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Managerial Practice Will Need to Catch up with the Emergence of Real-time Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

Examples include the Tianjin explosion, the tsunami in Japan, and the port closure in Los Angeles. Real-time data is enabled by the emergence of cloud computing and mobile devices, which creates “big data” technology platforms that process higher volumes of internal and external data from multiple sources.

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Industry 3.X and TPM deciphered

KEPLER Consulting

The JIPM (Japan Institute for Plant Maintenance) has defined in 1989 the eight pillars of the TPM management approach : Autonomous management and maintenance of equipment. Big Data analysis. The term “big data” refers to large, technically complex data sets for typical data analysis and processing applications.