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Wanted: Supply Chain Architects!

Supply Chain Shaman

So when the warehouse team threatened to unionize, I transferred into a distribution, warehouse environment. Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. It should not be functional, with a narrow focus on a singular function like manufacturing or transportation. The year was 1985.

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What Retailers Learned About the Future at RILA Supply Chain Conference 2018

BlueYonder

As we gathered in Phoenix, Ariz. We discussed a lot of the questions you’ve probably read about in headlines over the last year or so: How can we invest in innovative warehouse technologies while minimizing complexity and cost? How will we overcome trucking capacity issues and driver shortages? and a lot more.

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What Retailers Learned About the Future at RILA Supply Chain Conference 2018

BlueYonder

As we gathered in Phoenix, Ariz. We discussed a lot of the questions you’ve probably read about in headlines over the last year or so: How can we invest in innovative warehouse technologies while minimizing complexity and cost? How will we overcome trucking capacity issues and driver shortages? and a lot more.

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

This is a key differentiator and vastly different to the principles we know today of relational software in rows and tables and traditional data warehouse approaches using ETL where processing data requires movement. Ecosystem Software– Apache Pig, Hive, HBase, Phoenix, Zookeeper, Impala, Flume, Oozie and Storm. Streaming Data.

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Storms and Rising Fuel Costs Put Pressure on Flatbed Rates

DAT Solutions

Spot market capacity had already tightened in the weeks between Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Transportation and logistics professionals are urged to contact the American Logistics Aid Network , if you can help provide trucks, trailers, or warehouse space. The lane from Las Vegas to Phoenix lost 57¢ at $2.57

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Omni-Channel Supply Chains Are Changing Everything You Ever Learned in School…

Supply Chain View from the Field

But the sales person tells you, “I can find you a small at the store in Phoenix Arizona, and will have them ship it to you free of charge…you should get it in two days.” As noted earlier, order fulfillment is now using retail stores as warehouses. Inventory and Warehouse data. Hmmmm… Marketplace.

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Takeaways from the 2018 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference

Kinaxis

I just returned from the highly engaging and inspiring Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The rise in computational power and storage capacity is making it practical for organizations to create a digital copy of their entire end-to-end supply chain in the cloud with all the data and knowledge of the business.

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