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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Here are ten things to keep in mind in terms of the role that forecasting can have on supply chains: While not a cure all, forecasting does matter. It is important to benchmark forecast accuracy and similar supply chain metrics against your peers. forecasting product sales at 10,000 stores. This sounds obvious.

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Imagine the Supply Chain of the Future

Supply Chain Insights

On September 9–11, 2014, 110 supply chain visionaries will gather in the desert at the Phoenician Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona to think differently and define the future of supply chain. Supply chain teams are being asked to do more with less. Automation of Supply Chain Execution.

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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 41-45

QAD

Change may be constant, but I, along with the other Auto Supply Chain Prophets, are committed to helping people see and prepare for the future with data-driven insights. A great example of this, if I’m being honest, is the UAW-Big 3 strike. At the Auto Supply Chain Prophets, we prefer to focus on what we can control.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. John and I held differing beliefs.

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Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

So, with labor day approaching, I am penning a blog on supply chain talent. Labor day also signals the end of summer, and for many supply chain leaders the beginning of 2017 strategy discussions and intense S&OP debates to finalize Q3 and Q4 planning. Figure 1: Supply Chain Talent Shortage. I was wrong.

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Evolution of the Warehouse: How it Adapted to E-Commerce and New Technology Trends?

AFFLINK

You might think, for example, that companies are struggling to find places to store their goods or that the cost of building warehouses and hiring employees negates the growing sales. Warehouses are 143% bigger thanks to e-commerce,” states this article in the publication Supply Chain Dive. feet, Supply Chain Dive reported.

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Driverless Trucks: Heading Somewhere or Nowhere Quickly?

Talking Logistics

Today, there are 8 states in the country, including Nevada, California, Michigan, Florida, North Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Arizona that are allowing the testing of self-driving vehicles on certain roadways.”. In late August, for example, Uber bought Otto , and earlier this month, it tested self-driving cars in Pittsburgh.