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Three Questions People are Afraid to Askā€¦.

Supply Chain Shaman

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. This new solution was favored by the Information Technology (IT) organization. I am speaking at their global kick-off.

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Using the Bits: Building Digital Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

He spoke on the use of global sentiment data to sense and improve customer experiences. He reflected on his emotions when his CEO threw down a Harvard Business Review article on Big Data and customer-centric sentiment/social information and asked Anthony how he was going to do it. It will define a new set of winners and losers.

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

Historically, supply chain processes were functional focused on make, source and deliver. The digital supply chain is cross-functional and aligned market-to-market. Traditionally, supply chain technologies are batch processes. Digital sourcing? Digital path to purchase?

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters. Hadoop splits files into large blocks and distributes the data over the nodes in the cluster. (In Application to Supply Chain Processes. My goal is to stir a debate.

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Supply Chain Analytics: A Continued & Renewed Focus on Using Data for Improvement

GlobalTranz

The affected store then it has to receive a refund on previously purchased goods or replacement goods and products from the existing supplier or supply chain. Ultimately, this represents an added cost to the supply chain for failing to maintain the freshness and quality of the goods.

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Technology and the Supply Chain: What Does the Future Hold?

Kinaxis

Big business are jumping on the bandwagon too ā€“ utilizing collaborative distribution, reverse logistics and cooperative sourcing to lower costs, improve efficiency and better optimize their supply chain. 3D Printing and Manufacturing. Big Data for Decisions. But itā€™s not just individuals taking part.

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Top Supply Chain Challenges for CPG companies in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Commerce is global and regional at the same time, the world is getting smaller and more interconnected, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers operate in this build-anywhere and sell-anywhere market. Here we have compiled a list of the top six challenges that CPG companies face in the post-pandemic market.