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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

At the time, many business leaders did not know how to type and had no idea how to use a computer. In my forty years of studying supply chain planning, the groups became larger, but with questionable results. During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer. My job was redesigning work to improve effectiveness.

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Big, Bulky & Rural with Grafton Elliot

The Logistics of Logistics

During his time at CDS, Grafton had the opportunity to open and run several final mile warehousing + delivery operations, where he learned from a grassroots level how tough it is to run a big + bulky final mile operation. A massive underutilization of capacity that lead him to start Onward!

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Inventory Management Excellence: Some Companies to Learn From

Logistics Bureau

So, rather than get overly prescriptive, I’ll use this blog post to highlight some companies that have achieved success through excellence in inventory management , and outline some of the most effective elements of their strategies. In other words, it will be different for every enterprise or organisation.

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AI in the Food Industry: Case Studies, Challenges & Future Trends

ThroughPut

As per a recent study, AI can help reduce production costs by almost 20% in the agriculture sector! Data collected from drones, sensors, and satellites can be analyzed by farmers to save time, and costs related to field trials, food inspections, and more. billion in 2024. It is growing at 38.30% CAGR and is expected to touch USD 48.99

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. Asset relocation takes time. I share the questions in bold and my answers follow.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The output was just not helpful. We have too hard-wired solutions bolted into IT architectures to enable the flexibility needed by business leaders during times of high variability. I am currently working on a couple of case studies for this blog on how business leaders used digital twin modeling during the pandemic. The reason?

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. Asset relocation takes time. But, even then, the relocation of capacity is not a snap of the fingers.