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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

HarbisonWalker International Manufactures and Distributes Refractory Products. But refractories are used in a wide variety of industries, particularly manufacturing industries with high temperature or corrosive production processes. The implementation journey began in mid-2017. Monolithics are unshaped refractory products.

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Different Strokes for Different Folks (to Yield Better Results?)?

Supply Chain Shaman

They were very proud of their work in planning with a number of pharmaceutical manufacturers. So my question to the presenter was, “Why waste your time trying to improve a traditional demand planning approach when you could do so much more?” Today the order represents three to four months of demand latency.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software. Key Points.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Other solutions, like click-and-collect, are intended to shift part of the delivery weight back to customers. ” Ariza believes improvements in last mile delivery begin with a better understanding of demand. ” AI can also be used to optimize warehouse operations and route planning. Footnotes. [1]

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Other solutions, like click-and-collect, are intended to shift part of the delivery weight back to customers. ” Ariza believes improvements in last mile delivery begin with a better understanding of demand. ” AI can also be used to optimize warehouse operations and route planning. Footnotes. [1]

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Walmart Supply Chain: Building a Successful Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

SCMDOJO

The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting. The company has strategically invested in automated distribution centers, streamlining the flow of products from manufacturers to stores.

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Case Saarioinen: Improving Processes All the Way from Production to the Consumers

RELEX Solutions

By optimizing its planning process, its goal is to match the purchase of raw materials and production to forecasted demand from all of its customer segments: retail, wholesale, food service, and industrial customers. Finnish convenience foods manufacturer. Therefore, collaboration with all customer segments is essential.