Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? That was my opening question to the executives attending last month’s Elemica reveal 2014 Conference in Frankfurt. Meanwhile, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2013, going from worst to first in one year — and then back to worst in 2014.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). Two MIT professors, Vivek Farias and Devavrat Shah, founded Celect in 2013 based on research they had done around how to model the purchasing choices consumers make. Still managing your supply chain with Excel macros?

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 2, 2015

I see many supply chain leaders that have visibility, some in excel and some in automated tools. The Supply Chain Anarchists had a meeting in late 2014, to figure out a way to stop supply chain progress. The traditional horizontal Plan-Buy-Make-Deliver model is gone. They must not have run a supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

It was a cold, crisp winter in Boston. During that winter, I was staying at the Westin in Boston and working remotely. The inherent buying patterns of consumers are also changing. Purchases in the center store of the grocery store are in decline, and apparel tastes are shifting. So why have companies not done this?

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

more times the number of AIMMS PRO Platforms in comparison to 2014. Recently, the company decided to purchase AIMMS PRO to roll out enterprise-wide applications and improve production output across reliable operations. We welcomed 2 new partners in 2016, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Booz Allen Hamilton.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. This issue is that the orders have inherent order latency (The time for customer purchases to translate to manufacturing orders). There is also no Santa Claus.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

more times the number of AIMMS PRO Platforms in comparison to 2014. Recently, the company decided to purchase AIMMS PRO to roll out enterprise-wide applications and improve production output across reliable operations. We welcomed 2 new partners in 2016, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Booz Allen Hamilton.

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