GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, is day two of our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. The Top 10 Supply Chain Blog Posts from 2017. Top 5 Trends to Know to Compete with Amazon’s Supply Chain.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Where and how manufacturers make products for Americans will change in 2017. Manufacturers must adapt to changing demands, or they will become nothing more than a statistic in history books. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017.

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

I now have a working manuscript for the entire book of Metrics That Matter. Writing this book has been like a black cloud hanging over my head. I jeopardized the release date of the book by taking an extra three months to finish the Supply Chain Index work. The book is now 98,482 words and eight chapters.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain (SC 4.0) All of the technologies that we hear about every day, from Blockchain to Virtual Reality, have many areas of applicability in both our personal and business lives. In the simplest terms we are entering the age of the Digital Supply Chain !

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2016

The new world of supply chain analytics is my current research project. Using unstructured and stream data is a brave new world. The possibilities of data variety and velocity to improve supply chain management excite me. There is a great need for improved supply chain analytics.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

by CJ Wehlage What would you say is the next great disruption coming to our supply chain world? However, there’s one great disruption already occurring, which has yet to truly “touch” supply chain. Philip Evans shares how today’s consumer is sharing a colossal amount of data to come to a buying decision.

Modeling 263

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. With 65% of supply chain professionals members of the Millenials and Gen X generations, inflation is new. Current technologies and processes focus on volume trade-offs.

Procurement Analytics 221

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“We live in a world where supply chains, not companies, compete for market dominance. But companies often have diverging incentives and interests from their supply chain partners, so when they independently strive to optimize their individual objectives, the expected result can be compromised. ”. What Is Value?

Optimal Sourcing 294

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Modeling 294

Arkieva

MAY 19, 2016

“ The Death of ‘e’ and the Birth of the Real New Economy ”, “Blown to Bits”, … that were some of the books I read when I started my career in IT in the late nineties. Today we face a comparable optimism and belief in Big Data and Manufacturing 3.0. In the same way we can expect that Big Data and Manufacturing 3.0

Big Data 62

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

At their request I wrote on the digital supply chain. Digital supply chain is such a buzzword. The digital supply chain is about SO much more than gadgets.” Yet, within the supply chain, everyone waits for data and insights. Supply chains do not move in the cadence of the market.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. Question 1: What drives a Successful Implementation of Supply Chain Planning? The answer is no.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

At Supply Chain Insights, we have been actively working in our own mine sweeping project. Over the course of the last quarter, with the help from Cloudera, we built a data lake of with data from 1449 public companies. These are mainly North American-based manufacturers, distributors and retailers.)

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

In the presentation, I shared data on the evolution of supply chain planning and the results on user satisfaction. However, in the polling data in the APICS webinar, we found that over 70% of the respondents had deployed solutions from the ERP-expansionists (either SAP or Oracle). The results confound me. Background.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Scalable technology – Some new technology is changing the cost/benefit equation of user acquisition, encouraging carriers to expand direct sales to small and midsize companies. While not always polished, these behemoths have outstanding operational experience, volume, and tools that provide support to midsize shippers.

Freight 137

Freight Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 137

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

The term Big Data is all the range. For me, buzzword bingo on Big Data is bad. We are at a software and consulting junction point. IBM is good at manufacturing terms that we both hate and love. They are a big marketing machine. This includes ominchannel and big data. Confusion reigns.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Big data, analytics, BI…Everyone in business today has heard these terms at some point, and yet the path to analytics-driven business improvement remains somewhat elusive. Previously, he worked at Estée Lauder in a variety of global supply chain roles, and Accenture in financial services and government.

Analytics Software 156

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Scalable technology – Some new technology is changing the cost/benefit equation of user acquisition, encouraging carriers to expand direct sales to small and midsize companies. While not always polished, these behemoths have outstanding operational experience, volume, and tools that provide support to midsize shippers.

Freight 120

Freight Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 120

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. One of the reports that I am writing is on the state of Supply Chain Planning (SCP). In the recent study of the Voice of the Supply Chain Leader , we find that the gaps are large, and growing.

Case Study 282

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As supply chains are restructuring post-Covid-19, promises of faster delivery have increased manifold from the pre-pandemic times. Retail supply chains in particular face a horde of supply chain challenges such as: . The trend-spotting abilities of AI make it a powerful tool while anticipating demand.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

Feel like you keep on reading headlines about “ the Uber-ificiation of 3D printed big-data drones “? We’ve rounded up the top 20 logistics technology innovations changing the way over $18 trillion dollars of goods are shipped annually. Here we go: Technology Innovations in Logistics. One example?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 120

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Logility

AUGUST 23, 2018

To survive in today’s highly competitive global environment, manufacturers need to piece together the many parts of the supply chain puzzle to lay the foundation for more mature capabilities in the future. An estimated, 75% of available supply chain data originates from outside the ERP system.

Supply Chain Planning Software 101

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Logility

AUGUST 22, 2018

To survive in today’s highly competitive global environment, manufacturers need to piece together the many parts of the supply chain puzzle to lay the foundation for more mature capabilities in the future. An estimated, 75% of available supply chain data originates from outside the ERP system.

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Supply and Demand 100

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Last week, I spoke on the evolution of the digital supply chains and my vision for Supply Chain 2020 at the World Trade Group Event in Miami. These will be the foundation of digital supply chain thinking that will redefine business in the next decade. Technologies are changing. Learning Systems.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retail was slow to adopt supply chain processes to drive new business models; and as a result, traditional retail redefinition of supply chain processes got caught in the omni-channel hype while Amazon worked its magic to become a market leader. The difference?

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Enterra Insights

MAY 26, 2020

Customers don’t want to think about supply chains; they just want great purchasing experiences. Although the connection between great customer experience and a world-class supply chain should be obvious, customer experience is not the first thing that pops into most peoples’ minds when they hear the term “supply chain.”

Supply Chain Design Software 100

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 100

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 2, 2016

During the spring, I get to spend a lot of time in airplane(s) attending and speaking at technology confer ences. The technology market for new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is drying up. We also see that manufacturing companies with a strong dependency on BPO are less agile and rate themselves lower on innovation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The atoms and electrons of the supply chain are changing. As a result, new data types move quicker and more accurately, with lower levels of investment. As a result, new data types move quicker and more accurately, with lower levels of investment. The third Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 6, 2017

As I participate in technology briefings with vendors, I am trying to piece together the future of supply chain management. I believe that supply chain leaders are in the middle of step change in process innovation driven by not one, but a confluence of technologies. For me it is not clear. Let me explain.

Supply Chain Software 202

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

”[1] As humans became more organized many of these questions involved supply chains (i.e., Supply chains have always been tied to geography. ” So do most supply chain professionals. In fact, distance is very much alive and still creating challenges for supply chains.

San Diego 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

High-tech manufacturers in the Silicon Valley of the United States are some of the best at supply chain planning. With changing product profiles, short life cycles, constraints with downstream suppliers, and changing markets, being good at supply chain planning matters. Reflections. The reasons are numerous.

Supply Chain Planning Software 135

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

They will soon change your supply chain. Designed in the 1960s when a Megabyte (MB) of disk storage cost the same as a Terabyte (TB) does today, relational databases form the basis of today’s supply chain systems and IT architectures. The data is logically expressed in rows and columns. What do I mean?

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Big data, analytics, BI…Everyone in business today has heard these terms at some point, and yet the path to analytics-driven business improvement remains somewhat elusive. Previously, he worked at Estée Lauder in a variety of global supply chain roles, and Accenture in financial services and government.

Analytics Software 120

Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Modeling Software 120

Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

How to use this trend as an opportunity Practices that invest in virtual communication tools, cloud services, digital accounting platforms and online data storage could offer a competitive recruitment package to new job candidates, appealing to both those who want to, and don’t want to, work from home. Automated invoices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2024

Waves of hype pass through supply chain narratives. As an old gal attending multiple conferences (more than I would like at times), I have listened to speakers waft eloquently about the value of concepts like networks, big data, industry 4.0, and digital supply chains. and digital supply chains.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 21, 2013

The session was kicked off by Tom Davenport, the recognized ‘guru’ of analytics who has written several books and many articles on the subject. Tom founded the International Institute of Analytics which runs the conference, and I work with him and his team as a lead faculty for the “Manufacturing Analytics” track of IIA.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 14, 2016

Given that it took place in Japan, I imagined quite an animated discussion around making another leap in the manufacturing of things. A tire manufacturer supplying to the mining industry provided a similar example of sensors reading and reporting on tire thread status. There are four companies using the terminal.

Internet of things 120

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Freightos

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Technology changes everything, including Christmas. Whether it’s agile sourcing of hoverboards or finding the perfect gift for the person who has everything, technology is fixing the problem for good. Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come as they visit the Xmas supply chain.

Supply Chain Design Software 120

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