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Raise a Toast to Digital Business!

Supply Chain Shaman

At the end of 2014, many leaders that I work with are preparing their 2015 strategies. The word digital is everywhere in their presentations– digital path to purchase, digital agriculture, and digital manufacturing. Big Data and Analytics: We are also completing a study on big data and advanced analytics.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. made that prediction in 2008 (see the Barron’s article What $300-a-Barrel Oil Will Mean for You ). 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 million bbl/d in 2015.” . Charles Maxwell, a well-known analyst at Weeden & Co.,

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Understanding Big Data Beyond Its Size

Enterra Insights

When people hear or read the term “big data,” they initially think two things: It’s data and it’s big. First, let’s talk about what “big” really means. The volume of data being created is unprecedented and will only increase. How much data will it generate?

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This Week in Logistics News (June 8-12, 2015)

Talking Logistics

I was at the GT Nexus Bridges 2015 conference earlier this week. GT Nexus Redefines Supply Chain Finance With Big Data. April 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Forecasting demands that we process hundreds of millions of pieces of data. What would a poet say about this photo?

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Data is Essential for CPG Success

Enterra Insights

… With an ever-complex consumer purchasing path, it can be difficult for a brand to know where exactly to adjust their efforts. To avoid diving blindly into new endeavors and wasting resources by consequence, CPG brands need sales and media data to direct and inform their alterations.”[1] Data and advanced analytics.

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Omnichannel is another Word for Complexity

Enterra Insights

Consumers now take the digital path to purchase more often than not; but, they don’t care what retailers call their shopping journey or what strategies companies use to make the shopping journey a seamless one. ” Once a consumer completes his or her digital path to purchase (i.e., warehouses) being built across the U.S.

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Top 15 Logistics Blog Posts of 2014

GlobalTranz

Some logistics involves transportation or warehouses or both. It is evident, the two most popular themes around logistics in 2014 based on these page views have to deal with Reverse Logistics , e-commerce , and information around the warehouse. We thank all of our readers who have read our posts. Read the full Post. Read the full Post.