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Industry Leaders Partner with o9 Solutions to Support Executives on their Digital Transformation Journeys

o9 Solutions

Watanabe Medal” in the category of Technical Achievement Contribution in 2009. He started his career at Kawasaki Steel Corporation, one of the top steel manufacturers in Japan, and became the department head of the Steelmaking Division at Chiba Steelworks.

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Supply Chain Scope: New Study Shows Rise in US Inventories; California Estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030

Arkieva

the “inventory to sales” ratio (inventory levels divided by a month’s worth of sales) spiked in late 2008/early 2009 as the recession caught companies with way more inventory than needed versus suddenly shrinking demand. I find five common definitions: Tight Integration of Transactional and Planning Data.

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Redesign to Improve Value: A Case Study of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, people want prestige beauty from the US, Europe or Japan. The strength of your decisions is directly dependent on having accurate data going in. Collecting the data is not easy. I suspect that many companies have great capabilities to get data, but we did not. How did you redesign to improve value?

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Can you WFH & Walk?

NC State SCRC

I often found myself in windowless rooms, basements or chilly server rooms wrangling data or writing code. In the 1970s, Japan rocked the automotive world by mass producing high-quality, fuel-efficient vehicles at highly competitive prices. He enjoys creatingsoftware system architectures, building data pipelines, and writing code.

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L’Oreal: A Beautiful Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. We studied this pre and post-recession. They adapt by region.

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Supply Chain Management:The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Cloud & Big Data. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009. August 2009. April 2009. March 2009. February 2009. January 2009. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources. Sourcing & Procurement. Banking Suite.

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In the Wake of Fuel Efficiency Scandals, Auto Makers Brace for Regulations

Elementum

Mitsubishi has admitted to rigging data for its vehicles' fuel economy tests. Last week, Mitsubishi, Japan’s sixth largest carmaker , admitted to rigging data and overstating the fuel economy levels of its vehicles. What does that mean for the future of vehicle regulation? Governments and regulatory boards in the U.S.

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