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Leveraging Big Data in Logistics Into Meaningful Business Analytics

Intelligent Audit

One solution is to turn to big shipping data. Far from a buzzword, big data analytics in logistics and supply chain management are helping companies gain insight into their current performance while optimizing future operations. What is Big Data in Logistics & Supply Chain Management?

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How Big Data is Changing Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

Dunn a writer for TechnologyAdvice. She provides some great insights into how big data might be able to be used in supply chains. Today’s companies face overwhelming reams of endless data flooding in from a broad range of channels. The Advantages of Analyzing Big Data Run Far and Wide.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source. For example, when a UPS strike was looming last year, the Interos solution automatically highlighted Cooper’s strategic suppliers that relied on UPS for shipping.

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Unlocking the 3 V’s of Big Data in the Digital Supply Chain

RFgen

Data collection and integration tools underpin big data innovation. Big data has been growing more important in the supply chain sector as businesses look to eke out every bit of value they can through greater operational insights. ” Putting Big Data Into Practice. .

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Unlocking the 3 V’s of Big Data in the Digital Supply Chain

RFgen

Data collection and integration tools underpin big data innovation. Big data has been growing more important in the supply chain sector as businesses look to eke out every bit of value they can through greater operational insights. ” Putting Big Data Into Practice. .

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. As demand forecasting accuracy increases, and the standard deviation associated with the forecast decreases, the need to hold “just in case” inventory also goes down.

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Supply Chain Optimization 101: How to Best Harness the Power of Big Data

AFFLINK

You can’t open a major tech news site these days without encountering the words “big data.” What is Big Data? The easy question first: what is big data? As explained by a recent IBM report, “Big data is being generated by everything around us at all times. How Can Big Data be Used?