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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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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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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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Transportation Management Systems as a Service (TMSaaS) Transform the Logistics Industry

GlobalTranz

Last year, the technology trends in logistics seemed straightforward, and many of our technology predictions came true. However, predictive analytics and value-added services are being poured into TMS models, and supply chain executives have taken notice. Another side of the coin is drones.

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How Advancing Technology in Transportation Management Highlight the Growing Trucking Driver Shortage

GlobalTranz

Predictions for transportation management in 2016 highlighted growing stress and concern. There were many trucking regulations set to come up for discussion and possible passage by Congress in 2016, but the actual number supersedes even the modest of predictions. Big Data Became Essential to Transportation Management.

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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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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.