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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 outcomes are less predictable or clear. The larger the organization, the more tension with conflicting functional metrics making decisions more difficult. Closed Loop.

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The Digital Supply Chain: Making The Leap With A Ball and Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I had touched some nerves with my five predictions for 2020: Digital, Outside-in Value Networks. I also believe that growth in Asia and Africa will spur new thinking in supply chain processes for the use of mobility and sensor data. We are beginning to design and implementing outside-in processes that will fuel growth agendas.

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Eliminating Real-World Bottlenecks using AI from Silicon Valley to Mars

ThroughPut

In fact, GE predicts that just one day of downtime on an offshore platform can prevent $7 million per day in lost production, and for Toyota, every minute of unplanned downtime on their factory floors costs them over $60,000 a minute in lost revenue! Curtis represents Voyager on the boards of Ayla Networks, Sensys and Vidder.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. Customer sentiment technologies mine the patterns of unstructured text and use new forms of analytics to guide discovery on what matters to the customer. This work is important to me. 2) Market-Driven Forecasting.

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Eliminating Real-World Bottlenecks using AI from Silicon Valley to Mars

ThroughPut

In fact, GE predicts that just one day of downtime on an offshore platform can prevent $7 million per day in lost production, and for Toyota, every minute of unplanned downtime on their factory floors costs them over $60,000 a minute in lost revenue! Curtis represents Voyager on the boards of Ayla Networks, Sensys and Vidder.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

Some stated that the war marks the end of the global supply chain. By definition, this requires a global supply chain. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? This month marks the beginning of the third year of global supply chain leaders battling the effects of the COVID pandemic.

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2021 Manufacturing Trends Revealed by the Pandemic

QAD

QAD’s Senior Vice President, Consulting and Transformation Services Robin Riordan offered his initial predictions for 2021 manufacturing trends in a recent article for Industry Today. Predicting 2021 Manufacturing Trends. Global trade challenges. Manufacturers require tools to respond to global trade situations.

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