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S&OP: Can You Make Decisions at the Speed of Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

Dependency on Excel. Due to the shortfalls in the evolution of Advanced Planning, 68% of business users use Excel spreadsheets as the primary mechanism for planning. Excel–while widely used for planning–is not equal to the challenge of modeling complex supply chains. Don’t rush to buy. The result?

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Top 3 Recent Automotive Logistics Trends, Part 2

BlueYonder

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. This Part 2 blog post will explore the next remedies and innovative solutions that will help accelerate digital transformations and attainment of benefits.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. Let’s take an example. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service.

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How do we Drive Invention to Innovation in Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, I spoke at the Chicago CSCMP round table event. At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. This is disruptive innovation. The spark from Invention to Innovation is slow. Reflections.

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Podcast: Susie Bodnar on the CSCMP and the New Directional Shifts in Supply Chain

Requis

Susie Bodnar is part of the generation that is driving supply chain innovation forward. She is VP of Membership for the CSCMP Chicago Roundtable and was the 2019 CSCMP Edge conference chair. For example, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was high traffic for delivery times, but wait times went down.

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The Ultimate List of Top Logistics Startups – Blog

Freightos

Logistics is the prime example of a changing industry – colossal, ripe for disruption and utterly opaque. And it’s about to get hit by a freight train of innovation. How much do we love freight innovation? And we found that freight innovation is hot. Download an Excel version of the list here for free !

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The Growing Expectations of Last Mile Delivery!

Supply Chain Game Changer

With e-commerce sales rising yearly, consumers now have the power to choose between various retailers to purchase the goods they want. One of the main examples of the difficulty many startups have faced trying to get a foothold in the logistics industry is the recent failure of Shyp. Speed Bumps and Road Blocks.