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Causal Artificial Intelligence and Supply Chain Performance

Enterra Insights

With the maturation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, predictive analytics have grown in importance. The difference between traditional forecasting and predictive analytics is granularity. In contrast, forecasting provides overall aggregate estimates, such as the total number of purchases next quarter.

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

The potential for supply chain performance declined in each of these industries. In fact, in our Supply Chains to Admire analysis, we find that this is true in twenty-five of twenty-eight industry sectors studied. While market potential declined, individual company performance declined faster. The reason?

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Writing: Working on My Book

Supply Chain Shaman

.” Supply Chain Leader. Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. The manuscript is due to Wiley on March 1st for an August 2014 publish date. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. I am behind.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

Most supply chain planning teams do not know their customers. I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. Conversely, just 8% of businesses with less capable supply chains report above-average growth. Supply Chain Strategy.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Jennifer Furey and Rebecca Harris, attorneys at Goulston & Storrs, report, “Millennials are expected to inherit approximately $30 trillion in assets over the next 30 to 40 years. What is supply chain transparency? ” You might be thinking, “That sounds like supply chain visibility. .”

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How to Use Big Data to Improve Supply Chain Visibility

Talking Logistics

According to a July 2014 supply chain research study from Accenture focused on Big Data and supply chain risk management, most organizations have high hopes for using big data analytics in their supply chain but many have had challenges in deploying it.