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Bringing Order to Chaos: Last-Mile Delivery Costs and How to Reduce Them

Locus

Read also: How to Calculate the Cost of Transport 2. Emissions from urban last-mile deliveries are predicted to increase by 30% in 100 cities globally by 2030. Read also: What Makes Every Delivery More Efficient Than the Last How to reduce delivery costs of last-mile?

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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

He was also unaware of how to measure Forecast Value-Added, the Bullwhip impact and the health of inventory. I quickly wrote a “how to guide” on a scrap piece of paper, suggested some consultants to help him with the analysis, and sent him home to define “what makes a good plan.” Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

Leaders invest in analytics and customer-centric innovation. Leaders start by answering the question, “How to design the supply chain to drive unique value for customers?” Unlock the potential of new forms of analytics and educate teams. The focus of the conference is on Supply Chain 2030.

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S&OP: Can You Make Decisions at the Speed of Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

Direct connection of financial budget data to supply chain planning often results in “infeasible plans” Anaplan has missed the market opportunity to build robust modeling based on constraints, buffer analysis, and material balances in a strong collaborative analytics technology. Invest in Descriptive Analytics. Am I right?

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Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

Customer-centric, demand-driven, network of networks and outside-in processes become the reality in 2030… The supply chain of the future is no longer about cost containment. For example, in Figure 3, I share insights from the research study for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on embracing new forms of analytics.

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Asking the Right Questions Is The First Step To Drive Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

Instead of asking what makes a good forecast and how to measure the impact of forecast performance, companies pass forecasting responsibilities around the organization like kids with a hot potato at summer camp. The focus is not on who but on how to improve outcomes. The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030.

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Key learnings from Supply Chain Insights’ Global Summit

AIMMS

The conference, organized by Supply Chain Shaman Lora Cecere and her team, was structured around a compelling theme: “imagine the supply chain of 2030.” Companies are looking at two in particular: Prescriptive Analytics and Machine Learning. . It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia.