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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Demand forecasts are improved with access to downstream data (point of sale, Nielsen retail data, and access to competitor promotion schedules). Other external data, like industry data or economic data, is used for other types of forecasts. forecasting product sales at 10,000 stores.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

To demonstrate, one California autonomous vehicle company, TuSimple, tested the efficacy of long-haul driverless vehicles in a recent trek from Nogales, Arizona to Oklahoma City, shaving 10 hours (42%) off of what would otherwise be a 24-hour trip. In a word, it’s data. Byron Davis, Senior Director, Client Services, Open Sky Group.

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Notes from ProcureCon Indirect West at the Wigwam in Phoenix Arizona

Supply Chain View from the Field

Chris Hahn from Coupa did a demo for me, showing me the ease with which Coupa software allows Accounts Payable and Sourcing groups to access all of their data online. Several companies are working on data readiness issues that are driving new technologies.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

The research is independent and data-driven. Industry-by-industry, I compiled data for the period of 2010-2018. The source data for the analysis comes from Ycharts.). We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. No one pays me for my ink. What have I found?

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Blockchain: Preventing E. Coli Through Enhanced Traceability

Kinaxis

Health officials narrowed the source down to romaine lettuce, but identifying which romaine lettuce from where is still a problem. Then, after an outbreak at an Alaska prison pointed to whole romaine lettuce heads, the CDC targeted all romaine grown in Yuma, Arizona. First, consumers were instructed to avoid prechopped romaine lettuce.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

My desire was to make the rankings of the Top 25 supply chain report data-driven based on balance sheet results. Initially, I worked with Arizona State statistics professors and graduate students to correlate market factors to 2006-2012 data.) I did not think that anyone had a clear definition of supply chain excellence.

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Improvement is based on the work that we completed with an Arizona State University Operations Research team to determine the Supply Chain Index. Can you help us with what you see in the data?” The use of channel data into advanced analytics to sense demand. ” Yes, I said. Outside-in Processes.