Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

A future where: Data (as noted by PwC) is “free-flowing” and “unencumbered by department silos,” so companies can generate insights to identify shocks before they happen, streamline operations and improve the customer experience – regardless of role. He lives in Chicago. Faster order-to-cash.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

To actually realize the promise of end-to-end visibility and control over our incredibly complex supply chain networks, we need really big picture thinking — particularly when it comes to the supply chain data networks that serve as the foundation for true digital transformation. Numbers matter when it comes to supply chain data networks.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 24, 2021

Brad began his career in Chicago at a top ranked domestic 3PL. SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. Data is dirty and old – out of context.

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Logility

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In 1904, a writer researching a new book went undercover for nine months in a Chicago meatpacking plant. As a practical matter, this put pressure on the entire F&B supply chain to increase transparency of sources and production methods. Formaldehyde and borax were once commonly used in meat preparation. That’s now forbidden.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Safety stock levels need to account for demand and supply variability but most built inventory policies only on demand data. To understand how variable lead times were in this period, In Figure 3, I share data from an automotive spare parts supplier. Reactive Behavior Based on Transactional Data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

The research is independent and data-driven. Industry-by-industry, I compiled data for the period of 2010-2018. The source data for the analysis comes from Ycharts.). The Supply Chains to Admire analysis is a data-driven discovery by peer group. No one pays me for my ink. What have I found? What is different?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2019

What good is data if it is not usable for the larger organization? Like portals, they aggregate data and improve visibility, but are unable to adapt as markets change. The new solution has the characteristics of: Open-source schema on-read architectures like Lokad. and in Chicago in December. ” My answer?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We’ve seen firsthand the many positive effects of collaboration based on real-time transportation visibility data, as partners and even competitors — working off of one source of the truth — find efficiencies that benefit multiple partners. He lives in Chicago.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

We draw a timeline on a conference room wall and using customer shipment and compliance data, we plot the issues with customer service and product outages. I ask, “ Do you have data that could be used to alleviate the issue in the future?” ” Or alternatively, “Is there data that could be sourced to help?”

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Now the strike covers 21 states and 41 distribution centers, including two new, crucial plants: Ford’s Chicago assembly plant and GM’s Lancing Delta Township plant. The Chicago assembly plant is Ford’s largest and oldest plant , opened in 1924. Resilinc data shows that, as of September, Labor Disruptions are up 97% year over year.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 21, 2013

I had the opportunity to attend the CAO conference in Chicago this week where I sat on a panel discussing the topic “Creating an Analytics Culture.”. Tom began the discussion with a simple question: What do people think about ‘Big Data’? So what are companies doing with their data?

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 9, 2018

According to article authors Stephen Laaper, Glenn Yauch, Paul Wellener and Ryan Robinson, a DSN enables the integration of data from various sources to better inform production and distribution. Each member of the traditional supply chain might share data with one other member, but that’s the extent of the integration.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

Tonight, I am stranded in a hotel in Chicago. The Chicago airport is closed for the night. It is time to move to a many-to-many data model. The current work on data sharing and control tower for Kinaxis is inside-out, not outside-in. It is 3:00 AM. It is quiet and a good time to think. We would love to hear from you.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. Hire smart data analysts. Disaggregate freight spend data. Money power and strong-arm negotiation tactics only go so far.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 31, 2013

Robinson in Chicago (C.H. The event was held at Loyola University of Chicago in an MBA-like classroom with stadium seating. Supply Chain Risk Management Challenges Companies Face (Source: Adelante SCM). Source: Adelante SCM web survey, 2011. Robinson is a Talking Logistics sponsor).

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Kinaxis

JUNE 29, 2018

Health officials narrowed the source down to romaine lettuce, but identifying which romaine lettuce from where is still a problem. To improve food safety, we need a stronger chain of data,” McKenna writes. “a APICS 2018 takes place from September 30–October 2 in Chicago. a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Early Adopters are putting particular focus on data and analytics and Amy Fong says that Procurement groups understand the importance of clean and harmonized data that can be used to monitor, analyze, and even predict outcomes, for better decision-making. Remembering that these are Early Adopters, this is worth taking note of.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2014

It is morning in Chicago. Yesterday, I spoke at the Eye for Transport conference on the Big Data opportunity in supply chain. Yesterday, I spoke at the Eye for Transport conference on the Big Data opportunity in supply chain. I hate the term Big Data. So, in summary, today, we don’t have a big data problem.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago , Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone , a U.S.-based The software provides supply chain transparency and supplier mapping across supply chain tiers as well as data analytics, supplier scoring and traceability. ” No financial data was disclosed regarding the acquisition.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 27, 2022

Image source: APA. For example, as of March 2022, 81% of Americans say the supply chain is a significant source of stress. Image source. Image source: APA. So let’s turn to some qualitative data. The following experts share eight sources of stress at work. And plenty of us are feeling that stress at work.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Likewise, labor can’t do its thing when there are severe equipment shortages, and rectifying those shortages requires difficult-to-source raw materials. Push your tech partners to ensure that your solutions are underpinned by the highest-quality data that can be securely shared across other systems and with your network.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

The group is working on case studies to test new technologies like blockchain, cognitive computing, supply chain operating networks, and open source analytics. Through this pilot, we are trying to connect structured data (transactions) and unstructured data (contracts and documents) to enable multi-tier payment.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

Intelligent procurement technology provider JAGGAER announced the finalization of a partnership with TealBook , a tech provider that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to gather, predict and refine supplier data and to provide companies with additional product sourcing options.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

(I live in Chicago. When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. Data source: eMarketer. Using Google Trends data, Google has identified the retail categories which are now “ The New Normal.”

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Previously, Erik was the Director of Strategy at AFN, a Chicago-based truckload brokerage. Loadsmart leverages data from public and private sources. download the audio file. [00:21] 00:21] Opening / Introduction. [01:04] 01:04] Erik, please tell us about your background? Where did you grow up? Where did you go to college?

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6 River Systems

MARCH 19, 2020

It used to be that you would source, manufacture, store, send to a store and then the consumer would access that inventory. Answering the above questions requires access to relevant and timely data about inventory flows: the true capability of our supply chain nodes. Learn How from Data Insights Lead Tucker Moffat.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Supply chain management requires good data at the mix level of an item/location. Granular data by volume is a must to be able to manage replenishment, network design, and inventory targets. The data in Table 1 is from a recent research study. There are many reasons why the budget cannot be used as a supply chain forecast.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

There’s no doubt that the role of data, technology and analytics in retailer decision-making is growing, and that this trend will further heat up over the next few years. Image source: Peapod. That was a consideration when we decided to move our offices to downtown Chicago (from the suburbs), so we could better compete for talent.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

I like the thought of having a bearing printed in Boone, WV instead of being stocked in Chicago and then flown into Charleston, WV to then be driven to the coal mining site. Mexico has become more attractive, and many companies are looking at alternative sourcing in Latin and South America. I look forward to hearing your story.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Reportedly included in the investment deal is Amazon taking a minority equity position in the start-up along with Anthropic’s move of its technology stack and IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers including the leveraging of AWS’s in-house chip design performance features.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

There’s no doubt that the role of data, technology and analytics in retail decision-making is growing, and that this trend will further heat up over the next few years. Image source: Peapod. That was a consideration when we decided to move our offices to downtown Chicago (from the suburbs), so we could better compete for talent.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Last Friday the labor union elected to target the Ford Motor assembly plant in Chicago that assembles the Ford Explorer SUV , and a General Motors final assembly plant in Lansing Michigan that assembles the Chevrolet Traverse SUV. Both facilities included an added 7,000 workers.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Source: “Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation & Logistics,” Jason Mathers, EDF, Ryder Innovate 2014. Bruce Tompkins validated and underscored many of the points discussed during the conference with research data from Tompkins’ Supply Chain Consortium survey.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

There’s no doubt that the role of data, technology and analytics in retail decision-making is growing, and that this trend will further heat up over the next few years. Image source: Peapod. That was a consideration when we decided to move our offices to downtown Chicago (from the suburbs), so we could better compete for talent.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 22, 2013

In my last blog, I discussed some of the insights from the Chief Analytics Officer conference in Chicago this past week, and highlights from Tom Davenport’s presentation on “Analytics 3.0”. The current data analytics environment is smoking hot! Enter “Analytics 3.0”. A number of different attitudes are beginning to emerge….

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

The technology additionally provides a unique and novel data visualization capability that can optimize for unknown locations that might not be physical in nature. This continuous data tracking enables drivers to avoid challenging maneuvers and driving conditions while saving time on their delivery routes. million daily shipments.

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BlueYonder

JULY 11, 2016

Digital engagement, online buying, dynamic changes to stores, localization, and the increasing need for large amounts of consumer and market data to support the new need state. data sources (social media, big data). data sources (social media, big data). However, the customer has changed. CatMan 2.0

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