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Two Important Questions About the Future of Freight Moves

Talking Logistics

The projections are from BTS’ and FHWA’s latest version of the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) , “which integrates data from a variety of sources to create a comprehensive picture of freight movement among states and major metropolitan areas by all modes of transportation.”. Watch this on The Scene.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum.

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Four Strategies What Worked

Supply Chain Shaman

” So, I started work with Arizona State University to take balance sheet data from 2003-2007 to analyze which combination of metrics drove the highest market capitalization. As a result of the research with ASU, I settled on the combination of growth, margin, inventory turns, and ROIC for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

Here is my analysis. The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype of electronic exchanges in the 2000-2003 period. SAS’s acquisition of MarketMax in 2003 is an exception. ” The company’s press release rhetoric is bullish. More positive than most. My answer? I am not sure.

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5 Spooky Excel Error Tales That Could Become Your Nightmare

Arkieva

In June 2003, a simple copy-and-paste error led to the Canadian power generator company, TransAlta buying more US power transmission hedging contracts in May at higher prices than usual. ” While Microsoft Excel still remains a viable data analysis and reporting tool, it often, relies heavily on manual, error-prone data entry and manipulation.

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Intelligent IBP – a new role for supply chain planners

Supply Chain Trend

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. This forces the team to make decisions with imperfect data under imperfect circumstances, prevents analysis paralysis, and drives a mindset of agility.