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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 4, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Anyway, speaking of Amazon, it tops the list of the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s new refunds policy will ‘crush’ small businesses, outraged sellers say (CNBC). Amazon Robotics Challenge 2017 won by Australian budget bot (BBC News).

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Recognizing Culture at the 2020 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards

Demand Solutions

When trying to answer this question, many people think of company perks like benefits programs, flexible schedules, office lunch parties and open-door policies. They're the teams responsible for forecasting inventory requirements, managing inventory replenishment functions and sourcing inventory from suppliers.

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Cognitive Technologies in the Retail Space

Enterra Insights

Back in 2017, Andrew Busby ( @andrewbusby ), Founder and CEO of Retail Reflections, declared, “Cognitive computing is forever changing how we shop. AI can help retailers make sure these policies are not being breached at ground level. 1] The momentum for leveraging cognitive technology has been growing for the past few years.

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How to Attain “Stage 4” Supply Chain Planning Maturity

ToolsGroup

In their recent report titled Carefully Assess Which Tools Are Right for Each Stage of Supply Chain Planning Maturity (20 October 2017, Tim Payne & Amber Salley), the analyst firm describes the right tools to get from one level to the next. For this blog, we’ll focus on just one of those steps, from Stage 3 to Stage 4.

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Where Does Supply Chain Design End and Planning Begin? (Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

The answers were revealed at the SummerCon 2017 conference a couple of weeks ago where LLamasoft introduced “Planning by Design” and SupplyChainPlanning.com, which the company describes as “building blocks to improve your current planning capabilities through design technology.”. What would this “next generation solution” be?

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Looking Back: A Busy 2017 for Oracle Internet of Things

Oracle SCM

Product launches kept the Oracle Internet of Things Apps team very busy in 2017. That data can be integrated with business logic to send a notification, alert a production manager to plan for contingencies, or trigger an inventory manager to start looking for surplus to cover the production shortfall.

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

SCMDOJO

By employing these technologies, Walmart gains valuable insights into customer buying behavior, sales trends, and inventory levels. The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting.