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Digital Twins and Phygital Fitness

Enterra Insights

This technology took a step further in 2002 when Michael Grieves publicly introduced the concept and model of the digital twin at a Society of Manufacturing Engineers conference in Troy, Michigan. Real-time visibility into locations and conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.) will be taken for granted.

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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility for Molex. The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. The Molex Supply Chain. The Molex global supply chain is complex. Molex Realizes it Needs Better Visibility.

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Global Independence: Reimagining the “What if Scenario”

NC State SCRC

The goal should be to maintain domestic sources where doing so makes sense in terms of national security and to create a global network of trusted suppliers willing to become part of the blockchain / visibility network” (p.78, Supply chain resiliency There is a pressing need to reimagine the “what if scenario.”

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This Week in Logistics News (July 14-18, 2014)

Talking Logistics

At the center of Atlas’ product line is Atlas Exchange, a secure document exchange providing a “connect-once, access-all” network, securely linking retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and logistics service providers. I wrote those words in December 2010 , one of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2011.

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Nothing Easy About Supplier Relationship Management

Talking Logistics

Can you aspire to have end-to-end supply chain visibility, which is what every manufacturer and retailer wants in order to become more agile and responsive, without also accepting end-to-end responsibility? This is by no means an easy task, especially for companies with complex, global supply chains.

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The Power of Predictive Analytics

E2open

While many companies rely on growth through innovation strategies to drive sales, the sad reality is that innovation is driving complexity instead of sales, with a 31% increase in SKUs since 2010 and only a 6% increase in sales. With safety stock being proportional to error, this means 50% more inventory required to support new items.

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The Power of Predictive Analytics

E2open

While many companies rely on growth through innovation strategies to drive sales, the sad reality is that innovation is driving complexity instead of sales, with a 31% increase in SKUs since 2010 and only a 6% increase in sales. With safety stock being proportional to error, this means 50% more inventory required to support new items.