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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.

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Open Letter to the Chief Financial Officer

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, in this world of rising commodity prices, and scarce resources, supply chain performance matters more than ever. Supply chain capabilities disappoint. In our research for the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter , we find that this is the case for 90% of companies. You are not alone.

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Transforming the Data Management Challenge into a Strategic Opportunity

BlueYonder

Managing large volumes of near real-time data from multiple sources of input is a challenge for many businesses — particularly those companies that are managing their supply chains with a series of disparate and disconnected tools. Big Data Is Only Getting Bigger. But that’s just the beginning.

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How Machine Learning Is Redefining Supply Chain Management

IQMS

Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp., Reducing freight costs, improving supplier delivery performance, and minimizing supplier risk are three of the many benefits machine learning is providing in collaborative supply chain networks.

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Where Would We Be Without All of the BullS&%T?

Supply Chain Shaman

” Based on my research, it is clear to me that buyer frustration with supply chain technology is increasing. Progress on the key performance metrics of cost, customer service, inventory, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) are going backward; not forwards, for most companies. The lack of progress is troubling.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action? ? An Interview with Joe Carson, CEO Spend Strategies, LLC!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In both my prior CPO roles, I joined companies while their supply chains were implementing new and then-innovative supply chain practices in order to compete more effectively. factors need to be integrated into sourcing strategy decisions and therefore into supplier selection criteria. Increasingly, E.S.G

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Top Supply Chain Challenges for CPG companies in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Autonomous Supply Chains In this competitive environment, a CPG manufacturer needs to fight to get space on retailer shelves in each region, keep those shelves stocked, compete and collaborate simultaneously with e-commerce, and maintain its operating margins. each with discrete plans generated typically in sequential batch runs.