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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

That was my opening question to the executives attending last month’s Elemica reveal 2014 Conference in Frankfurt. The German team overcame disappointments in 2006 and 2010 to win the World Cup this year, while favorites Spain (the defending champion) and Brazil (the host country) were humbled by the competition.

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As Europe Rebounds Supply Chain Continues to Shine

MIT Supply Chain

Zaragoza, Spain, where the Zaragoza Logistics Center is based, an employment bright spot in Europe. The unemployment rate in Europe is around 12% and in Spain is about 25%, yet the current jobless rate for graduates of the MIT Zaragoza Master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management program in Zaragoza, Spain, is zero.

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AIMMS in 2016: what’s in store for this year

AIMMS

We are witnessing a growing interest in prescriptive analytics across a wide variety of industries. more times the number of AIMMS PRO Platforms in comparison to 2014. Some of the reasons driving PRO adoption among customers include: The ability to make changes to the model centrally and instantly distribute to business users.

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AIMMS in 2016: what’s in store for this year

AIMMS

We are witnessing a growing interest in prescriptive analytics across a wide variety of industries. more times the number of AIMMS PRO Platforms in comparison to 2014. Some of the reasons driving PRO adoption among customers include: The ability to make changes to the model centrally and instantly distribute to business users.

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How Undersea Cables will Shape Communication

Elementum

Amazon Web Services has purchased Hawaiki Submarine Cable to speed performance up to 30 Terabytes, and reduce latency of communication between Australia, New Zealand, and the US. Reports state that this will be the highest-capacity subsea cable ever placed across the Atlantic, with speeds of 160 Terabits per second.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. Over this period of 2013-2014 Shell made good progress on inventory, but faced unprecedented supply price volatility. Shell operates as a single-instance of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The reason?

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XPO Logistics (XPO) to Acquire Con-way (CNW)

Supply Chain Network

In Europe, XPO has leading LTL positions in the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal. • billion combined spend on purchased transportation; • Using the larger flow of data from its combined $2.7 billion of revenue for the full year 2014. Utilizing its extensive intermodal network to improve LTL line-haul efficiency.