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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Now, Walmart is also implementing robotic automation in its Canadian distribution network, with goals including making the process of getting products from trailers into the facility 90% faster than doing it manually in an effort to boost productivity, reduce strain on associates, increases shipping accuracy, and enhance data and analytics.

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MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics with Chris Caplice

The Logistics of Logistics

Caplice is the Chief Scientist for DAT Freight and Analytics. from MIT in 1996 in Transportation and Logistics Systems, a MSCE from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BSCE from the Virginia Military Institute. In this role, he pioneered the development of the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC). He received a Ph.D.

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Annual “Doing Good with OM and OR” Workshop focused on making an impact on society

NC State SCRC

First, significant opportunities exist to (continue to) use empirical and analytics OM and OR methods to better understand and drive improved performance in healthcare operations. The last session emphasized “Discovering Opportunities”.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The neighboring port in Norfolk Virginia and other east coast ports like New York City can absorb the additional traffic without many complications or delays, but this incident provides an opportunity to discuss the importance of supply chain resilience.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. Brought to you by Logi Analytics. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 22, 2019

Stord

The use of predictive analytics in supply chain operations rose by 76% from 2017 to 2019 , according to survey data. This number will likely increase going forward – 57% said they aren’t using predictive analytics now, but plan to in the future. Any big stories we missed? Thoughts or comments?

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Nestlé USA and Enterra Solutions Sign Multi-Year Cognitive Computing Agreement

Enterra Insights

The agreement calls for Enterra to provide a next generation analytics and insights platform along with other business applications to Nestlé. Enterra has been working with Nestlé USA for several years and together, the companies have developed and will continue to deploy an industry-leading advanced analytics and insights capability.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.