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IBM Watson Intelligent Supply Chain Workshop Brings Executives Together to Share Thoughts on Deployment

NC State SCRC

Very often, companies are investing in cloud-based computing, data warehouses, business intelligence dashboards, and multiple other forms of software and hardware investments. As discussed in prior blogs , creating an AI application requires a lot of learning and mistakes along the way.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

A group of executive joined SCRC faculty and staff for a one-day workshop held on February 28, 2019. Many other jobs such as Material Handler, pickers, and other general warehouse position are bretween $12,00-$14,000, with fork life operators making up to $16 range. These gains don’t show signs of slowing down.

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Integrated Supply Chain Planning – The Number 1 Opportunity

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

up to the point that finished goods are in the producers’ warehouse before the stock is sold to customers. By “route to market”, we mean the processes by which finished goods leave the warehouse and arrive on retailers’ shelves, often via third party distributors. So we held a workshop. I will deal with this in my next blog.

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Top 10 Best Supply Chain Job Boards

SCMDOJO

As some of you have already seen we have written 60 plus blogs on Career Advice for Supply Chain Professionals. NAEP maintains job listings for procurement professionals in higher education and upcoming workshops, meetings, and training dates for continuing education. JobsInLogistics.

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Network Design: the 5 good questions to ask

KEPLER Consulting

How many warehouses and where to place them? Collaborative workshops allowed us to find out that the current lead time was perfectly acceptable by the contractors. The multicriteria analyses and the workshops conducted within the network design study allow to choose the scenario that will optimize benefits while limiting risks.

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Supply Chain Education: What Skills Do Your Staff Need?

Logistics Bureau

Our blog posts and articles here at Logistics Bureau are almost always written to inform, but this time we’re writing with a request for information. Functional Fundamentals: Members of SCLA get to learn about the fundamentals of management in every supply chain function, including purchasing, warehousing, and transportation.

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JDA Software’s Annual EMEA Conference, FocusConnect 2013, Kicks Off Today in London, and We Could Not Be More Excited!

BlueYonder

Today’s agenda kicks off with a round of Special Interest Group (SIG) sessions focusing on warehouse management, workforce management for retail, demand, fulfillment and transportation management, just to name a few. We also welcome you to follow the Supply Chain Nation blog for daily updates highlighting each day’s activities.