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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Innovation and supplier management calls for cloud-based integrated systems between partners and advanced predictive models. Predictive analytics will quicken demand response and involve product-use insights to improve accuracy against external factors affecting demand (e.g. This boosts revenues and optimises inventory.

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What If You Could Take The Guesswork Out Of Forecast Planning? Guest Post from Osgood Vogler

Kinaxis

The author, Osgood Vogler, Director, Analytics, Celestica Supply Chain Managed Services, describes an insight-based demand management process: So, how do you take the guesswork out of forecast planning? Given this volatility, it is not surprising that organizations are struggling to make effective demand predictions. Let’s find out.

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Agriculture, Logistics, and Advance Technologies

Enterra Insights

It will take a combination of strategies involving all stakeholders from farmers to consumers to make food security a reality. One of those strategies necessarily involves the food supply chain. connected by the IoT to advanced analytics platforms (aka cognitive computers). Big Data and the Food Supply Chain. ”[4].

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Supply Chain’s Must Adapt Before Global Conditions Change

Enterra Insights

He explains, “I almost feel that we should be shouting ‘Vuka’ which in Xhosa (one of the South Africa languages) means ‘wake up.’ Martin asserts organizations have a “desire for greater transparency and data analytics that drive business insights.” Wake up to the new reality that VUCA is a new norm.”[1] It’s Agile.

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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. There are so many programs on the go that alignment to strategy can get lost. My take away?

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The Digital Path to Purchase becomes a Digital High Street

Enterra Insights

”[2] Mark Finch, Vice President of Sales for Europe, Middle East, and Africa at goMoxie, goes even further asserting retailers need to think digital to stay in business. In fact, buy online and pick-up in store (BOPIS) strategies have proved popular with consumers. Such strategies, however, come at a cost for retailers.

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2019 Transportation Industry Trends

GTG Technology Group

Global Supply Chain Strategies. Growing prominence of the tariff wars and their effects on global supply chain have led executives, trade compliance personnel, and supply chain professionals to revamp the current supply chain strategy and operations. Focus on Data Analytics. Below are the notable trends for 2019.

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