ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Source: ToolsGroup. Source: ToolsGroup. To illustrate, I’ll reach back to an explanation from a book I read almost 40 years ago, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. This data and visibility can come from promotions, new product launches, social listening, weather patterns or even the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

For more on this topic, read the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The advancements in analytics–open-source, cloud, internet-of-things (IOT), and cognitive computing–are very promising. Successful network design strategies are holistic crossing the boundaries of source, make and deliver.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 30, 2024

It can sift through vast amounts of information from various sources, including market trends, weather patterns, social media sentiment, and more, to make informed predictions. It starts with data collection, where AI gathers information from internal and external sources. Book your demo today to find out more.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2016

Cloud and open source analytics are fueling new markets giving rise of new software providers in analytics with names like Board, Cloudera, EveryAngle, Enterra Solutions, FusionOps, Halo, Qlik, Spotfire, Transvoyant, Trifecta, and Trufa. There is a great need for improved supply chain analytics. New solutions offer great promise.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 12, 2017

Madhav Durbha I recently read this very interesting book, “Be the Business: CIOs in the new era of IT” by Martha Heller. In the book, the author made several very interesting observations about how the role of a Chief Information Officer is changing in the age of cloud computing, personalization of tech, and the rise of shadow IT.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Historically, supply chain processes were functional focused on make, source and deliver. This includes 3D printing, robotics, the Internet of Things (IOT), Sentiment Analysis, Cognitive Learning, and Supply Chain Operating Networks using canonical many-to-many data models. Digital sourcing? There are many.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Decarbonisation is a different source of risk for businesses and requires a proactive response. However, businesses need to clearly understand their supply chains and the sources of high carbon footprint as bottlenecks towards net-zero value chain. The recent large disruption taught us that resilience is core for mitigating risks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

This can include demand sensing into Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP), Demand-Driven Materials Requirement Planning (DDMRP), the Internet of Things sensing, and the use of independent demand into transportation planning. Demand-driven lacks a consistent definition. Carol and I have been on different, but similar journeys.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 15, 2024

It can sift through vast amounts of information from various sources, including market trends, weather patterns, social media sentiment, and more, to make informed predictions. It starts with data collection, where AI gathers information from internal and external sources. Book your demo today to find out more.

Forecasting 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

When I wrote the book Bricks Matter , I cavalierly penned a chapter on the evolution of supply chain thinking from cost to value. I found this out the hard way when Keith Harrison , contributor to the Forward of the book, asked me to define what I meant by ”value.” What Is Value? It sounds simple, but it is not.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. Prior to 2018, when an ocean carrier booked a shipment they had to provide a chassis. Variability increased during the pandemic. There is no good system for visibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. Price to Tangible Book Value (PTBV). On a totally different vein, a year ago there was the buzz on the Internet of Things.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 18, 2015

Over the course of the last decade, companies have moved at different rates to align source, make and deliver processes to report to common leader. Based on our research at Supply Chain Insights , today, 34% of supply chain organizations have source, make and deliver reporting through a common organization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

In our recent analysis of supply chains that are “working well” , we find higher performance when companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the supply chain organization. The companies selected drive greater value than their peers: they are posting better results on Market to Intangible Book ratio.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Focus is on make, source and deliver together. I am currently busy writing a second book. <Writing a book is tough work.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

This has proved to be a major source of risk. Poor business continuity planning, lack of risk management programs and single source suppliers, have magnified the impact of such risks. Build-In supplier network redundancies: Single-source dependency is high risk. Industry 4.0

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 25, 2018

Now there are new technologies that enable us to collect data in real time from sources such as the Internet of Things and smart devices through B2B networks. This led to many false alerts or lack of alerts when there should have been some. Thus, executives got disillusioned with the solutions and turned them off.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 13, 2018

Most of the articles discuss the importance of leveraging digital technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT); the cloud; 3D printing; robotics, blockchain, and cognitive computing. Gilmore cites a passage from a book entitled The Supply Chain Revolution written by Suman Sarkar, CEO of Three S Consulting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

In our research for the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter , we find that this is the case for 90% of companies. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. If you are like most CFOs this week, frustration abounds.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. It is for this reason that I have defined market-driven value network processes in the book Bricks Matter. Some supply chains also have inputs from the evolving world of the Internet of Things where machine sensors transmit frequent streams of data. The acronyms keep coming….

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

In the traditional supply chain world, the processes of sell, deliver, make, source, and plan are separate and distinct. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is writing her third book, Leadership Matters. This is not an easy transition. The metrics reward functional thinking.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

Each are good at localized planning within a focused area of demand, supply, network design, transportation planning, material sourcing or finite scheduling. The greatest value happens when companies can link across source, make and deliver. Process Integration Across Functions. The best projects pay for themselves in 1-2 months.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Today the company has changed the model and now focuses on OnStar automation and the Internet of Things. To drive success in value networks, build multi-tier capabilities in channel and sourcing relationships, side-stepping the use of both traditional CRM and SRM concepts. In 2004 Compuware purchased Covisint.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 25, 2018

Digital transformation can involve many different technologies but the hottest topics right now are cloud computing, the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence. Determining which business model is the best fit for companies is the subject of a book by MIT’s Stephanie L.

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EazyStock

JUNE 23, 2022

Inventory management information usually comes from a variety of data sources and is either structured or unstructured. Technology, such as responsive warehouse management systems, can integrate with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to enable a more intuitive and reactive operation.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Manufacturers will integrate e-commerce systems with IoT (Internet of Things) initiatives. Security must be enhanced during the design, production, sourcing, and distribution phases, and even after the purchase is made. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

High-velocity or streaming data requires different architectures built on non-relational, cloud-based architectures using open source tools like Apache Spark. Or is it the use of the Internet of Things to transform manufacturing or reduce issues with counterfeiting? source Moody’s). The opportunities are numerous.

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QAD

APRIL 8, 2021

Similarly, data has been around for ages, starting with early Sumerian and Chinese writing systems, throughout centuries of data in printed books and since the 20 th century in digital form on our computer systems. That is why libraries were built to store books, allowing scholars to easily access the information they needed.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The staff at Supply Chain Quarterly notes, “Twenty-three years after Internet retailing giant Amazon.com started selling books online, more and more companies are seeing significant growth in the direct-to-consumer market. This is true not just for young Internet-based companies, such as the meal-kit provider Blue Apron Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. Each year we organize the best-read posts in a more readable format and publish a softcopy book. Like the Shaman blog?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. Prior to 2018, when an ocean carrier booked a shipment they had to provide a chassis. Variability increased during the pandemic and there is no good system for visibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2016

With cloud-based analytics, non-relational database open source code sharing and advancements in predictive, prescriptive and cognitive analytics, what is old, can become new again. ” Some data needs to move quickly and with high velocity using streaming data architectures, while other data sources can move in batch processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

It includes Internet of Things, Digital of Everything, and Commerce of Anything. In the commercial world of sell, deliver, make and source processes, we do not have the time or money to fund data scientists. For me, buzzword bingo on Big Data is bad. Confusion reigns. We are at a software and consulting junction point.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

As I sign into the front desk-after-front desk at manufacturers, and open the signature book, I notice a large number of system integrators diligently working on the implementation of traditional enterprise technologies. Meanwhile, warehouse robotics is staging a market shift. Value Network Work Is Stalled. Pigs in the blanket of sorts….

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The way things stand, this can be a tall task. A company may source their food from a myriad places, and all too often the companies they buy from aren’t passing the products' history along with it. This allows for internal centralization of a massive amount of data sources, points, and events. Connect with Consumer Values.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters. Planning data is time-phased data, and sensor data (like Internet of Things and RFID) is streaming data. I love the innovation and the fact that it is open source. Let me explain.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 27, 2020

” Trend 2: Practical deployment of Internet of Things (IoT). More than 90% of apps will be cloud native, 80% of code will be externally sourced, and 1.6 Uzzaman notes, “AI is now part of everyday life. The IoT is the epitome of information technology. times more developers will exist than today.”

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