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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. ” Her answer was telling.

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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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Supply Chain Management:The Learning from the 2012 Holiday.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

« Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying Period Point to Significant Change and Fulfillment Challenges | Main | Information Driven Innovation in Supply Chain » The Learning from the 2012 Holiday Buying Season: Balanced Investments in Online and Physical Supply Chain Fulfillment Capabilities. In the U.S.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

These technologies also contribute to a rise in big data and analytics in the logistics field. RFID tags and robotic warehouse systems generate and transmit data that, when combined with other data sources, allow companies to optimize the supply chain and make better predictions and forecasts to improve efficiency and boost the bottom line.

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Day 3: Lenovo Goes About Creating the End to End Transparent Supply Chain

NC State SCRC

Lenovo acquired the Data Center Group from IBM and moved the entire organization to RTP in October 2014. So procurement will buy ahead, and work with suppliers to understand the situation in the market, and that may drive up inventory in one sector. OE to ship is about 5 days. The big priority is on “protecting supply”.

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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). And as I wrote two years ago, the larger challenge facing the ports, especially in the United States, is the need to increase port productivity as larger ships replace smaller vessels. QuestaWeb Launches TradeGear Product Line.