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Mapping Product Genomes: The Life Blood of Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

The cost of genome sequencing in 2001 was $100M per sequence. By 2007 it was $10M, and it has now dropped to $1000, and is expected to drop to a penny by 2020! The importance of tracking and measuring all goods, including the possibility of counterfeit goods, must be estimated using data tracking.

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Dissecting the Headwinds and Tailwinds of Digital Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

I liken it to the ecommerce frenzy of 2001. Public markets reward growth, and the average growth for companies for the period of 2011-2016 was 1/3 the rate of growth for the period of 1986-2007. When I travel from company to company and discuss the future of business processes, the term “digital” is ubiquitous.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling & Logistics

In recent years, firms both large and small have launched new “Data Science” or similarly named groups. As the phenomenon of Big Data has taken hold in the private sector, many firms which as recently as 10 years ago devoted minimal resources to large scale database mining and analytics have reversed course.