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The Machine Learning Trap or How to Tell if You’ve Got the Right Waiter

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Ideally, it happens as it did to a colleague on vacation in Italy: In a restaurant in Naples, there was no menu, and the waiter asked instead how she had spent the day. Kai Keppner has written for the All Things Supply Chain Blog (formerly: ISCO Blog) since it was established in 2012 and assumed the role of editor-in-chief in October 2018.

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Passenger Service Product of the Year 2013

DELMIA Quintiq

The first phase of the project involved modelling NTV’s operations, including the number of crew and station staff that would be required for operations in 2012. NTV and Quintiq then worked together to implement the solution, which went live in October 2012. Transport & Logistics' Got a comment?

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July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

Supply Chain Matters

Of added concern, manufacturing powerhouses of France, Germany, Spain and Italy each had contraction level PMI values. Germany and Italy values were noted as being 25-month lows. The report authors indicated that this was the sharpest decline in production since the initial wave of Covid-19 lockdowns in May 2020.

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

o9 Solutions

After fulfilling the role as CIO of JFE Steel, Nishikawa joined Exa Corporation as Vice President in 2012 and became Senior Executive Fellow in 2018. After Kawasaki Steel and NKK jointly established JFE Holdings in 2002, Nishikawa held various senior positions at JFE Steel Corporation. That is the reason why I joined o9 Solutions.”

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

Counties reaching new highs were noted as Italy, noted as reaching a ten month high, Greece, Ireland and Spain. China’s official PMI index compiled by country’s Statistics Bureau and weighted toward state-owned manufacturers recorded its highest reading since April 2012 at a reading of 52.6 for February. in February, increasing 6.9

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Sustainable Procurement Leaders

EcoVadis

19/05/2010: Interview with Luca Guzzabocca, head of Logistics Costs and Supply Chain Management at GRUPPO MONTEPASCHI. As the third largest bank in Italy, we work with more than 24 000 suppliers, from whom we purchase a large amount of goods and services. 1) Why is Sustainable Procurement important for GRUPPO MONTEPASCHI?

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. When the price of oil dropped from $120 per barrel in 2012 to the staggering $29 per barrel in 2015, everyone in the oil and gas industry felt the impact. A Brief History of IT Investments. Others become apparent overtime.