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Logility President Allan Dow and VP Business Development, Diane Ngabire named Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2024 Pro’s to Know

Logility

Ngabire is the cofounder of Code4dev Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes computer literacy, inspires innovation, and bridges the digital divide by providing computers and supply chain education to students in Burundi, Africa. It also provides advertisers the analytics, data, and ability to reach their target audience.

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Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. The Dutch Delta Program Commissioner used analytics to prevent flooding and was recognized with the 2013 Edelman Award.

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How to boost relationships between shippers and 3PLs

DELMIA Quintiq

Additionally, in order to remain competitive, 3PLs need to embrace innovation – big data and resource analytics – and to know how to make the best out of such information for demand planning and forecasting. 3PLs need to embrace innovation – big data and resource analytics – to remain competitive Click To Tweet - Powered By CoSchedule.

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Analyzing Supply Chain Risk

Enterra Insights

A decade ago, supply chain analyst Trevor Miles ( @milesahead ) wrote, “I almost feel that we should be shouting ‘Vuka’ which in Xhosa (one of the South Africa languages) means ‘wake up.’ 2] His warning begs the question: How can supply chain risk managers wake up? One answer is advanced analytics. They include: 1.

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Supply Chain Software Startup to Turn Unicorn

Logistics Viewpoints

In a recent FarEye webinar , an executive at Massmart, a Walmart-owned retailer and the second-largest distributor of consumer goods in Africa, talked about how you can’t assume bicycles can deliver across a whole city. Over time, the platform does a better job of predicting how long deliveries will take.

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No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

On this tour, I heard Jeff Ma, a former member of the MIT blackjack team, speak on the use of analytics to make better decisions in “beating the house.” The bad news is that there is no software to buy or consulting group that understands how to implement the concepts. Why are the rules not clear? Closed Loop.

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Podcast: Predictive Analytics and Digital Transformation Pioneer Knut Alicke

Requis

He is based in Germany, and, as a founding partner of the supply chain practice at McKinsey & Company , consults on a variety of supply chain-related business problems, including S&OP and advanced analytics. Some of the OEMs in the automotive industry struggled with the end-to-end processing of leather, which came from South Africa.