ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This is the third consecutive year Kuznetsova has been recognized for this award. This year, we received over 400 submissions, the highest amount of applications not only for this award, but also for all of our awards.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 13, 2023

As an example, let’s say you’re trying to fulfill a pallet order of heavy items in Boston, MA. Let’s look at the example below. However, in today’s omni-channel, ship-from-store environment, it will lead to some very unintended consequences, including poor business performance and lower customer satisfaction. Store A has.5

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Leaders from Bose, Boston Scientific and ON Semiconductor shared key lessons from their supply chain transformations, including what led them to consider change. Example : “We were acquiring companies and we were frankly getting worried that our execs would go buy every time we looked the other way. It was like a smoke screen.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

AI algorithms process this vast amount of data for root-cause analyses and alerts, for example, lower UARs than expected, high forecast bias, and low forecast value-add. Currently, she is COO and Head of Customer Success at Solvoyo, a leading supply chain planning and analytics SaaS company based in Boston.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 16, 2023

For example, the system calculates the impact of a return on real-world inventory costs and performance, based on the item’s location and demand. Dynamic Fulfillment , integrated with third party OMS systems, leverages Inventory Hub data for better store-based fulfillment.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Kuznetsova is among the supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. BOSTON — Sept.

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Kinaxis

MAY 6, 2019

Converse shoe display, Converse headquarter's lobby, Boston, MA. « ‹ 1 of 3 › ». For example, one of the panelists, who travels frequently for her job, talked about how, when appropriate of course, she takes FaceTime calls from her three year old son, letting him talk to the people around the room.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That’s a question posed by analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).[1] They write, “Most still focus on using AI for analytics and prediction — for example, to forecast demand and plan production. Why hasn’t artificial intelligence fully transformed supply chains? AI and the Supply Chain. Footnotes. [1]

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

Pickle Robot , a Boston-based privately-held robotics company demonstrated its mobile trailer and container unloading robot. I asked Manhattan about recent examples of customers utilizing the company’s WES functionality. First stop, Pickle Robot. I was informed of a recent customer case – an apparel retailer located in Denmark.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Maybe try Boston next? This sounds like another example of supply chain whiplash (start and stop) to me. In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. I gotta admit, I’m intrigued.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 210

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 31, 2022

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explain, “Francis Fukuyama once described trust as ‘the single most important commodity that will determine the fate of a society.’ For example, Schneier isn’t as convinced about blockchain technology’s trustful character as many other pundits. ”[4]. Sounds great.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

An example is a focus on moving and buying ventilators without an assessment of the availability of critical parts and skilled therapists. Another example is testing. For example, I believed that I contracted the virus on April 2 nd , and received my results on April 17 th. Figure 2 is an example of a potential market signal.

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Logility

MARCH 2, 2011

associate professor of operations management, Boston University, on the role of a company’s inventory in developing a sustainable competitive advantage. Recently, I had the pleasure of moderating a webcast [ listen now ] with Michael Martin, manager, global supply planning strategy, Stanley Black & Decker, and Sean Willems Ph.D.,

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Enterra Insights

MAY 25, 2022

Boston Consulting Group analysts observe, “Customer service is too important to get wrong, and yet many companies continue to optimize for cost and speed at the expense of the customer experience.”[5] ” The Boston Consulting Group agrees with Balkhi. In such cases, using AI tools and integrations is a no-brainer.”

Customer Service 130

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Boston Consulting Group estimates that this year — and for the foreseeable future — a full 60% of stock will be sold via markdown. Just because, for example, Black Friday sales supposedly increase purchases every year, it doesn’t mean that a massive Black Friday discount will achieve your profitability goals.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2016

It’s hard to believe that we’re more than a quarter of the way through 2016 already — and that it’s snowing here in Boston today, the first Monday in April. Chipotle: The Latest Example of Why Supply Chain Risk Management Matters. The Boston Globe: A Home Delivery and Outsourcing Failure. Are You Smarter Than a TMS?

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 25, 2021

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysts report, “In terms of supply, decades of trade and investment have fostered a high degree of interdependency between the US and China in many industrial sectors, not only for certain finished goods but also for key intermediate goods and raw materials. ” Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 17, 2022

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimate that, by the year 2030, 2.1 For example, real-time environmental tracking is helping supply chain professionals monitor product temperatures while they are being transported. For example, “Scientists from Harvard T.H. ” All of those situations are addressable.

Waste Reduction 130

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 17, 2022

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimate that, by the year 2030, 2.1 For example, real-time environmental tracking is helping supply chain professionals monitor product temperatures while they are being transported. For example, “Scientists from Harvard T.H. ” All of those situations are addressable.

Waste Reduction 130

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 9, 2023

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2016

It’s a story that made the headlines in The Boston Globe this week, but about 10 percent of the newspaper’s subscribers weren’t able to read about it because, well, they were the victims of this story. It is extremely difficult to do something like this without a transition period,” Boston Globe CEO Sheehan said in today’s article. “To

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 8, 2022

For example, if a shipper needs to ship goods from Chicago to Detroit, the TMS will have a record that on this lane, the transportation planner should contact Carrier A first. Google maps would be an example of this kind of application. Jane is asking for the best route from Boston to Chicago.

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DiManEx

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Most recently, we contributed insights for Data Excellence: Transforming manufacturing and supply systems , a study conducted by the Forum and Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The study discusses 3 key ways manufacturing companies are unlocking value from data, listing examples from Airbus, Johnson & Johnson, and others.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 7, 2016

In response to some challenges with provenance on their product, Boston-based seafood distributor Red’s Best created its own software to track where they get their fish, and where it goes once it leaves the warehouse. And that’s just one example. The UK is in fact known for their great fish and chips.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2023

For example, forecasting might estimate the total number of ice cream cones to be purchased in a certain region, while predictive analytics tells you which individual customers are likely to buy an ice cream cone.”[1] In contrast, forecasting provides overall aggregate estimates, such as the total number of purchases next quarter.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Consider what top researchers have recently reported: Boston Consulting Group : “The vast majority [of retailers] are missing out on an opportunity to embrace solutions powered by AI that promise to improve resilience and deliver long-term structural advantage.” Pujari used dynamic safety stock as an example. That means you lose sales.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 22, 2022

According to analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), “It has taken 30 years since the term was coined in 1992, but big money has now moved into the metaverse — accompanied by big hype.”[1] A simple example: a shaving blade. ”[1] The metaverse isn’t a single entity or thing — it’s an umbrella term.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 22, 2022

According to analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), “It has taken 30 years since the term was coined in 1992, but big money has now moved into the metaverse — accompanied by big hype.”[1] A simple example: a shaving blade. ”[1] The metaverse isn’t a single entity or thing — it’s an umbrella term.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and his colleague, and Arindam Bhattacharya, write, “We are living in a confusing, polarizing world of dizzying complexity and puzzling contradictions. Transition to a new administration in Washington has the world wondering what it means for globalization. 2] Joshua P.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

” Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) add, “Over the past decade, public and private sources have dedicated impressive amounts of energy and resources to digital agriculture in developing countries.”[2] ” In Part 1 of this article, I discussed some of the background involved in the Farming 4.0 Footnotes. [1]

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Unleashed

JANUARY 19, 2022

The range of applications of 3D printing is becoming larger year by year – with limitations of size and materials being tackled head-on as the technology evolves 11 Examples of manufacturers using 3D Printing Numerous manufacturers now use 3D printing – or produce goods that allow clients or consumers to try out 3D printing themselves.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2020

The sudden outbreak of novel coronavirus, which shutdown the global economy, is a perfect example of how things can change rapidly and why agility is important. 3] Benjamin Rehberg and David Ritter, “ The Agile Upside in a Downturn ,” Boston Consulting Group, 30 April 2019. [4] ” Footnotes. [1]

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 19, 2013

As I write this, the greater Boston area (including where I live) is in lockdown as the police hunt for the second suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings (the first suspect was killed overnight). I’m amazed by how quickly the investigation has progressed, and how organized the response by law enforcement has been. Be Sociable, Share!

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Enterra Insights

MAY 17, 2021

”[1] They are not alone in their assessment, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysts write, “The COVID-19 pandemic has upended markets and dramatically reshaped consumption habits. ” Boston Consulting Group, 11 March 2021. [3] A year later, so much and so little have changed.”[1] Who Won, and What’s Next?

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

Boston Consulting Group talks about how the “endless aisles” of the internet and omni-channel sales increase product assortment. The Costa and the NHS examples cited above both employ pull-driven supply networks. Consumer package goods (CPG) companies are looking for growth and scouring markets for opportunity.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 11, 2022

I see an example of altruistic data sharing for research purposes. The Boston Consulting Group discusses data sharing arrangements for sustainable development and other societal challenges. Since 2016 there is even an agreed FAIR (findable, accessibility, interoperability and reusability) data code.

Forecasting 88

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). As a simple example, if you purchased a red jacket when you were shown jackets in red, white, and blue, you’re indicating that you prefer red to white or blue. QuestaWeb Launches TradeGear Product Line.

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