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Cognitive Computing: Getting Clear on Definitions

Supply Chain Shaman

The decision support technologies that we use today–price management, trade promotion management, network design, supply chain planning, transportation planning, supplier risk management–are on the cusp of redefinition through new forms of analytics. There is no common definition of cognitive computing and there are many variants.

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The Green Corridor: Digitise Wisely to Reduce Emissions

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Green Corridor: Digitise Wisely to Reduce Emissions by Timothy Foote , Founder of Susymbio Digitisation in the logistics and transportation industry produces efficiency gains for nearly all players in the economy today. The Green Air Target of 2030 I recently did some research on the state of Airlines.

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Supply Chain Scope: New Study Shows Rise in US Inventories; California Estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030

Arkieva

Sustainable Freight Action Plan for California is estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030. The Sustainable Freight Action plan released by California governor Jerry Brown outlines a long-term 2050 vision and guiding principles for California’s future freight transportation system. Let’s start with a definition.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

The continued focus on functional metrics like Purchase Price Variance (PPV), manufacturing costs, Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), and transportation costs throws the supply chain out of balance. ” This lack of definition limited the success of planning technologies. Mistake #4. ” And, “What makes a good decision?”

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A Conversation with Don Teng

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The trend is definitely very positive and enthusiastic indicating a bright future for the automation solutions providers for the logistics industry in APAC. Robotics also aids in automating various workflows in material transport, storage, picking, sorting and packing. How do you visualize the current adoption of Industry 4.0

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. And Walmart recently rolled out extra levies for suppliers using its transportation services.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

Starting With Definitions. To help, I wrote a few definitions on the board: Demand-Driven Processes. A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. Definition of Outside-In Processes.