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Give Analytics A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

This is not a new problem; but it is exacerbated by volume increases, COVID labor issues, and port infrastructure capacity issues. Create a supply chain planning master database to track variability in lead times, conversion rates, and cycles. As a result, in this time of increased variability, organizations are more reactive.

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Give Analytics A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

This is not a new problem; but it is exacerbated by volume increases, COVID labor issues, and port infrastructure capacity issues. Create a supply chain planning master database to track variability in lead times, conversion rates, and cycles. As a result, in this time of increased variability, organizations are more reactive.

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Modeling brewing capacity to drive cost savings at HEINEKEN

AIMMS

Today, the company is betting on prescriptive analytics to plan its operations more efficiently and prevent lost sales in a constantly changing market. Every country or operating company has its own supply chain team and is responsible for managing its own capacity, demand and supply. AIMMS has been a crucial partner in this journey.

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Using Analytics to Measure S&OP Effectiveness

Silvon Software

Having a strong Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) strategy ensures that your forecasts, raw materials availability and production capacity all match up and that the factory floor can meet its defined deadlines. Following are just a few examples of how measuring on-time delivery can be difficult: Volume of ordered goods.

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Eliminate Bottlenecks in Manufacturing with AI-Driven Supply Chain Analytics

ThroughPut

Are you striving to maximize your production capacity? You might not notice them at first, but over time, they can really add up, hitting you with longer lead times and higher operational costs. But here’s the thing: the real impact of these bottlenecks isn’t just about the dollars and cents. Not so much.

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Supply Chain Predictive Analytics: Benefits, Use Cases and Growth Potentials

ThroughPut

Thanks to the more advanced forms of supply chain analytics like predictive analytics, supply chains are proactively looking into the future and prepping for “what is to come” rather than only ruminating over “what already happened.” What Is Predictive Analytics for Supply Chain? Not anymore.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

It can move quickly from a situation where there is too much capacity in the market and buyers having the whip hand, to a situation where shippers are begging carriers to take their loads at almost any price. A 95% on time delivery metric – very high performance – is just not good enough for Simmons.