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An Observation on Corporate and Societal Resiliency and the Strength of the Human Spirit

Enterra Insights

However, during last week’s trip, even though the focus covered the same areas of business concern and system resiliency as the original trip, it was vastly different where Ukraine was concerned. This was the same ensemble of people that I encountered in the Middle East and in Iraq during the Iraq War.

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How Consumer Behavior is Changing

Enterra Insights

He drew that conclusion from recent surveys and an interview with Shalabh Shalabh, Chief Growth Officer at LatentView Analytics. As a result, we found new ways to combine and analyze data in the Enterra Global Insights and Optimization System to help find answers. ” Those trends are: 1. Consumers are using new channels.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Analytics (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing). There was a large industry pull of technology providers, consultants and business leaders pushing the belief that the best-run companies had great ERP systems. In my opinion, the focus should have been on agility and the redefinition of analytics.

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o9 Solutions Partners with Extraordinary Leaders to help executives Navigate and Accelerate their Digital Transformation Journeys

o9 Solutions

Tony Saldanha spent twenty-seven years at Procter and Gamble leading global IT and shared services strategies, IT systems integration, and implementing technology-enabled business solutions.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. Of course, what happens in the U.S. a “Control Tower” solution).

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Logistics Service Providers (LSP): 3PL vs 4PL vs 5PL

SCMDOJO

The greater the standard and quality of service interaction, the more of a company’s logistics system is controlled by outsourcing organizations as it advances from 1PL to 6PL and even beyond (Kennedy, 2020). It is lacking control over the customer experience and fulfillment and inventory management system is much less effective.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

Landstar System Inc. Cisco Systems Inc. This was felt most drastically in the last few years, when such events as 9/11, the war in Iraq, the West Coast port workers’ strike, and increased regulatory and customs delays brought supply chain operations to a standstill. Southwestern Energy Co. On Semiconductor Corp. Apple Inc.