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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Harvey is not the first lethal and damaging flood to hit Houston: Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 killed 41 and caused $9 billion in damage, as well as flooding in 2016 that shut down the city for days. Houston’s expansive sprawl lacks drainage systems and has ample bodies of water that are easily exacerbated by heavy rains.

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Customer-Centric Supply Chains: Adding Clarity to the Muddle

Supply Chain Shaman

I cleared my throat and told as story of two clients in Houston. I am not sure because I am not done with the data analysis; but I think that it is likely. Quickly an atmosphere of quiet uneasiness settled over the room. The team shifted uncomfortably in their chairs… Reflections. The companies were competitors.

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The Future Remains in the Clouds

Enterra Insights

According to tech journalist Antonio Regalado ( @antonioregalado ), “The term [‘cloud computing’ dates back] to late 1996, and to an office park outside Houston. … Edge-based, AI-driven analysis of smart sensor information and Tiny ML (machine learning) workloads will become more common.”

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Provoking the Industry to Move Past Incrementalism

Supply Chain Shaman

Houston, We Have a Problem. Houston, we have a problem. To see the analysis of more industries, check out the slideshare presentation.). In five companies that I have worked with in the past quarter, each degraded the forecast (using Forecast Value Add methodology) by 10-18%. Remember this phrase from the US Apollo 13 mission ?

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Is It Time to Concentrate on Climate Adaptation?

Enterra Insights

we’d watch places like Houston, San Francisco, and New York City — not to mention the entire state of Florida — slowly disappear into the sea.” Millions of people in Asia, in cities like Mumbai, Beijing, and Tokyo, would be uprooted and have to move inland. And in the U.S., The details matter.” ” Neo agrees.

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Seven Thoughts to Build a Customer-Centric Supply Chain Organization

Supply Chain Shaman

A month after completing this strategy session I was doing a series of strategy days with two chemical companies in Houston. 4) Implement Cost-to-Serve Analysis to Drive Actionable Results. An effective way to align commercial and operational teams is the implementation of cost-to-serve analysis. What is cost to serve analysis?

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How Retailers and CPG companies are benefiting from next-gen Control Tower and S&OE

o9 Solutions

Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem. A lot of blood, sweat and Excel is devoted to root cause analysis of operational failures. Getting to this new operating model is a transformational journey that has great promise in delivering greater confidence and control over business outcomes. labor) shortages.