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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. Supply chain shortages abound. Reflection.

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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. These sources while functional are difficult to connect. There are no solutions that connect source, make and deliver in many-to-many architectures. The use of disparate data sources enriches insights.

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An interview with Norm Jerome: BP

AIMMS

Around 2004 we started a project to migrate an existing tool for planning for the BP Petrochemical Aromatics business over to AIMMS. When the rail team was using their own spreadsheets for fleet management, it was difficult to integrate their projections with the production & shipping schedules. How long have you been using AIMMS?

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Migrating to SAP S/4HANA? What Supply Chain Pros Need to Know

RFgen

. “Buy It, Build It, Track It, Ship It” RFgen Mobile Foundations for SAP works with any core supply chain business functions. Spur future digital innovation and transformation. Additional Sources : SAPinsider. RFgen can increase efficiency by 25% and productivity by 30% (on average). May 15, 2019. IBM Corporation.

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Migrating to SAP S/4HANA? What Supply Chain Pros Need to Know

RFgen

. “Buy It, Build It, Track It, Ship It” RFgen Mobile Foundations for SAP works with any core supply chain business functions. Spur future digital innovation and transformation. Additional Sources : SAPinsider. RFgen can increase efficiency by 25% and productivity by 30% (on average). May 15, 2019. IBM Corporation.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

These 36 innovative companies have figured out how to hack their operations, gaining some financial or media recognition for their methods. Kick back, be inspired and happy innovating. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. billion in annual sales across 500 stores.

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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, with the evolution of demand sensing applications, the tactical and operational forecasts were both modeled using optimization, but the lack of synchronization of the two forecasts limited the technology adoption. However, the approach is new and poorly understood, and only 7% of consumer products companies are innovators.