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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

According to Patrick, the right kind of warehouse is big and technologically advanced. Today’s warehouses are 143% larger than they were in 2007. The Internet of Things and Big Data. 2] David Sparkman, “ Retail-to-Warehouse Conversions Are Real ,” Material Handling & Logistics , 4 February 2019. [3]

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Machine learning and big data analytics augments critical roles in supply chain efficiency, problem solving and cost saving. Data acquisition and filtering and scenario analysis are time consuming practices in supply chain. 2019), Contributions of Industry 4.0 Efficiency and cost management. DIO: [link] pp.1-19.

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The expanding scope of procurement analytics: Some initial thoughts

NC State SCRC

Procurement analytics, which supports decision making in procurement management, typically handles problems and decisions that are related to cost reduction, supplier management, cost modeling, procurement-led innovation, market strategies, supply chain risk, and stakeholder value improvement (Handfield, Jeong, and Choi 2019).

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Stephany Lapierre, CEO at tealbook!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I launched my second business, a strategic sourcing and procurement consulting firm in 2007. Technology and the use of Big Data is allowing procurement and supply chain to increase transparency and automation. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2019. I always knew this was going to be part of my life.

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A Brief Look Back at Clayton Christensen’s Innovative Ideas

Enterra Insights

Although it may sound like Christensen and his colleagues were skeptical about the value of big data analytics, I don’t believe that’s their message. 2] Jena Mcgregor, “ Clayton Christensen’s Innovation Brain ,” BusinessWeek , 15 June 2007. [3] Although Christensen did say, one of his first questions to St.

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The Top Logistics and Supply Chain Journalists & Thought Leaders to Know for 2020

Shipchain

Patrick Burnson is the Executive Editor at Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review, a role he’s filled since 2007. He is a guest contributor to Multichannel Merchant, and his topics affect every aspect of the supply chain, including peak season demand, last mile processes, big data and analytics, e-commerce and more. .

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Marketing: Opportunities and Dangers of Social Media

Enterra Insights

According to a 2007 paper by Duncan Watts, ‘large scale changes in public opinion are not driven by highly influential people who influence everyone else, but rather by easily influenced people, influencing other easily influenced people.” .”[4] The New York Times, 16 July 2019. [3] ” Footnotes. [1] 6] Truncali, op.