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What’s Behind the Supply Chain Analytics Revolution?

Logistics Viewpoints

There is a seemingly endless amount of information on the current analytics and big data revolution in business. I recently read a Wall Street Journal article on a tech-driven revolution in sports, written by Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s general manager most well known as the character played by Brad Pitt in the movie Moneyball. […].

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5 Signs You Need Advanced Supply Chain Analytics to Make Better Last-Mile Decisions

Locus

All it took Billy Beane from Oakland A’s to break the myth that more money can win more games was data. Your business needs data that reflects on-ground reality to build cost-effective plans for the final mile, and the need for advanced supply chain analytics arises here! And the numbers prove it. trillion dollars.

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Peter F. Weis – Strategic Advisor

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

publicly traded global transportation and logistics provider based in Oakland, CA. Weis is an experienced leader and advisor in cloud transformation and global supply chain management, whose track record spans both start-ups and Fortune 500 enterprises. He is the former global CIO at Matson, a 2.3B The post Peter F.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on this week’s logistics news. How Shanghai’s lockdown is dampening Port of Oakland volumes. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. Robots are continuing to become key components in the logistics space.

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ThroughPut Inc. Appoints the former Vice-Chairman of Bank of America and Distinguished Business Finance Expert, Luke Helms, to its Advisory Board

ThroughPut

Luke’s addition to ThroughPut’s distinguished Advisory Board is testimony to the fact that the greatest financial gains of AI on global industry output come from the Manufacturing, Logistics, and Wholesale sectors, where they contribute more than half of the $56 Trillion in output gains from AI by 2035. More information about ThroughPut.AI