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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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Competing on Data

Tecsys

By now, most of you have probably heard of, or read, the book entitled Competing on Analytics by Thomas Davenport that demonstrates how some of the most successful organizations in the world have made analytics a core capability and integral to their strategic planning. Something that I like to call the 'Oakland Athletics Effect'.

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Will Supply Chain Planning Productivity be a Hot Topic in 2017?

ToolsGroup

In fact, I can say from experience that supply chain planning automation that increases productivity can be a difficult sell, reminiscent of the scene from the movie Moneyball where Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt) tells a room full of scouts that Jonah Hill’s character represents the new way forward.

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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. Are you competing on analytics?

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“Moneyball” and Your Business – All-Star Break

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. Are you competing on analytics?