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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.

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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.’ One answer is advanced analytics. Big Data and Advanced Analytics. Wake up to the new reality that VUCA is a new norm.”[2] They include: 1.

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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

One Network has years of experience in healthcare supply networks that provide medicines and vaccines to hundreds of millions of people in Africa and around the globe. It provides real-time status and locations of orders and shipments, predicted future locations, and accurate arrival times. Multiparty Networks are Proven Technology.

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New tech coming to ERP systems near you

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Within Africa, the adoption of smart manufacturing technologies and solutions has been far slower. Big Data and Analytics It’s been said before, but it bears repeating – without meaningful intelligence generated from proper analytics , data is largely useless. These issues can then be proactively addressed.

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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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Technology Can Help Feed the World, Part 1

Enterra Insights

In the next 35 years, experts predict that we’ll need to double agricultural production to keep pace with population growth, changing diets and increasing demand. To reach this goal, policymakers and industry leaders seek assistance from technological innovations, including big data, IoT, analytics, and cloud computing.”[5].

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The Opportunity — and Challenges — for Digital Transformation in MENA

ivalua

Organizations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were no exception — and these companies were particularly aggressive in their response. Such tools help procurement teams predict disruptions, assess risk, and make informed decisions to mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions.