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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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Traditional Retail Performance Metrics Aren’t Measuring Up

Logility

It may not be the news you were hoping for, but traditional retail success metrics are fast becoming obsolete in today’s economy. The current suite of metrics were built for a time that no longer exists. Knowing they couldn’t match New York’s money, Beane and James attacked the problem with metrics. His commitment never wavered.

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“Moneyball” and Your Business

Supply Chain Action Blog

A while back, the film “Moneyball” showed us how the Oakland A’s built a super-competitive sports franchise on analytics, essentially “ competing on analytics ”, within relevant business parameters of a major league baseball franchise. That’s what competing on analytics really means. Are you competing on analytics?

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Siemens BT: Every analytical transformation requires a “Jonah Hill”

NC State SCRC

One of our newest SCRC partners, Siemens Building Technologies, recently shared their insights on creating an analytics strategy. Carl noted that “Analytics strategy is like giving the whole organization a full body scan. Carl noted that “People initially have many different interpretations of what is meant by analytics.