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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. ” Her answer was telling.

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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. Relying on our experience in the industry and academic field, it is worth to say that if everything is urgent, nothing is urgent! Industry 4.0. Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) are key enablers for Industry 4.0.

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Getting Inventory Right: Hope with Hype and Recycled Software?

Supply Chain Shaman

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks. It will delay my report. ILOG was then purchased by IBM for $340 million in 2008.

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

Supply Chain Game Changer

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. I launched my second business, a strategic sourcing and procurement consulting firm in 2007. We would replace processes with insights and elevate procurement to a completely new level.

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

Phillips ( @EricaEPhillips ) reports some retailers were so desperate to find warehouse space this past holiday season they created pop-up warehouses in vacant suburban lots and parking garages.[1] These retail structures also typically offer dock doors, ample parking and clear heights compatible with industrial usage.

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50 Online Resources for Aspiring Supply Chain Scholars

Supply Chain Opz

The good point of this database is that it visualizes data for you so you can understand more quickly. Resource: Google Public Data 3. Track public policy development on Pew Research Center At Pew Research Center, you can browse the report related to public policy published since 1983. Need more analytics power?

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

When you think about the product lifecycle from cradle-to-cradle through the moments of truth of purchase, usage, and disposal, what are the opportunities to improve corporate social responsibility? Explore how you can capture, harmonize and analyze this data to inform upstream processes. Bio-engineering? Customization?