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The Data-Driven Supply Chain: AI, Cybersecurity, and Real-Time Monitoring

Logistics Viewpoints

Among Tier 1 retailers and logistics service providers, AI is embedded in planning, inventory control, and exception resolution. Improvements in fill rate and inventory turnover are typically incremental but statistically significant when applied at scale. shifting macroeconomic indicators). acceleration, idling, braking).

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Crisis Management and Business Continuity in Supply Chains: Bridging the Gap Between Plans and Real-World Execution

Logistics Viewpoints

Use metrics like lead-time sensitivity, margin contribution, and order volume to prioritize. Real-World Examples Maersk (2017): A ransomware attack crippled IT systems across its global logistics network. Companies with dual sourcing and buffer inventory got back on track faster. Key components include: 1.

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AI: Real or Hype?

Supply Chain Brain

In comparison, 20% indicated the same in 2017. According to an annual survey by McKinsey & Company , 78% of respondents indicated that they use AI in at least one business function. Evolving AI According to Wood, AI is considered an umbrella term and has evolved over the years.

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Trends in Logistics Technology, according to Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030. Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net.

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1H 2025 Supply Chain in Numbers and Charts

Supply Chain Digest

it means US manufacturing output is barely above the baseline year of 2017 levels (index = 100) now eight long years later. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. in February. (at

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Gartner on what Execs were Saying at Its 2025 Supply Chain Conference

Supply Chain Digest

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030. Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net.

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To Plan the Supply Chain, or Not

Supply Chain Digest

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030. Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net.