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Aspire, challenge and transform: Insights from the Gartner Supply Chain Executive conference

Kinaxis

One conference I recently attended is the Gartner Supply Chain Executive conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Use of drones ( EyeSee inside the warehouse for scanning and tracking inventory, Prime Air for delivery). Use of drones and robots in warehouses eliminates the need for humans picking, putting away, or counting inventories.

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SCM Technology Leaders JDA and RedPrairie to Merge

Supply Chain Network

To learn more about how RedPrairie solutions can optimize your inventory, improve employee productivity or increase sales, visit RedPrairie.com or email info@redprairie.com. 87th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85260, telephone number (480-308-3392) or mike.burnett@jda.com. For a world in motion, RedPrairie is commerce in motion.

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Top Supply Chain Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

The Benefits of Evolved Vendor Managed Inventory Model Led by Web-Based VMI. When I was Materials Manager at Maricopa County, Arizona, the second largest county in the country, I introduced Vendor Managed Inventory. There was a signed contract with agreed upon inventory levels. VMI is all about collaboration.

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Supply Chain Management in a VUCA World

Enterra Insights

Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2] Evaluate inventory policy, sourcing modifications, and commercial terms. Carey School of Business, explains what it entails.

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Supply Chain Predictions for 2018: Real-Time, Innovation, Cognitive, Blockchain, Industry-Academic Partnerships, and Taking a Stand!

NC State SCRC

[Linton] co-authored The Living Supply Chain , which argues that “Speeding up the supply chain is at the root of everything that is good: improved revenue, reduced working capital, higher profitability, and less obsolete inventory. It’s why we are ranked as a top 25 supply chain program by SCM World and Gartner.