Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

SCB Feature Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain? That’s because the promise of artificial intelligence for supply chain operations is huge. It could do more to accelerate the journey of supply chain operations from the backroom to the boardroom than any other change. trillion to U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 12, 2025

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Global Supply Chain Pressure Index, [link] What can you do? Measure it (both demand and supply) and use the insights. Each saw the need to change and not dwell on the loss of the position as they knew it, but to embrace the potential of new opportunities stemming from the technology inflection.

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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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

The Role of Digitisation and Analytics in Supply Chain Resilience. by Dr Shereen Nassar – Global Director of Logistics Studies and Supply Chain Management Programmes Heriot-Watt University Dubai. Digital Supply Chain to Drive Resilience.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Definition As I follow the evolution of supply chain technology, I am struck by what I see as a stream of paradox and anomaly, and the tendency of supply chain leaders to cling to convention. technologies. Companies have data lakes, but do not use their own data. I constantly ask myself, why?

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Inventory tracking is among the top areas most impacted by omnichannel supply chain strategies, and consumer spending habits are forcing inventory tracking technology to evolve, making sure consumers can get the products they want, through the media and channels they want, and at the prices they want.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Many of the world’s largest companies have committed to reaching net zero by 2050, triggering a ripple effect throughout global supply chains. For most CPG brands, indirect emissions — those that occur across the supply chain — represent the majority of their carbon footprint. Retailers are following suit.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 22, 2019

Now that more companies are embracing supply chain planning productivity and automation, many firms are asking which processes they should automate. Gartner says that the attitude towards supply chain planning productivity and automation has changed dramatically. Subconscious planning on the bottom.

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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?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While consultants know the answers (or believe they do), I believe my goal as a research analyst is to unearth new questions that should be asked (and answered together openly in the supply chain community) to improve value. This is why I host training twice a year to challenge existing technology paradigms. Back to John.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

After a dramatic drop at the beginning of the pandemic, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software public valuations are near twice the ten-year average. The majority of the transactions are in Enterprise Resource Planning (91) versus supply chain planning (31).

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

By harnessing the growing power of AI to not only sense demand at a very fine-grain, real-time level, but also to govern decisions about pricing and inventory. AI can help. I’ve been in this industry since 1985, and it feels like the drama increases every year,” says Petro.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. My goal is to understand the impact of technologies and processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . Considering this surge in digital transformation and the changing needs of 2021, here are some insights and tips for embarking on Supply Chain Digital Transformation projects. Creating Intelligence.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 29, 2024

In the vast sea of supply chain information, which SCMDOJO supply chain article truly stands out? Dive into our curated list of the top 12 blogs from 2024 that will elevate your supply chain knowledge and give you a competitive edge. Read In Detail About Procurement Department Here 2.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2014

As an analyst, I watch trends and the progress of technology adoption. It is the adoption of new forms of B2B networks for supply chains. As background for the new reader, I have been an analyst in the supply chain management market for 12 years. My research projects have been many, and I love new technologies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2024

In follow-up qualitative interviews, one of the largest issues with organizational alignment was metric definition and a clear definition of supply chain excellence. In my post Mea Culpa, I reference my work with the Gartner Supply Chain Hierarchy of Metrics. ” Let’s face it all supply chains have error.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 27, 2018

by Alexa Cheater Faster, smarter, more profitable supply chain decisions. Transitioning from hype to reality, artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining momentum across industries thanks to an explosion in computing power and storage, the emergence of IoT (Internet of Things) and big data, and algorithmic advances.

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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.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Supply chain industry leaders have access to more information today than ever before in history. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The consultants and technology vendors tell the stories of small dollars invested and large value gained. Companies invested in tight integration of ERP with supply chain planning (APS). The goal was to automate the process of planning from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier. It is 2014.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Supply chain leaders are enthralled with the idea of using big data, but they tend to fail to understand how to disseminate big data in their organization properly. Ask Traditional Questions, and Let Big Data Provide Answers. Inventory location and management. Demand forecasts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2013

We asked the IT, finance and supply chain teams to self-assess their views of organizational alignment. The supply chain view is listed in figure 1. As we tabulated the data for the report , what fascinated me was how differently each of these organizations view functional alignment. Why Does It Matter?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

She wrote, “I have been working in the supply chain for 35 years, and we are still trying to solve the “demand” issue. Solving from a supply side seems to work for many companies I work with. Only 2% of companies are pushing forward in our Supply Chains to Admire analysis. I don’t know.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

If this challenging past year has taught us one thing, it is the value of connections–not only in our lives, but in supply chains. Indeed, when customers contact us for planning support through our COVID-19 Action Center, they are usually grappling with similar supply chain disruptions–or disconnections. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Yesterday, I finished a post on supply chain planning maturity. A client had asked me, “How do I know if we have a mature supply chain planning organization?” Excellence in supply chain planning is a cultural shift. The average supply chain leader has five distinct supply chains.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 21, 2025

While flashy consumer-facing products like social apps garner much attention, innovation in less glamorous areas like supply chain management is equally responsible for propelling startups to unicorn status. Leveraging emerging technologies gives startups supply chain advantages that legacy players cannot match.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Many large enterprises use one form or another of a supply chain application to help manage their supply chains. Supply chain vendors have been touting their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the last several years. The agent technology is much more complicated than the math.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The world of supply chain is active on my iPhone. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 2, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog post from end-to- end global supply chain services company, Flash Global. We are excited to feature this company as they deal in the fast moving world of complex global supply chain solutions. In the LTL world, where we specialize, this is also true. We hope you enjoy!

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GlobalTranz

MAY 25, 2018

The internet allows for unlimited scalability and boosted efficiency in warehouse inventory management. The so-called “smart warehouse” takes advantage of these defining factors by connecting systems to streamline inventory management and overall productivity. Download white paper.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2014

Yesterday, I spoke at the Eye for Transport conference on the Big Data opportunity in supply chain. I hate the term Big Data. I firmly believe that the Supply Chains in the next decade will look vastly different from those we see today. It is a new world of Best-of-Breed Technologies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions. We knew exactly what we couldn’t get.”

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2018

As a result, e-commerce will have wide-ranging impacts on supply chain management. Fortunately, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and fully integrated supply chain systems have the potential to meet these demands, and e-commerce will effectively change supply chain management forever.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 21, 2021

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explain the first three revolutions were driven by steam, electricity, and automation. They write, “Industrial production was transformed by steam power in the nineteenth century, electricity in the early twentieth century, and automation in the 1970s.”[1] revolution. revolution.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your Supply Chain Roadmap IDC’s Predictions for 2022 and Beyond. IDC Supply Chain FutureScape Webinar. IDC’s Predictions for 2022 and Beyond webinar threw a lens on the four key overarching themes that address critical hotspots for today’s supply chains: resiliency, worker productivity, forecasting, and last mile.

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