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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

you look at the data even more closely, you can see pretty big spikes in September 2012 and September 2014 – Those were the months of the IMTS show in Chicago. Obviously, a lot of manufacturing equipment buyers wait for the show before committing to purchase and of course a lot of orders are set up to be taken at the show as well!

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How do we Drive Invention to Innovation in Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, I spoke at the Chicago CSCMP round table event. As I read the literature, I felt out of touch and old-fashioned. “How could I not know about supply chain planning software?” Software planning was in the middle of a hype cycle. I love to hear the thoughts from different speakers. ” I thought.