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What’s Your Forecast Accuracy Target for 2019?

ToolsGroup

As we approach that time of year again, we decided to run an updated version. Many companies have already started their 2019 planning and budgeting cycles, so if you are in charge of demand forecasting for your company, it’s about time to thinking about your organization's 2019 goals.

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Supply Chain Planning Predictions for 2019 and Beyond

Logility

It is that time of year once again when many of us pontificate on what 2019 and beyond will bring. Well, maybe someday, but I doubt many would buy into those as predictions for 2019. End of the day, week, or month periodic planning processes are no longer sufficient to meet shrinking customer lead-times. Augmentation.

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Are Lean Manufacturing and Just-in-Time Manufacturing the Same?

RFgen

Key Takeaways: Just in Time Manufacturing was designed to improve the manufacturing and the supply chain processes. Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing and Lean Manufacturing are two of the most popular business processes. What is Just-in-time Manufacturing (JIT)? Lean manufacturing emphasizes customer desires.

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Freight Data Trends for 2019 and How a TMS Will Grow in Value

GlobalTranz

The application of data can help shippers gain control of shipping costs and make informed decisions, and the top freight data trends for 2019 exemplify how the use of a transportation management system (TMS) can further this cause. As omnichannel shopping becomes the standard for consumers, the use of freight data will excel.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2019

Talking Logistics

Supply chain professionals often cite peer-to-peer learning and networking as the most valuable investment of time and money. Does the event promote peer-to-peer learning and networking or will I spend most of my time sitting through numerous PowerPoint presentations? Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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Valentine’s Day 2019

Enterra Insights

Valentine is that he was a priest from Rome in the third century AD. Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers. Valentine felt this was unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in secret. When Claudius found out, Valentine was thrown in jail and sentenced to death. Valentine Cards.

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away. In the orbit chart in Figure 2, you first will notice that both VF is less resilient than Nike and that from 2015 to 2019, Nike outperformed VF.