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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

Look at the big picture. This is where big data technologies come into play. Big data for real-time optimizations in transport logistics. Logistics and transport service providers create enormous data records as they manage the flow of goods.

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Business’ Big Data Problem: Data Quality

Enterra Insights

There is almost universal recognition that the age in which we live is dominated by data. Data is the sine qua non of the Digital Age. … This lack of trust comes despite 89 percent of executives surveyed saying a high level of data quality was critical for success.”[1]

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There are Seven, not Four, Important Big Data V’s

Enterra Insights

Nowadays, few people question the value of data. Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, goes so far as to assert data is an organization’s most valuable asset. You often read about the four “V’s” of big data.

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Big Data, Analytics, and Industry 4.0

Enterra Insights

1] The fourth revolution is being driven by data. He observes, “For many manufacturing and supply chain organizations, the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted multiple shortcomings in their data management strategies. ” Data and Advanced Analytics in Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain 4.0: Why You Need to Digitize to Survive

Speaker: Laura Garcia, Sr. Editor at Supply Chain Digital and Procurement Magazines

In Digitize to Survive, we’ll be showing how you can leverage today’s tech to help meet organizational objectives and not only survive but thrive in a post-pandemic world. With all the new tech available on the market, setting a digitization roadmap and knowing where to start can be difficult. We’ll help you drudge through the boundless opportunities and help clarify all the buzz. During this webinar, we’ll discuss how to take an objectives-first approach and demystify some of today’s hottest tech such as IoT, AI, and Big Data and show you how they can help build resiliency, unearth competitive advantages and optimize bottom-line results.

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Harness Big Data with Predictive Analytics for your Supply Chain

Logility

It’s no longer considered magic because we now have advanced analytics systems that harness and organize massive amounts of disparate data and model that big data in ways that allow humans to be proactive and make informed decisions.

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Big Data is Gold

Enterra Insights

We live in the Digital Age in which the global economy is fueled by data. As a result, most analysts believe companies need to transform into digital enterprises so they can take advantage of data and the technologies used to leverage that data. Alex Toma ( @alexbreakline ), a digital marketing specialist, writes, “Data has always been fundamental to the success of digital.”[1] The World Economic Forum has declared big data an asset class like gold or oil.

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Big Data in Logistics

Talking Logistics

There are many buzzwords in the supply chain and logistics industry today, and perhaps there’s none bigger than “Big Data.” Everybody talks about it, but what does Big Data really mean? When it comes to leveraging Big Data effectively in your organization, where do you begin? What is Big Data? Like many buzzwords, Big Data means different things to different people. Big Data is not a Technology.

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Multimodal Big Data Applications You Don’t Want to Miss

GlobalTranz

In the current age of automation in the supply chain, digital platforms, mobile apps, and inter-connectedness, it is more important than ever for shipping and logistic companies to keep up with the best multimodal big data applications available.

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Welcome in the Big Data Opportunity

Supply Chain Shaman

The term big data is moving up the charts as a “hot topic.” ” This week, we published our second quantitative study on the evolution of big data concepts, it gave us the opportunity to talk to supply chain leaders on the evolution of technologies and the use of analytics in the Race for Supply Chain 2020. We wanted to understand where companies are at in the adoption of big data concepts and we had a good time writing the report on the research.

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Smarter Networks for Customer Fulfillment

Speaker: Hannah Testani, COO, Intelligent Audit

You've probably noticed that shipping costs are going up. Have you ever wondered if your transportation spend is as optimized as it could be? It's 2019, and consumers are expecting shipping to be cheap and quick, but that can turn into a real headache from the shipper's side of the equation if you don't make the appropriate changes. But what changes do you even need to make? Join Hannah Testani, COO of Intelligent Audit, as she takes us through the reasons why your shipping could cost so much, and how to use big data and digital transformation to move the needle on your transportation spend.

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Supply Chain Big Data: Why Supply Chain Leaders Are Using Big Data Analytics

GlobalTranz

Thanks to data gathering programs, supply chain software , and data entry applications, this represents a mountain of data, which has the potential to provide ground-breaking insight into how to improve business-model efficiency. As a result, business leaders can reap a significant return on investment by thoroughly analyzing this data. What Is Supply Chain Big Data? How Does Big Data Improve a Supply Chain?

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Big Data’s Big Role in Agriculture

Enterra Insights

We also know that feeding that population is going to require … Continued The post Big Data’s Big Role in Agriculture appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Agriculture Big Data Food and Drink Supply Chain The world’s population is increasing. We all know that.

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The Use of Big Data in the Gaming Industry

IT Supply Chain

The post The Use of Big Data in the Gaming Industry appeared first on IT Supply Chain. By John Hampton (pictured). Content Writer. Industry Talk

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Is the Future of Big Data Synthetic?

Enterra Insights

We live in an age in which data has been called the lifeblood of an organization as well as its most valuable asset. Today, it’s not people but data that tops the asset value list for companies.”[2] What is Synthetic Data? ” Where does this synthetic data come from?

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Hadoop and the Modern Data Supply Chain

With the advent of Big Data, companies now have access to more business-relevant information than ever before and are using Hadoop to store and analyze it

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Big data and inventory management

EazyStock

What is big data? All successful businesses use data to develop strategies and review their outcomes. But as the number of systems being used increases, the amount of data available for consumption and analysis grows exponentially. Processing big data.

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Big Data Analytics still Requires Critical Thinking

Enterra Insights

“More and more companies, both large and small,” writes David Wagner (@DavidWagner16), director of Market development at TeamQuest, “are beginning … Continued The post Big Data Analytics still Requires Critical Thinking appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Big Data Business Supply Chain

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[e-Book] Big Data In The Supply Chain & Transportation Industry

GlobalTranz

We invite you to download the all new Cerasis e-book "Big Data In The Supply Chain & Transportation Industry." In this e-book, you'll learn the following: What is Big Data? How do supply chain & transportation leaders get started in collecting & using Big Data? What is the impact of Big Data on the Supply Chain & Transportation Industries? How can leaders use big data as a tool to continuously improve?

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FedEx Works to Monetize their Big Data

Logistics Viewpoints

Google and Twitter mainly monetize the data through targeted advertising. The value of the data captured by Google and Twitter has made them the darlings of Wall Street. But it turns out big logistics firms also generate Big Data, and they are also working to monetize this data.

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Leveraging Big Data in Marketing

Enterra Insights

When talking about big data, the modifier “big” could just as easily apply to its effect on business as it does to the amount of data being collected. The digital age is all about data and companies failing to leverage big data could find survival difficult. Big data touches almost every aspect of a business and marketing is no exception. The value of big data. But big data has changed all that.

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7 Benefits Realized Utilizing Big Data to Optimize Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

The company focuses on high tech industries such as telecome , data storage, data centers, bio-medicine, and any company who needs supply chain visibility and proactive supply chain services for replacement parts and more. Big Data and Supply Chain Analytics Offering Benefits of Continual Improvements and More… Big data is more useful than many people fully realize. All of these factors make using big data valuable.

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How to Optimize Supply Chain Using SQL and Big Data!

Supply Chain Game Changer

What is Big Data? SQL and Big Data article and permission to publish here provided by Cristina Par. To that end, let’s go through some of the ways you can achieve optimization with modern information handling products for SQL and Big Data. Subscribe Here!

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Big Data and the Digital Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

An increasing number of supply chain analysts are stressing the importance of creating a data-driven supply chain (aka a digital … Continued. The post Big Data and the Digital Supply Chain appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Artificial Intelligence Big Data Business Cognitive Computing Digital Supply Chain Supply Chain Technology digital supply chain Enterra Solutions Stephen DeAngelis

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How to Use Big Data to Improve Supply Chain Visibility

Talking Logistics

According to a July 2014 supply chain research study from Accenture focused on Big Data and supply chain risk management, most organizations have high hopes for using big data analytics in their supply chain but many have had challenges in deploying it. There are a number of challenges when adopting and deploying a data analytics solution, and it’s important for organizations to clearly define their goals and objectives before embarking on this endeavor.

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Big Data Analytics to Improve Supply Chain Resilience

GlobalTranz

And, investment statistics reveal an increasing trend for more technology to enable multi-modal shipping and the application of big data analytics to increase scalability, flexibility, and demand-driven management decisions. Data Supply Chain supply chain resilience

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5 Ways Big Data is Redefining Supply Chain

River Logic

Big data incorporates data-sets on the order of terabytes and petabytes. Self-correcting and self-monitoring, big data systems make outlier data more noticeable and allow development of statistical models and trends. Following are five ways big data has changed supply chains. Supply Chain Management Big Data

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Dealing with Supply Chain Big Data

Logistics Viewpoints

While Hadoop has a future in supply chain management, because of the massive amounts of data generated, so do plenty of other big data technologies. My earlier blog (What is Hadoop and Why Should a Supply Chain Professional Care?) generated a lot of attention and I was asked to write a follow up. Think about […]. Business Intelligence Logistics Trends Statistics

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Big Data Analytics are Better than Intuition

Enterra Insights

The post Big Data Analytics are Better than Intuition appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Artificial Intelligence Best Practices Big Data Business Cognitive Computing digital enterprise Supply Chain Technology Web/Internet Enterra Solutions Internet Stephen DeAngelisAccording to Daniel Kahneman, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics, “Intuition works less often than we think.”[1] ”[1] He … Continued.

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Using Big Data to Improve Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The term “big data” has been one of the hottest buzzwords over the last couple of years, and that’s not a big surprise. Statistical science and data analytics can help organizations (of any size and type) obtain historical measurements and generate actionable information that increases supply chain visibility, drives operational efficiency and supports overall growth. But knowing the importance of having access to data is only the first step.

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Big Data Analytics: Determining Causation rather than Correlation

Enterra Insights

“An advantage of having knowledge about causal relationships rather than about statistical associations is that the former enables prediction of … Continued The post Big Data Analytics: Determining Causation rather than Correlation appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Artificial Intelligence Big Data Business Cognitive Computing Supply Chain Technology

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Big Data is Not About Size

Enterra Insights

“The future of Big Data depends on Smart Data,” writes Jelani Harper.[1] 1] The term “smart data” is a bit of a … Continued. The post Big Data is Not About Size appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Big Data Business Cognitive Computing Supply Chain Technology

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Trends 2022: Big Data

Enterra Insights

Few topics are as discussed or as important as big data. As I’ve noted in the past, the amount of data being generated is so enormous that the modifier “big” is a totally inadequate — maybe even laughable — modifier. Big Data Trends.

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Big Data and Supply Chain Transformation

Enterra Insights

The post Big Data and Supply Chain Transformation appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Artificial Intelligence Big Data Business Cognitive Computing digital enterprise Internet of Things Supply Chain Technology Enterra Solutions Stephen DeAngelisThe ground beneath businesses continues to shift as the impacts of e-commerce, new business models, digitization, and automation are fully … Continued.

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Big Data and Technology: Changing the Face of Agriculture

Enterra Insights

The post Big Data and Technology: Changing the Face of Agriculture appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Agriculture Base of the Pyramid Big Data Cognitive Computing Supply Chain Technology Artificial IntelligenceThere are few certainties in life; but, we all know that the global population is growing (predicted to reach 9 … Continued.

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Trends and Predictions 2020: Big Data

Enterra Insights

For many companies, dealing with the implementation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), formally known as AB 375, will be the biggest big data story of the year.[1] 1] The CCPA is a big deal because many companies have dealings in California and more and more companies leverage big data to target consumers. ” That means companies now must worry whether or not data managed by others can bite them. Big data trends. Data Lakes.

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Big Data: Who Do You Trust?

Enterra Insights

The sine qua non for big data analytics is, of course, big data. That shouldn’t be a problem with the … Continued The post Big Data: Who Do You Trust? Best Practices Big Data Supply Chain Targeted Marketing Technology Web/Internet Internet appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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