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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

Resilinc

The Day After Tomorrow (2004) We typically think of rising temperatures and global warming when we think of climate change. A nuclear disaster, as depicted in the film, would likely result in a reassessment of nuclear power as an energy source. However, the day after tomorrow envisions a different outcome: a second ice age.

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A Conversation with Vittorio Favati, TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Geopolitics – Near-shoring, quality and reliability, risk management; 4. Managing carbon footprint is also key: our industry relies on methods that are carbon output heavy. Today, a dominance of production and sourcing is considered far-sourcing, driven by attractive labour rates in Asia.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

I have worked with this client since 2004. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Focus is on make, source and deliver together. At that time, they planned on spreadsheets.

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Creating a Cognitive Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Steve Banker ( @steve_scm ), Service Director for Supply Chain Management at ARC Advisory Group, notes machine learning has been used in the supply chain field since at least 2004.[3] 3] Like other AI tools, machine learning requires a lot of data. ” Staying Afloat in an Ocean of Data.

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Infor’s Acquistion of GT Nexus: If I Had a Magic Wand

Supply Chain Shaman

Founded in 2002 under the name of Agilisys, Infor rebranded in 2004. The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. Companies need a real-time data source on performance. Despite numerous acquisitions and product development efforts, SAP and Oracle are much larger industry giants.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

We were an early adopter of the E2Open technology and we experimented on building B2B networks early in 2004. We are targeting much improved end-to-end planning in response to multiple demand sources. But, I must tell you, when it comes to the management of demand, our work on the demand signal is still evolving.