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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

This was the lie spun by Gartner in 2002. This is the goal of the Network of Networks initiative which we are deeply vested in testing during 2017. We will launch a call for industry action on our webinar on January 11, 2017. In 2017, my goal is to continue my quest to unveil truth. There are three problems. Reflections.

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Fisher’s Supply Chain–Product Match/Mismatch Framework

SCM Research

Extensions of the framework exist, for example by Lee (2002) , who adds a “supply” dimension, and more recently Gligor (2017) , who argues that “benefits generated by perfect supply chain fit might be offset by the resources deployed to achieve that fit” Research presented by Perez-Franco et al.

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Distribution Outlook: 2018

NFI Industries

In the third quarter of 2017, Prologis reported that consumer activity reached its highest level since 2014 1. Warehouses today have doubled in size compared to 2002; however, even with larger distribution centers (DCs), the distribution market.

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Doing Business in Switzerland

QAD

Although the country is a UN member, and became a member of NATO in 2002, it retains its commitment to neutrality. annually as of 2017, putting it at number 92 in the world for growth. As of 2017, Switzerland’s labor force reached 5.159 million strong, and most of the workforce is well-educated. in 2017, down from 3.3

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Logility Partners with FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Preparing Students to Take on Today’s Supply Chain Challenges

Logility

FIDM and Logility’s partnership began in 2017 and has since expanded to include more technology applications. Giving students access to Logility’s Digital Supply Chain Platform and real-world training is a professional gamechanger.”. Logility has gifted FIDM with 500 software licences for students.

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SAP Announces Supervisory Board Leadership Change

Supply Chain Matters

Ala-Pietilä background is noted as being the President of Nokia Corporation from 1999–2005, along with being a member of the SAP Supervisory Board from 2002–2021. He was the Chairman of the EU Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence from 2018-2020 and chair of Finland’s Artificial Intelligence Programme from 2017-2019.

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Digital Twins and Phygital Fitness

Enterra Insights

This technology took a step further in 2002 when Michael Grieves publicly introduced the concept and model of the digital twin at a Society of Manufacturing Engineers conference in Troy, Michigan. 8] The WHIR, “ Understanding Digital Twins as a Key Part of Digital Transformation ,” Channel Futures, 23 September 2017.