sustainability Will Fundamentally Change Your Supply Chain

BlueYonder

Morrisons, a leading grocery chain based in the United Kingdom, teamed up with Blue Yonder to optimize replenishment. Already leading food supply chains are using machine learning from Blue Yonder to optimize perishable inventories. Thanks to this partnership, they saw up to a 30% reduction in shelf gaps while minimizing waste.