ToolsGroup

JULY 5, 2023

Delivering unparalleled value to customers, these exciting new capabilities join other recent dynamic planning enhancements to SO99 , including: an Industry-Leading NPI Dashboard that enables users to better leverage historical data to create and refine forecasts for new products. Version 8.61 The release of SO99+ V8.61

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

BOSTON — Sept. I was envisioning a long road ahead in getting the supply chain industry educated enough as to why it was important to recognize women in the supply chain. I’m proud to call these women mentors, role models and industry friends. This year, we received over 280 submissions. About ToolsGroup.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 3, 2022

BOSTON — August 4, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, announces it has appointed Jon Purdy as Chief Financial Officer and Joseph Luciano as Chief People Officer. ToolsGroup welcomes Jon Purdy as Chief Financial Officer and Joseph Luciano as Chief People Officer. .

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 1, 2019

Industry 4.0 is the popular name given to the fourth industrial revolution ushered in by the digital age. Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explain the first three revolutions were driven by steam, electricity, and automation. ” Some pundits believe Industry 4.0 What really makes Industry 4.0

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

1) Streamlined Data Flow and Process Automation Is all about AI At the heart of effective supply chain automation lies the seamless flow of data across various sources and digital platforms, akin to a well-constructed highway for data. This results in more accurate recommendations and efficient process automation.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2022

So, if you are a supply chain professional and apply this model in your industry, you have to review the results of your planning efficiency. Author : Emad Atef – CSCA, MBA (Candidate), Procurement and Sourcing Manager. Jay & Barry Render Heizer, Operations Management , 10th edition (Boston Munich: Pearson, 2011), 507.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. There are no value network solutions in the market to enable plan/source/make and deliver visibility holistically. Reflection. To illustrate the point, let me share a story.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One of the most interesting panels from the Boston Procurement Leaders conference was focused on Talent Management. My Accounts Payable and Sourcing people are looking like value drivers focused on driving P&L realization to the bottom line. I’m not sure as an industry we have matured enough. But are they ready?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Steve Rowen is a Managing Partner at Retail Systems Research, an industry market intelligence firm that helps retailers make more strategic decisions about the role of information technology in their enterprise, and helps solution providers better meet those needs. Founder & CEO of OneRail @OneRail .

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

I watched a TED Talk video by Philip Evans, from Boston Consulting Group and shuddered to think that all our traditional fulfillment and inventory models can be drastically transformed by the “consumer”. They want to assure the sourcing meets their “sustainable” expectations. It’s the consumer.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

According to analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), supply chain disruptions are likely to outpace resilience.”[1] Jeremy Kay , Managing Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group, insists many organizations “struggle to get a handle on how resilient they need to be.” Here’s the rub.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2021

BOSTON, March 17, 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, is proud to announce that ToolsGroup Director of Professional Services for Europe, Michael Haiber, and Vice President of Professional Services, Stefano Novati, were both named 2021 “Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

My first focus was on China sourcing. China was the source of over 90% of PPE.) I gave thanks when the Patriots jet—championed by Mass General and Robert Kraft (owner of the Patriots)—landed in Boston with a million masks. The airline industry? Explore alternative analytics and data sources to eliminate black holes.

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! You need to source for products to sell at wholesale prices to your retail customers. And the place to source for most, if not all, of your products is in China. Introduction. Get Professional Help.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Most people have heard the term “Industry 4.0” ” used to describe the emerging fourth industrial revolution. To reach this goal, policymakers and industry leaders seek assistance from technological innovations, including big data, IoT, analytics, and cloud computing.”[3] ”[1]. . Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. I argued for industry collaboration to define and drive process innovation. We don’t have a clear industry definition of supply chain excellence. He retired handsomely with the equity from the sale of his company and is no longer active in the industry.

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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. If you don’t have a first-tier supplier who’s sourcing from China, then your supplier’s supplier is.”[7]

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 8, 2022

Jane is asking for the best route from Boston to Chicago. This is called freight under management (FUM) in the industry. Knowing if current pricing is at, above, or below the industry average, empowers shippers to make better procurement decisions. Dick is asking for the best route from his house to a local restaurant.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

The Boston area is a hub for warehouse robotics companies. For companies across industries, transforming existing DCs and narrowing this technology gap is key to competitive advantage in a changing economy. A resilient supply chain is able to recover quickly from these disruptions.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

They start by considering eight essential risk categories relating to individual supplier risk, country/region risk, and industry risk. They suggest the use of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), which allow one to quantify and compare risks. They also recommend using AI-powered sensing technology to predict potential problems.

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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). This is yet another indication of how cloud deployments are driving growth in the enterprise software industry today.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2020

” Although some business leaders believe sustainability efforts are source of increased costs with little ROI to show for them, the Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and HSBC suggest becoming more sustainable is in a company’s best interests. And these statistics all date from before the coronavirus pandemic…!” ” 3. .

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IQMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Machine learning improves product quality up to 35% in discrete manufacturing industries, according to Deloitte. 50% of companies that embrace AI over the next five to seven years have the potential to double their cash flow with manufacturing leading all industries due to its heavy reliance on data according to McKinsey. March 2019.

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Locus Robotics

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By Rob Press, Content Marketing Manager, Deputy In the supply chain, warehouses play a crucial role in receiving products from the source, storing them safely, and delivering them quickly and efficiently. The warehousing industry accounts for 8% of 2.8 million nonfatal work-related injuries a year !

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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. Across the CPG industry, demand forecast errors increased in 2014 and were unchanged in 2015, according to Gartner analyst Steve Steutermann. Most CPG companies have hit a demand forecasting ceiling.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By shipping from locations with too much inventory (oversupply, or source locations) to locations with too little inventory (undersupply, or destination locations), companies can deliver better service levels from destination locations without increasing overall inventory holding costs and purchasing costs. MIT Study at Boston Scientific.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , we provide highlights of two noteworthy supply chain management focused technology development efforts which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2017

Your organization needs to be agile and resilient to take on the challenges of an ever-evolving industry – instead of simply moving freight at the cheapest price. Robinson in Boston where he spent almost 7 years. Do you have a resilient and “stress-able” routing guide? Big or small, capacity solutions are not one-size-fits-all.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 2, 2020

We are in the early stages of what many, if not most, analysts believe is a fourth industrial revolution (aka Industry 4.0). Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explain the first three revolutions were driven by steam, electricity, and automation. Much of the data used to power Industry 4.0

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2020

” Deloitte analysts add, “A review of transformations across industries reveals a common theme: Successful transformations realign the organization to a singular vision; failed endeavors typically do not.” This will help you establish lines of communication between departments and solve interoperability issues.”

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group’s 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory ( Available for complimentary downloading in our Research Center ) includes a prediction that the supply chain technology segment will feature an investment boom in market consumption, added equity investment and M&A activity.

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IQMS

JUNE 25, 2019

By 2020, Discrete Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics and Utilities industries are projected to spend $40B each on IoT platforms, systems, and services. The multiplicative effects of combining IoT and blockchain to improve track-and-traceability are shown in the context of the following table from the Boston Consulting Group.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

This is a summary post of the 9 pillars of technological advance report from Boston Consulting Group. 9 Progressive Information Technology Movements Moving Manufacturing into Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 According to BCG, in an Industry 4.0 But with Industry 4.0, The Industrial Internet of Things.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2015

In May, 2014 Raytheon gathered a group of its largest suppliers in Boston, MA to discuss the launch of the company’s Supplier Advisory Council. Supply chain concepts are generally understood in a linear pattern of consecutive planning in the form of plan-source-make-distribute-return/dispose. Connect your supply chain.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

A new report from the Food Marketing Institute and Boston Consulting Group highlights the effects increased demand had on organizations in the CPG marketplace. During the capacity crunch of 2020, it was more important than ever to source retail-optimized capacity, something that can escape organizations without specialized experience.

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Elementum

JUNE 6, 2016

In addition, per the Boston Consulting Group, manufacturing in Mexico is about 4 percent cheaper now than in China — compared to being 6 percent more expensive over a decade ago. s recovering economy and sync between industry verticals. Challenges or not, manufacturers of another key industry, plastics, are betting on Mexico.

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