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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Companies entered the pandemic with twenty more days of inventory than at the beginning of the great recession. Initially, I worked with Arizona State statistics professors and graduate students to correlate market factors to 2006-2012 data.) Reflection.

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. The research project analyzed 1200 combinations of 180 metrics for four hundred companies for the period of 2010-2012. Note that while the company drove improvement in margin, there is underperformance in inventory turns.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11-15, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Those three companies are investing significant money and resources to transform their distribution networks, which were originally designed to flow truckloads of products from large distribution centers to stores but are now becoming outdated in this new market where speed of delivery and inventory reduction are paramount.

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Reshaping Product Lifecycle Innovation: An Inside Look at PTC LiveWorx 2023

Arena Solutions

On May 15 – 18, 2023, professionals across the industrial enterprise will have the opportunity to attend PTC LiveWorx in person at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. For a product company, those sources include PLM for product and change information, ERP for inventory and financials, and CRM for customer feedback.

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Surviving Disruptions – an opportunity for supply chains to thrive with people and technology – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As an offspring of globalisation, supply chains are focused on optimisation – cost reduction, just-in-time deliveries and tight inventory-to-sales ratios. A significant paradigm shift in procurement and inventory control is an emerging area of focus.

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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

6 River Systems

It also allows existing employees to spend less time lugging boxes or finding inventory and more time doing the more complex parts of their job that are difficult to automate. Those inventory systems require more attention because of this (a human gig), as do programming and maintenance. But that’s not what we’re seeing.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). Those same words were also said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days.