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Supply Chain Analytics: What It Is and Why It Matters

QAD

What is Supply Chain Analytics and Why is it Important? Supply chain analytics allows businesses to examine their operations and view data in real-time. With supply chain management analytics software, companies can improve decision making, take a proactive approach and quickly mitigate issues before they explode into bigger problems.

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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

This involves a lot of long-haul transportation.” By 2012 they had implemented this multi-enterprise supply chain network (MSCN) solution. A multi-enterprise supply chain network platform provides network-based order fulfillment applications and advanced network-based supply chain risk analytics.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

made that prediction in 2008 (see the Barron’s article What $300-a-Barrel Oil Will Mean for You ). Three years later, he stayed with his $300-a-barrel prediction, but shifted the timeframe to 2020 (see the CBS News article, Another $300 Oil Prediction — and Why This One Matters ). million bbl/d in 2015.” .

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech – January 11, 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California , SupplyShift has established a supply chain network of over 100,000 suppliers, where buyers and suppliers engage and share information quickly in order to manage risk and facilitate supplier regulatory compliance. No financial details were shared regarding this acquisition.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course. Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. We’re making the future.

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7 Megatrends Supply Chain People Should Watch

Supply Chain Opz

Background Expert opinions appear to be the most important source of information for a trend prediction. In order to achieve this objective, we conduct a literature review and find an interesting article named " Agent of Change: the Future of Technology Disruption in Business " published by Intelligence Unit of "The Economist" in 2012.

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The Trends Shaping Supply Chain and Logistics: Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2017

Talking Logistics

million in FY 2012 to $203.8 As I wrote last June, investments are rising in Supply Chain Operating Networks and Descartes is a prime example of this trend in action — a trend that I predict will continue to gain momentum in the months and years ahead. In five years, the company’s revenues have grown from $114.0 million to $23.8