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10 Outstanding Books for SCM Professionals

Supply Chain Opz

Results Ten Most Outstanding Books for Supply Chain Management Professionals are summarized in alphabetical order as below, 1) Building Lean Supply Chains with the Theory of Constraints by Mandyam Srinivasan 2) Global Macrotrends and Their Impact on Supply Chain Management: Strategies for Gaining Competitive Advantage by Chad Autry, Thomas Goldsby (..)

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Announcing Stord’s $2.4M Seed Round of Funding

Stord

MILLION IN SEED FUNDING TO GROW CATEGORY LEADING WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM Company expands team and software capabilities as it increases its warehousing facility footprint and offers improved supply chain optimization for its customers with data analytics — Atlanta-based STORD, has raised $2.4 STORD RAISES $2.4

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“1+1=3? Opportunities in Logistics (Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2015 Conference)

Talking Logistics

Analytics on historical data helps Sears understand how operational decisions impact customer satisfaction and the delivery experience. Sears has a “fanatical focus” on customer satisfaction and Net Promoter Scores. To date, Sears has increased truck productivity by 2.8 percent, decreased miles per stop (MPS) by 5.4

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5 Reasons Why The Use of the IIoT by Manufacturers Is Unavoidable

GlobalTranz

Predictive Maintenance and Customer Marketing Analytics Will Cut Manufacturers’ Primary Costs. As companies grow, the level of visibility is also directly related to the companies’ level of connectedness in its respective supply chain, reports Chad DeJong of Industry Week. So, how exactly does the IIoT achieve such savings?

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

The many examples include streaming data, Internet of Things (IOT), new forms of analytics, software robots, wearables and robotics increasingly add value as computing power increases. As a new world of analytics unfolds, the technology landscape is becoming less ERP-centric. New Form of Analytics. Analytics: [link].

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Keys to a Successful Dropship Implementation

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: For additional insights and advice on this topic, watch the recent Talking Logistics episode featuring Chad Andrews discussing this topic with Adrian Gonzalez. Chad Andrews is Senior Solutions Architect at enVista.

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Four Modern Technologies that Help Better Manage Inventory Control

RFgen

Software expert Clark Haley said barcode scanning and data collection methods will give way to big improvements in analytics and other areas of the industry. Lowe’s Assistant Store Manager Chad Wallace said he can easily take out his smartphone to look up whether an item at the store is in stock.