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Supply Chain Logistics in 2018: How They Keep the Lights on in Las Vegas

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: Today’s blog is from Connie Benton who discusses the state of supply chain logistics and how they keep the lights on in Las Vegas. Las Vegas location isn’t exactly conducive to building a city. The Nature of Las Vegas’ Supply Chain Logistics Las Vegas’ economy is mainly service-oriented.

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Shoptalk 2024 Recap: Trends and Insights

BlueYonder

What a great week at Shoptalk 2024 in Las Vegas! The technology enables retailers to speed up the product-development process, improve decision-making through enhanced data analysis, and personalize digital campaigns. The vibe at Shoptalk was festive with a crowd of 27,000+ people at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

It ran from April 11 th through the 13 th at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas. This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. Roughly 3,000 customers, prospects, and partners attended.

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Let the Design Begin…

Supply Chain Shaman

It was far a cry from the neon and glitzy hotels of Las Vegas where I am often speaking. This analysis needed to be completed monthly and fed to newer forms of inventory optimization technologies. The goal was to translate volume and unit-based data into a profitability “what-if” analysis.

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Enabling S&OP through Advanced Analytics

Logility

At the Informs Business Analytics Conference in Las Vegas last year, I spoke about the potential to enable S&OP / IBP through advanced analytics. Diagnostic – Figure out why it happened through root cause analysis, the application of 6-Sigma type tools, etc. 1) Analysis through Supply Chain Network Simulation.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

Speaking at a recent event in Las Vegas, Patton said, “ This business model is hurting to a degree where my company individually has to see change from FedEx Ground,” according to reporting from SupplyChainDive. SupplyChainDive, in their recent analysis of a 2022 study by logistics provider Descartes, reported that, “ U.S.

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Technology Diffusion: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

QAD

Do we have alarms that go off when a vehicle is driven to Las Vegas for the weekend (assuming Las Vegas is out of the territory)? Years ago this type of implementation might cost tens of thousands of dollars a vehicle, now it is often built in with onboard modems.